Notes on State By State Rate

okay, so read the post before this. And what do you see? That the West has double or triple the suicide rate of the east. That those bastions of evil, New York and Massachusetts are dead last. Why is the East the least? Because of the proliferation and complexity of interpersonal relationships in a dense living environment. Simply put, you know more people out east. And if everyone is miserable, at least we're all miserable together. Out West you are by yourself. No one cares. You may have moved from your family. Your neighbors are very far away, or somewhat isolated. They keep their distance. If you screw up, it's your fault, not the systems fault. It is very easy to be lonely out West, and I'm not talking about Fallon Nev, I mean Denver, Phoenix, Los Angeles. Their isn't that petty relief you get just walking out of your building in New York where you know the people in your building (who has a house in Manhattan?) the people in the deli, etc. You just have to deal with more people. And they infect you with their joy, their potentialities, they smile at you and you are engaged in the carnival of life.

Out west, yes God lives out West, but God does not speak to you much, you have to listen a lot, and God rarely listens to you. And you know, even if you are gone, God will still be there in the rocks. You are not needed. In fact, you're an intrusion.