tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post8983287324535189731..comments2023-10-27T03:16:03.213-04:00Comments on Burgh Diaspora: Failed Return MigrationJim Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13078184665418828961noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-12278190148554223622011-11-16T21:27:42.942-05:002011-11-16T21:27:42.942-05:00With a few visits to the old hometown to reconnect...With a few visits to the old hometown to reconnect it's possible to contribute to your rusted birth place's revival. Wise use of social media will keep you in the loop. Just look where the rebuilding is taking place and choose how to boost it. Good article.Bennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-54551846197170380742011-11-14T12:32:40.663-05:002011-11-14T12:32:40.663-05:00Great post, Jim.Great post, Jim.Youngstown Nationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02874492961034314879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29127973.post-58327037900293001572011-11-13T12:32:42.287-05:002011-11-13T12:32:42.287-05:00This is an excellent post, and touches upon someth...This is an excellent post, and touches upon something that I realized as I became a young adult.<br /><br />My mother says I am "the only person she knows that regrets not being born in Pittsburgh" (I was born in Harrisburg, and then at 14 months my folks moved to Maryland's DC suburbs, where they still live today.)<br /><br />My accent betrays that I am a Marylander (although I've lived in Buenos Aires for 10 years now), but I am the ONLY person in my family or extended family never to have lived in Pittsburgh.<br /><br />But given my love for the Steelers, Cherokee Red, and Iron City I've frequently been mistaken for a Pittsburgher. <br /><br />Friends used to ask, "so why didn't you move there."<br /><br />And the answer was 1. there was never a reason to (in terms of choices for college, graduate school or post-grad school volunteer work) and 2. I knew that the Camelot that my parents spoke of at the dinner table and that I glipmised on innumerable Thanksgivings, Christmases, Easter holidays, and weekend trips to Pittsburgh was just that Camelot.<br /><br />To that end, I made the decision that I would never move to Pittsburgh simply to move there. Had an solid career or educational opportunity come up, then I would have considered it.KThttp://steelcurtainrising.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com