Chiming in to defend RC Cola. I came to understand there existed serious antipathy when I found some on a trip to Florida. The cashier practically refused to sell it to me because “Pepsi is on sale, same price.” She had to repeat this three more times before I could pay, and was clearly incredulous that I was still buying RC.
Sorry for the hijack, I love pop but don’t live in the US so nothing much to add. I often drive in New England looking for birch beer and weird pop, but haven’t come across anything terrible. Further hijack if you have 13 minutes to kill meet John Nese, the proprietor of Galcos Soda Pop Stop in Los Angeles I don’t get out to the West Coast much, but this is bucket list level.