Was I lucky? Am I lucky?
Possibly - hard to say. I wonder if it was timing, because I reckon there were periods that were pretty good. When I came to Finland, the people who had the least problem were the retirees, as they had lived through war and hard times and were far more accepting. Their kids however, the people in their 50s, were pretty terrible.
But in Australia where I grew up, they were pretty backward.
I am talking mostly rural America. I don’t think much has changed over there in 25 years!