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Tacoma, Wash. — In the first hour of my first visit here more than 25 years ago, my hosts warned: Don't speed in Fircrest. Thinking this was an odd point to emphasize, I figured I could drive 30 miles an hour or so, just above the speed limit. My hosts—who subsequently became my in-laws—emphatically disagreed. In Fircrest, they said, if you drive a mile above the speed limit, you'll be pulled over.