Friday, October 21

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*I'm going with, "lack of good sex, and lightweight legalized drugs other than booze, after 2 years of enforced closeness and external rule in a government-imposed lockdown. coupled with a sense of entitlement, for many...

And the (long-term look of the) economy, stupid."*

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*  Love ya, Paul.  (Do you have an onlyfans acct?**) I think he'd be fun to chat with, actually, on down to earth economic matters.

[S]mall-town and rural Americans often trash-talk big cities, portraying them as crime-ridden hellholes, when the reality is that except in New England, homicide rates in 2020 were generally higher in more rural states...

Chicago, Milwaukee, Minneapolis... they're kinda not safe for older people in many places after dark, or in the daylight even, damn your statistics. (google, "Wrigleyville abductions phone wallet car" under the "News" tab for a recent sampler. Don't deny the crime/carjackings/street scenes, friend. Or that non-insulated people can feel "unsafe".I hear LA and SF and SAntonio aren't pretty either. Glad NYC is apparently faring well with the money invested there, tho. And DC, where the fed bux allegedly will never end, even in the worst of times.)

* How much of an $tip to get him to answer: what was the name of the book that economically explained, in America, how the "outposts" regionally provided resources, pumped into the cities, that helped the country produce the wealth? Especially in the Midwest (ie/lumber, back in the day. Or grain. Iron ore. and factory workers too, but I think the study was more of natural resources, iirc). I always wanted to read that one, but misplaced the title, and can't figure out with my google hits.  Please drop it if you can. T/Y.