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I am basically talking a new state or country. Will you always feel a "home" attachment to where you lived the majority of your years? For those who move around all the time, the question probably wouldn't apply. For instance, I just moved from MI to NV and I hear this all the time where people move back home stating that they just didn't feel "at home".
Presumably you have good reasons to be in the new place...
so embrace it. Make it work.
For me, yes, I have good reasons to be where I am. I'm okay with it. Whether it will ever feel like "home" or not, remains to be seen and I am not that worried about it. But, I hear others say it all the time. Especially in such a transient city. I suppose it is normal.
I guess it would depend on what kind of a life (happy or not) you had "at home" and the reason you moved away from there.
Home is such an emotional thing. Some of it good, some not so good. Nuff said.
I guess it would depend on what kind of a life (happy or not) you had "at home" and the reason you moved away from there.
Home is such an emotional thing. Some of it good, some not so good. Nuff said.
I moved from VA to CO. CO feels like home in that I'm happy and comfortable here most of the time, but VA will always be home and I'll always refer to it that way because it's where my family is and where I grew up.
I moved from VA to CO. CO feels like home in that I'm happy and comfortable here most of the time, but VA will always be home and I'll always refer to it that way because it's where my family is and where I grew up.
Nice. I'm from Colorado, currently living in Virginia! I moved here from California (military) back in April. I've passed through here before, though only for short tours. This time we are here long enough to unpack and move in. We are enjoying it so far. Looking forward to the fall. Very pretty!
Home is state of mind but having said that it takes at least 1 full year to get acclimated to new surroundings after a move.
On this topic, let me ask a question. Would you move somewhere you didn't want to be because it was safe, good schools, good jobs and overall good quality of life? The cons would be weather and lack of social connections.
Most of the time a person will have an attachment to their hometown. I think that's natural, especially if it's where you spent your childhood. That being said, you can always make a new place home if it fits for you. And when you need a break from your new home you can go back to your old home for a visit.
Home is state of mind but having said that it takes at least 1 full year to get acclimated to new surroundings after a move.
On this topic, let me ask a question. Would you move somewhere you didn't want to be because it was safe, good schools, good jobs and overall good quality of life? The cons would be weather and lack of social connections.
The social connections can be fixed, the weather can not. Depends how much you hate it because the rest of what you mention sounds like some very good reasons to move. Also depends on how much you love where you are.
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