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mcs wrote:
> "Karen Y Byrd" <kybyrd@pobox.upenn.edu> wrote in message
> news:slrncg9uuo.n16.kybyrd@pobox.upenn.edu...
> 
>>On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 14:14:02 GMT, Gary J. English <nospam@verizon.net>
> 
> wrote:
> 
>>>On Sat, 24 Jul 2004 10:12:20 GMT, "mcs" <mcs@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>You still haven't learned how to write, run-on sentences.
>>>
>>>I was in Philly last weekend, the air was fine, entertainment superb and
>>
> South Street
> 
>>>was fun.
>>
>>(Laughs). He won't believe a word you say, I promise you!
>>
>>KByrdKaren
> 
> All I can tell you or anyone with pollution induced asthma to do is spend a
> few days in Ocean City ( another place I wish I could afford to stay in).
> Not only is the air much better , the people are amazing, and the drivers
> are much better and the fear of crime is non existant.

Ah!!!
I don't know if you know it, but you've really put your finger on it!

"the fear of crime"

Not actual crime...

The FEAR.

The kind of fear that a shut-in with basic cable and a dial-up internet 
connection can apparently succumb to.

I recently moved here from California, and I've met the nicest people! 
In shops, on the street, in the park, they always ask WHY I would move 
away from "Cali"?....
I tell them it's because of people like them! Regular people who aren't 
-afraid- to take the time and talk to a stranger.
Of course affordable housing, good schools and being able to vote in a 
swing state help ;)

mcs, unplug from the hysteria. Turn off your T.V.! Read a good book.
Talk to the people in this city who don't share your fear. If you listen 
carefully, you just might be able to break the cycle of fear that has 
you in it grips.

Remember, wherever you go, there you are...

Good luck with your recovery.

-Kurt