Relatively Protected

 My wife and I live in East TN and have lived here for the last 30 years.  East TN is not like NYC or Atlanta, or Chicago or Washington DC or LA or San Francisco, or Houston or Miami or Ft Lauderdale.

• We don't have a lot of people living in this area so traffic and smog is not much of a problem.
• We don't have much crime although drugs are being sold in our elementary schools.
• We don't have a huge WOKE, CRT, BLM, or Defund the Police movement.
• We are not experiencing a whole lot of trouble from illegal immigrants because there is not much for them to do here except harvest crops.
• We don't have a lot of restaurants but we have all we need and then some.
• We don't have Broadway shows because we are kinda country and redneck when it comes to all that shit, even though many of us are WELL EDUCATED.

Just like a ritualistic bowel movement, I watch FOX News every morning and I FEEL BLESSED because none of that crap that is going on in other cities is taking place here in East TN.

My wife and I are retired and have been retired since 2015, and we managed to save enough money over the years to pay all our expenses (taking inflation into account) until we are both 95 years of age.  It is doubtful that we will live that long, but we have more than enough money.

• Rising prices don't bother us
• Buying a hybrid car has been already figured into our savings
• We have been debt free for the last 15 years
• The money we made on interest paid for our new home renovations
• We made $40,000 profit on the sale of our old home
• Both our vehicles are reliable and we have followed all maintenance plans suggested by the manufacturer
• We don't need any new clothes for the rest of our lives
• We pay $10,000/year for medical insurance and have received $500,000 worth of treatment for the last 10 years
• We are not afraid to walk around in the community after dark
• We don't spend money on anything we don't need

WOULD YOU SAY WE ARE LIVING THE AMERICAN DREAM???