After 23 years living in the West–first 11 years in San Francisco, then 12 years in Idaho–my wife and I decided we'd head back to the Midwest where we grew up.
I've been debating whether to make this public or not, in large part because I continue to teach at Idaho Law and was visiting at Iowa Law in the fall. It's complicated. My carbon footprint is too large. But it works in a way.
I wanted to start up the blog again for several reasons, perhaps mostly because I wanted a forum for my musings about the differences between places. Particularly, I wanted to write more about living in a big American city. This is my third: first New York City for three years after undergraduate; then San Francisco for 11 years; and now…Chicago for six months. Before I started writing about Chicago and the Midwest again, I thought it might make sense to explain why. And so, that is why.
I still have plenty to say about the West. I just might now have something to say about the Midwest, too.