Coming back to my Hometown

Sarasota, Florida is on the surface a clean-cut wealthy and elegant town, but on the back roads and behind some of the better neighborhoods you'll find hidden areas of slum, where hookers, crack heads and criminals collaborate together to further perpetuate their poor quality of life. If you are already prone to this kind of behavior, you will likely be able to sniff out likeminded individuals. If you are not, you should be careful, as this lifestyle is easy to get sucked into. From living in Sarasota and Siesta Key for most of my life, I have witnessed so many people lose everything in their life due to drugs and excessive/compulsive/addictive partying, and a lifestyle where spending all day cooking out at the beach far outweighs the money they are losing from not showing up to work. It's very sad, but seemingly one of those habits people just get stuck in and can never find their way out of....in my hometown.

I am middleclass...neither wealthy or poor, not at all interested in substance abuse, and make a very fun & rewarding living. Although, I have been known to kick back a few too many naked juices, but that's about it.

What am I doing here? This is the question I keep asking myself after leaving 4 years ago and coming back. Either way, I am here, so I must make the best of it. But I do not think that I intend on staying for long...