i get why people are nostalgic for the american landscape 40 years ago. it definitely had some stupid shit and people are certainly confused about what their nostalgia is really for, but in some ways its like most of the US was carpeted with neutron bombs and we're living in the sparse ruins and scavenged detritus of a mostly forgotten machine that was once buzzing with people loitering and hanging out.

damn, that's good. the absence of ANY FUCKING THIRD PLACES AT ALL (besides like bars) is pretty fucked up. I hate it here but I have nowhere else to go and I don't know where it's any different that I could afford to live.