Reply #61: We didn't plan on moving away until a couple of years ago, but we have been fighting this [View All]

[indy legend]

battle against this conservative cancer for a long time. It was my hope that we would stay here the rest of our lives and our girls would go to our alma mater, Butler University, but we began to look for places a little more progressive friendly and we loved the pacific northwest. We were looking at SF/Portland / Seattle as options. I am retiring in a few weeks and my wife worked at Butler. While on vacation to Vancouver a couple of years ago we just fell in love with the area. My wife was recently offered a similar position at Simon Fraser University and my two oldest girls loved the university too so it became an easy decision. WE just felt this opportunity came along for a reason. We are even hated by our own family because we are liberals and living in the suburbs of Indy are treated terribly as we are a mixed family. I am white, my wife is African-American and it is just a situation that has become unbearable. Indy has always been our home but we just don't feel like fighting this any more and we felt this was best for our girls. I too can understand your frustration. While my two oldest are getting ready for College next year my youngest is 13, autistic and has cerebral palsy. I can only imagine the future these right wing bastards have in store for her.