How Common is a “Normal” Neighborhood for a Kid Growing Up?steemCreated with Sketch.

in thoughts •  6 years ago  (edited)

My middle-class 22-homes development had a PTSD veteran, a public alcoholic, a suicide, two ex-cons, a Playboy bunny, a family who hid away and interacted with none of us, the father of a murderer, and a guy who buried a car in his backyard.

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Wow that is quite a mixture.

I suppose every neighbourhood is filled with folks who have come through or are presently tackling challenges. To me, that would be the normal neighbourhood.

We are all strange people battling through life, making mistakes and looking to conform to some degree to normalcy.

We should let flying the freak flag be normal!

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The reality is that I was oblivious of my surroundings and had no clue what was around me. In fact, it it similar today as I don’t even know my neighbors! Who know what lurks around these parts...

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