[lbo-talk] Hey Mr. bitter expat

Michael Pollak mpollak at panix.com
Wed Sep 21 15:16:15 PDT 2005


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



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