I have lived here for a good portion of my life, I have seen people get killed walking down the street. Is it normal for me NOT to want to move out of here?\nPs. It is in the USA, I am a "white" male living in the "Cryps" territory)
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You sound like a very stubborn guy, and I don't blame you.  You've been there a long time and should be entitled to stay.  But your town is going to hell in a handbasket.  the situation's probably not going to get a lot better in your lifetime.  Think about this:  What are you proving?  That you can put up with anything?  Let it go, Pal.  Find a nice, comfortable place, where you can go down the steet to have a coffee with a neighbor, sit in the sun and read the paper, whatever.  You only have one life.  Make the rest of it the kind of life you'd like to live.  Nobody's going to give you a medal for staying.
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I also came from a small town, but then moved to San Francisco of all places what a contrast.  Big cities are all full of escapees from middle America.  Seems there is always an inner feeling of doing better, seeing things, getting involved with culture.  Some people have it some dont.   There are people who are content being small town.  Some are jelous of the ones who left, and yes some are ignorant only because they play on sterotypes and what they see on tv.  I was always driven to big city life as some are.  I really think its an inner voice telling you to get out of town before you die of stagnation.  But, dont put the average small town person down because they are doing what comes natural to them, maybe a fast pace and learning arent their bag, just having a job and family in a quiet place suits them.  As for ignorant people, stay away from the troublemakers, but just let the others be who they are.  Go back to the city, have your double latte and just be who you are....
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Agree ! I've been here 26 years now and have made 1 real friend ( and I AM a nice person !) The big city sucks, the cops suck, the traffic sucks, the pizza sucks, actually... I think most of it SUCKS ! Where did you move to ?  Want a visitor ? I need to get out too !!!
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i am not trying to insult you but......why would someone live in a small apartment , with no yard and in an unsafe neighborhood.......nots not LIFE!,.....move to where you can go and come with freedom and safety
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I live in Adelaide & I hear what you're saying!!\nI don't understand why people decide to move here then spend all of their time complaining that they're not getting a fair deal.\n - Do you ever see other people walking around in clothes you like the look of, then go and buy them yorself without trying them on or reading the care instructions, then go back to the store you bought them from complaining they don't fit, they're the wrong style, the wronk colour, and they shrunk in the wash when you used warm water????\nTake some responsibility for your actions people!
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I don't like living in the place that I am at on Fort Bragg (NC) This home..well it is a multiplex, and it was built around 60 years ago. But they are building much nicer homes that low ranking people are getting...while my husband and I have been in this hell hole for 2 years and now he is an E-5....and E-2s are getting nicer housing...:o(
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Ok....let's get one thing straight.  When my (and many others) ancestors came here long ago IT WASN"T ILLEGAL!!!  Most of them came here not for money or a better life but for life itself (jews, scots, irish).  They had people actually killing them, I mean gun to the head, knife to the heart.  And they came to this country and FOUGHT for this country, losing whole families along the way.  I live in the south and am a proud southerner (that does not mean racist), my family were poor dirt farmers from Tennessee who scraped by with what they could grow or what they could buy with the little money my father (who had to drop out of school at the age of 12 to get a job - only boy out of 11 children - and fought in Vietnam) made doing odd jobs.  Today we have laws in place to stop the over population of our country.  My husband is an immigrant who went through the proper channels.  Yes, it cost money that we didn't have but we STILL went through the proper channels.  They will let you in unless you have something to hide, all you have to do is fill out the paper work and wait.  I know that today time is money and one day can mean the life and death of someone you love but AMERICA is NOT to blame for the state of your home country.  I am all for immigration if it is done legally!  As far as I am concerned, whether you come from Mexico, China, England, France, or Tim-buck-too, if you come here illegally you should be prepared to face the repercussions of doing so.  Breaking the law is breaking the law, period.  No one is above it (with the exception of the Bosh family - or so they wish us to believe).
