jpguinness

Sometimes I get the feeling I am a stranger in my own hometown. I cannot help but get the feeling some people are so into their own cliques and they won't even give you the time of day. They would also rather flake on you. I don't recall it being this bad 15 or even 25 years ago. This town has changed. It used to be a working class town much in the vein of Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Liverpool, or Glasgow. Now it is overrrun by neo-rich yuppies and tragically hipsters. They don't take care of the old buildings, they tear a lot of them down. The housing prices drive the poor away. They cannot even seem to build a proper light rail system without difficulty. Some people even don't even want to communicate outside of their group. Hell. They even won't stop to help an old woman after getting hit by a car twice. Unbelievable.

And yet I still stay here. I still feel that this rainy, cold city has much to offer and plenty to do. I also have my family nearby. However I don't think I can stay for much longer. Me and my date were talking about the Las Vegas area and how you can still get some cheap places to live. I have actually thought about moving there. I was there a few years ago for my sister's wedding and I found the people a lot friendlier down there than here. My date also likes Vegas and has lived there for a while.

Who knows what I will be doing in the coming year? I am prime for some changes in my life. I also hope it involves a certain young woman who I have been dating and beginning to really get into.




UPDATE: The lady friend is acting weird now. She was rude to me on the phone and now has backed down on coming over for Christmas. More details as they arrive.