that's an interesting statement, Alvin, you feel like extrapolating a bit?
I would hate for anyone to take this out of context and end up offending anyone, but since you ask 
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Within our 2 square blocks in the Montrose live a diverse mix residents that call this eclectic area home – from long time elderly residents to new comers, from professionals, to artists, and just really weird people
. And, I’m one of the odd-balls here since my neighbors commented they can’t quite place me - a Ducati riding-Straight ok?-asian guy- that-spends-many hours-digging-in the mud-gardening-and-preserving one-of-the-oldest-smallest-house-in-the-block
The older mostly wooden houses would have the mature trees around them, while the new concrete town-homes do not. As you can imagine, the older homes had it the worst. The day or two after the aftermath, us folks with the old homes that had the damage banded together and helped each other out. While the unscathed town-homes folks with their blasting generators just ogled around with their cold beverages, oowing and aahing with amazement. It would have been nice if they at least ask if we would want a cold beverage. I guess there is truth to the saying, misery loves company and that one can’t really understand something understand you experienced it.
I’m disappointed that during time of disaster I would expect people to be more sympathetic, forget their differences and help others out; rather than hoard things for themselves. I blew my fuse and just had to walk away was when I overheard two of the town-home residents chatting away about our predicaments, comparing it to the state of our economy and our socio-political system – something to the effect, ‘’..well, they brought it to themselves, why would the tax payer have to help..” Having paid my own share of taxes, this just ticked me off.
