Subj : Re: New to this To : boraxman From : Warpslide Date : Tue Apr 22 2025 06:41 pm On 23 Apr 2025, boraxman said the following... bo> @TZUTC: 1200 bo> @MSGID: 21:1/101 830d2015 bo> @REPLY: 69432.fsx_gen@21:4/122 2c6df43f bo> @TID: Mystic BBS 1.12 A48 bo> @PID: clrghouz e2cd09ac bo> @DBID: 717434 bo> @PATH: 1/100 3/100 110 bo> On 22 Apr 2025 at 08:00a, poindexter FORTRAN pondered and said... bo> bo> pF> -=> boraxman wrote to Dumas Walker <=- bo> pF> bo> pF> bo> I haven't been to slums in the US, but from what video I've see bo> pF> bo> they're worse than here. I've seen "no go " areas in Europe, an bo> pF> bo> again, thats a problem we don't have as much of here. bo> pF> bo> pF> I should pull the dashcams out of my car from my drive through Oaklan bo> pF> CA. Sometimes my nav system routes me through side streets under the bo> pF> freeway, and they've grown since I left in 2007. 5-6 blocks of bo> pF> continuous dead vehicles, tarp tents, regular tents, walls made of bo> pF> pallets... bo> pF> bo> pF> It was never that bad before - but drive 5 minutes and you're in area bo> pF> with manicured front lawns, immaculate houses, nice cars... bo> pF> bo> bo> Sounds like parts of the US are turning into a third countr.y This message was cut off here. .... The poor man. He's completely unspoiled by failure --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A49 2024/05/29 (Linux/64) * Origin: Northern Realms (21:3/110) .