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Evan Prodromou

Do you live where you belong?

#EvanPoll #Poll

Anonymous poll

Poll

Strong yes
119
24.6%
Qualified yes
157
32.5%
Qualified no
120
24.8%
Strong no
87
18%
483 people voted.
Voting ended 18 Mar 2023 at 22:42.
17 Mar 2023 at 22:42 | Open on prodromou.pub
4 comments
Evan Prodromou

This was a good poll. Lots of interesting comments.

I'm a qualified yes. I love my home and my community in Montreal and my second home in Richmond the Eastern Townships, but I'm a settler on indigenous land, and we haven't figured out how that can be a just situation yet.

I'm also far from my parents and brothers in the San Francisco Bay Area, and my extended family in New Jersey.

18 Mar 2023 at 22:48 | Open on prodromou.pub
Evan Prodromou

And I'm *very* far from my father's and grandfather's and great-grandfather's birthplace in Jerusalem. I've only visited once.

I'm far from their origins in Athens, Crete, and Greek-speaking Asia Minor.

As well as my mother's family's origins in Ireland, Wales, England, The Netherlands, and Germany.

I feel like I have set down roots here in Montreal in these last 20 years, but I have homes too many other places to not feel restless.

18 Mar 2023 at 22:52 | Open on prodromou.pub
Evan Prodromou

I really loved this book when I read it. It's a great study of what it means to belong somewhere.

openlibrary.org/works/OL200302

18 Mar 2023 at 22:56 | Open on prodromou.pub
Evan Prodromou

Deciding where you live on this planet is a huge privilege. Most people don't get to choose. The globe isn't a Tinder app they can swipe left and right on.

I'm glad I and my kids have a lot of optionality, but that comes with some pressure to make the right decisions.

18 Mar 2023 at 22:58 | Open on prodromou.pub
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