Apologises,not at all down hearted,I love Belfast and it's colourful characters.But whenever,I am ask why did I leave-it brings me back in time and as a teenager back in the late seventies looking forward to a future of more of the same didn't look very appealing and it also appeared like nothing was going to change anytime soon-no silver lining showing back then.Thank God,all that has changed over the last decade.(I moved to the US- midwest in 1981.)