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First of all, live a comfortable, humble and fulfilled life where ever you are. I hope everyone agrees that positive thinking and placing emphasis on qualities is a better practice than emitting energy toward perceived negatives. e.g., Tell your child they are doing something really well instead of focusing on something they aren't..
After growing up in Cumberland and living in a few other cities around the country my opinion of HOME is much better than I expected. We moved back home in 2012 after being out on the range (South and West) for close to 20 years. No two cities are alike, so it's not worth comparing Cumberland to other places we lived. In my opinion the pros out-weigh the cons for this area and I'll state several reasons why. Cumberland and Allegany County have so much to offer if one chooses to see its assets!! This also applies to towns surrounding ALCO and as a whole we are actually a METRO.. Neah sayers? Wiki Cumberland and google metro. Considering that Cumberland is a metro can be confound when comparing to larger cities, but it is true. This is another hidden reason why I believe the area is highly under rated. There is enough culture and diversity to compete with other places but it seems to be hidden in plain sight. Once you get to know the area it is easy to see the unique and interesting qualities.
Moving home was actually calming in several ways. A decent house on the west side that needs some tlc for under 100K! My thought was..I'll pay it off as soon as possible! It's an easy way to avoid interest..aka the bankers cut. A renovated house in Cumberland worth 150K would be worth 350K+ in other cities. Btw--I'm currently in need of a vehicle with lower mileage. An affordable home with a relatively low mortgage payment will allow a vehicle update relatively easy. Note: The area offers a level of financial freedom that is more difficult to attain then other cities. Financial freedom is equal to less stress and anxiety in my world.
Home improvement contractors are reasonable and comparable to larger cities. Contractors have enough work that it can be tough to get on a schedule at times. Quotes always range from wowzer "that seems high" to hmm "that reasonable". Generally there are plenty of renovation experts in the city ready to work for 15-25 an hour. Last weekend we observed the neighborhood and almost every house in view has been recently updated in one way or another. The past 5 years have been active in terms of home maintenance. It shows there is a sense of pride and this is visible all over. Regular home maintenance is ongoing and it only takes a one project a year to make significant improvements. Keep up the good work Cumberland..it's obvious that people care about their properties. There is deferred maintenance and blight in Cumberland. This is mainly near Interstate 68 or desirable home locations. A few long time rental streets have even seen improvement in recent years. In my opinion, focusing on the enforcement of City housing codes would help and more creative tax breaks could be designed for improvements. With 10K homes in Cumberland, it would not take much to swing this city into an hip spot.
The entire area is Walking/Biking friendly. That is without riding on the C&O Canal or Great Allegheny Passage trails. All of Cumberland's neighborhoods are connected with streets and sidewalks. I've never felt unsafe anywhere at anytime. We commonly walked and bike from our door step to downtown and places such as the Constitution Park or Riverside Park with no concerns. We have walked and biked most streets never having a single problem. I lived in South Cumberland for several years and visit family and friends regularly. The unspoken rule is don't bother people and they want bother you. Being friendly or stick to yourself will be reciprocated. Very simple. If you hear anyone say this area is unsafe, I would sincerely disagree. Crime is petty and low tolerance policing is a common theme for folks in poverty.
So about work..jobs... WORK FROM HOME is growing and Internet speeds in Cumberland are comparable to most cities. High speed Internet is available through ABB. Otherwise, jobs are here!!! There is a need for experienced higher educated individuals. Basically if you want to work there is work here. In fact, there are a lack of workers in a few career paths. Lets take tech for example. IBM has been growing (400+ employees) and continuously hiring out of town people because the qualified pool of technical staff in the area already have stable careers. There are high, mid and minimum wage jobs. Northrop Grumman is a huge company with high paying jobs and there are many small government jobs at ABL-Rocket Center. UPMC hospital has a number of medical field jobs. Higher education is abundant with several colleges to note. Rocky Gap Resort and Casino employs several hundred. Also there are factories such as American Woodmark, Hunter Douglas and Superfos. That's just naming a few.
Over the years I have heard there are no high paying jobs in the area. I highly disagree and rationalize this statement with context. These statements typically come from people seeking 60k+ jobs with no college degree and organized skill-set. My response to these types of comments: "Allegany College of MD has an excellent Continuing Education program full of night and online classes. Additionally, financial assistance is available if needed". Or: "There is a shortage of small restaurants serving healthy food at a reasonable cost:)".
Moving forward, the Appalachian mountains are lush and beautiful with comfortable fall, spring and summer temperatures. The variety of hard wood trees is staggering. Wild berries and mushroom galore throughout the mountains. Cumberland has several surrounding State Parks and natural areas. Rocky Gap -Green Ridge State Park - Buchanon - New Germany ..and a few others. The parks and trails are typically empty or maybe a few hikers. A vast majority of the time the forest is all yours without every seeing another person.
We are not game hunters (deer,turkeys,etc.) but hunting is prevalent during winter months. Hunting seasons are posted online and DNR regulates policy on public lands. If you meet a hunter and be very very friendly there is a chance they will share a pack of venison steak with you. It is delicious. I've never seen anyone hunting off season on public land in several hundred hiking expeditions. Public land is shared with unconditional respect.
Fishing opportunities are abundant. The lakes, creeks and rivers are full of fish. Lake Habeeb has great fishing. Wills Creek, Evitts Creek and the Potomac River all run through Cumberland. Kayaking, Canoeing or floating on a tube can all very relaxing. Being on the water seems to reset the soul. Floating the South Branch Potomac has been popular and this activity is becoming more common on the North Branch of the Potomac. Delfest Bluegrass festival seemed to spawn more floating action on the North Branch. There has been an expansion or update of river access locations along the North Branch Potomac in the past years.
There are a wide variety birds in the area because of the River and creeks. Eagles and hawks are around and if you keep an eye out you will surely spot one. In the winter, an assortment of ducks are on the Potomac River just below the Blue Bridge. We take binoculars to the overlook near Canal Place to view all of the types. That's a nice winter air-out activity.
If you are not aware, there is a biking trail that spans over 300 miles from Washington DC to Pittsburgh and guess what is in the middle?? CUMBERLAND! Cumberland is the western terminal of the C&O canal. Bike from you door step to DC or Pittsburg in 2-3 or4 days.. Also, Rocky Gap has a 5 mile mountain bike/hiking trail that loops Lake Habeeb.
A pro tip: After a long bike ride hit a Dive Bar with really cold beer. Cumberland has more than a few. The D.A.M tavern is one of my favorites. Everyone is friendly and beers are cheap. Most of the dive bars are enjoyable once you understand the culture. Dive bars in this area are another under-rated asset. Warning - the local police have given DUI's to bikers or DUP's to staggerers..
Have you ever heard of duck pin bowling? Look it up! Diamond Bowling Alley is a spot to visit at least once in a lifetime. Bowling clubs fill the lanes several nights a week. It's free to watch.
There are quite a few clubs to note. Anything from knitting, Bee keeping to Archaeological and Drone clubs. If you are looking to meet people with like interests there is a good chance it's here. If you don't find what interest you start a club and they will slowly come. Let me emphasize slowly because the area is moving at a slower pace than some cities/metros. This is a Good Thing..relax and enjoy life. There is always tomorrow.
Traveling around Cumberland is simple once you know the city. Within 10 minutes one could drive anywhere. Drive 2 hours to Washington DC or 2 Hours to Pittsburgh or take a shuttle. There are countless cities under 2 hours drive. The Amtrak passes through town twice a day. DC to Chicago anyone? The Amtrac will accept bikes. Leave your Cumberland door step, load your bike on the Amtrac and head to Chicago for a long weekend. DC is the other direction and the National mall is free!
This is just a few things the Cumberland METRO has to offer :). A positive attitude opens your eyes to endless possibilities. It is April 14th and we are being told that Morel mushrooms are popping up in the lower elevation areas.
I hope you enjoyed the information. Pass along good vibes.
Don't tell me this town ain't got no heart - you just gotta poke around
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A Thorough Review of Robins AFB

COPY PASTA from my post at AirForce!
A Thorough Review of Robins AFB
Hello Everyone,
This is my review of Robins AFB after living here for the past 5 years. Hope you find this helpful!
If you’re familiar with using Google Map/GPS to help you get to a military base, it can be difficult to find an open gate without your GPS telling you to turn/U-Turn into a closed gate!
Put in your GPS, “Martin’s BBQ, 102 S Armed Forces Blvd, Warner Robins, GA 31088.” It will take you to Watson Blvd and to the only 24hr gate; Watson Gate. This is also the gate to get visitor passes for your friends/family.
The other gate you’ll be using a lot is Russell gate which is connected to Russell Pkwy. I’ll be assuming you’re driving from the Atlanta airport, so south of Highway 247. GPS the “Museum of Aviation” and about 100 yards before you arrive at the MoA, exit right to Russell Gate. Note, Russell Gate closes at 2400 (0100 on Fri and Sat only) and opens up at 0430 on weekdays and 0500 on the weekends. Hours subject to change, check online for more specific hours!
Green Gate and MLK Gate are two other notable gates mainly for inbound and outbound traffic in the morning rush/afternoon rush.
Bowling Alley: 908 Ninth Street (478-926-2112)
Fitness CenteBase Gym: 826 Eighth Street (478-926-9128)
Fitness Annex/24 Hour Gym: Bldg 301 (478-926-2840)
Finance: 236 Milledgeville Street Suite 526 (478-926-4022)
Heritage Club/Restaurant: 956 Ninth St (Various Numbers)
ITT/Outdoor Recreation: Bldg 984 (Located next to the Main BX) (478-926-4001)
Medical Clinic: 655 Seventh St (478-327-7850 Appointment Line)
MPF/MPS: 660 Macon St (478-327-5666)
Warner Robins - The main city outside of Robins AFB is Warner Robins. WR will be referenced a lot while you are here at Robins. WR can be summed up in a few words as a small-sized southern city with churches and chain restaurants. The city consists of two main counties; Houston (pronounced “House Ton” and not “Hugh’s Town.” People will correct you on this!) and Peach County.
Macon - Located about 15 miles north of Robins AFB/Warner Robins. Macon has a lot of history and is nicknamed the “Heart of Georgia” because it is in the center of GA. Honestly IMO, Macon is pretty ghetto… What happened to Macon is similar to Detroit.. Both places were once thriving industrial cities until their main asset collapsed. You’ll see a lot of abandoned buildings when you drive to downtown Macon. It is pretty sad. There are some nice areas in Macon to visit though, like around Zebulon Road. I’d still recommend going downtown to eat at some nice mom and pop stores. Make sure to never go alone, however.
Savannah - Located about 2 ½ hours to 3 hours South-East/East of Robins. It is the #1 “Most Haunted” city in the United States apparently. It is really fun to visit. Eat seafood and go on some ghost tours while you’re there. The #3 Ice Cream Shop in the U.S. is in Savannah, Leopolds, if you love ice cream. The vibe can be described as a cross between Florida and South Carolina and “hipster-ish” thanks to SCAD there. Be prepared to walk a lot. Free parking on the weekends! Almost every store gives military discounts since there is an Army Base nearby. Give yourself 3 days and 2 nights to really have a grasp and enjoy Savannah.
