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I'd have started walking west before it was a wagon thing.

I’m not adventurous

Ha! I frequently ask myself this. I would’ve stayed in Boston. Heck, I probably wouldn’t have left England!

I don’t think I would have, no. Sadly, I’m not that adventurous. If up to me, we would still be in a flat in Petersburg.

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Doubt it....and very few people did.

Exact question I raised to my Mom one time when I was probably in my 30s or so.. she didn’t know why the family just stayed.

Depends on my age at the time. Under 30, go west. Over 30, stay put.

Go west and get some land

If it was me in my younger than 30s life I would go West.

Of course I would move westward..I would not leave Great Britian to stay on the East Coast what would be the point of that? Could have just stayed home in Great Britain than.

It worked for my ancestors. Westward ho!

Likely, especially as a single, able bodied man with little money.
With my luck, it could have been the Donner party 😐

Doubt it.