Rachel L. Akers to Alexander Stern ...

 RA>> I've found the louder a person claims to be "open minded" the
 RA>> more closed it is

 AS>> You have been talking to pulled down shutters.

 RA> In this tiny City that's not hard!

 Population of 18000 where I live. About half being added over
 the last ten years. Talking to the rest is like going back in
 time, by at least 50 years.

        Alexandrina

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