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I've only lived in the same place twice. After I left I lived away from there for 7 years. Went back for 3 years due to family and have been away from that place for nearly 2 years now and never plan on moving back there again.
I moved away from the town I grew up 12 years ago. I am about to move someplace else. I don't understand going BACK. If I don't like the next place I move, I will move someplace else, not back.
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I hated where I grew up. i hate the cold and how everyone knows everyone elses business because it is a small Place. First time moved to Az and returned after 6 years to RI. I went back to college and no school in Az was available so figured if I had to move might as well go home. I loved being home really connected with family. Still didnt like the place though. Met husband and moved to NC then SC. I think I will always feel the tug to go back because my family is there and I love them so, but I know tr place is not good for us. My husband was unable to find a job, we wouldn't be able to afford a house and we hate the cold with a passion. Now if I could just get my immediate family to move here I would be all set. Most of my friends have moved away already, so it is my family I miss.
2.5 years. Grew up in VA and started to hate it (typical small town, boring, gossipy, etc.), moved to Denver then started to hate it (too crowded, too much traffic, too expensive), so I took a job back in VA. I think you just have to try to be happy wherever you are and look for the positives. The things I don't like in VA are things I love in CO and vice versa. If you are close to family, then it's tough being that far away. But I have many wonderful friends in CO who are like family and I miss them terribly. I have my family in VA, but not many close friends. I realize now I don't hate either place. I don't think any place is going to be wonderful 100% of the time. The last year in CO I started to want to come home, but now that I'm home I wonder if I made the right decision. I miss Denver a LOT more than I expected. Maybe we tend to idealize the place after we are gone and see only the good things and forget the bad. I plan to visit CO as much as I can for now and who knows where I will end up the in the future. Trying to be happy day to day regardless of where I live.
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