It does when I think on it in a universal sense -- it's not like I know which way is what. That's sort of Kant's point: Keep on arguing which way you want, it'll be interesting, but it won't effect scientific knowledge and you'll never know which is what.

If Kant thought it worthy addressing philosophically then I have a hard time arguing determinism isn't even plausible in the manner you described.

Cool.

I wonder if someone who doesn't exist at all can question his own existence or non-existence?

I am not, therefore I don't think.

What difference would it make if I had not existed? To me, nothing; to others, a lot.

Any single on of us? Likely not too much. Maybe some people would be less happy - heck maybe they'd be happier, it's difficult to say.

I'd miss out on everything quite literally. But the universe does not care one way or another.

Thank you for your concern and friends tell me that I need to find somewhere else to live. It is not easy to find accommodation though and I have moved many times, including during lockdown. I am in Harrow at the moment, and apart from the gang culture I prefer it to South London as I was living in Tooting previously.

I think that the problem is that there is so much drug culture and the people in the house are caught up in this. I used to be drawn to subcultures, especially in Camden Town but there are some very rough people and they can become so aggressive. They are not like Aldous Huxley or Allen Ginsberg, using psychedelics for writing. They often committing crime to pay for their addictions and desperation when withdrawing from substances. There also so much drug induced psychosis or dual disgnosis.

Yep... time to move, I'd say. Best of luck and take care.

No advice from me on where you should go. Given the thread, I will note that if one did not exist, housing choices would be much simpler. I can only hope that everyone who didn't get born is not living in a poorly managed city of the non-existent where there are neighborhoods of nobodies ranging from elite ocean-side gated neighborhoods to third-world shit holes.

Most cities have bad areas, and they shift over time, so what might have been a nice neighborhood is now gangland. In Minneapolis, the area where a lot of shootings, drug dealing, drug doing, street crime, thieving, etc. etc. is creeping closer to my neighborhood which has seen low rates of crime for a long time. "Uptown" used to be a slick shopping and sort of bohemian housing area, next to the high end housing surrounding the string of large lakes. The up-scale housing zones are doing fine, but Uptown has hit the skids, partly a victim of urban renewal projects which can be extremely disruptive. The bookstores and coffee shops are gone, along with the vintage movie theater, several nice restaurants, and so on.

Unfortunately, neighborhoods that are bohemian, charming, cheap, and colorful have a higher chance of sinking into a slum because it is cheaper and probably socially more tolerant than areas which have much more to lose financially.

I don't know where I would move if (when) my present neighborhood becomes unsafe. Given my age (79), I'd have to look for affordable senior housing.

I suppose there are ways to survey possibly renting in other parts of London without having to traipse through 100 miles of hallways, subway rides, and streets looking at different places? Websites? Free rental agencies? City agencies?

Moving is tough. It's hard work, it's stressful, it's risky (always a gamble on the next landlord, next neighborhood, etc.) and it can be expensive. On the other hand, living in a neighborhood becoming a high crime area is not great either.