On Wed, 21 Sep 2005, Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> Then, there are expectations and reality. I always wanted to live in NYC,
> and ended up in Baltimore.... I cannot afford moving to NYC, and besides I
> like my job and I would not want to give it up prematurely.
This puts your mood in a whole nother light. You sound less like an embittered expat and more like an internal academic DP trapped by tenure and the limited academic job market in a place he doesn't want to be.
That kind of bitterness is rife in academia.
Michael