Go west, young man

A favorite saying of the nineteenth-century journalist Horace Greeley , referring to opportunities on the frontier. Another writer, John Soule, apparently originated it.

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In America, pulling up stakes and hitting the road is built into the popular culture — it’s “Go west, young man”; it’s a Bruce Springsteen lyric.

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Channeling his inner Horace Greeley, or whomever actually deserves credit for “Go west, young man,” Ducey did what Americans used to do more frequently: He moved.

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“This was kind of like my dream of how to grow up and have an adventure and live the ‘Go West, young man,’ kind of life.”

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“Go west, young man, and grow up with the country.”

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“There’s a frontier aspect, a historic component,” Newsom said, referencing the phrase “Go West, young man” that is often attributed to author Horace Greeley, an advocate of westward expansion.

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