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Well I love my hometown. As Ive said before, even if I hit the lottery, I would still live here. At the most, maybe I'll move a few miles away just to have a beach view. But other than that, I'll be in Sherman Oaks or Studio City (Los Angeles for you non California people) forever.
I am from Connecticut and I love it here. I always have. I lived in North Carolina for a year and that only strengthened my love for New England and the New York City area. I love that this area is busy and very modern. I never realized how urban/suburban I am, but when I was away I missed things like traffic and attitudes!!!
I lived in North Carolina for a year and that only strengthened my love for New England and the New York City area. I love that this area is busy and very modern. I never realized how urban/suburban I am, but when I was away I missed things like traffic and attitudes!!!
I have always lived in the same state and even attended college in the same state. I left 3 years ago and miss my home town dearly and would like to move back but this job was too good to turn down. Next year I want to go to Europe as I have never been.
I've moved around quite a bit, born overseas (Army brat) and moved to NV when I was 8, then lived in CA, VA, AZ and now TX. I also lived in Germany for three years from 1999 to 2002. I wouldn't have wanted it any other way. I can't imagine living in one place my whole life.
I used to work with a girl who was born and raised in Northern VA and she'd never traveled outside the U.S., or even west of the Mississippi. Her idea of an exotic vacation was heading to South Carolina every summer with her entire extended family. She thought I was completely nuts when I transferred to Germany and said that she would never do that in a million years.
I certainly couldn't ever be in a relationship with someone who never wants to leave Texas, even for vacation. I want a guy who can relate to me and my travels, and will travel the world with me. There's nothing wrong with not wanting to travel, it just wouldn't be compatible with my desires.
I often think it might be nice to have the stability and familiarity of living in/near the town where you grew up/have family and friends.
I left my hometown at 18 and have lived nowhere near it since (the closest was several states away a few years ago). My parents left my hometown and retired somewhere else--now I have no reason to go back there again.
Anyhow, I have very much enjoyed moving around, living in new places (including some exciting big cities), and learning and growing from new surroundings. In the past nine years I've lived in four different states/parts of the country, and moved five times.
But now my husband and I (who also lives nowhere near his hometown) are craving roots and a sense of belonging/connectedness, which we don't have where we currently live and haven't had any of the places we've lived together over the past few years. We're thinking very carefully about where we want to eventually settle and put down roots (not here where we're currently living), but I often wonder what it would be like if I moved back to my hometown, where so many of my old high school pals now live. It would be familiar and comfortable but I don't think it would be the right fit for me anymore.
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