Boulder, Colorado fires/evacuations of whole towns -- coverage

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51. Given that I'm in an apartment, I cannot control the source of my electricity.

Automobile use: I have two vehicles, a 2009 Cadillac SUV and a 2007 Porsche convertible. Except in poor weather or when hauling stuff, I typically drive the Porsche. It's a lot more fun...

As for buying things new, about 5 months ago my (old) apartment had a fire. While none of the contents caught fire, the roof did...smoke and water from the firefighter's efforts poured in, ruining everything (including thousands of collectible books, that really hurt). I've since moved to a new apartment, which I actually very much prefer, but I had to replace everything. I wasn't about to buy used, I wanted everything to be nice and state of the art. Hence the 77" 4K home theater, it was one of the first things I put in. Priorities, donchyano.

As for flying, all of my trips are for pleasure. I love taking vacations in Europe, Asia, and Africa. I put in 34 years with the post office so I could see the world after retirement. Recent unfortunate restrictions aside, I'll continue to do so.

I try to avoid eating too much red meat for reasons of health, but love the occasional ribeye.

I'm not about to leave the suburbs, and prefer apartment living. I don't want to own a house and have to deal with maintenance. If something breaks I just stroll down to the office, and within an hour someone fixes it. Yardwork and growing my own food? No, thank you!

I also don't have children by choice. I do this because I have no wish to have that sort of lifetime responsibility, both moral and financial.

Your lifestyle is quite different from mine, and you quite obviously enjoy it. To which I say...great! To each their own.