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Re: To missing michigan......
Posted by Ami Wilson on 1/28/08

    I'm teaching in Alaska because I couldn't find a job in Michigan. I will
    someday though. Until then, I'll keep in touch, go home and visit in the
    summers, and save money. Can't hurt to email Tom..:).

    On 1/27/08, The Michigan you and I knew is gone forever wrote:
    > Look at the bright side. You're about a day's drive away from Michigan and
    > can come back for a visit. History is full of people who had to travel much
    > farther from their homes to make a life for themselves. Michigan's economy
    > is broken, badly broken, and like John McCain said, those high paying auto
    > jobs and the prosperity they brought with them aren't coming back.
    > Michigan's going to be in a 1 state depression for years longer.
    >
    > Actually, its kind of good the whole country's economy is slowing, because
    > now the federal government might extend unemployment or try that whole
    > stimulus thing. That'll help some Michiganders in the short term at least.
    > When the rest of the country's doing good, D.C. doesn't care about
    Michigan.
    >
    > Like I said, probably some of your ancestors had to move a lot farther than
    > 1200 miles to find a decent life. Just about every European people went
    > through a period of depression in their country and had to immigrate to make
    > a better life and most didn't ever see their homes or families again. Do
    > you think the Irish or Italians wanted to leave their homes? Most didn't,
    > but they did what they had to do.
    >
    > The reason why many northern US cities, including Detroit, are full of
    > African-Americans is because many of them had to leave the South to find
    > work and a better life in the first part of the 20th century. Many didn't
    > want to leave family and the place they grew up, but they did, and there
    > wasn't an I-75 to jump on to head back to Georgia or wherever for a visit
    > home every Christmas.
    >
    > People have been leaving the "Rust Belt" for 4 decades now to find
    > employment. I've been gone from Detroit for a few years now and everytime I
    > go back, all I see on the news is negative stuff about the economy. ITs all
    > people talk about. Even people who have jobs are just waiting to loose
    > them. People with pensions are waiting to loose them and their health
    > insurance. I mean, its just depressing. I miss Michigan too, but the
    > Michigan you and I left doesn't exist anymore. I'd get comfortable where
    > you are, or look elsewhere, because you're not coming back to Michigan and
    > working. Even if you did win the lottery and move back, you'll find the
    > sprit of the area has changed and its just depressing.
    >
    >
    >

     
     

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