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Making Portage Home Again, Part 3 of 4
Mitch Moar grew up in Portage la Prairie, attending North Memorial, LaVerendre, Westpark, and PCI schools. He says he enjoyed his childhood. “My main memories are of skateboarding at The Platform and playing baseball every summer. Tobogganing at the dump hill was always fun in the winter.”
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In 2004, at 22, Mitch moved to Calgary. “I was making poor life choices as a young adult and thought a change of scenery would do me good. My best friend was living in Calgary, so I moved there to live with him. There was more opportunity for employment, and I enjoy snowboarding, so being by the mountains was awesome. But I missed my family, and I missed the lakes. I missed the humid summers Manitoba enjoys. I missed the quiet life that living in a small town can provide.”
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Have you heard it? “I can’t wait to get out of this town and never come back.”
Most often, the sentiment is voiced by teenagers and most often, they are referring to the only town they’ve ever lived in. Still, they somehow know that anywhere would be better than where they are. They almost always manage to leave. I don’t know what the stats reveal for those who truly never return, but occasionally, adults who left their hometown in their late teens or early twenties drift back. On purpose.
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