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An Older Conversation on r/Blind

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For those having trouble viewing this, try https://www.reddit.com/r/Blind/comments/sgo3jh/im_going_blind/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app&utm_name=iossmf I’m going blind I have choroderimia and it is a slow process for going blind but I’ve just been wondering if there is anything i should do/ learn while im still young and can see? I live in usa   OldManOnFire · 6 mo. ago Blind Lives Matter Sorry to hear that. How old are you? 3 level 2 Lord_Tyrans Op · 6 mo. ago I’m 13 3 level 3 OldManOnFire · 6 mo. ago Blind Lives Matter It's late here. I'm going to bed but I'll write back in the morning and answer your question as best I can. 6 level 4 Lord_Tyrans Op · 6 mo. ago Thnx 7 level 5 OldManOnFire · 6 mo. ago Blind Lives Matter Good morning. Yes, there are a lot of things you should do while you can still see. Some of them are practical and you'll instantly understand why I suggest them. Others aren't practical at all but don't ignore them - th...

On The Move

My wife likes mountains. I like lakes and rivers. Neither of us like snow or extreme heat. I want to live in a place with less than 250,000 people, my wife wants to live in a place with more than 25,000. (Funny, we were the opposite ten years ago!) I want a place where I can walk to the river or lake. We walk the San Antonio river walk three or four times a month but it's a 20 minute car ride just to get there. I want to live within walking distance. She wants a shorter commute to work. Her current job is a two hour round trip three days a week. We both want to live somewhere with pine trees and faster internet. Now that the kids are grown we both want a smaller house. And I want a place without a lawn to mow. We've spent a couple days online looking for a new place that checks every box for both of us, not too hot, not too cold, not too big, not too little, and I think we've found our next home town. It's Knoxville, Tennessee. Knoxville is about three hours away from o...