Some impressions (*absent the obvious use by the ruling class of this entire scene):

Everyone has adequate healthcare and free time in the evening (*except those who are on shifts to support the whole affair's security, etc.).

Everyone has More than Adequate housing. In fact, I am pretty impressed as I suspect many of the poor and working poor folks are who choose this as their career and lifestyle path.

There is a notable camaraderie and absence of individual expression/priority.

We all wake for our obligatory but also apparently almost universally willing day of labor. Even those of us who are not 'on the team' so to speak.

There are no corners with a Home Depot across from a Lowes or with a Walgreens, CVS, and even some other struggling third chain brand. I keep waiting to come across - on the outside in the Real World - a four corner drug store extravaganza of competition... Nothing of the sort here though.

Touching stories of comrades in the local paper that genuinely do matter, the highest of human interest journalism.

I could do this.

If it were all for the other side...

The one thing surely pervasive to the whole scene is that which cannot be seen and, perchance, is carefully cultivated away as a "weed." Dissonance.

Ain't none of that if one is on the right side. And ain't none of it if one is sufficiently brainwashed into not even being able to identify the sides accurately.

Most interesting.

Interesting observations, interesting gig. Keep us informed.

Granted, its more/most prevalent in suburbia but:


There are no corners with a Home Depot across from a Lowes or with a Walgreens, CVS, and even some other struggling third chain brand. I keep waiting to come across - on the outside in the Real World - a four corner drug store extravaganza of competition... Nothing of the sort here though.

Incidentally, there's half a chance that the struggling third chain brand doesn't sell condoms. To me, thats more than ample justification for their struggles.

Bastards.