tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post9069130430002863125..comments2024-03-28T14:02:40.132-04:00Comments on Discovering Urbanism: An optimistic future for MissoulaDaniel Nairnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14127732825472374125noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post-73196438662903805582008-04-23T12:07:00.000-04:002008-04-23T12:07:00.000-04:00Yeah, that's something with which my wife and I ha...Yeah, that's something with which my wife and I have struggled deeply this year. She is from Austin and would like to stay here, but a sense of place and community is incompatible with a traditional academic career. I can't imagine a career in which opportunities are scarcer than academia. What we've concluded is that I just can't be a traditional academic. We would really like to return to Austin after the degree, and if no academic post is available, then I'll just have to do something else, perhaps teach high school.J.W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02922888485644283178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post-64183959674105360732008-04-22T23:59:00.000-04:002008-04-22T23:59:00.000-04:00That's actually a big question for me that I wish ...That's actually a big question for me that I wish I had a good answer for. Most people I know, including myself, are very mobile. I'm from New York, then Delaware, then Massachusetts, and now Montana, and then ...<BR/><BR/>I've really come to think there are some costs to this way of doing things.<BR/><BR/>Yet I just have no idea if any jobs in planning will be available when I graduate. And the situation is complicated by the fact that my wife's family and my family are on opposite sides of the country, neither near Missoula. I really wish I could build firm roots in a particular community. I'm tired of making friends and then leaving them. But it's hard to know exactly how to do that. Or maybe I'm just balking.Daniel Nairnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14127732825472374125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5079297043552042968.post-67189062776866315262008-04-22T16:08:00.000-04:002008-04-22T16:08:00.000-04:00Daniel,Do you plan on returning to missoula after ...Daniel,<BR/>Do you plan on returning to missoula after finishing your degree?J.W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02922888485644283178noreply@blogger.com