I live in a small town in Montana (about 9k) and our shop here is the bomb. they are great people with good installers. Business's need to make money to stay open, everyone know's that, I know the owners of my shop very well and I know the kind of money that they make, but they do not fuck over anyone. You just cant do that in a small town or you will be black listed so fast.
but when i lived in Des Moines, IA there was some really special spud heads there. In fact the 3 different shops that I went to in DM actually drove me away from Car Audio for 5 years and I am now just getting back into it with a huge hard on. the people in those shops were just aholes, and there was no way that I could compete, cruize, bs, or do anything with them.
So happy to be back in to Car Audio and proud to have a great shop workin with me.