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So I thought I’d draft up a quick test, and you can decide for yourself if you live in a bubble.

You might live in a bubble if:

Your children have spent more time in other countries than they have in other states.

You regularly leave your house or car unlocked.

You only break a sweat for fun.

You have time to heatedly debate exactly what qualifies as “privilege” over a $14 six-pack or home-brewed kombucha.

You spend more than two days a week engaged in activities relegated to the pinnacle of Maslow’s hierarchy: self-actualization. Just look on the Carbondale Facebook page for a current list of offerings.

You can afford an all-organic diet, or you have the time to grow it yourself.

You have ever bought a $4 coffee drink while wearing your $100 road bike clip-in shoes.

You have time to wonder if you need all the stuff you own.

You are offended by this list because you have at least two token Republicans on your friends list on Facebook and reject the idea that you live a bubble.

You have repeatedly sighed, “I can’t understand how anyone would think …” in the last few weeks.

You equate your political ideology with the indisputable moral high ground.

Yes, this tongue-in-cheek quiz is aimed at the liberal end of the spectrum because that is the one I know best, and yes, I have to admit that I definitely live in a bubble based on my responses. I am, however, also getting tired of being surrounded by a community where everyone is determined to agree with each other that a lifestyle centered tightly around intellectual liberalism is the only best one.

And we haven’t even gotten to the Prius story yet. Read the whole thing.

Park your Prius in the middle of sea of Dodge, Ford and Chevy trucks, and take a moment to soak up how out of place you feel. You don’t even have to learn a new language or update your passport to feel like you have stepped into another country. And isn’t that diversity?

Another check on living in a bubble: Do You Live in a Bubble? A Quiz 

Trigger alert, this link involves Charles Murray and libertarian political scientist that hasn’t been allowed to speak at various institutions of higher learning.