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[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Most of what you said was true for me as well. However I wasn’t able to provide that for my kids. Part of it is personal electronics, part societal as it is frowned on, but also economic since I have to live where the jobs are and that is not where the land is.

And I’m reminded just last week: ticks. We’re were out in the woods all the time and rarely worried about ticks. Now my kid gets one playing frisbee

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yeah. :(

I don't visit my childhood home anymore because much of that forest gave way to new roads and homes and it just makes me sad to think about how little of it is still there.

[–] AA5B@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah I don’t visit either, but it’s because it’s the land that time forgot. Our major employer left and the town never recovered. It’s exactly the same but a lot more worn and run down.

I last went back for a reunion, and discovered the same with the people. The few who are still in town never moved on from their high school selves