What is it about our generation that has changed so much from the 1950's. People drive every where but to the bathroom? There are more television channels than could be possible watched in a life time? There are more convenience products that people practically don't have to breath for themselves anymore? People don't go outside anymore? They spend as much time apart from their families as they can? Women working out side the home, take separate family vacations, spending their days off in the spa or shopping, a night outwith the girls or guys to get away from it all, all that they are away from durring their work week? Single mothers on prozac and other depression medications? Neighbors selling crack out of their apartments? Where is OUR Stepford? Where is OUR little piece of heaven carved out in the world? Where is the land of Perfect so decribed by the Walgreens commercial? Where men work 9-5, mow the lawns on Saturday morning and women have dinner ready at 5 and kids don't talk back to their parents using fowl language and dressed like thugs or in hardly anything at all. How do we take our country back?  I just found out that I currently have 3 separate neighbors being evcitd for the use and/ or selling of drugs.  I live in a small complex of 2 four plexes and 2 dueplexs. One of my neighbors had parked outside the gate, and his truck was broken into and the stereo was ripped out. All of the women in my little neighborhood are afraid. We are all mothers. We have small children and some of them are single mothers. This time of year it gets dark around 5-6pm. If our garbage isn't taken out and the mail checked none of us women will walk across and out the parking lot to do it. It won't get done until the morning. Those of us that have husbands ask them to do it after dark.What's saddest about this situation is that it wasn't like this mere months ago. It started in the fall, and our quiet little family oriented complex would spiral downward so quickly... We ALL  want to move away. Everyone is talking about leaving come summer. Our apartment manager is going to get one big shock when she has 4-5 empty units all at once. So now the serch begins. I'm looking for Stepford. A neighborhood I don't have to fear raising my children in.... Where to even begin.... |
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