02-29-2008, 08:38 AM
"Pushed off their lands" assumes a lot of conjecture, in my view.
Many of the immigrants to The New World weren't "pushed", but left to find a better economic future where they could raise families; a similarity to many of those born and raised here.
I wasn't "pushed" out of California when I moved to Alaska back in 1983, but did so so that I could have the financial wherewithal for my eventual move here. It was a choice.
I think many leave here out of choice.
Many of the immigrants to The New World weren't "pushed", but left to find a better economic future where they could raise families; a similarity to many of those born and raised here.
I wasn't "pushed" out of California when I moved to Alaska back in 1983, but did so so that I could have the financial wherewithal for my eventual move here. It was a choice.
I think many leave here out of choice.