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\u201cLike, when people first started dying, it was sad Ackerman, a former employee of Wal \u201cLike, I don\u2019t have a boss anymore Deborah Strong, mother of two, also reported that things are going surprisingly well. <\/p>\n \u201cHonestly, there were plenty of people I wasn\u2019t sad to see go Strong noted also that her children were doing just fine in the remnants of the once thriving city. <\/p>\n \u201cKids are creative The Territory seems to lack a formal government, though a council of seven men who call themselves The Elders claim to have \u201csole dominion over the Territory and all its inhabitants.\u201d They reside in the solitary confines of the remains of a parking garage, which they claim was once City Hall. When asked to comment on the state of the Territory, one Elder responded: \u201cThe Outside is a terrifying place. The people are violent\u2014even cannibalistic, no man trusting another. We do not venture Outside. The Outside is certain death.\u201d <\/p>\n When asked to respond to this comment, both Ackerman and Strong replied, \u201cnot really.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" By Charlotte Rieder, 2075 Jan. 22, 2016 \u201cCHICAGO, IL\u201d\u2014Oobserving the not-quite-bleak landscape in front of him, Mark Ackerman, a survivor of The Disaster, reported that life in the Territory\u2014formerly known as the United States of America\u2014is \u201cnot terrible.\u201d \u201cLike, when people first started dying, it was sad,” said Ackerman.. “Then, I realized that things weren\u2019t so great on Earth anyway. Like, I saw the Trump tower fall into the Chicago river. I feel kinda bad saying this, because there were still people in it at the time, but it was pretty awesome.\u201d Ackerman, a former employee of Wal–Mart, no longer reports to work, one of the many changes in his daily routine caused by the Disaster. \u201cLike, I don\u2019t have a boss anymore,” stated Ackerman. “.I don\u2019t get paid, but like, we don\u2019t really have money anymore, anyway. I think it all burned, or something? Who knows. But like, I thought we\u2019d be eating squirrels and stuff to survive. There\u2019s still food around, though! Like, a lot of the good stuff from the Before Times is just lying around. We have Cheetos, Twinkies, Skittles\u2026 real food!\u201d Deborah Strong, mother of two, also reported that things are going surprisingly well. \u201cHonestly, there were plenty of people I wasn\u2019t sad to see go,” remarked Strong.. “Like the former PTA president, Susan. Or any of the former PTA presidents, really. Now, there\u2019s no more PTA, so that problem is solved.\u201d Strong noted also that her children were doing just fine in the remnants of the once thriving city. \u201cKids are creative,” said Strong.. “They can amuse themselves with anything. The other day, they made a fort out of old train tracks. It was darling!\u201d The Territory seems to lack a formal government, though a council of seven men who call themselves The Elders claim to have \u201csole dominion over the Territory and all its inhabitants.\u201d They reside in the solitary confines of the remains of a parking garage, which they claim was once City Hall. When asked to comment on the state of the Territory, one Elder responded: \u201cThe Outside is a terrifying place. The people are violent\u2014even cannibalistic, no man trusting another. We do not venture Outside. 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