Originally Posted by
EastsideAl
I put John's changes off to the demons that moving back to his old neighborhood may have brought to the fore. He really wanted to move there, and spent a lot of time and money doing so. In some ways it seemed he really wanted to prove something, but that childhood and adolescent memory is some powerful stuff [[especially if you had a young life like John's) and often affects us in ways we aren't, and cannot, be prepared for. Even though he acted unconscionably to me [[and many others it seems), I am glad for him that he bravely got out before his life's course really reversed.