re: #245 HappyWarrior

As you guys know, I’m a genealogy buff and I just think about my own ancestors who left their homes. What made them decide that this was it, the point where they’d leave home and never return? Like I know the broader facts of poverty, not having autonomy, the Potato Famine, etc but what makes a man or woman leave what’s been home for generations of their family and decides to start anew. This isn’t an “I’m moving” rant but more of wondering what it took. We are Americans, yes but just as longer we were something else too.

this is the first time in my life i am embarrassed to be an american
its the first time i can see myself living somewhere else ‘better’ and being happier, calmer, content and at ease
if i wasnt married and didnt have family and obligations, i’d seriously consider going
(and i dont mean flake, collins, murkowski ‘seriously’)