Something that I like about Perry County so far has been people’s responses to my not being a native. There’s not necessarily the pride of place I witnessed in Palestine, but I also don’t get the “why on earth would you move here?” response that was so common in Wilkes-Barre. It’s more of a mild curiosity of how I wandered out this way, which is only modestly intensified if they know about any of the “exotic” places I’ve lived. When I say I was tired of cities, most people respond as though that’s to be expected—while many friends I know in cities couldn’t imagine leaving their hectic metropolis for a town of 1500. I suppose I’ve never been one to go where people expect me to.
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What a cool observation: that people accept your choice, which shows that they also accept their own choice to be where they are (if it has been a conscious choice or not). This post made me happy.