those were the days...

I miss the days where I could go outside and see a car driving by, and actually know who it was. I miss the days of the old publix, and having a horse farm where the current one is. I miss the days of the orange groves everywhere! Why did the roads have to become wider? I miss the days where you were allowed to ride your bike to your friends house two miles away! Now I can not stand all of the traffic, and all of the noise. Land O Lakes used to be a small town, everyone knew everyone! Living in the same house your whole life was normal, now you tell people that and they look at you like you're crazy! These are the days of sex predators as your next door neighbors, houses everywhere, and not knowing anyone around. I loved the fact that I could walk into any given store at any given time, and run into at least five people that I knew. These are the days of cell phone conversations at the checkout like ( that annoy the cashier even if you do apologize-can you not wait two minutes and just call the person back) and just plain rudeness. I can not stand what the world is coming to. Its just disgusting! I am a nice person most of the time, and sometimes it is just way too hard to be nice all of the time to so many rude and unkind people. I miss the days of complete happiness! People were not worried about their houses being forclosed on, they could'nt afford it to begin with, so they just didnt buy it. Today's society needs a reality check. And in a way I am glad that this recession is going on. Maybe people will realize that if they cant afford it, they really dont need the newest bmw, or the most expensive jeans. I think slowly it is starting to happen. There is only one thing that I am worried about, and that is for the people who have to live paycheck to paycheck, and not even having enough money to live on because they have to pay credit card bills that they racked up with buying gas when it was $4 a gallon, and trying to please their families with everything--you cant buy love! so my advice is...dont even try. I hope and pray that society will learn to live with what they have!