@dragonlady9947 yeah sometimes it isn't that simple. Money traps us in neighborhoods we'd rather not be in.

@Horrrflmlvr Thanks for your kindness. ❤️

@Shannonpaws I don't know where you live, but I can't move to another state. That's extremely kind of you to offer such aid to a complete stranger. God bless you.

@Shannonpaws well, I'm sure glad you got out of there. As for myself, I love Portland, despite all the Trump humpers who keep pretending that this town is a war zone (because they hate all progressives), but I had no idea I was moving into the highest crime part of the city. Now, if only I can find a way out before something truly bad happens.

Wow, what a neighborhood I've moved into. First, my car was stolen three times in a row (not recovered since the last theft), then I got trapped inside a grocery store with an active shooter last week, then last night a thief broke into our garage and stole all of the possessions of my housemate's sister who died a few years ago, and whose death she is still grieving very intensely.

What a world.

@Devlyn_Angel Thank you. But I was luckier than the kid in his twenties who got shot. I think it was a gang shooting, there's a lot of that in the neighborhood I live in. But doing much better now.

I'd have liked to see some idiot try to tell me more guns are the answer, as I hid from an active shooter in the grocery store today, with a trail of blood on the tile floor right next to me.

@Blue_Skyesr_here I've heard political commentators say they don't think Turkey will block them, but you never know. Their leader Erdogan is an oppressive, neofascist authoritarian. With him holding the reins of power, I wonder whether it's even appropriate for Turkey to be a NATO member.

Understanding Neoplatonism with Pierre Grimes. https://youtu.be/LU3ghshXPg8

Simply Red, one of my top favorite bands of all time. https://youtu.be/izOdvBmTDh0

https://youtu.be/OtiPby8bPUw

This beautiful instrumental piece called "Grace" was created by one of my first spiritual teachers, with whom I studied for a couple of decades. https://youtu.be/-GQt8j33ZB8

https://youtu.be/w57VHoxYp3k

https://youtu.be/oqCSynvh4hU

@BrianHjelleVirologist yes and additionally, people in colder climates needed less protection against potentially harmful effects of overexposure, hence they need less melanin.

@BruceG "Does that make them DINO's?" Of course, they're democrats in name only. But I suspect it's worse than that. I believe they are part of a plan by elements within the GOP, to place fake democrats within the party, in order to frustrate it's goals. Someone else said it's not so Machiavellian, but I think it IS.