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Yes.......as a white Southern male I've seen and experienced racism, myself. I've been excluded, leered at, screamed at and taken advantage of. I've felt fear and have had to protect myself. I've been taxed unfairly to pay for racially-motivated legislation. My work AND home neighborhoods have been targeted by minorities to rob and vandalize.\n\nMy city has suffered the ravages of bus sing and unfair teacher retention based on race. I have been discriminated  against in employment because of my race and high level of education and general achievement.\n\nAlthough my race is TEMPORARILY in the majority, here, I cannot take my grievances to any court because the majority is not "protected"..........while the minorities are protected in court as a "persecuted minority".\n\nThe State University that I was attending was totally disbanded and then occupied by court-order by an historically minority university that has deliberately thumbed its nose at the friendly courts and refused to integrate the requested 27%.....and until this day has decreased its population of white students down below 9%.\n\nHowever, I am not bitter. I love it here in my city and hope that any/all minorities that have misunderstood the majority stance on these subjects will come to some common-sense reassessments of their positions.\n\nI hope for peace and prosperity for all of my fellow Southern citizens.......with plenty of happiness and health thrown in for good measure.
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Petty prejudice.  I know what you are saying.  I, too, live in a mobile home and some people think of you as a transcient or someone they are looking for on America's Most Wanted.  People do not realize the mobile homes are affordable housing for a lot of people since housing prices, especially in the cities, are way out of reach for a lot of people. I like my home; it gives me the space I need and I live in a wonderful area.
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well first of all for anyone saying that this is not happening i would like to let u know that this is not the only place in which this has happened and sadly it probably will not be the last .\n\nin my opinion this should concern to all even if u have nothing to do with the issue . the government is not respecting the law they are doing the same in a lot of situations . they do not longer fallowing the rules which are there for a reason (so you as a person are not abused and mistreated by your own government ) . what happened to those immigrants could happen to almost anyone . \n\nnot so long ago in the news they showed how they entered a home and started shooting when a person who was sleeping turn around scared and confused . they killed the guy and then found out that they had entered the wrong house . what an excuse , what a mistake which coasted the life of someone , of someone who was an exemplary member of society , because he was . he used to work every day , used to pay his taxes and never caused any problem to anyone .  \n\ncould this ever happen to you ??? it could happen to anyone if we do not start asking the government to put into effect the laws which all Americans accomplished .
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This is a very interesting question, and of course have more than just common sense involved on this.  I understand good and bad feelings, but just let me tell you a little bit about me, then probably you can change maybe not all your feelings but at least you can know the human part of one of that "illegal immigrants".\nI came in here to California in 1994 and since I came, I have been discovered how hard is to get a good lifestyle because the language barrier, also the culture and laws and why not, the racism but not from americans, racism from the people who came from other countrys who have some good economic position.  Is like when the salmon goes back to have their eggs agains the water flow.  After few years I decided to learn English for myself, and also to give something back to my "host-country" then because I really like the emergency services I got involved into the American Red Cross as a Disaster Services Volunteer (I have to respond to shelters or places like that when is needed), also I'm a communications volunteer for the Los Angeles Fire Department, I'm volunteer for a Search and Rescue team who help LAPD and LAFD assisting in medical stand by and search for elders and/or kids who get lost and recently I went to the school to have my Emergency Medical Technician certificate just to assist any person in case of an emergency.  In the last months I found a kidnapped girl, I assisted in 3 traffic collisions helping the victims to keep breathing and avoid shock.  My personal vehicle looks like an ambulance, I have emergency lights, all my first aid kit, whatever needed for first response and also I'm trained to help my neighbors in case of an earthquake.  In my professional life, I work in a company as a Graphic Designer and I'm starting my own company.  I'm reporting my income tax every year, I keep my money here in the country, my kids are on the Honor Roll on their schools ("I'm a proud parent of.." stickers are in my car's bumper next to the Fire Department sticker is) and also all the time do my best to be friendly with everybody.  But... I'm an illegal immigrant.  That's true; for administrative reasons, I cannot reach any protection status here.  But, I don't care, I'm living here and I have to serve to this country like my own one because this country make possible for me to have a decent life style to grow my kids and to be a good person. Like my batallion coordinator on the fire department say: "you do more than others, who are americans, do for this country".  Do you still have bad feelings agains ALL illegals? or I can be at least the possibility for you to think a little bit about what other immigrants do for this country?
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Did you just fly in from stupid town?  Why do you think they got so pissy!  I mean think about it.. If some one was banging on your house over and over again, or you for that matter, don't you think you would get pissy to?  I woudln't advise doing that anymore, it might get you killed one day.
