I believe 東北 is the region where Makoto has moved to (where Kei and Chinatsu live). So, she’s saying “just as you’d expect of Touhoku” with it being a more countryside like region. (Remember, when we was going to go shopping before, she also expected there to be some small shops, and was surprised at how big their store was.)
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Sometimes “sasuga” is used simply as a form of praise of complement. She’s new to the Touhoku area and is talking to a local, so she’s probably just adding a nice comment about the area. So it’s like saying “Wow, these are super rare! Touhoku is pretty great” except saying “東北はすごいね” would make her sound superior to the area. さすが東北 has the same feel, but it puts her in the lower position.
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Oh, sorry, that was more me thinking aloud about my own breakdown attempts, not yours! 
And apart from that, no need for you to be sorry! You’re learning, just like I am, so we make mistakes - some people even say that learning only takes place through making mistakes 
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at the moment that might be debatable… haha
This is from the Week4 post…but umm..I remember this from the anime… Me thinks this doesn’t bode well for me … 心配している！
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For anyone fortunate enough to not be familiar with the heady fragrance of ammonia: it smells like three-day-old grody rotten socks. Think if anyone tried to hand me a present that smelled of ammonia, my reaction would be the same as Nao’s, regardless of whether it also had fatal screams or was poisonous.
Indeed. They’re in Aomori, the northernmost prefecture of Honshu (and Tohoku).
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I tend to associate it with the smell of rotten fish, with an acrid finish.
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these are funny 
that’s funny I’ve always just thought ammonia was it’s own specific smell…never thought it smelled like anything else …Maybe have spent too much time around it as a cleaner as a kid (my grandma and mom used it a lot)…or maybe it’s because of all the chemistry/chem eng stuff…
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