Atlanta - The capital of GA and the place to be! It is located about 100 miles north of Robins which takes about 2 ½ hours to drive, thanks to the good ol’ Atlanta traffic! There is an abundant amount of things to do and sightsee that I will talk about later in this post.
Owen’s Boarding House is one of my favorite mom and pop stores in WR and it's really close to the base for a quick lunch! Owen’s is an all-you-can-eat lunch-only southern restaurant, dig in those chicken wings! It’s about $10.50, cash only.
The Rookery, in downtown Macon, is one you’ll hear a lot of. It is an old southern/burger joint. The store has a fancy dining upstairs; The Dovetail, if you’re into that.
Martin's BBQ, I referenced it earlier as a good point to locate Robins AFB but it is also a popular BBQ!
WR really loves Mexican food, and so do I! Taco Shed is next to the Museum of Aviation, it is American Mexican food. Salsa’s which is a dining American Mexican restaurant. My Grandma’s Empanadas and Luis for more authentic Mexican food. Cuban Cafe sells pretty good Cuban food. Tacos and More, I wasn't a huge fan of it but one of the comments mentioned it and it does sell $1 tacos, try it out!
Wasn't a fan of Saigon Noodle in WR, its close to base, which is why I believe their portions are small for a Vietnamese place. Plus, the Pho soup has MSG!
Pho Saigon in Macon is great, however. Good portions, and no MSG in their soups!
Stir King is a nice American Chinese place which gives good portions. I am not a fan of the “Japanese” food in WR, better go to Atlanta for real sushi and ramen. Also… screw all of WR’s Hibachi restaurants.
I did not mention any corporate/franchise restaurants since you may already be familiar with them and only want to mention the mom n pop stores.
They’re also “Senior Airmen” dorms for Airmen who’ve stayed longer in the dorms. Essentially, a SrA dorm is a larger dorm with no suite-mate and no kitchen. If the dorms have no availability, Airmen with the longest TOS (Time-on-Station) will be allowed to leave early. You can ask regularly if the dorms are full and maybe you can leave ahead of others.
Certain circumstances can allow you to leave the dorms early such as being a mature age (like over the age of 30) or being married but your spouse is currently living elsewhere due to service, school, etc.
My personal experience: I lived in the dorms and I would describe the overall experience as “okay.” It can be hit or miss with a good suite-mate and your dorm might have mold in them... I didn’t though. Typically activities of dorm airmen include going clubbing, the gym, and/or playing video games. Overall, I enjoyed living in the dorms because of the access to network with other Airmen, not cooking my own food, because of the DEFAC, and friends were just close by.
I lived in Warner Robins after I moved off base from the dorms, and the area was okay. Generally speaking, the further you live off base, (and this goes for all military bases) the safer the environment becomes.
If you’re wanting to live in a nicer area and/or have kids. Look into living in cities Kathleen and/or Bonaire. The area and school system (like Houston County High School) is much nicer than the rest of the public school system.
Cities like Perry and Bryon have far commutes of at least 20 minutes but can be described as “rural” if like not knowing your neighbors.
IMO, please do yourself a favor and do not live off or near Green St. (Hint. It’s right off Green St Gate!) I would also not recommend living in Macon. Imma be real and say Macon is pretty ghetto in most parts of the city (unless you live off Zebulon Rd) and the commute to work is going to be at least 20 mins to work. Edit: Forgot to mention Riverside in Macon. It is still relatively new and the area is nice and so are the neighborhoods. The Riverside Mall is an outdoor mall, very safe and clean. Don't go to the Macon Mall, however.
Essentially, South-West of Warner Robins is the best place to live. Where Feagin Mill Rd and Highway 96 is.
Off Base Housing community is called Huntington Chase, it’s ghetto from what my co-workers have told me as they’ve gunshots go off frequently and cars are breaking into. Off-Base housing is open to civilians and not just military.
Coca Cola Factory - Entry is free for military (does not include dependents) and it is a nice place to go on a date. Try flavors of coke from around the world!
Aquarium - IMO, the experience felt it was geared towards children, I would only pay during special military days because $33 is not worth the visit!
Atlanta Zoo - Never been but it is another sight seeing opportunity.
Dragon Con - A.K.A. “Comic Con of the East.” Where 80k of your “best friends” come meet in a 4-day comic/pop culture/movie/ convention which spans across 5 hotels! Most people get turned off when they hear “comic” as they associate this con with sweaty nerds… Well, they aren’t wrong! But I can guarantee you’ll be missing out if you did not attend this con at least once while you’re at Robins. Even if you don’t love comics, movies, anime, or pop culture (who doesn’t like at least one of the 4?) you can open drink in public for the duration of the con! It is always during Labor Day weekend every year. And if you don’t mind paying for the price of a host hotel, they’re worth it. Good luck because they get booked fast!
Anime Weekend Atlanta - An Anime Con that specializes on having Japanese pop/rock stars to play in the con!
MomoCon - An Anime Con that specializes in 24hour gaming/arcade gaming for the entire weekend!
Ponce City Market - A hipster food and shopping market that used an abandoned factory as their shopping district. Please do yourself a favor and park in Ponce City Market’s parking and not try to get “free” parking from the plaza across the street. You’ll get a “boot” on your car when you come back and have to pay a fine… Ask me how I figured that out...
Caffeine and Octane - A huge car meet in Atlanta that meets regularly.
Mardi Gras: The drive to Louisiana is about 6 hours but I know some Airmen who made the trip to be there for Mardi Gras.
Florida: The drive will take at least 3 hours to cross the Florida border. Florida is fun, do I need to say more?
Professional Sports: Altanta Hawks, Braves, and Falcons! Look for special discounts near Veterans days like Hoops for Troops. The Falco
Don’t forget to check the ITT office for free or reduce price activities for “single Airmen!” Seriously, I’ve gone skydiving, deep sea fishing, paintballing, etc for free or reduced prices! 50% of Disney Park passes!
Obviously, there are more things to do than the list I provided, DYOR and maybe you’ll find a place and/or hidden gem you’ll love!
A lot of your co-workers will most likely talk crap about Robins. Well, they’re probably the same salty Airmen who put Robins AFB, 9th, on their dream sheet and how trying to figure out how Eglin or Macdill wasn’t chosen even though it was #1 and #3 on their dream sheet. But even if they aren’t those types of Airmen.... Robins is one of those “what you make of it bases.”
You. Yes you, Airman, have to create your own experiences and be willing to leave your dorm and not be a dorm rat to make memories at Robins. This base isn’t centrally located to anything known for “fun” like all the bases in San Antonio, all Florida bases, Travis, Keesler and the casinos, etc. Even that hot A1C still has to make an effort to venture out and explore new roads and can’t rely on other people to do it for them.
“Robins-ism.” For whatever reason, “Robin-ism” is basically AFIs and the proper order of how to do things in the Air Force... does not apply the same for Robins. You’ll hear a lot of “that’s not how we did that at my last base.” People say it's because the amount of civilians outnumbers the military 3:1. And with that, if the civilians don’t like the AFI/protocol, it will slowly but surely die out and a “Robin-ism” method of how to do things soon takes over. I am not blaming the large civilian population, it is just what Airmen accept is the reason why some people on this base can be lazy at times.
Allergies. If you never experienced allergies or have in the past. Well, Warner Robins has a surprise for you... Seriously, you could potentially suffer from bad allergies.
I hope you found this review helpful if you're incoming to Robins whether it'd be a PCS or TDY, or if you just wanted to read my review.
Edit: Added more info.
Edit 2: I have since PCSed from Robins in 2020.
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A Thorough Review of Robins AFB

Hello Everyone,
This is my review of Robins AFB after living here for the past 5 years. Hope you find this helpful!
If you’re familiar with using Google Map/GPS to help you get to a military base, it can be difficult to find an open gate without your GPS telling you to turn/U-Turn into a closed gate!
Put in your GPS, “Martin’s BBQ, 102 S Armed Forces Blvd, Warner Robins, GA 31088.” It will take you to Watson Blvd and to the only 24hr gate; Watson Gate. This is also the gate to get visitor passes for your friends/family.
The other gate you’ll be using a lot is Russell gate which is connected to Russell Pkwy. I’ll be assuming you’re driving from the Atlanta airport, so south of Highway 247. GPS the “Museum of Aviation” and about 100 yards before you arrive at the MoA, exit right to Russell Gate. Note, Russell Gate closes at 2400 (0100 on Fri and Sat only) and opens up at 0430 on weekdays and 0500 on the weekends. Hours subject to change, check online for more specific hours!
Green Gate and MLK Gate are two other notable gates mainly for inbound and outbound traffic in the morning rush/afternoon rush.
Bowling Alley: 908 Ninth Street (478-926-2112)
Fitness CenteBase Gym: 826 Eighth Street (478-926-9128)
Fitness Annex/24 Hour Gym: Bldg 301 (478-926-2840)
Finance: 236 Milledgeville Street Suite 526 (478-926-4022)
Heritage Club/Restaurant: 956 Ninth St (Various Numbers)
ITT/Outdoor Recreation: Bldg 984 (Located next to the Main BX) (478-926-4001)
Medical Clinic: 655 Seventh St (478-327-7850 Appointment Line)
MPF/MPS: 660 Macon St (478-327-5666)
Warner Robins - The main city outside of Robins AFB is Warner Robins. WR will be referenced a lot while you are here at Robins. WR can be summed up in a few words as a small-sized southern city with churches and chain restaurants. The city consists of two main counties; Houston (pronounced “House Ton” and not “Hugh’s Town.” People will correct you on this!) and Peach County.
Macon - Located about 15 miles north of Robins AFB/Warner Robins. Macon has a lot of history and is nicknamed the “Heart of Georgia” because it is in the center of GA. Honestly IMO, Macon is pretty ghetto… What happened to Macon is similar to Detroit.. Both places were once thriving industrial cities until their main asset collapsed. You’ll see a lot of abandoned buildings when you drive to downtown Macon. It is pretty sad. There are some nice areas in Macon to visit though, like around Zebulon Road. I’d still recommend going downtown to eat at some nice mom and pop stores. Make sure to never go alone, however.
Savannah - Located about 2 ½ hours to 3 hours South-East/East of Robins. It is the #1 “Most Haunted” city in the United States apparently. It is really fun to visit. Eat seafood and go on some ghost tours while you’re there. The #3 Ice Cream Shop in the U.S. is in Savannah, Leopolds, if you love ice cream. The vibe can be described as a cross between Florida and South Carolina and “hipster-ish” thanks to SCAD there. Be prepared to walk a lot. Free parking on the weekends! Almost every store gives military discounts since there is an Army Base nearby. Give yourself 3 days and 2 nights to really have a grasp and enjoy Savannah.
