I’m evidence of the latter. I had to leave this city to love it, since it didn’t catch on the first three times.
I had to battle for every parking spot in Seattle to understand the hidden splendor of Milwaukee’s accessibility. And I had to find serenity in the mountains of Telluride, Colorado, to realize how important it is to have stuff going on, like the Irish jam sessions at Three Lions Pub, or bowling and a beer at The Holler House.
And don’t get me started on custard – I partake in the treat almost daily.
There’s this boomerang effect going on where all these people are returning from supposedly “cool” cities like Austin and Portland and Boston. For the people who are coming back, we’re realizing that we matter here.
No one here is invisible. We’re an innately interconnected community, one Smallwaukee, and that’s what I love most about it.
– Betsy Rowbottom, as told to Adam Rogan
