MY GOD I am glad I live in the Rural South.

1. We have no CRT in our schools. It was never considered.
2. Most towns in the county do NOT have police. 12 Deputy Sheriffs cover the entire county. All grew up here. Like most folks, I know their parents.
3. Most rediculas laws from the State are ignored by everyone. Example, no building permits for building a building on your own property.
4. I recently discovered we do have GANGS here. But they are invisible and just handle the drug trade. Not violent
5. You can smoke inside many restaurants and nobody cares.
6. People here listen. We never trusted politicians. And family is everything.
7. We have zero homeless population
8. Most people here never wore masks.
9. With little exceptions, black people and white folks are more like family. We love each other. We only regard people by their character... and even then, we forgive a lot.
10. We have enough land to grow our OWN food if needed. We still have farms. Our largest farmer has over 20,000 acres under production and he uses no chemicals and uses sustainable best practices.
11. Local power, telecom service and internet are LOCAL CO-OPS and controlled by the members.
12. About 1/2 the homes also have their own wells. 3/4 have their own ceptic tanks.

...I could go on. It is far from perfect I'll assure you. But given the crazy world we are living in, I am sincerely glad I'm here and not in a city.

...just my two cents.