>grew up in rural northwestern West Virginia
>entire region is like a decaying tooth
>cracked sidewalks and shuttered production houses with broken windows along walks to school
>headlines of toddlers overdosing on parent's loose pills are frequent
>grew up in an unincorporated community with no police, fire station, school, or postal service
>biological parents didn't want children so I was passed around to any available extended family, grew up with sexual abuse, addiction problems, and two suicide attempts
No, I had the superior living circumstance because at least I was never some faggot who idolized the Midwest.