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28 Jan 2018, 2:16 am

^^^that only the wealthy and well educated may escape.



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28 Jan 2018, 2:28 am

auntblabby wrote:
^^^that only the wealthy and well educated may escape.


the truth of that is far too sad and frustrating.


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28 Jan 2018, 2:41 am

LittleCoyoteKat wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
^^^that only the wealthy and well educated may escape.


the truth of that is far too sad and frustrating.

California, on the whole, is not as bad as some other states.



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28 Jan 2018, 2:43 am

auntblabby wrote:
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^^^that only the wealthy and well educated may escape.


the truth of that is far too sad and frustrating.

California, on the whole, is not as bad as some other states.


You'd be surprised. Most of it, yeah you're probably right. But our metro areas are rife with insanity and economic strain, which only makes the insanity worse.


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28 Jan 2018, 3:02 am

auntblabby wrote:
LittleCoyoteKat wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
^^^that only the wealthy and well educated may escape.


the truth of that is far too sad and frustrating.

California, on the whole, is not as bad as some other states.


how?


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28 Jan 2018, 3:18 am

Kiprobalhato wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
LittleCoyoteKat wrote:
auntblabby wrote:
^^^that only the wealthy and well educated may escape.


the truth of that is far too sad and frustrating.

California, on the whole, is not as bad as some other states.


how?

would you rather live in Mississippi?



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28 Jan 2018, 3:48 am

i would not. but i have never been to mississippi.


are you talking about the culture?


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28 Jan 2018, 3:51 am

Kiprobalhato wrote:
i would not. but i have never been to mississippi. are you talking about the culture?

the whole package.



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28 Jan 2018, 3:55 am

i guess it has climate going for it, too.


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28 Jan 2018, 4:11 am

California does, but surely NOT Mississippi, it has prolly a good month in the spring, a good month in the fall, and broils humidly in the long hot summer, and freezes humidly in the long cold winter.



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28 Jan 2018, 4:49 am

My country. The best on Earth, despite her faults.


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28 Jan 2018, 4:58 am

I could think of many others but they all have strict immigration requirements that I couldn't hope to meet. amuurica treats its the bulk of its own citizens like an afterthought at best.



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28 Jan 2018, 5:18 am

auntblabby wrote:
I could think of many others but they all have strict immigration requirements that I couldn't hope to meet. amuurica treats its the bulk of its own citizens like an afterthought at best.


What countries do you think are better? Which countries have contributed as much to the world as America?



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28 Jan 2018, 5:22 am

FFS



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28 Jan 2018, 8:20 am

How the USA is called "America" despite technically the entire Western Hemisphere being "The Americas". Like, Canadians are technically American. So are Peruvians. People from the USA are also Americans, but specifically citizens of the USA.