So, I happen to have friends that live in Lakewood, and from the sound of it, you just might live in a different Lakewood than them. Lakewood is economically similar to the majority of other suburbs of the major Ohio cities, and seeing as I also live in one of those suburbs, I can assure you that you’re lucky to be paying what you’re paying in rent, even for a studio apartment.

You pay $500 less than the average American for rent. I think you may be lacking the perspective necessary to engage productively with this topic.

Maybe frozen broccoli

If the government cant handle “online stuff” they can pitch privatization.

It kind of already is privatized. Most of the government’s cyber security efforts are handled by defense contractors.