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ChazInAz

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2. My story, too.

Reply to byronius (Original post)

Thu May 23, 2019, 11:36 PM

May 2019

Though I was born in Hungary and came here as a six-year-old in 1956.
We settled in an immigrant neighborhood in Springfield, Illinois.
Never fit in with the Midwestern, small-town yokels. Didn't even try. Ignored sports, rallies and general anti-intellectualism in favor of art and theatre.
Left the place as soon as I could, knowing that the simple-minded conservatism would never change. I've been back....it's still the same.

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Heartless in America's Heartland. [View all] byronius May 2019 OP

Wow. Just WOW! Mopar151 May 2019 #1

My story, too. ChazInAz May 2019 #2

K&R smirkymonkey May 2019 #3

This is some amazing writing renate May 2019 #4

You dont read stuff like this in todays world do ya? GusBob May 2019 #7

This is why there are always going to be mnhtnbb May 2019 #5

Unless you wrote this and own the copyright, you aren't supposed to be posting the whole thing. pnwmom May 2019 #6

It's a personal diary, like a post on DU. I presume they want it shared. byronius May 2019 #8

i didn't know about the murder of Carol Jenkins raccoon May 2019 #9

I lived in southern Illinois in a Sundown Town from age 2-13 ... Blecht May 2019 #10

Great post, I'm so grateful I grew up where and how I did. appalachiablue May 2019 #11

Rural America is dying. roamer65 May 2019 #12

I have no words....wow....n/t bluecollar2 May 2019 #13

It's truthfully vivid, relentlessly depressing lunatica May 2019 #14