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I do, and somewhat often. I have friends in all the towns we've moved from, and we keep in touch. The house I grew up in was on the market several years ago, and I went to the open house. That was kind of neat. I took a lot of pictures to send to my siblings.
All depends on what kind of memories are residing there! Good memories, yes! Bad memories or even mixed memories, no! Who wants to reawaken bad memories as a result of curiosities!!!
My memories from 21 years in Minneapolis, about 50-50. Last trip there, curiously, I drove by the half-dozen places lived in, and being I escaped from Minneapolis because I have SADD, it happened to be a cloudy day that day, and getting increasingly depressed, I quick got on 35W and hightailed it to Duluth, where I have only the fondest of memories!
When the weather gets better, I've got more free time and maybe an rv, would like to go back up to NY and visit. Maybe even tour certain parts. I'm not looking for that to happen for another 2 years or thereabout.
It doesn't work. If you loved it the first time, its because there was something in the alignment of the stars, and when you go back, it will be just as ordinary as anywhere else.
It helps if you have a contemplative places from your past to visit. (Been to all these MANY times in last 50+ yrs and go out of my way to visit, even now)
I won't go back to the once beautiful city I was born in because it's now one of the most dangerous cities in the entire state. It's not safe to go there.
I once went back to my old town and it was surreal. Looked exactly the same but all new people. I went to a fair on the town green and I felt like I was in a movie -- same setting, different characters. Everyone was really excited and the old school was even open so people could use the restrooms. No one remembered.....no one "got it". When I went into my old school it was an emotional experience and I almost wanted to cry but to those people it meant nothing at all. I might want to go back someday and just walk around and maybe have a more positive experience.
I grew up on a Kansas farm, and about 25 years after our family moved from it I was in the area and drove by. The farm house looked nice, maybe nicer than when I'd lived there. The pond that I watched being built was still there. Then I drove down to the timber area where I often went hunting, fishing and skinny dipping. The road to it had been straightened and the old bridge replaced with a fancy new one. I parked and walked up along the creek. It was waaaaaaay smaller than I remembered. Much of the timber had been replaced with grain fields. Much had changed, but it still brought back pleasant memories. That was 25 years ago. I'd like to go back again.
All depends on what kind of memories are residing there! Good memories, yes! Bad memories or even mixed memories, no! Who wants to reawaken bad memories as a result of curiosities!!!
My memories from 21 years in Minneapolis, about 50-50. Last trip there, curiously, I drove by the half-dozen places lived in, and being I escaped from Minneapolis because I have SADD, it happened to be a cloudy day that day, and getting increasingly depressed, I quick got on 35W and hightailed it to Duluth, where I have only the fondest of memories!
I agree. I have a list of places that gave me good memories that I plan to visit.
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