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In her new book, journalist Rainesford Stauffer makes the case for moving back to your hometown. "I thought of home as a waiting room, the place I had to be until I could go somewhere else. Then I left, and missed it terribly," she writes.
Our guests are people who chose to leave Western New York, only to find themselves pulled back by a number of forces. We talk about what our region needs to be even more attractive to people who think they will leave and never return.
Our guests:
- Will Cleveland, deputy chief of research for the Police Accountability Board
- Christine Corrado, member of Brighton Town Council, and local tech writer
- Danielle Raymo, owner of Rochester Brainery
- Benjamin Stein, former Google employee
- Caitlin Whyte, podcast producer, and former WXXI Weekend Edition host