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FirstLight

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5. I am grateful every day that I moved away from urban/suburban life...
Thu Feb 13, 2020, 04:37 PM
Feb 2020

As the sprawl continues to grow it's just continued commercialism. People now see going shopping as an "outing"...

I moved to the mountains in the early 90's...now it's like a lifetime and the world at large has changed SO much! every time I go anywhere near even the smallest infrastructure, I am struck at the lifestyle shift. All the strip malls, all the SAME restaurants and shops...it's weird.

ETA:
I regret that I don't get out as much as I could...but I still hit the beach, kayak, hike and get my feet in a stream much more than my parallel-universe-self who stayed in the city

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