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Originally posted by dmoolenaar
Hell just travel back East and you'll see how good we have it in CA. For me the bottom line is I can still BBQ my tri-tip in January in my backyard wearing shorts. I'll pay the taxes and get bent over at the gas pump, no problem. My lifestyle involves the outdoors and CA delivers in spades.
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No need to feel sorry for us easterners. I much prefer to have the contrast of seasons. I honestly can say that much of the Northeastern corridor has access to an extremely diverse set of environments. Are you figuring we all live in a snow covered, run down, ex-blue collar, urban, turnpike town?
Regarding the subject; I believe it's cyclical as well. I recall kids cruising through life living with mom and having everything handed to them. Some are probably still doing it. Is it more common place now?
What is obvious to me is how I used to go out to play with my buddies and take off into the woods for the day (during the summer)...coming back home around dinner time. Today I wouldn't let my daughter out of eyesight while on our property. Have child abductions increased that much for me to be so protective? Population density has certainly increased, so that has probably influenced the relative amount of occurances.....or is it that modern communication exposes many more incidents so it's less hidden? (Heightened awareness)
On another tangent, I do think the US's days are numbered as the sole SuperPower. It's simply a metter of time before China or a few co-ordinated nations show their hand. The "Becoming England" (or even Japan for that matter) does indeed seem accurate.
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