Youngstown Is Growing On Me

I have always heard so many bad things about Youngstown, OH... but it seems to be a decent place. Since coming to Youngstown I picked up some additional hobbies. A couple friends I met here at the 7-11 introduced me to the drug trade. I am learning to deal small pills before I can move up to the powders and rocks. I hope to get good at the pills, though, because I think those will probably sell better back in Madison. They seem to be against smoking anything but weed in Madison, too, but I am learning it just doesn't pay these days... There was an economics exam with equations and some chart interpretation at the end of the training session, believe it or not. I had a better offer with another group of friends down the street, but I didn't take it. They paid a good bit more, but the benefits weren't as good. Do you know how hard it is to get good health insurance listing yourself as a full-time self-employed drug dealer these days? I mean, you're selling pills for goodness sake. It's not like you don't know anything about health. Don't mix green and blue ones, always drink milk before the orange ones, don't take 2 purple ones at the same time, etc... Not just anybody can do this job.

I am finding some interesting things out about the city, though. An armed robber was shot and killed in the parking lot next to the place I'm working a couple months ago. There are parts of town I have been instructed NOT to drive through under any circumstances. Also, when I walked out of the office today I could hear gunfire in a nearby neighborhood. Those are the moments when you just close your eyes, take a deep breath, and let it all soak in. They seem to have ecclectic tastes in food as well. I most recently ate at a football bar that serves gourmet food. Tonight I had broiled grouper with a tomato basil creme sauce, salad, a nice glass of wine, and a wonderful homemade chicken noodle soup. A couple nights ago I had a penne alfredo dish, an exquisite new england style clam chowder, and a beer while watching the Steelers game on the tv on my table. Last night I ate at a pizza place that serves their breadstick sauce chilled. *shudders* The pizza was good, anyhow.

You really ought to think about booking a vacation here sometime. There are lots of great things about this place. Some very famous people are from here. They are, of course, all somewhere else now, but I am sure they would come back if they had the chance... I'm sure some important things have happened here, too, but I can't seem to find any information on them. And the people are really nice. They'll generally try to walk between you and the street if you're new in town and don't have any kevlar yet.

You ought to check it out.