I grew up in Oregon in a small city of less than 20,000 people near Portland which has around a million or two million people. I lived around farms and forest. I also lived near Mexicans or I mean Hispanic Americans and I grew up with them. Was born 1985 and some of them were my friends. I really liked one girl in high school, Karla Villa, & she lived 2 houses from me. She ended up marrying somebody else. I love Mexicans. Now, I am in Vietnam and I love the people in Asia too.
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As a kid, I lived in a trailer and we lived off less than about $50,000 USD annually as a family of a mom, dad, & 4 kids including me.
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So, I did go to farms sometimes and went hiking and learned about some of the skills sometimes but I guess there are a lot of things I did not really learn either......
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In Vietnam, some of them move to a big city and they do not learn to cook, how to plant a garden, and how to have life skills.... I was a wilderness counselor and I learned some of it at times... now I am 32 years old.......
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I watched a video from STEFAN MOLYNEUX and he was talking to a Mexican guy with a similar story as yours. You can find his videos at Free Domain Radio: http://FreeDomainRadio.com