Atlanta - The capital of GA and the place to be! It is located about 100 miles north of Robins which takes about 2 ½ hours to drive, thanks to the good ol’ Atlanta traffic! There is an abundant amount of things to do and sightsee that I will talk about later in this post.
Owen’s Boarding House is one of my favorite mom and pop stores in WR and it's really close to the base for a quick lunch! Owen’s is an all-you-can-eat lunch-only southern restaurant, dig in those chicken wings! It’s about $10.50, cash only.
The Rookery, in downtown Macon, is one you’ll hear a lot of. It is an old southern/burger joint. The store has a fancy dining upstairs; The Dovetail, if you’re into that.
Martin's BBQ, I referenced it earlier as a good point to locate Robins AFB but it is also a popular BBQ!
WR really loves Mexican food, and so do I! Taco Shed is next to the Museum of Aviation, it is American Mexican food. Salsa’s which is a dining American Mexican restaurant. My Grandma’s Empanadas and Luis for more authentic Mexican food. Cuban Cafe sells pretty good Cuban food. Tacos and More, I wasn't a huge fan of it but one of the comments mentioned it and it does sell $1 tacos, try it out!
Wasn't a fan of Saigon Noodle in WR, its close to base, which is why I believe their portions are small for a Vietnamese place. Plus, the Pho soup has MSG!
Pho Saigon in Macon is great, however. Good portions, and no MSG in their soups!
Stir King is a nice American Chinese place which gives good portions. I am not a fan of the “Japanese” food in WR, better go to Atlanta for real sushi and ramen. Also… screw all of WR’s Hibachi restaurants.
I did not mention any corporate/franchise restaurants since you may already be familiar with them and only want to mention the mom n pop stores.
They’re also “Senior Airmen” dorms for Airmen who’ve stayed longer in the dorms. Essentially, a SrA dorm is a larger dorm with no suite-mate and no kitchen. If the dorms have no availability, Airmen with the longest TOS (Time-on-Station) will be allowed to leave early. You can ask regularly if the dorms are full and maybe you can leave ahead of others.
Certain circumstances can allow you to leave the dorms early such as being a mature age (like over the age of 30) or being married but your spouse is currently living elsewhere due to service, school, etc.
My personal experience: I lived in the dorms and I would describe the overall experience as “okay.” It can be hit or miss with a good suite-mate and your dorm might have mold in them... I didn’t though. Typically activities of dorm airmen include going clubbing, the gym, and/or playing video games. Overall, I enjoyed living in the dorms because of the access to network with other Airmen, not cooking my own food, because of the DEFAC, and friends were just close by.
I lived in Warner Robins after I moved off base from the dorms, and the area was okay. Generally speaking, the further you live off base, (and this goes for all military bases) the safer the environment becomes.
If you’re wanting to live in a nicer area and/or have kids. Look into living in cities Kathleen and/or Bonaire. The area and school system (like Houston County High School) is much nicer than the rest of the public school system.
Cities like Perry and Bryon have far commutes of at least 20 minutes but can be described as “rural” if like not knowing your neighbors.
IMO, please do yourself a favor and do not live off or near Green St. (Hint. It’s right off Green St Gate!) I would also not recommend living in Macon. Imma be real and say Macon is pretty ghetto in most parts of the city (unless you live off Zebulon Rd) and the commute to work is going to be at least 20 mins to work. Edit: Forgot to mention Riverside in Macon. It is still relatively new and the area is nice and so are the neighborhoods. The Riverside Mall is an outdoor mall, very safe and clean. Don't go to the Macon Mall, however.
Essentially, South-West of Warner Robins is the best place to live. Where Feagin Mill Rd and Highway 96 is.
Off Base Housing community is called Huntington Chase, it’s ghetto from what my co-workers have told me as they’ve gunshots go off frequently and cars are breaking into. Off-Base housing is open to civilians and not just military.
Coca Cola Factory - Entry is free for military (does not include dependents) and it is a nice place to go on a date. Try flavors of coke from around the world!
Aquarium - IMO, the experience felt it was geared towards children, I would only pay during special military days because $33 is not worth the visit!
Atlanta Zoo - Never been but it is another sight seeing opportunity.
Dragon Con - A.K.A. “Comic Con of the East.” Where 80k of your “best friends” come meet in a 4-day comic/pop culture/movie/ convention which spans across 5 hotels! Most people get turned off when they hear “comic” as they associate this con with sweaty nerds… Well, they aren’t wrong! But I can guarantee you’ll be missing out if you did not attend this con at least once while you’re at Robins. Even if you don’t love comics, movies, anime, or pop culture (who doesn’t like at least one of the 4?) you can open drink in public for the duration of the con! It is always during Labor Day weekend every year. And if you don’t mind paying for the price of a host hotel, they’re worth it. Good luck because they get booked fast!
Anime Weekend Atlanta - An Anime Con that specializes on having Japanese pop/rock stars to play in the con!
MomoCon - An Anime Con that specializes in 24hour gaming/arcade gaming for the entire weekend!
Ponce City Market - A hipster food and shopping market that used an abandoned factory as their shopping district. Please do yourself a favor and park in Ponce City Market’s parking and not try to get “free” parking from the plaza across the street. You’ll get a “boot” on your car when you come back and have to pay a fine… Ask me how I figured that out...
Caffeine and Octane - A huge car meet in Atlanta that meets regularly.
Mardi Gras: The drive to Louisiana is about 6 hours but I know some Airmen who made the trip to be there for Mardi Gras.
Florida: The drive will take at least 3 hours to cross the Florida border. Florida is fun, do I need to say more?
Professional Sports: Altanta Hawks, Braves, and Falcons! Look for special discounts near Veterans days like Hoops for Troops. The Falco
Don’t forget to check the ITT office for free or reduce price activities for “single Airmen!” Seriously, I’ve gone skydiving, deep sea fishing, paintballing, etc for free or reduced prices! 50% of Disney Park passes!
Obviously, there are more things to do than the list I provided, DYOR and maybe you’ll find a place and/or hidden gem you’ll love!
A lot of your co-workers will most likely talk crap about Robins. Well, they’re probably the same salty Airmen who put Robins AFB, 9th, on their dream sheet and how trying to figure out how Eglin or Macdill wasn’t chosen even though it was #1 and #3 on their dream sheet. But even if they aren’t those types of Airmen.... Robins is one of those “what you make of it bases.”
You. Yes you, Airman, have to create your own experiences and be willing to leave your dorm and not be a dorm rat to make memories at Robins. This base isn’t centrally located to anything known for “fun” like all the bases in San Antonio, all Florida bases, Travis, Keesler and the casinos, etc. Even that hot A1C still has to make an effort to venture out and explore new roads and can’t rely on other people to do it for them.
“Robins-ism.” For whatever reason, “Robin-ism” is basically AFIs and the proper order of how to do things in the Air Force... does not apply the same for Robins. You’ll hear a lot of “that’s not how we did that at my last base.” People say it's because the amount of civilians outnumbers the military 3:1. And with that, if the civilians don’t like the AFI/protocol, it will slowly but surely die out and a “Robin-ism” method of how to do things soon takes over. I am not blaming the large civilian population, it is just what Airmen accept is the reason why some people on this base can be lazy at times.
Allergies. If you never experienced allergies or have in the past. Well, Warner Robins has a surprise for you... Seriously, you could potentially suffer from bad allergies.
I hope you found this review helpful if you're incoming to Robins whether it'd be a PCS or TDY, or if you just wanted to read my review.
Edit: Added more info.
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Wealth Formula Episode 224: Multifamily Macroeconomics in the Twilight Zone

Catch the full episode: https://www.wealthformula.com/podcast/224-multifamily-macroeconomics-in-the-twilight-zone/
Buck: Welcome back to the show everyone. Today my guest on Wealth Formula Podcast, he's been on the show before. He's economist Ryan Davis. He actually joined us at one of our last Wealth Formula meetups. Of course, the last one we had was canceled but Ryan was at the one before that. He serves as a chief operating officer at Witten Advisors and provides fact-based research analysis and discussion to help clients like us formulate their apartment strategies and these insights and for investment decisions for multi-family development and buy/sell opportunities which as you can imagine we're all looking for some of this advice these days. Ryan has a PhD in economics from the University of Texas. Ryan, welcome back to Wealth Formula Podcast.
Ryan: Thank you. Glad to be back.
Buck: Yeah it's been like a pandemic ago when we last talked right? Listen, you know I want to kind of jump into the whole you know what the heck is going on, I mean the overall, if you would, you know kind of give me your overall assessment of the economy. I mean obviously we know these huge drops in GDP etc which were expected last quarter. How is this all affecting real estate asset prices especially you know apartments which is you know is our interest and something that you specialize in?
Ryan: Sure so yeah the great unknown is the pace of the recovery. So we had that big drop through April in terms of employment and then we got a bounce back in May and June and the hope was that it was going to be a V-shaped recovery. But then we saw virus cases ramp back up in the second half of June into the early part of July and the local economy started rolling back some of their openings and so with that, we've kind of stalled out recently. So we'll get the July numbers this Friday for overall payroll gains and that could I think the consensus is anywhere between one, one and a half million jobs it could be negative so who knows but it looks like the hope for a v-shaped recovery in the economy has kind of stalled out after the first two months of optimism. And so we think that going forward we won't see any the worst is behind us really and so we won't see you know the big losses that we experienced in March and early into April so kind of what we're calling for right now is for the national economy to continue to add jobs for the remainder of the year and then beginning next year a recovery should emerge and that would sustain demand for housing and ultimately apartments going forward. In the near term as far as multi-family goes we expect some pain through the end of this year and then into the early part of next year. In terms of pricing power, if we had to boil it down to one number it's rent growth so year over year effective rent growth we think that declines to eight percent rent cuts this year and into the early part of 2021. That varies considerably on a local market basis I think our worst-performing market is Metro New York City probably no surprise there but then also many of the other gateway markets such as Boston, LA, the Bay Area, etc. We expect rent declines to be lower than that eight percent across the board, however many of the inner west, Texas, southeastern market should outperform still see rent declines but not closer to five/six percent range at the depth and so we expect near-term pain but then as we get out into 2021 and afterward and the economy begins to add a lot of jobs we would expect rent growth to return to multi-family. And then what that means for pricing in terms of apartment assets for right now in the second quarter hardly any deals trade at hand so it's really tough to get a sense of where pricing is and with the deals that have traded though the cap rates have remained relatively stable which is a good sign. We've heard from some of our merchant builder clients where they had assets they had constructed and were going out to the market to sell in the early part of April they were saying 10 discounts in terms of the compared to pre corona levels but that has since come back in the last 45-60 days and maybe it's only one to two percent in terms of the haircut that they're seeing out there right now. And there's a just a ton of capital that wants to get back into multifamily at the same time there's hardly any distress out there right now so there's a lack of available to you know supply to buy and so everyone is just kind of in this standstill there's a big ass gap because buyers aren't willing to pay yesterday's prices for assets but sellers aren't willing to give any you know deep discounts right now and so it's kind of a standstill and we’ll see how all this plays out.
