<p><span class="inline inline-left"><img src="http://www.energybulletin.net/sites/default/files/images/DSCF0097.thumbnail.JPG" alt="" title="" class="image image-thumbnail" width="100" height="42" /></span>I now think of my native country the way many of my countrymen think of Ireland, as a holiday destination, indulgent and surreal, except instead of a rollercoaster my daughter and I scream happily and hold on to the car as we drive around a highway cloverleaf, and instead of a castle I can take her to a Barnes and Noble the same size. But then, as much as we enjoy seeing friends and family again, I’m reminded why we’re raising our daughter somewhere else.</p>
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