My wife & I live in a Pulte community and are surrounded by mostly God-fearing Trumpers, which scares the bejebus out of us. I've seen the numbers of Democrats who live here and it's minuscule compared with the rest. Of course, not everyone declares a party, so it may not be as bad as we fear.
To give you an idea of how onerous it is, recently someone posted a notice on Nextdoor.com for our neighborhood that an open meeting for any interested Democrats was to be held in one of the community rooms. This simple announcement engendered threats of protests outside the venue, an action threatened and organized by one of the most vociferous Trumpers around here. Her harsh words ended up forcing a cancelation of the meeting by the organizer.
(I understand it was eventually held at someone's home instead. Perhaps it's hyperbolic to say it, but it felt like the Resistance when they had to hide their meetings from the Nazis in occupied France!).
Be that as it may, because we don't feel comfortable with our neighbors, we already are social-distancing. My wife is an introvert and I'm an ambivert; in either case, interacting with others is something we avoid doing. It's just us here and our family is back east. Therefore, this new normal we're all living is no big deal for us.
However, on Nextdoor.com (again), the social butterflies in the community are up in arms--perhaps literally--complaining that our recreation center is closed to all indoor activities. These are supposed to be adults and yet what I've read seems like it's coming from junior high school students.
Fun times.
To give you an idea of how onerous it is, recently someone posted a notice on Nextdoor.com for our neighborhood that an open meeting for any interested Democrats was to be held in one of the community rooms. This simple announcement engendered threats of protests outside the venue, an action threatened and organized by one of the most vociferous Trumpers around here. Her harsh words ended up forcing a cancelation of the meeting by the organizer.
(I understand it was eventually held at someone's home instead. Perhaps it's hyperbolic to say it, but it felt like the Resistance when they had to hide their meetings from the Nazis in occupied France!).
Be that as it may, because we don't feel comfortable with our neighbors, we already are social-distancing. My wife is an introvert and I'm an ambivert; in either case, interacting with others is something we avoid doing. It's just us here and our family is back east. Therefore, this new normal we're all living is no big deal for us.
However, on Nextdoor.com (again), the social butterflies in the community are up in arms--perhaps literally--complaining that our recreation center is closed to all indoor activities. These are supposed to be adults and yet what I've read seems like it's coming from junior high school students.
Fun times.
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