Buck: Yeah you know it's really interesting we're obviously you know through, you work with Western Wealth Capital, one of my partners and you know it's funny because we were kind of thinking well maybe there'll be some real buying opportunities but you know we've seen a little bit maybe just you know from buyers who are sellers who just are just wanting to get out while they're ahead maybe they made some money you know maybe they and at this point you know they're just thinking let's just cash out and maybe they're willing to take a little bit less but for the most part you know if you look across our own portfolio and it might be because it's largely again Texas and Arizona, etc that and maybe it's because it's mostly working-class B and you know high C class apartment but our portfolio you know the numbers are just as good as they've ever been in terms of you know occupancy in terms of even our we're still raising rents. And so when you look at that you're like well I mean how do you expect there to be any you know smoking deals out there if the sellers really aren't feeling any distress. So is there a difference you know when you look at something like a B and C class apartment scenario versus A right now or have you been able to break that down a little bit because I think the people I know who are in the A-class and new build are you know they're certainly feeling things a little bit more than we are.
Ryan: Yeah so what we've heard from some of our clients in terms of early on so may June in terms of rent collections class A's were actually from a nationwide perspective actually exceeded the class B and C product. Now we don't think that will continue going forward and the main reason is that new deliveries that are coming online they will compete with the existing top of the market product and so we think that it will be short-lived in terms of the top of the market outperformance and another part is due to just the nature of this downturn where low-wage sectors were hit extremely hard in April, got some bounce back in May and June but the leisure and hospitality sectors lower-paying positions those have been the most impacted so far. But going forward we don't think that this downturn would be any different than prior recessions in terms of the class A leading the way down in terms of jobs and occupancy and also rent growth or rent cuts in the near term. So class A’s will lead the market down but then as we get out into the later part of next year and into early 2022 then class A's would outperform the broader market. So yeah we think through the end of this year until early next that B's and C's will hold up relatively better but that's mainly a function of just the competition that it takes to get these new projects they will get leased up it's just a matter of the market-clearing price and so those have to compete those could be mostly with the top end of the spectrum and so we see big rent declines and concessions in the class A space going forward.
Buck: You know there's this thesis that's going around in the multi-family space and you know I've been sort of you know looking at it this way too for a while though I'm starting to you know feel like it's maybe not gonna happen is this idea that there's going to be a potentially before we really rebound and start heading up again that there’ll potentially be a you know big tsunami of defaults and things like that. Right now at least what I'm you know seeing and hearing about in terms of the lending markets and in terms of these properties, there really isn't much indication of that right now is there I mean what do you think?
Ryan: No at least not in the short term I mean again there's it goes back to my earlier comment there's been no distress really and so that is due mainly to the huge stimulus packages that have been passed those from a fiscal standpoint and a monetary standpoint which is it's crazy to think that GDP declined at an annualized rate by 32 however incomes soared and so that's all due to the stimulus that we saw and so that's helped prop up renters incomes and allow them to pay rent. Now going forward I think some of these the number of defaults I don't think there will be a tsunami, at least that's how we view it right now, ask me again in a week and it could change, but I think that the defaults will be very market specific and so those geographies that have been hit harder we'll see a larger number but many of the Texas markets, Phoenix, Denver, southeast high growth markets where you've got this short-term tailwind in terms of folks at the margin more and the trends that have been in place for years of folks moving from gateway markets into these inner markets will be kind of you know given a stairway shot really in the near term and so that would help to prop up multi-family fundamentals and so yeah if you're expecting a tsunami of defaults in any of those markets that I've mentioned again it kind of gets a little bit granular in terms of you know potentially Orlando might have some problems just with the amount of supply and then the you know low-wage in tourism industries being impacted more dramatically and that would lead to some weakness in Orlando but out outside of that maybe Houston you could argue you know somewhat but outside of those two and those those areas of the inner west Texas, southeast Florida should be but hold up you know relatively well and I would think that the main stress points will be out you know on the coast in California potentially portland we do think seattle holds up relatively well and then northeast in terms of you know New York and Boston as well so I think it's very locally market driven.
Buck: Yeah it's interesting you know we did we were a little worried about Houston too but our you know Houston portfolio is actually doing awesome it's not having any problems at all which is which was you know again, knock on wood that’s what it's been so far. Let me ask you another question you mentioned the pent-up demand of you know money on the sidelines waiting to get back in and you know and in many situations, they have to get back in right they're mandated to deploy capital and that sort of thing do you the one thought that I've had through this is you know multi-family and well multi-family in general has held up so well during this period of time does that potentially create a situation where you know the big money that's coming in starts looking at this even harder as potentially a little bit of a hedge or a little bit of safe haven. What what do you guys think is going to be the effect of that you know the relatively stable performance and then ultimately you know having all of this money on the sidelines,? Do you see paradoxical even further compression of cap rates over the next couple years? What's your thought on that?
Ryan: Yeah and so kind of pre-corona our forecast was for cap rates to continue to decline and you know taking a step back it was mainly driven by global factors with the aging populations across the globe that have built wealth up and all that investment needed to be placed somewhere. And so those trends were driving returns lower for longer and so those are the demographic that have not been affected by the pandemic. And so just from a global standpoint, we're expecting returns across all assets whether stocks bonds you know all classes of real estate whether it's multi or industrial retail office, etc those returns would continue to head lower. Now we've had the pandemic and we've seen multi-family and industrial hold up exceedingly well and who knows what to make of retail office and lodging just lots of pain and in those sectors and so if you need to be allocated to real estate then multifamily and industrial or where you want to be at least in the short term and especially if you're looking for consistency of returns and you know risk-adjusted on a risk-adjusted basis you know multi-industrial or have outperformed other asset classes and so really to get into the lodging office retail space probably more opportunistic mindset in terms of those assets may need to be repositioned etc and so I think a lot of that money that's out there is not looking to get there's a lot that's looking for that type of asset turnaround story but there's also a lot of money out there that needs the stability. And so that should continue to compress cap rates or put a really put a cap on that cap rates and so it would be no surprise if cap rates on an aggregate basis hold steady and maybe even decline despite a deterioration in short-term fundamentals and part of that is due to the long-term belief in apartments going forward and so yes there's a short-term dislocation where we expect some move-outs that you know this year actually there are a lot of move-outs that we expect and so there's going to be a lot of doubling up folks moving back in with their families but then there's going to be pent up demand as we as that recovery takes hold next year and that will be released and so we see leasing to be through the roof next year and then out into 2022. Then at the same time as that demand story improves in the short term we see starts decelerating dramatically so we've we're going from a 400,000 unit run rate to about 200,000 units by the early part of next year. And so new production is going to get cut in half now that we don't get any benefit of that immediately so we have to wait till later part of 2022 and 2023 before we see that slowdown and production really lift fundamentals and so I think everyone is seeing that yes there's some short-term disruption in the multi-family market right now, but the long-term drivers are there and if you have the capital to wait out this very painful period in the short term then there will be major benefits after that we should see after next year.
Buck: Now one of the things you said I think earlier is that the worst is behind us do you believe that's the case in terms of rent growth and you know rent cuts and that sort of thing right now?
Ryan: I think the worst is behind us in terms of the economy. I think that going forward we should continue to produce job gains on a monthly basis, though this next report could see some layoffs we'll see the consensus is one million one and a half. In terms of multi-family we do not think the worst is behind us we think that fundamentals will continue to deteriorate into the early part of next year we think that you know kind of right now in terms of year over year rent growth in the early part of this year let's call it three, three and a half percent we've since gone down to zero percent in the second quarter. So on a quarterly basis we've seen some dramatic rent cuts, again this is on a national basis and then as we move forward we see occupancy dropping by about three percentage points into the early part of next year, rent declines of about eight percent through the remainder of this year into the first quarter of next year and so no we do think that there will be some deterioration and fundamentals going forward. On the flip side of that might present some opportunities and so any assets that were purchased specially in your space in terms of if they were bought at the top of the market at the end of last year in the early part of this year and now that value-add story isn't there where you might not be able to get the rent bumps that you were expecting so some of those assets will have to be recapitalized and so that might present some opportunity as the year progresses but again like you said we haven't seen that materialized so far.
Buck: Yeah that's the tricky part right I mean it's sort of like I think when you're on the buy side here you're saying well I mean these prices that we're seeing right now you know with prolonged you know low-interest rates which we can pretty much guarantee at this point for a period of time and then the pent-up demand. It's sort of like okay well I mean this actually might be one of the better times to buy if you consider what could potentially happen in the next you know 18 to 24 months in terms of you know explosive growth. When you look at those indicators that you're you know that you're talking about that may lead to some of the more explosive growth metrics what markets come to mind the most for you?
Buck: Now one of the things you said I think earlier is that the worst is behind us do you believe that's the case in terms of rent growth and you know rent cuts and that sort of thing right now?
Ryan: Yeah so our general geographic areas that we like we like the southeast, parts of Florida, Texas and the inner west. We really like Atlanta, we like South Florida though there's a little more pain in the short term some of our clients are saying it kind of in terms of you know rent collections you know northeast but also yeah LA but then South Florida is outperforming those two areas but still lagging some of these other markets. So we like the Texas markets long term the interwebs you have Phoenix, Denver, Salt Lake as well. We like Seattle that's an outlier on the west coast but then the other markets whereas in the Bay Area we expect those you know rent growth numbers to average four, four and a half percent which stack up really well across the nation but for those markets that's a recession pretty much and so compared to what's normal and the cap rates you have to pay the rent growth numbers there kind of you know lackluster. So the midwest the markets they won't be hit as hard but still they don't get that explosive growth going forward and so we really like the inner West Texas, southeast of Florida markets and you know part of that has been driven being driven by the migration flows. So domestic migration numbers have really helped out all of these markets we've seen outflows from the northeast boston new york the bay area Southern California we've seen migration outflows from those markets into the you know inner west you know Las Vegas the inland Phoenix, Denver you know people moving from the coast into those markets and then you know also parts of texas as well but then in terms of the northeast the flows that are coming in to the Nashvilles the Charlottes, Raleighs, Atlanta, Florida markets we and then also Texas as well and so those trends have been accelerated at least in the short term, but it's important to remember that those have been going on for a decade at least even more and then other markets and so it's not anything new but at the margin that will support many of these other markets.
Buck: Yeah on the west coast I mean there's that flight to Arizona as well right from California. One of the things that you know is worth talking about is what effect this has had you know the pandemic and the recession on the lending market, with Fannie and Freddie and you know how that might be playing into any of the growth or lack of growth.
