I probably already mentioned the trip I took with my dad to one of the IU football games. He lives in Valparaiso and likes to take the back roads to Bloomington. I have never seen such potential ghost towns as I witnessed on that drive there and back. Trump flags still flying, "It's the Border, Stupid" billboards.Because there are people afraid to go out and shop in Mayberry USA not just in those cities. People on this board who claim the entire country is a dumpster fire. It's not true. Very far from it. The reality is we live in the most ridiculously awesome time in the history on man kind.
It's like the people fretting about 10% increases in grocery cost here but failing to mention it's being driven by 1000% increases for crab legs and name brand string cheese.
Meanwhile there are skyscrapers going up all over Chicago while these loonies act like their fading flatbilly cities are going to "Make America Great Again". They're not. It would seriously be depressing to move to 3/4th of the towns along that route. Maybe more.
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