1 in 4 People Want to Escape From This!

The world right now has some SERIOUS issues.  But what if you could live in a world that didn't?  The only catch is . . . it's totally fake.

A new survey asked people if they'd be willing to trade in their lives now to live in a virtual reality world.  And 17% said YES!

Here are their top five reasons why . . .

1.  46% of them would love to visit places like Mars, Gotham City, or Mordor from "Lord of the Rings".

2.  46% want to live in virtual reality because impossible things are possible.

3.  39% want to make an avatar of themselves that's more attractive.  And 9% would want their avatar to be a creature that's not human.

4.  33% want to meet fictional characters.

5.  And 22% (basically 1 in 4 of us) want to get away from today's real world politics.  (Amen to that!)

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