TRAX!
Thank you for that little bit of Chicagoland terminology like "is it lit?", and "can I go with?"...the ever loveable "pop'.
Wisconsin folks insist it's "soda", but then again they call water fountains "bubblers" too. Go figure.
I average 4 "Pops" a day...they are all sugar free though. And decaffinated pop? Why bother.
The big thing here in the South of course is sweet tea, year round.
When I was a kid and went for weeks at a time to Northeast Mississippi to see our family, they had access to pops I had only seen in the South: Chocolate Soldier, Mountain Dew, Dr. Pepper, and Orange Crush...decades later they were bought up and went national.
Then again, southern folks had never heard of Nehi, Royal Crown, or Fresca back then either. Back then, some sodas were indeed regional, except for Coke & pepsi.
Nothing better than A&W root beer--NOT in a can, but served in the frosty mug right there at the restaraunt by a carhop on a warm summer evening with the moon reflecting off of Lake Michigan. (I still have one of those mugs)
ROX