I hate the midwest!! !!

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I was wondering if anyone else could relate to some of the feelings I do about living in the midwest or Missouri.

Kansas City...ah well you'd expect it to be a city. I love the old houses and plantations. But the people there really know how to act like as*holes. You'd think people would at least have some respect for you...being as a person. I have hardly anything, so I go over there and some asshat is asking me for money. At first I felt sorry for him. That is until he resorts to b***h that I wish this "poor" man to death. I'm getting so sick of it. I've had guys after me or think I'm some slotting maching. What's strange is I've been the opposite my whole life.

I really don't trust ppl anymore. Should I move? There are good people but I really feel now I have to watch for myself. I can't make any friends here...or "I don't know how to."


I'm not sure what to do. I love the beautiful wildlife that's here but not the people. Should I move?

I live outside of Kansas City. I like the area. Kansas city itself, I don't care for that much. But its not unique to Kansas City. I have lived in 8 cities in my life and I have found them all to be like that. The ones on the east coast I have found to be worse then the midwest.

There is no utopian place to move too. People are people no matter where they live.

Francis, yes you are right about there no place being utopian. JI don't expect much but I never thought it would feel this bad. You see, I never really had the money to afford going much anymore outside my state. In fact, I never lived away from home.

I really hate talking about this stuff because I really don't feel like anyone could understand here. Sometimes I feel like this place is only for those who have gotten the opportunity to afford a diagnsosis or be able to know what's wrong.

Indiana is awesome.

The Mid-West is where people go when they've given up on life.

Thanks but I had no choice.

I don't live in MO, but I have some good friends who do. An an ex who was born and raised there, whose a sweetheart.

Maybe you're just in the wrong part.

I have tried the "geographic cure" thinking that If I just move I'll be able to start over with new people. It doesn't work, AS will make it difficult to make friends anywhere.

However, what I would do if I was in your situation would be to move to a city with an AS support group. You might be able to make some friends there (at least your chances will be higher than in the sticks).

Oh no. I don't think everyone in the midwest is an as*hole. In fact I've met more interesting people there than city folk.

There just seems to still be this racism that lingers from both sides and the classicism. I'm not saying any other place is perfect but I've been around better ppl who were able to sustain without labeling themselves as poor if you know what I mean.

I think I want to be those ppl. Living on a farm or somewhere where food was sustainable. I hate how I'm also living on such a tight budget and how hard both food and rent are hard to afford.

Hoosier here, Indiana isn't awesome.

I second that emotion.

I actually shudder to think though, how I'd survive if I had to live on this paltry Disability somewhere where the cost-of-living was higher than it is here.

I've only traveled to the midwest... even though I only went a few summers, always boring.

People arnt' so bad over here in england well... most of them anyway

Florida sucks until you're the one everyone's afraid of

AVOID TENNESSEE

I live in the Cedar Rapids, Iowa area which is in the midwest. I work at a call center for a major retailer and have come to realize that there are jerks and nice people no matter what city or geographic region of the country that you are from. I have had only moderate trouble with my AS here, I have found people that are more than welcoming, tolerant and understanding. Strangely enough, the older and more educated here exhibit these traits of tolerance more than younger people.

To be honest with you, I also notice a lot more tolerance in college towns toward people with AS (an Iowa City, Madison or Ann Arbor as an example). There are enough offbeat and quirky people, that people don't bat an eye if you stick out for whatever reason a little bit.

I know that this is also going to sound controversial, but a community that also has a decent sized GLBT demographic, also has a tendency to to be very understanding and tolerant of someone who is a little eccentric, quirky, or different. Strangely enough, I have made a lot of acquaintances and built comradre with our local GLBT community.