Every once in a while, I hear from people who have moved away from the Spokane area but still check out www.spokesman.com now and then. I suppose some of them also call up other Spokane sites, too.

Their reasons for wanting to keep tabs on our area vary. Some still have family here. Some could move back one day. And others might have a hard time characterizing their lingering attachment.

All seems perfectly normal to me.

But it makes me wonder.

How many people here regularly check websites produced by newspapers back where they used to live?

Do frustrations with those news organizations' coverage philosophies and approaches diminish with distance?

Is it still possible to experience that sense of recreational disappointment/disdain re: that distant newspaper when you don't live back there anymore?

Do you find yourself recognizing things you admire and miss about your old hometown?

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