Ryan: Yeah I think on the financing side you know debt for stabilized assets it's there and it's cheap you may have to you know have higher reserves than you've had typically but for the most part it's there and so that's part of the appeal of buying assets right now with these record low interest rates. So I think for stabilized assets yeah it's there for new construction it is dried up considerably and this is a change in the last 30 to 60 days and so the fed does a survey each quarter of banks and their tightening of multi-family construction lending standards and that the latest report shows 70 percent of banks tighten their multi-family construction loans last quarter which we haven't seen those levels since 2008/2009. And so I think part of it's the lenders are trying to make sense of what they have in terms of all these other asset types in terms of real estate or retail, lodging, office loans, they're trying to you know spend a lot of time working those out and so then you add on the uncertainty in terms of the economic recovery etc, they've pretty much put a halt on new construction loans. And so that's been a big change here in the last two months call it. Then on the equity side I think returns have been increased but still available and interested but you know a lot of you know equity and especially focusing in on the new starts pipeline if all the deals that have been started are continuing and it's kind of a mixed bag from our clients in terms of are you seeing delays or actually some other clients that reported these they were able to speed up the timing in terms of getting able to get trucks into sites very easily and then also the construction workers that were on you know working on hotels motels those have come into the apartment sector and so that's provided more manpower in terms of getting these deals done. And so those that were under construction are continuing to proceed, those that were capitalized I think that but haven't begun those have been they haven't pulled out completely they just said let's press pause to see let's say can we get any break in construction costs over the next several months and so the equity and banks they're still willing to do it move forward on those deals that have been capitalized but are you know slow playing it. And then you get to the others where there's land sites and they hadn't been entitled and haven't been capitalized those deals we think have been shelved for right now and so it kind of where some opportunity could be is on the land side of you know potentially purchasing some land sites that might be teed up for development as we get further along in this recovery.
Buck: Again one of the things that you're saying though in terms of construction loans not being there again it helps us for those of us who have apartment portfolios already that are already there that that again goes to the issue of a simple supply and demand issue which we can benefit from if there's not a whole lot of new builds. You know this is a major driving variable in in apartment buildings nationally can you give us a little bit of the idea of you know just not being able to keep up with you know population growth in various parts of the country, can you give us a little bit of you know sort of a thousand-foot view on the perspective on how big of an issue that actually is?
Ryan: I don't know if it's that big of an issue you know on on the whole and I think that you know some of these higher growth markets in terms of where we've you know call it the Atlantas and North Carolina markets, Central North Florida, Texas, the inner west regions where we've seen large population growth statistics you know high growth markets but they're also they also tend to be the highest in terms of supply for housing and so it's more easy to build in those markets especially you know out as you get away from the know central cities etc and so where we've seen the the biggest barriers to supply are out on the coast and so we've seen you know job growth be pretty good in those markets but the supply hasn't kept up at all and so that's why you're seeing you know these big you know rent affordability you know problems in the coastal markets and so we think that supply not keeping up with the population dynamics is more of a coastal problem but then you know as you get into the markets that are more accepting of new development then you know we've seen housing supply increase at a rapid clip in many of these other markets I think you know Austin you know even through the June of this year permit activity for multi-family continued to set it reached big big levels and so I think year to date in Austin it's already pulled permits on almost 10,000 units already which is you know huge numbers. And so I do think that while these population growth numbers and some of these markets are you know off the charts especially compared to you know some of the coastal markets, that supply has been able to keep up there and so yeah you see pockets of where you know rent growth you know bumps up to you know five, six percent levels, it's especially that was the case in Phoenix and Las Vegas over the past two to three years where those markets were leading in terms of rent increases but they tend to you know be markets that you know will accept more new supply and so that will tend to even out over the long term.
Buck: How's Vegas doing out of curiosity because that one was just crushing it. It seemed it seemed a little dangerous you know it seemed like one of those markets where it's like wow is it real or is it one of those things that's just gonna go back to Vegas.
Ryan: Yeah exactly and yeah kind of thinking that you know before kind of goes back to your comment earlier about people moving from the coast to getting in their car and driving to the riverside and then Las Vegas and Phoenix and so it was benefiting from a real out-migration from expensive coastal California. That said that just the nature of this pandemic crushing leisure and hospitality and the conference circuit that the job losses in Las Vegas I think you know through April into May led the nation. We've seen some a bit of a bounce back there but really the question is you know how fast does the the conference you know a circuit come back, how fast are people willing to travel to casinos, I know they have already, but I think that pre-corona the growth was real and yeah absolutely now it's a little bit different you know market in terms of the cost and you don't want to go in there and if you're a developer you don't you know want to build a high-rise there and so your strategy is a little bit different but so far it's held up relatively well, all things considered, but still a lot of weakness that is materializing in Vegas.
Buck: Interesting stuff. Well listen I don't want to keep you all day long, Ryan, but it's been great talking to you. Where can we learn more about your work?
Ryan: Sure. Probably the easiest is wittenadvisors.com you can go there, all our contact information is there, feel free to reach out with a phone call or send me an email anytime and I'll be happy to give you more details on the services that we provide and how we add value to many clients that are in either owner, operators, developers, equity or lender clients.
Buck: Fantastic thanks again and we'd love to have you again you know in a few months to reassess where we are at.
Ryan: All right. Sounds good. Looking forward to it.
Buck: We'll be right back
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I lived in a 70 square feet, and here's my life (15YO)

To the most attentive Redditors,
I stand here before you, to blurt it all out, that simply the story you about to hear is emotionally evoking story, that no books I've ever read will be that convincing to the grains of details; that story, none other, is the story of my life; to which bittersweet details I find still conforms me for who I really am today.
So aside from the intro, I just want to say that this story is written from my recollections and the deepest of my heart. If you like it, please share it so that everyone can enjoy it. I don't usually share my life story, but because of the circumstances I'm living in, it begs me to write the story. So enjoy with a cup of tea besides!
So, my family is very tiny. It consists of just 2 people: my dad and I. When I was about 3, my mother left us. Because of that, my dad became a single father overnight. At that time, we lived in Vietnam, with a small house on the outskirts. Our house wasn't big; it only have two floors and one of which was filled with croaches on the second floor. (The floor would creaks eerily with every steps) I remember from my childhood that I always stay at home alone, because my dad was the sole breadwinner. My dad would always locked the front door, and tell me, "Son, if you have any troubles, just call the neighbors." So there was I, alone at 4 years old, not having any significant "family moments" like any other American family I see on Facebook (More on America later). My other relatives, an uncle, lived miles far away, so virtually no one I can play with except my neighbors, who doesn't have any kids.
I mildly remember that at the age of 5, my dad bought me my first PC. It was a bulbous 90's monitor with the most clanky keyboard, so clanky in fact that I might as well bought an oil can and pour over it. It was the way that I connected to the outside world and it still is today as I'm writing in a cramped 100 square feet room (more on that later). Later that year, he called one of his tech friend to help installed "English games" inside the computer; and it was that moment that I was obsessed with games all day. I was hooked on Feeding Frenzy, Iggle Pops, Dynomite, and PVZ. I would try to beat Zuma, but loses at the second-to-last round because of my tiny hands, you know. If any of you know any GameHouse employees or Popcap employees, can you give me my sincerely thanks to them for creating my childhood games? I didn't know English well, but it was the game elements that speak to me; it was so simply anyone can play.
My dad is an driver-ed teacher at a drving school. it was an on-and-off job to make money. Sometimes, he would make money, other times he would not. At 2 years old, my dad rented and started a small photocopy shop at the place nearby. At first, he was successful, because the students of nearby school would come in and photocopy their school documents, but eventually, as he explained. with "rent cost rising, and the copy machine would constantly failed", it was too much for him. For that reason, I would remember my childhood with a photocopy machine draped with a black cloak at a corner of the already-small house.
At 5 years old, something came upon me, mathematics. My dad saw my peak interest in mathematics, so every night before bed, he would pull out a board the size of a minicar and would scribble down multiplication tables equation and made me fill from 0 X 0 = to 10 x 10 =. He would also buy books from the bookstore and fill the shelf by my desk. He also enrolled me into English schools, where I absorbed the material like the sponge. even got bored with the material so I just take frequent bathroom breaks and bailed out. At 6 years old, he used all of his money to help me attend an International School, which is where the school teaches you Humanities (Writing, Reading, Math in Vietnamese) and English with a certified nonnative English teacher. This is where I stand out the most. Because of my exposure to English at a young age, I was able to skip English class for 1st grader to English 6, English for 6th graders, while learning Humanities at 1st grade, which means I often make the transition back and forth.
All is kind-of going well for me until something happen that impact me the most. My mother, who lives near there, still frequently visits me whenever my dad left for work. She lives with her gambling friends day-by-day in a tiny convienience store. Then, one afternoon on a Saturday, as my dad was at home, my mother showed up. She had thought that my father has gone for work (One of her close friends live kitty-cross from our house). My dad demanded that she paid the money she stole from my dad for gambling years ago. She made up excuses; one arguments led to another. My dad closes the front glass door, and refuses to talk to her further. My mother, enraged, grabbed the metal chair in front of my neighbor's front porch and threw it towards the glass door. It shattered into millions of shards. My dad's instinct kicked in immediately, pushing me back away. He quickly grabbed his motorcycles and went to the police station, and told me not to sweep the shards away. (I went to grab a broom and a dustpan) My mother left the scene.
When I was in second grade, we received a second letter for an interview to the United States. My aunt from my grandmother's side (lives in America and still is) is sponsoring us. Before that, my first interview with my dad in 2009, became a flop. Because of the divorce and my birth certificate printing the wrong birthplace (It prints my mother's birthplace), the USCIS (Immigration dept.) got suspicious and denied the application. (They think it is a marriage scam, where a non-American pays to a American citizen a fee to help them get to America through the marriage visa) We've appealled and in 2012, we were prepped to do the second interview. This is it, it was make it or break it. I remember walking up to a female iimmigration officer and he would ask us to raise your right hands, say a pledge etc. Then she would ask my dad first, through an interpreter, all the questions in the documents. She turned to me, and I answered her, straight in English, about how I was living with my dad and my mother was already divorced. She has no intentions of going to the United States. After for about 40 minutes, my father and I were asked to take a seat. And this is what my dad said pharaphrased: "I remember that we were waiting almost all afternoon, as the sun nearly set. We were second-to-last to get called apart from another guy sitting by. The chairs were empty, and I remember the intercom calling my name. I walked up to them and they handed me a blank visa. I cried softly inside my piteous soul as they directed you and I to get our pictures taken."
So, my dad and I arrived in United States in March of 2012. My aunt and uncle picked us up from the airport. At first, I was kind of in shock of the roads and houses, but I just chuckled and kept it to myself. I arrived at their house, and the first I saw was my grandmother that I haven't seen ever. My grandfather came downstairs, and say that "you are lucky to get here" in a mildly condescending tone. So, my aunt and uncle (let's called them A&U) gave us a room of about 130 sq. ft with a decent-sized closet. So, my dad and I set up our belongings in our closet and we quickly got settled there. A few months later, my dad bought two wooden desks from a friend. So, basically, two people lived in a room. From that point on, I never really have my own privacy space. I became mature enough when I was 7 and onwards. Because my dad knows limited English, he would often turn to me for English documents and for daily activities like buying things at Safeway etc. I would talk with people in English, paused, and translated that back to my dad, then with his quick, almost scream-like tone answers, translated that back to the speaker. Basically, I was his free translator. (Beat that Google Translate) To be honest, this made me shameful of myself in front of friends. I was thinking to myself that my friend saw how my English skills was phenomenal, and then to see my dad speaking non-English to him. That is a lot of guilt to carry for me at that time. Conflicts of my identity began to pop up. I saw how my uncle would often drove his kids to go out and play in the beaches, while often I have to stay back and do homeworks, help out the houses (my aunt commanded me to), and "be with my dad". I witness the lack of "Family material" in myself. It was just my dad and I, only on the journey of grim loneliness. I wish I have someone to turn to for my misery and confusion, but turning to my dad would often end it a "Suck it up" attitude. I was the lone rider of my journey. My dad found a job at a casino called Riverside as a cook. He would often work at night from 10pm to 5am. It was that job that he got his first traffic ticket, and I have to dispute with through phone. He often said it was the most grueling job, but also the most rewarding in terms of food discounts and tips.
