Your first mistake. Teach your kids cities are evil DANGEROUS places to be avoided at all costs. Nothing good happsns in a big city. Nothing.
I used to love downtown Portland. One of the nicer malls pre-covid that was sacked by looters has been repaired, it is just empty of stores for the most part. Portland has always had its issues but it was pretty sage and fun during the day. Now it is just despair.
I took my kid downtown
Your first mistake. Teach your kids cities are evil DANGEROUS places to be avoided at all costs. Nothing good happsns in a big city. Nothing.
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It’s happening in small country towns and rural areas, too — even moreso.
It happens everywhere — rich, poor, city or rural. It happens because, “well, my brother/uncle/best friend had some and I just didn’t have anything else to do (because I’m just not that intelligent and I’m a bit careless as well) so I tried it.”