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Jason's avatar

Hi Donald, long time reader, first time commenter, just wanted you to know how much I enjoy your writings about what I refer to as "this modern world" we live in (America 2.0).

I'm in my early 40s and have seen a steady decline in this country since my younger days and it makes me wonder how things will look in 20 years. I live in Kalamazoo, MI where I up until recently worked as an insurance adjuster and have moonlighted as an Uber driver (I live alone and worked from home so this was a nice way to make a few bucks and be social).

2 realizations occurred to me:

1) while the adjuster job paid modestly well, I still needed to supplement it

2) Driving around the people in the community who have less has been eye-opening. I've picked up from crumbling apartment conplexes and driven on pot holed roads *one which gave me a flat tire* whole carloads of families stuck in a never-ending cycle of poverty. I've also seen how other communities somehow are worthy of public/private investment (Grand Rapids and Ann Arbor) and some are left to wither and die on the vine.

I hope more people wake up to how the wealth that has been generated needs to be shared more generously.

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KTonCapeCod's avatar

Donald...I started Hidden Histories the other day. I showed my husband the table of contents and asked him what stood out. He said death count!

I am curious if you could rif on any of the truths you have found true? I feel like I live in an alternate reality. Thankfully my isolation with my husband works because we live in the reality together. But most of my family and friends and patients live in the other reality. I am so thankful and grateful that I built my home to retreat to. And that I did it in 2017 because I could have afforded it today.

Keep on sharing here in this "reality" so we have one another. And thanks as always for your insights and musings and thoughts.

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