After 3 years, A&U sold their first house to buy a second house in a nearby neighborhood, because that neighborhood associates with a different (richer) school district. They did that for their kids, so my dad and I moved with them there. And obviously, my A&U and their kids get the master bedroom, grandfather and grandmother gets decent-sized rooms, we were to get the smallest room in the house. The new room was about the same as the old one. So, we quickly moved our desks in by ourselves. I was about 10 and a few months. I remembered in that closet we would stashed Halloween candies inside a plastic bag labeled Free Tax-Duty. (Bag from my Aunt's Canadian trip found in her sink) and small 3-file cabinets to store knick knacks and paddy whacks. There is a reason why though, and that is my aunt. If there was one word to describe my Aunt, it would be: authoritative. She would be nit-picky about that little speck on the glass that I need to wipe until it's gone by using paper and Chlorex. She would say the floor is so dirty, and literally I could not see a speck of dirt anyway. She would always She wanted things to do her own way. And whenever there was those episodes, my grandmother and grandfather would side with her and berate me, calling me illiterate and blaming my dad for not teaching me those things. Basically, my A&U, grandfather & mother, and their two kids began to form their factions against my dad and I. There was always the threat of "The Boot" looming above our head if we didn't listen. And you think the argument will be over the next day, no you are mistaken. They will drill your mistakes in your brain; constantly bringing up the old mistakes after I make another "mistakes". They would drill the "Bless" propaganda into my brain: "You should be blessed you're living in my home." or "You should be blessed you're not one of those Homeless." I'm sorry, I just want a normal childhood, I didn't choose the path to get berated or get told what to do in a condescending tone. Why are you blaming my dad when you understand that my dad has been the the breadwinner for me, so obvious he doesn't have time to teach me life skills? My dad, feeling offended, would refuse to eat her cooked food and instead eat the stashed candies for "dinner". And even if he has the audacity to go downstairs and eat her food, then she would bring up her 'Bless" card and start drilling it down into our brains. Often times, I want to go to another friends' house after school, but my aunt, with her conservative brain, flickers the greatest lines of Excuses 101: You going to have bad influences from your friends, When I was young, I didn't get to hang out with my friends like you did etc. That plus the shame I have burdened me throughout my childhood. I was sick and tired of living under her roof, following her silly excuses. I just want to be normal and enjoy my life to the fullest. When someone ask where I live and can they come over, I would just duck the questions or try to change the subject. One arguments led to another and finally in 7th grade, we decided that we have enough, and leave with our stuff.
At this time, my father was done with his job at the casino. He switched over to work as a caregiver for the elderly. His client mainly speaks Vietnamese, so when we move, we actually move into one of the client's room that is available. The first client was a 75-years-old man who lives in a mobile home. He proclaims himself as a "decorated" Vietnam War veteran, but I doubt his claim of being decorated. At first, I thought he was a nice man, but actually he only act nice when I was there. If I went away, he would treat my dad like trash, and one time, he grabbed all our food in the fridge and throw it out on the floor. He would screamed and commanded my dad to do his things, and condescendingly called my dad names etc. There was one story of him threatening his daughter with a knife when his daughter didn't listen to him. Police were called and he earned himself a bullet in the stomach. The room was very small, then, 75 sq ft to be exact. It was the size of a prison cell. Imagine, living in that room with your dad and a spring mattress that is provided with a musty smell and downgraded wood wall. We were forced to leave one of the desk behind and brought the other desk to put it obscurely behind the mobile home.(there is a small clearing behind his home)
Luck came with us, or well that's what I feel at that time to get away from the old man (I really just want to called him boomer). My dad also find out another male client that is 75-years-old that lived with his wife (75 YO). So, my dad cuts ties with the current boomer and ended his care for him. My dad asked the wife of the new client if we can have a room to rent and stay, and in return my dad will take care of the husband (let's called New Client: NC) NC's wife agrees, but as we were about to move in, the public housing authority here asks for a relocation to a nearby unit which offer more accomodations for the elderly. So, naturally NC's family agrees and they move to the new place and offers us a room for us to stay, which is the room I am staying in today and currently typing this post. That second room was supposed to be for NC and his wife separately, but they want my dad to stay overnight and take care of NC , so my dad and I lived in that room. Many changes occur, first we slept on a convertible sofa offered by NC's family. But that sofa would filled 3/4 of a room, then we decided to sell it to someone on Craigslist and decided to buy a bunk bed. The bunk bed filled nearly 1/2 of the room, along with a minifridge, a working black desk, and a $100 piano stowed away in the closet. In other words, the walking and breathing space is limited to about 6-7 paces of walking. It is where I live today and it is quite frustating when you want to do poster project or some Arduino projects but space is limited. I don't go outside my room often because that's NC's living space, well actually NC's dead since 2017, so Nc's wife's "living space". In fact, I got into a near-fight with the caregiver of NC's wife. She would always observe our living activities when she performs her caregiving tasks to NC's wife. So, she would always criticize our activities behind our back to NC's wife and yet again, playing the "Bless" card. That day (Dec 2019), I was in my room, when she came over, she was seeking for my dad to complain about how he is "affecting" NC's wife with his home activities (like what? cooking,taking a shower), and he should be blessed that NC's wife allow my dad and I to live here. She started pointing and berating my dad. I record the conversation as it got heated, and then when she raised her voice, all hell breaks loose. I rushed out and pushed her away to one side and said to her: "Don't you disrespect my dad like that, you imbecile child." and yes, I called her a child. Words were exchanged and the cops were called. The cops, as usual, just evacuated them out of the cacophany, and told them to go home. 'Til today, from 8 am to 12pm, I detest going outside of my 50 square foot room, because I dislike seeing the face of the beast that mock my father.(Her working hours) I don't have any friends outside of school much, so the internet is officially my friend.
Epilogue: So yes, that is my story, and I am sorry that it is long (sorry for my grammar if i oofed up somewhere), but that is my struggle. Now I know that there are people who suffers in different forms and to different degrees, but by keeping this story inside of me, I will always bury that guilt. In hopes of doing so, I hope that you, whoever is reading this, might take your life as a gift that is the culmination of some shear luck/atoms that combine to form you, and you should taken granted of the 150 square feet room that you are reading this post in or the $500,000 house that you are blessed from your parents. Thank you for your time to read, and if you can is it possible on this subreddit to refer me to a small favor?
The favor: So, I'm really interesting in mathematics/physics, and would like to work with a math mentor on a hands-on project about something interesting in mathematics/physics (E.g. Like meeting a math professor and he/she can mentor me, a mentorship etc.), so that I can gain some high school research experiences (I guess it's called like that?) If you can do so, I would gladly appreciate your help. Thank you so much for reading and please post as much questions as possible!
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My Life: Struggles, Loneliness, and a Single Dad

To the most attentive Redditors,
I stand here before you, to blurt it all out, that simply the story you about to hear is emotionally evoking story, that no books I've ever read will be that convincing to the grains of details; that story, none other, is the story of my life; to which bittersweet details I find still conforms me for who I really am today.
So aside from the intro, I just want to say that this story is written from my recollections and the deepest of my heart. If you like it, please share it so that everyone can enjoy it. I don't usually share my life story, but because of the circumstances I'm living in, it begs me to write the story. So enjoy with a cup of tea besides!
So, my family is very tiny. It consists of just 2 people: my dad and I. When I was about 3, my mother left us. Because of that, my dad became a single father overnight. At that time, we lived in Vietnam, with a small house on the outskirts. Our house wasn't big; it only have two floors and one of which was filled with croaches on the second floor. (The floor would creaks eerily with every steps) I remember from my childhood that I always stay at home alone, because my dad was the sole breadwinner. My dad would always locked the front door, and tell me, "Son, if you have any troubles, just call the neighbors." So there was I, alone at 4 years old, not having any significant "family moments" like any other American family I see on Facebook (More on America later). My other relatives, an uncle, lived miles far away, so virtually no one I can play with except my neighbors, who doesn't have any kids.
I mildly remember that at the age of 5, my dad bought me my first PC. It was a bulbous 90's monitor with the most clanky keyboard, so clanky in fact that I might as well bought an oil can and pour over it. It was the way that I connected to the outside world and it still is today as I'm writing in a cramped 100 square feet room (more on that later). Later that year, he called one of his tech friend to help installed "English games" inside the computer; and it was that moment that I was obsessed with games all day. I was hooked on Feeding Frenzy, Iggle Pops, Dynomite, and PVZ. I would try to beat Zuma, but loses at the second-to-last round because of my tiny hands, you know. If any of you know any GameHouse employees or Popcap employees, can you give me my sincerely thanks to them for creating my childhood games? I didn't know English well, but it was the game elements that speak to me; it was so simply anyone can play.
My dad is an driver-ed teacher at a drving school. it was an on-and-off job to make money. Sometimes, he would make money, other times he would not. At 2 years old, my dad rented and started a small photocopy shop at the place nearby. At first, he was successful, because the students of nearby school would come in and photocopy their school documents, but eventually, as he explained. with "rent cost rising, and the copy machine would constantly failed", it was too much for him. For that reason, I would remember my childhood with a photocopy machine draped with a black cloak at a corner of the already-small house.
At 5 years old, something came upon me, mathematics. My dad saw my peak interest in mathematics, so every night before bed, he would pull out a board the size of a minicar and would scribble down multiplication tables equation and made me fill from 0 X 0 = to 10 x 10 =. He would also buy books from the bookstore and fill the shelf by my desk. He also enrolled me into English schools, where I absorbed the material like the sponge. even got bored with the material so I just take frequent bathroom breaks and bailed out. At 6 years old, he used all of his money to help me attend an International School, which is where the school teaches you Humanities (Writing, Reading, Math in Vietnamese) and English with a certified nonnative English teacher. This is where I stand out the most. Because of my exposure to English at a young age, I was able to skip English class for 1st grader to English 6, English for 6th graders, while learning Humanities at 1st grade, which means I often make the transition back and forth.
