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My brother and I grew up in the same house and both received college degrees. He ended up homeless and I have a wife of 30 years and three kids. A flip of the coin, a twist of fate, and it’s the other way around. But I guess that was just his choice.

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i guess that is what the NIMBY's would like us to believe.

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amen and on point. ive been marinating in an idea/concept that relates to this place we find ourselves in nowadays that i wanna run by you. its a thing i want to write about but feels like an even larger concept than a simple blog post. maybe you can help me shape what to do with it?

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Love it. Want to drop some time on my calendar and we can brainstorm?

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Man I love this! Especially now. My experience is that at some level it’s actually fear that is behind those attitudes you accurately portray.

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100% rooted in fear

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i agree and it's probably from either one bad experience that they use to paint a very complex issue or from skewed content they have consumed over a long period of time. Tough to break that mental programming.

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