L.D. - It never ceases to amaze me how people automatically assume things about your character based on "where you're from". There are "conservatives" in California, and "liberals" in Montana. Everyone is "from somewhere". My parents didn't ask me where I wanted to be born. My employer didn't ask me where I wanted to work. I have lived in Texas, Oklahoma, Illinios, Idaho, Washington and Alaska, and presently in Northern California. I would like to live somewhere else, like Montana. I have friends who feel the same way. I have tried to make the best of what life has offered me in terms of employment and a place to raise my family. What's important to me has not changed. The town where I live has changed politically, culturally and geographically - from small town to a city (not my choice). I have always loved to hunt, and enjoy the outdoors. I haven't changed as a person, politically or morally. I believe that I would "fit in" better somewhere else. But since some would label me as "a Californian", rather than judge me as the person I am, the thought of moving to a place I want to be makes me have second thoughts. What a shame we live in a society where so many judge people by the name of the state in which they live, and not by what kind of an American and person they are.