All is kind-of going well for me until something happen that impact me the most. My mother, who lives near there, still frequently visits me whenever my dad left for work. She lives with her gambling friends day-by-day in a tiny convienience store. Then, one afternoon on a Saturday, as my dad was at home, my mother showed up. She had thought that my father has gone for work (One of her close friends live kitty-cross from our house). My dad demanded that she paid the money she stole from my dad for gambling years ago. She made up excuses; one arguments led to another. My dad closes the front glass door, and refuses to talk to her further. My mother, enraged, grabbed the metal chair in front of my neighbor's front porch and threw it towards the glass door. It shattered into millions of shards. My dad's instinct kicked in immediately, pushing me back away. He quickly grabbed his motorcycles and went to the police station, and told me not to sweep the shards away. (I went to grab a broom and a dustpan) My mother left the scene.
When I was in second grade, we received a second letter for an interview to the United States. My aunt from my grandmother's side (lives in America and still is) is sponsoring us. Before that, my first interview with my dad in 2009, became a flop. Because of the divorce and my birth certificate printing the wrong birthplace (It prints my mother's birthplace), the USCIS (Immigration dept.) got suspicious and denied the application. (They think it is a marriage scam, where a non-American pays to a American citizen a fee to help them get to America through the marriage visa) We've appealled and in 2012, we were prepped to do the second interview. This is it, it was make it or break it. I remember walking up to a female iimmigration officer and he would ask us to raise your right hands, say a pledge etc. Then she would ask my dad first, through an interpreter, all the questions in the documents. She turned to me, and I answered her, straight in English, about how I was living with my dad and my mother was already divorced. She has no intentions of going to the United States. After for about 40 minutes, my father and I were asked to take a seat. And this is what my dad said pharaphrased: "I remember that we were waiting almost all afternoon, as the sun nearly set. We were second-to-last to get called apart from another guy sitting by. The chairs were empty, and I remember the intercom calling my name. I walked up to them and they handed me a blank visa. I cried softly inside my piteous soul as they directed you and I to get our pictures taken."
So, my dad and I arrived in United States in March of 2012. My aunt and uncle picked us up from the airport. At first, I was kind of in shock of the roads and houses, but I just chuckled and kept it to myself. I arrived at their house, and the first I saw was my grandmother that I haven't seen ever. My grandfather came downstairs, and say that "you are lucky to get here" in a mildly condescending tone. So, my aunt and uncle (let's called them A&U) gave us a room of about 130 sq. ft with a decent-sized closet. So, my dad and I set up our belongings in our closet and we quickly got settled there. A few months later, my dad bought two wooden desks from a friend. So, basically, two people lived in a room. From that point on, I never really have my own privacy space. I became mature enough when I was 7 and onwards. Because my dad knows limited English, he would often turn to me for English documents and for daily activities like buying things at Safeway etc. I would talk with people in English, paused, and translated that back to my dad, then with his quick, almost scream-like tone answers, translated that back to the speaker. Basically, I was his free translator. (Beat that Google Translate) To be honest, this made me shameful of myself in front of friends. I was thinking to myself that my friend saw how my English skills was phenomenal, and then to see my dad speaking non-English to him. That is a lot of guilt to carry for me at that time. Conflicts of my identity began to pop up. I saw how my uncle would often drove his kids to go out and play in the beaches, while often I have to stay back and do homeworks, help out the houses (my aunt commanded me to), and "be with my dad". I witness the lack of "Family material" in myself. It was just my dad and I, only on the journey of grim loneliness. I wish I have someone to turn to for my misery and confusion, but turning to my dad would often end it a "Suck it up" attitude. I was the lone rider of my journey. My dad found a job at a casino called Riverside as a cook. He would often work at night from 10pm to 5am. It was that job that he got his first traffic ticket, and I have to dispute with through phone. He often said it was the most grueling job, but also the most rewarding in terms of food discounts and tips.
After 3 years, A&U sold their first house to buy a second house in a nearby neighborhood, because that neighborhood associates with a different (richer) school district. They did that for their kids, so my dad and I moved with them there. And obviously, my A&U and their kids get the master bedroom, grandfather and grandmother gets decent-sized rooms, we were to get the smallest room in the house. The new room was about the same as the old one. So, we quickly moved our desks in by ourselves. I was about 10 and a few months. I remembered in that closet we would stashed Halloween candies inside a plastic bag labeled Free Tax-Duty. (Bag from my Aunt's Canadian trip found in her sink) and small 3-file cabinets to store knick knacks and paddy whacks. There is a reason why though, and that is my aunt. If there was one word to describe my Aunt, it would be: authoritative. She would be nit-picky about that little speck on the glass that I need to wipe until it's gone by using paper and Chlorex. She would say the floor is so dirty, and literally I could not see a speck of dirt anyway. She would always She wanted things to do her own way. And whenever there was those episodes, my grandmother and grandfather would side with her and berate me, calling me illiterate and blaming my dad for not teaching me those things. Basically, my A&U, grandfather & mother, and their two kids began to form their factions against my dad and I. There was always the threat of "The Boot" looming above our head if we didn't listen. And you think the argument will be over the next day, no you are mistaken. They will drill your mistakes in your brain; constantly bringing up the old mistakes after I make another "mistakes". They would drill the "Bless" propaganda into my brain: "You should be blessed you're living in my home." or "You should be blessed you're not one of those Homeless." I'm sorry, I just want a normal childhood, I didn't choose the path to get berated or get told what to do in a condescending tone. Why are you blaming my dad when you understand that my dad has been the the breadwinner for me, so obvious he doesn't have time to teach me life skills? My dad, feeling offended, would refuse to eat her cooked food and instead eat the stashed candies for "dinner". And even if he has the audacity to go downstairs and eat her food, then she would bring up her 'Bless" card and start drilling it down into our brains. Often times, I want to go to another friends' house after school, but my aunt, with her conservative brain, flickers the greatest lines of Excuses 101: You going to have bad influences from your friends, When I was young, I didn't get to hang out with my friends like you did etc. That plus the shame I have burdened me throughout my childhood. I was sick and tired of living under her roof, following her silly excuses. I just want to be normal and enjoy my life to the fullest. When someone ask where I live and can they come over, I would just duck the questions or try to change the subject. One arguments led to another and finally in 7th grade, we decided that we have enough, and leave with our stuff.
At this time, my father was done with his job at the casino. He switched over to work as a caregiver for the elderly. His client mainly speaks Vietnamese, so when we move, we actually move into one of the client's room that is available. The first client was a 75-years-old man who lives in a mobile home. He proclaims himself as a "decorated" Vietnam War veteran, but I doubt his claim of being decorated. At first, I thought he was a nice man, but actually he only act nice when I was there. If I went away, he would treat my dad like trash, and one time, he grabbed all our food in the fridge and throw it out on the floor. He would screamed and commanded my dad to do his things, and condescendingly called my dad names etc. There was one story of him threatening his daughter with a knife when his daughter didn't listen to him. Police were called and he earned himself a bullet in the stomach. The room was very small, then, 75 sq ft to be exact. It was the size of a prison cell. Imagine, living in that room with your dad and a spring mattress that is provided with a musty smell and downgraded wood wall. We were forced to leave one of the desk behind and brought the other desk to put it obscurely behind the mobile home.(there is a small clearing behind his home)
Luck came with us, or well that's what I feel at that time to get away from the old man (I really just want to called him boomer). My dad also find out another male client that is 75-years-old that lived with his wife (75 YO). So, my dad cuts ties with the current boomer and ended his care for him. My dad asked the wife of the new client if we can have a room to rent and stay, and in return my dad will take care of the husband (let's called New Client: NC) NC's wife agrees, but as we were about to move in, the public housing authority here asks for a relocation to a nearby unit which offer more accomodations for the elderly. So, naturally NC's family agrees and they move to the new place and offers us a room for us to stay, which is the room I am staying in today and currently typing this post. That second room was supposed to be for NC and his wife separately, but they want my dad to stay overnight and take care of NC , so my dad and I lived in that room. Many changes occur, first we slept on a convertible sofa offered by NC's family. But that sofa would filled 3/4 of a room, then we decided to sell it to someone on Craigslist and decided to buy a bunk bed. The bunk bed filled nearly 1/2 of the room, along with a minifridge, a working black desk, and a $100 piano stowed away in the closet. In other words, the walking and breathing space is limited to about 6-7 paces of walking. It is where I live today and it is quite frustating when you want to do poster project or some Arduino projects but space is limited. I don't go outside my room often because that's NC's living space, well actually NC's dead since 2017, so Nc's wife's "living space". In fact, I got into a near-fight with the caregiver of NC's wife. She would always observe our living activities when she performs her caregiving tasks to NC's wife. So, she would always criticize our activities behind our back to NC's wife and yet again, playing the "Bless" card. That day (Dec 2019), I was in my room, when she came over, she was seeking for my dad to complain about how he is "affecting" NC's wife with his home activities (like what? cooking,taking a shower), and he should be blessed that NC's wife allow my dad and I to live here. She started pointing and berating my dad. I record the conversation as it got heated, and then when she raised her voice, all hell breaks loose. I rushed out and pushed her away to one side and said to her: "Don't you disrespect my dad like that, you imbecile child." and yes, I called her a child. Words were exchanged and the cops were called. The cops, as usual, just evacuated them out of the cacophany, and told them to go home. 'Til today, from 8 am to 12pm, I detest going outside of my 50 square foot room, because I dislike seeing the face of the beast that mock my father.(Her working hours) I don't have any friends outside of school much, so the internet is officially my friend.
Epilogue: So yes, that is my story, and I am sorry that it is long (sorry for my grammar if i oofed up somewhere), but that is my struggle. Now I know that there are people who suffers in different forms and to different degrees, but by keeping this story inside of me, I will always bury that guilt. In hopes of doing so, I hope that you, whoever is reading this, might take your life as a gift that is the culmination of some shear luck/atoms that combine to form you, and you should taken granted of the 150 square feet room that you are reading this post in or the $500,000 house that you are blessed from your parents. Thank you for your time to read, and if you can is it possible on this subreddit to refer me to a small favor?
The favor: So, I'm really interesting in mathematics/physics, and would like to work with a math mentor on a hands-on project about something interesting in mathematics/physics (E.g. Like meeting a math professor and he/she can mentor me, a mentorship etc.), so that I can gain some high school research experiences (I guess it's called like that?) If you can do so, I would gladly appreciate your help. Thank you so much for reading and please post as much questions as possible!
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January Community Day Across the Northeast

December Community Day Across the Northeast Looking for a local meet-up for the January 2020 Community Day? Check out the Silph League Map ((https://thesilphroad.com/map#5/41.43/-69.69)) , and join a local server. Here are your local staff that will be distributing the limited time Silph Traveler Badges at each event. Be sure to set up your Traveler Card ( https://thesilphroad.com/travelers-cards) before attending your local meet-up.
REMINDERS
>Fusion CUP: Be sure to check out the https://silph.gg/map to find a Fusion Cup near you!
(Listings and meet-up days subject to change. Please reach out to listed Discord Staff for most current info.)
