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Missing Ohio right now. Football, apples, fall leaves, friends. Enjoying my job and new friends but missing friends and family can be a real b----. I haven't thought about it since I got here, and now I'm reflecting and thinking....too much.
Any ideas? I've been here a year. How long did it take you other transplants to stop missing the Midwest?
I stopped missing the midwest several years before I left... which was as soon as I got out of college.
Other people are much more attached to their friends and family and nostalgic of where they grew up... and I understand that. And right now is the magical time of year where the weather is pretty good over the whole country, trees are starting to turn beautiful colors, and will soon be followed by holiday season. So ya... not surprising at all that you are missing it.
Any ideas? I've been here a year. How long did it take you other transplants to stop missing the Midwest?
I started moving around when I was 20. Jobs moved me around. My family is also all over. Been here this time in New Mexico longer than any other place.
I'm not from the Midwest.
Plan trips to visit family. We have had family come out here to visit us. The family separation seem to be the worst for us as well as for other friends.
I'm going through the "missing thing" as well. I'm not from New Mexico I'm from Seattle and I haven't been there since 2012. I have family there and I just love the topography so much of the area. And the Seahawks.
Oldest daughter moved there sight unseen after law school at OSU. Obviously she misses family and friends here at home outside Chicago. Missing that would be true no matter where you moved away to. Aside from that she misses certain foods NM has not a prayer of matching and perhaps a better chance of snow at Christmas. When she does return home she complains of the feeling of the sky caving in compared to the NM skies.
Eventually when I make my move I suppose certain foods is what I will miss most. Maybe too our autumns as I don't have to drive to 4th July Canyon to see orange and red trees mixed with yellow.
Having been born in El Paso, TX and spending the first 27 years of my life there, I moved to the deep south city of Mobile, AL, where I never got over the claustrophobic feeling of not being able to see the woods for the trees. All that green was soothing on the eyes, and the first thing I had to do upon returning to El Paso five years later was to put on the darkest pair of glasses I could find.
I've been here for a year as well...from the midwest. I don't miss snow or tornados. I don't miss traffic and long commutes. The bosque in the fall is prettier than anything we had close at hand back east. I'm adjusting to the slower pace but it can be frustrating. I like that it takes 10 minutes to get to open space or even out of the city. I've struggled a little with the windy months in spring. I thought single digit was lethal but it's great. There are trade offs but i like it.
My husband and I have been here a year this month, we are transplants from Chicago. The ONLY thing I miss is family and a really good Chicago style pizza and maybe a Vienna hot dog. We love the weather and the scenery. I love being able to see for miles and go hiking at the drop of a hat! ABQ may not have good pizza but the trade off is yummy green and red chile!!
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