In this series, I talked about first life in the country and small town in the first 2 parts.This week, I will talk about life in the city.In the small town, everybody knows your name and your business. People knows their neighbors.They have respect for each others. As a rule, you can trust your neighbors; even though some may be further apart than in the city.

The downside of living in a small town is a person can become famous in a small town.Everyone knows your business. The gossip mills is very high in a small town.

When we first moved to Rollag, Minnesota,south of Hawley, my mother didn’t much care that there were people sitting outside Rollag store watching you like a hawk.

The plus side, you can trust your neighbors to be there for you; compared to living in the city. Neighbors are helping each others. For example: when a farmer is too sick to bring in the crops,the other neighbors will be there to help you bring in the crops.

In this blog, I will be mentioning information from the book, “San Fransicko: Why the Progressives ruin Cities.”This book may talk about San Francisco; but I will be talking more about other major cities, including Fargo,North Dakota as well.But first,a little update about San Francisco.

During the 1800’s gold rush, the pioneers went West in search of gold. California became a hot destination.

Then during the 60’s, during the era of peace,love and the hippies lifestyle. The hippies of the 60’s were largely a white,middle-class group of teenagers and twentysomethings who belong to what demographers call the baby-boom generation. They felt alienated from middle-class society, which they saw as dominated by materialism and repression.

You could say that some of these people grew up to be the Liberals today, in favor of Socialism. San Francisco been known for the home where the hippies went to, living in a commune.

Then in the 70’s in San Francisco, it became a hot spot for the gay lifestyle. It was all about free love no matter the circumstances. They believed a person can sleep with anyone without consequences.

When I was a child, Fargo was more like a small town feeling. No one imagine that Fargo would be like Minneapolis; much like Minneapolis to be like Chicago. Fargo has grown rapidly the last few years, since the opening of the oil fields and when NDSU went to 1st division. Fargo had gotten their names out there and more and more riff-raffs moved to Fargo, thinking there was a better opportunity here.

The last few years, because of Doug Burgum, there have been a rejuvenation of downtown Fargo. Don’t get me wrong, it’s nice seeing old building being restored; but when it comes to living in apartments in these buildings, the price is way out of reach for the average Joe. Most of the people cannot afford to live in Fargo. There’s more homeless now in Fargo than it was when I was a child.

Even though, North Dakota is known as a RED state, but the city Fargo has been turning blue in recent years. It could be because it’s college town, and colleges are more Liberals now days. For example: even though, North Dakota voted Republicans in 2008 and 2012; in the city of Fargo, the people voted for Obama.

Progressives claimed they knew how to solve homelessness, inequality, and crime. but in the cities they control, progressives made those problems worse.

The Democrats solution to the problems is to throw money at it; while the Republicans has no real solutions.

Homelessness and crimes are up at an all-time high in bigger cities. Even the illegal immigrants are flocking to the cities as well.

To get an apartment, there are many hoops a person have to jump through. There is a lot of red tapes to cut through. If a person makes too much money; but yet still struggle to make ends meet, you will not qualified for assistant.

I’m not saying that I have the solutions to the dilemma, but there is a major crisis in America to this day. Something must be done to the homeless population. Something must be done to cut the red tape as well.

If I cannot have a cabin in the woods, you can find me waiting in your welfare line.

I’m tired of this dirty old city. Entirely too much work and never enough play. I’m tired of these dirty old sidewalks. Think I’ll walk off my steady job today. Turn me loose, set me free somewhere in the middle of Montana. Give me all that I’ve got coming to me. Big City, turn me loose and set me free.

I’ve been working everyday since I was 13 and haven’t got a thing to show for anything I’ve done. There are folks who never work and they’ve got plenty.

I just want a cabin in the woods where I can live at one with nature and away from all the craziness of the big city. To clean up the city is more than just restoring older buildings; it’s also about helping the people in needs. It’s about helping the poor working class as well as the homeless population.

It seems that the 1% sees the homeless as being a disease; rather than what it actually is.