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sj_zero@lotide.fbxl.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

Relatively speaking it is.

My dad didn't have electricity or running water or indoor plumbing or even good food. Meat and potatoes weren't just a turn of phrase, that was the reality of what you were eating most of the year because that's what was available.

Later on, things got better and he got all those things, which is pretty neat, but there's been hard times too. Sure, you could get a job anywhere at times, but one of the most important stories I remember is where there was a recession so bad there wasn't any work anywhere and the mine he worked at in his hometown shut down. He had to get on his motorcycle and start driving until he found somewhere -- anywhere that would hire someone. The whole family had to split up because even in that moment where there were good times, eventually the good times ended.

My family has had lots of times of plenty and lots of rough times. Sometimes you end up having to move to the middle of nowhere because that's where there's work, sometimes you have to work on the road because that's where the work is, and you don't get to see your family for weeks at a time because that's the sacrifice you gotta make.

Yeah, sometimes there's boom times and boom towns, but most places weren't Detroit in the 60s.

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