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Originally Posted by Robbie
The people I am talking about have NEVER had a higher standard of living. I'm talking about rednecks in the town I lived in in South Carolina. They were in their 20's, most of them sold meth on the side and collected welfare from the govt. because they had no proof of income.
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I don't understand people like this.
I grew up in a "well off upper to middle class family" in NJ. We took vacations in Europe and has a vacation house in Canada. But my father died when I was a baby, and while my step father was a decent enough man, I left home at sixteen and never looked back. I ended up in the Marines and four years after that I landed in California - I did everything I could to stay on my feet and make ends meet. I started my day with a paper route (no kidding), worked at a restaurant till 2pm, then a fast food job until 9pm, and then at Target after hours.
I remember taking the bus through South and North Carolina when I was in the Marines and seeing how these people lived... And I could never do that.