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Two golden truth:\nPeople are people where ever you go,\nAnything in abundance is not valued.\n\nThat holds true where ever you go.., I have witnessed it in "The US of A" and you can too.., when you visit some downtown such as NY or SFO. Even the most civilized turn barbaric, be it talking to fellow travellers on a train downtown or or a needy person on the street.\n\nHaving said that, crime is relative. Same is Write/wrong. If you ask an Iraqi guy who has never harmed anyone and has lost his loved ones due this war, americans are criminals. If you are an american, do you consider yourself one?
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If you don't feel comfortable there you should move.  Case closed.\n\nIf you're asking whether your house was haunted, well, I'm a bit skeptical about that.  Who's to say someone wasn't doing those things to you either as a joke or to be nasty to you.
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I, too, am a sensitive person and an American.  I understand what you are saying.  There are some people in this country who see only the mistakes of our own natioin but not the ATROCITIES of the terrorists.  I can not comprehend how their minds work.  If it is THAT bad here, why don't they move to a country that better suits their beliefs?  I mean this sincerely.  I'm fairly certain that someone will bash me for this last statement.  I am not saying to "go to hell."  I am sincerely asking a simple question.  I choose to stay in my homeland because I love my country. That doesn't mean I agree with everything . That would be unusual to agree with EVERYTHING.  I'm saying that if it is THAT awful for some people, why not choose to be happy and go where you will find peace of mind and contentment?  Here's the deal as I see it....these people take for granted all the freedoms that they have in this country. They take for granted all of the opportunities that are available to them.  They are looking for Eutopia, I can only imagine.  Well brothers and sisters, "this is the last best place on earth" and I for one ain't going nowhere!!!!
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i have several times..brought some friends along for some trips. In this area we have acient colonial plantation and slave houses just scatterd every where. Some are deep in over grown forrests others are lucky they survived the paving of the new raods they are so close.\nI really enjoy the sights of those old old houses...so much history...but it feels like there are the ghosts of the previous owners watching your every move..not quite hostile yet but wary...enough to give you prickles up your neck.\nAnd how could it be illegal if no one has lived in it for ages upon ages? I mean really why waste the history lesson of how people lived.\nThen the next adventure is to wander into the family grave yards and try make out the dates and writing on the stones...
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I moved from Great Falls Montana (pop of about 50K, but that includes alot of the surrounding farmland) to spokane (pop well in excess of 200K)... I Lived just on the edge of the city limits in Great Falls, but here in Spokane, I'm about 1/2 mile from downtown... It is HELL, and as soon as I'm done with colege, I'm going strait back to Montana!... there are a few things that I can get here, that are not available in Great falls, (namely my college) like, more job oportunity, more events, more shopping, more resteraunts to go to, more local music (not to say better, but certainly more), more radio and TV stations (sadly, Great Falls lost it's only rock/metal/alt. station about a year ago when I was back for summer), and they have a good 1/4 mile drag strip... I used to visit here at least once every year (for the drag races), and it was allways fun, and I will probably continue my once or more yearly visits once I return home... but let me tell tou from expirience, that living and visiting are two completely different things. When you visit, you don't notice, or even experience many of the things that anoy you when you live here... such as: the traffic, the smog, the poiltical corruption, the higher cost of living, the lack of courtesey/respect/manners/good amoungst the local population, the high crime, the lack of outdoor activities... I could go on and on, as a traveler, most of these things went unnoticed or were jut a minor nusance, but when you live here, you must deal with them every day... and it all becomes a royal pain in the @$$... I also hate it because baisicly from Coeur d'Alene Idaho to seattle Washington, its just one big damn city (the locals would dissagree, but most of my fellow Montanans would probably agree), and when I want to go fishing, backpacking, hiking, biking, rafting (any outdoor activity), I cannot without seeing another person (anywhere in the whole state)... and since I love the outdoors, living here is particularly hellish for me... For example: I hardly used a computer, but once every couple weeks in Montana and was hardly ever home, but here I have nothing better to do (very sad)...\n\nSo, if I were you, I would give it some serrious thoungt before just making the move, consider what you like, what you hate, where you want to live (the area of town), how much it will cost you to live there, what your personal values are... ect. you may enjoy it, or you may not, that really depends on your personality... I know there are pleanty of people in Great Falls who would love to trade places with me, and other Montana natives here who are glad they moved... but I don't think (I know) I'm the only one who wants to go back to Montana...\n\nso don't just "up-n-leave", give it some serrious thought, so you don't regret your decision!