tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455129.post2603413115290100928..comments2023-11-03T05:05:27.605-05:00Comments on The Grand Duchy of Susania, Wherein Various Vicissitudes Waft Forth: Staying and LeavingSusaniahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04977938723351021767noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22455129.post-83721493582961701192007-05-14T09:52:00.000-05:002007-05-14T09:52:00.000-05:00Well, obviously I'm a Leaver, as I am writing this...Well, obviously I'm a Leaver, as I am writing this from St. Louis. However, irony of ironies, I'm a Leaver who moved to a town of Stayers. Seriously, very few people from St. Louis leave, and the ones who do generally come back. As a result, everywhere you go, people ask you where you went to high shool because a) they assume you are from here, and b) it's very likely that they know someone who went to your high school and can connect the dots pretty quickly to figure out how you're connected. When I say I'm not from here, many people just sort of turn away like that's the most bizarre thing they've ever heard. I have a hell of a time finding new friends. People aren't unfriendly, they just have their same old friends from high school and don't really need to make friends with us "foreigners."Kathrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05111825731995800448noreply@blogger.com