Server Name Town State Location Discord Staff
CT Raids Colchester CT Downtown Colchester skilty226#3252
CT Raids Danbury CT Danbury Mall CarKrash#6977, Vincent Drake#3952
CT Raids Ellington CT Arbor Park @Spark_07#1269
CT Raids Fairfield CT Fairfield Town Hall Bluecat313YT#4272
CT Raids Fairfield CT Fairfield Pequot Library tamrissa#2003
CT Raids Groton CT Wilcox Park, Westerly, RI Firedwarftj #6324, Kickinbeatz #2182, TristaAM(40) #8031, SummerOtaku#694, Firedwarftj #6324
CT Raids Guilford CT Guilford Green Shahailion#2405
CT Raids Hartford CT Bushnell Park NO STAFF
CT Raids Ledyard CT Foxwoods Resort and Casino Mary Rose Julian 💙 40 🔩🚂#0714
Pokemon Go Middletown Middletown CT "Plaque of Honor" 300 Washington Terrace, Middletown, CT dDope#1860, LAURAM00N#128
CT Raids New Britain CT Central Connect State University taytayswifty#1029
CT Raids New Britain CT Walnut Hill Park SinisterReaper#0831, MysticRubyChef#2709
CT Raids Newtown CT Newtown Skate Park Isochrona#2749
CT Raids North Haven CT North Haven Green precisely3#2278
CT Raids Norwalk CT Maritime Center CorgiFluff#6710, nyudiana#7416
CT Raids Old Wethersfield CT Main St. / Broad St. IcyPinkLemonade#9069
CT Raids Simsbury CT Rotary Park eggs06#7718, PokeDVM#6351
Stamford Raid Family Stamford CT Mill River Park Jcoona#3371, Jackrack#3720, raiderkat#3373
CT Raids Storrs CT Student Union Linz#9154, pop2-0#8427, VI#2482
Enfield-Suffield Trainers League Suffield CT Suffield Center LGTTurbo07#0716, jayarr#9832, MSundin40#1793
CT Raids Vernon/Rockville CT Downtown Rockville nikict154#7763, Erin_07#1269
CT Raids West Hartford CT Westfarms Mall ALAN#1455, Donmy#1053, GMuggle#5877, Je6105#5190
Pogo Delmarva Dover DE Dover DougieSD#8604, WMWA#9562
Pogo Delmarva Milford DE Milford BigBlack1969#2541, Fleshknight#8870, Gunarkfc#8038, jp02845#7105, Kato Ryozo#7248, killerduck1967#3256
Pogo Delmarva New Castle DE Battery Park Xenoflame#1194
Pogo Delmarva Seaford DE Seaford deadlyviper457#1849, JenniferT181#2270, Sirleviscott#1929, HollyNIN#9786, bricklife240#4438
Pogo Delmarva Wilmington DE Brandwine Park DrachenFire#9691
Team Instinct Boston, Valor of Boston, Boston Mystics and MARaids Boston MA Boston Public Garden/Commons cizzlee#9256, chickydoll80#0561, Dragonz Rage#7838, ElectroBlade#2469, GL#7719, manupr☃g⚡#3978, Drew#7383, Giveittome95#3330, mxawng#8480 , Orez#3131, Pokebobbita#6698, Ralphnadersmom#9984, rehny21#0807, RevenantOmega#8006, Shinigo425#6298Shinigo425#6298, VanityDestroyer#4629
Pokemon GO Raids Middlesex Burlington MA Burlington Common GyradosRage#6904
Watertown EX Raids & Team Instinct Boston Waltham MA Waltham Common Bubbawashere#6128
Worcester POGo Worcester MA Worcester Common ProfessorTurquoise#2259, SPLlCING#1685, Transwrap9
Baltimore PoGo Raid Radio Baltimore MD Patterson Park Tsauced#5492, BrawlingBouse#8915
SWBMORECOPOGO Catonsville MD UMBC Mbvanek#1883
Howard County PoGo Columbia MD Ellicott City - Lot D WynautWobb - HoCo#6969 , Jemel2#5787, JVBnumber8#0376
MoCo Pokémon Go Gaithersburg MD RIO Lakefront LittleWorrier, Dragonmyst777
Hub City PoGo Hagerstown MD Hagerstown City Park tsegnartseht, brendankcarter, Sober
PG County PoGo Prince George's County MD Old Greenbelt Rubekin#6724, silentSilence6#9918, maianaise#9997
MoCo Pokémon Go Rockville MD Rockville Town Center (RTC) PhoenixCrystal7 Roadlesstaken/Alex
PoGO MD Eastern Shore Salisbury MD Salisbury University Shunned, ShadowBrady, NiceSpice
The Flip Side Savage MD Savage Mill FlipsAndGrips#4530
The Collective Westminster, Sykesville, Eldersburg MD Northeast Pdy969 Beryllium, Asrrin, Almondmoose
Augusta, ME POGO Augusta ME Augusta Center @robertowtvl \ Lvl 40#5256, COL3M1NOR
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East Brunswick Pokemon Raid Club Collective East Brunswick NJ Great Oak Park Tiki#7073, Topbaconboyz#8887
Budd Lake Bot Hackettstown NJ First Presbyterian Church 298 Main St, Hackettstown, NJ 07840 oneofuspooped#8335
North Wilmington/ Claymont Raids Jackson NJ Six Flags Great Adventure DrachenFire#9691
Rutgers Pokemon Club New Brunswick/Piscataway NJ Johnson Park/Busch Campus nickorama23#5141
Pokemon Go Cape May/Wildwood Raids North Wildwood NJ 200A John F Kennedy Beach Dr, North Wildwood, NJ 08260 Gingerbeard609#2046
League of Legendary Raiders Passaic NJ Third Ward Park. Passaic Ave & Van Houten Ave, Passaic, NJ 07055 aipnai#2634
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Secaucus NJ PokemonGo Secaucus NJ Albert P. Buchmuller Park domini212#3387
Somerset County Pokemon Go Somerville NJ Somerset County Court House Green Rebelpilot#2093
Raritan NJ Downtown Raritan - 53 W Somerset. Raritan, NJ 08869 Rebelpilot#2093
Hillsborough NJ Motgomery Veterans Park and Arboretum - Harlingen Rd, Belle Mead, NJ 08502 Rebelpilot#2093
Somerset NJ Somerset/Franklin Municipal Building - 475 Demott Ln, Somerset, NJ 08873 Rebelpilot#2093
Bound Brook NJ Billian Legion Park - 548 E Main St. Bound Brook, NJ 08805 Rebelpilot#2093
UticaAreaGo! New Hartford NY Sherill Brook Park crayfish#3378
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Ithaca Pokemon Masters Ithaca NY Ithaca Commons dragoplateau#5430, PyrogenaseBarry#1041
Ken - Ton/CoT Pokemon Go Buffalo NY University of Buffalo North Campus at the Putnam Loop LadyLightning98#0202, Sugimori#3868, FinalAzure#8461
Co-Op City PoGo Raiders Bronx NY Rombouts Ave & Co-Op City Blvd labrava03#5018
NYC Instinct Squad [PoGO] Brooklyn NY Brooklyn Grand Army Plaza FireTheGoddess#2756,Kandy#1779, Leo#5498, Entaprize#4017, SweeezyCheeese#1927
PokemonHuntersUnited Albany NY NY Empire State Plaza efindl#9611
Syracuse PoGo Syracuse NY Onondaga Lake Park withasparkle#7756, SirenDT#8892
Oneonta NY Neahwa Park zzmmrmn#8929
LivCoPoGo Livonia NY Vitale Park at Conesus Lake Copyklown Greater
Binghamton Area Pokemon Go Binghamton NY Recreation Park OneSweetShannon#8072, JackHannah#4630
Pokemon Go Upstate NY Saratoga Springs NY Congress Park NinjaRage83#1898
Valley Pokemon Go Sayre PA Elmer Park Archer290#9112, dadalex16 (PA)#1339, MagicSword89#1376, Rayna (RaynaMikaelson)#1997, T-Brock09#7124, VoltageGP#2021
MontCo/ChesCo Regional PoGo! Audubon, Chesterbrook, Collegeville, Limerick, Oaks, Phoenixville, Royersford, Sayre, Trappe PA Water Works Park OrionNCody(Thau)#9023, scubafanatic(Maureen)[40/38]#1023
Valley Forge / N. Chester County Pokemon Go Chesterbrook PA Wilson Farm Park KayTV#8423, Eolian#0673, BluebellDad (Evan,40)#6653, MegaSPAM#6928
Pokemon Go Tioga Town Wellsboro State PA Wellsboro Park (The Green) VoltageGP#2021 WolvezRoze#2070
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Team: Firestorm PGH Monroeville PA Monroeville Park u/DelanaKatrella#6912, RhinoCity#6591
Pokemon Go Pittsburgh Pittsburgh PA South Park Fitness Trail NOVAxDRAGON#4793
State College Pokemon Go State College PA Penn State University - Berkey Creamery Daisy#1432,Ocelot#3963,Audrey#6875, Madots115 -Dani-#2476, FearMeIAmLag#9953, izzygoat#9870, Guide TechiesGoBoom#9480
PokemonGoPhilly Philadelphia PA Washington Square & Independence Park (6th and Walnut Streets, 19106) ickyitis#8156, WangZorro#0079
Pokemon Go Berks, PA Redding PA Reading Public Museum humpstyles#5581, Professor Wynn#1176, Gonzumel#9429
Pokémon Go - Altoona, PA Altoona PA Penn State Altoona campus NHoover629#7531, chrissxe#9133, Gammacrushh#4242, RileyLynx#1166, Rob (Pokemonfan108)#5918
Pokémon Go - Altoona, PA Altoona PA Downtown Altoona near Silver Chief gym courtmundson#1603, slong5255#1967, BonnieWaltz623#9747, kamikazirunner#9449, Len (pseudogenius - 40)#8292
TSR RI Burriville RI Burriville town square Gazebo Debbie K.#4466
TSR Rhode Island East Greenwich RI Academy Field paradoxmuse
TSR Rhode Island Newport RI Queen Anne Square Baldguy, Liz Lemon#7082
TSR Rhode Island Pawtucket RI Slater Park V1073nc3#2641, cuttywow, GoRaichel, BHAZ401, GoldenSimurgh, Draist, NSmalley
TSR Rhode Island Providence RI Roger Williams Park MarcBerm
TSR RI Riverside RI 783 Bullocks Point Ave Mrspinkfl0yd#5926
Rhode Island Pokemon Go Westerly RI Wilcox Park SummerOtaku#6945
Pokemon Go VT Burlington VT Battery Park Aayrl#1888, Avocet#1761,CJ#0142,Reznora#5639, Bastinado#2233, donlaub#7504, Mindzeye82#2254, PkmnArchivist#2000
Pokemon Go VT Montpelier VT State Capital Building Green XplosiveR#0191
Pokemon Go VT Rutland VT Rutland Free Library Clammy#1983, Crabby#9915, Lobster_Classic#5058, Fritzeee#4358
PoGO D.U.A.L.S. Washington D.C. Smithsonian's National Zoo / Mall SarcasmSaves7#3840, Cass#5368, Chaz (asteadydecline) #8384
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