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lambchopp59

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5. Precisely why many of us pay relatively exorbitant rent

Reply to Behind the Aegis (Original post)

Mon Aug 21, 2023, 09:47 AM

Aug 2023

To stay in the blue zones across the age spectrum.
I could be where I'm paying 1/4th of my current rent.
I'd also be frightened out of my wits with the drunken, meth-head Rambo's there strapped with AK 47's in that local WalMart fantasizing to be the murdering "hero" of a hypothetical scenario. Getting radicalized that we're "the enemy". No, thank you. If I must eat chili dogs now and then to stay in the safer zones, I'll hazard it.

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Older LGBTQ adults fear going back "in the closet" upon entering assisted living [View all] Behind the Aegis Aug 2023 OP

I have a big worry of it as a gay man. roamer65 Aug 2023 #1

So do I. Behind the Aegis Aug 2023 #2

My positive is I have good family support. roamer65 Aug 2023 #3

Even though I'm a cis straight female Susan Calvin Aug 2023 #6

We make great friends. roamer65 Aug 2023 #7

. Susan Calvin Aug 2023 #8

Something I never thought about. Oberlin is a very nice place, but leaving everybody behind in ... marble falls Aug 2023 #4

Precisely why many of us pay relatively exorbitant rent lambchopp59 Aug 2023 #5