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So many people I went to high school with have never left the OC and never intend to. They intend to raise their children in the same town attending the same schools we attended, etc. Very few of my graduating class-mates have moved away from the OC. I think this is kind of sad. Sure, it was a nice safe place to grow up, but there is so much more to life.
Haha, I know exactly what you mean. I know so many people here in LA that are so comfortable where they are that they never leave. Not even once. A trip to Disneyland is pretty much the furthest some of my friends have ever been outside of LA. Provincialism like that gets to me. Southern California really has a lot of that, but that's really their problem.
I think it surprises many of my friends, and many people on this site apparently, who don't like life in California exists outside of LA, Orange, and San Diego counties. Which is fine really, because it keeps Northern California somewhat rural and undiscovered (until Sacramento and Stockton decide to merge together in the next 10-15 years ).
I really hope that Phoenix doesn't become another extension of SoCal, but everyday it looks like it is.
Anyways, I've lived outside of my home state of California for 3 out of my 20 short years of life (Phoenix and NYC). The older I get and the more I travel and live in other places, the more I miss home. I don't know why, but I just do. However, I wouldn't hesitate to leave if the opportunity needed me to.
I plan on leaving TX, where I live and was raised. I'm going to NY after grad school myself and I plan on staying there. I'll never live I TX again, just visit my family. I love TX (Houston mostly) but my relationship with my home state has run its course. I'm also looking for a new experience in NYC
I'm the same way. I love Texas and Houston mostly as well. But I don't think I want to return there for a very long time. But I will visit though as my friends and Mom is still there.
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I left Texas, because I went into the Army.
I wouldn't mind moving back to Texas, but not to the Beaumont or Livingston area (where I'm from originally). NO WAY!
And no, I don't care too much of where I live now. It's the same size and same kind of people that I was raised in, just about. I wouldn't mind being back in Phoenix (always was employed when I lived there).
To sum up one reason I hate SoCal, I got in an accident in the I-5 where I was rear ended by an Arab man and my car was bumped into the car in front of me being driven by a Vietnamese man, neither of whom spoke English. It was an absolute mess that I won't go in to details on. I guess I sort of don't miss that extreme diversity.
I live in Albuquerque currently but Im originally from a small town here in NM so Im not tied down to the area, life is too short and I wanna get out and explore, I'll be moving to Texas, probably the Dallas/Fort Worth area next month, but time will only tell if I miss my home state, if I miss it too much, I just might return, but that probably wont be for a couple decades Im guessing cause I have all sorts of places I wanna live in and I do wanna try a few of them.
I have been trying to move out Michigan. There are no opportunities here in the state. It seems you can’t make a difference because of being outnumbered by the old timers who don’t want change. The state also has been touting automotive jobs which have crippled the state since I have been alive.
High school kids don’t want to work in a factory so they end up going to college and getting a degree, which Michigan pretty much has no job opportunities for those programs that are offered in college because everything is focused on a dead industry in the largest populated area of the state. Many young college educated people have moved out of Michigan already and those families follow too.
Me and my family moved from NYC to Atlanta when I was a kid. Never really had a real prob w/ ATL besides wanting it to be a little warmer during the cooler months. Thats why I always planned to move to FL or CA. I decided to stay here, unless a better job turned out in FL or CA. And FL is right here anyway. Driving, its 4hrs to the border, 6 to Jax, 7-8 to Tampa. Less than 10 to South Florida.
GA is home, took me a decade to really fully appreciate my great state but I'm not going anywhere. If anything, I'll move out to the country, not really a big fan of suburbia, traffic, etc. As for NYC, sure it will be cool to live there as an adult now but I think visits, maybe a extended stay for a week or 2 w/ family is good enough. I think you really need to travel sometimes to appreciate where you live, atleast w/ me after traveling the US for a couple months I was so happy to be back in GA. Though traveling can have the opposite effect too. Heck even w/ me, every time I go to Florida esp South Florida I never want to leave, same thing happened when I went to CA. End of the day though, its GA everyday for me.
Born and raised in Alabama. Never liked it. Moved away a few years ago but ended up returning when the economy killed my industry. I'm just biding my time now until the next escape. This time, once I'm gone, I've vowed that I'll sleep in a box under a bridge before I live in Alabama again.
I should have David, but I didn't. It was during morning rush hour and it was raining. It was very minor and I got all their information and got in to work a little late. The problem was the man who rear-ended me lied to his insurance company and actually caused damage to his own vehicle to appear that he was rear-ended first. It worked. I lost my claim and my insurance went up because I'd rear-ended someone. B.S. right?
[quote=Lifeshadower;13618262]Haha, I know exactly what you mean. I know so many people here in LA that are so comfortable where they are that they never leave. Not even once. A trip to Disneyland is pretty much the furthest some of my friends have ever been outside of LA. Provincialism like that gets to me. Southern California really has a lot of that, but that's really their problem.
So true Life. My poor little grandma has owned the same condo near Disneyland for over 35 years. The area has changed so dramatically around her and has changed so quickly. She was recently mugged while walking to the store (she doesn't drive). The changes are confusing to her and she doesn't agree with them, but she still refuses to leave. I think she likes hanging on to her home near D-Land because so many family members come to stay with her while vacationing.
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