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Though parents naturally want the best for their children, when the younger generation does move away in search of better opportunity, there can be a lingering sense of resentment on the part of friends and family left behind in Luzerne. “It’s a sense of, ‘Who does he think he is?’” says Charles McElwee, the county historian, who is an economic development specialist for the nonprofit Community Area New Development Organization in Hazleton.
Will Byrnes
The resentment of people who have moved out in order to move up is real, and palpable.
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Kristy
So they can’t be happy that their children did well for themselves? That’s sad.
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Will Byrnes
Yep. I have sen it first hand.
Kristy
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Kristy
So have I. I don’t understand resenting people who know things.
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