Do you regret moving to your current city?

[Buckeye614]

Columbus, Ohio and no regrets whatsoever

+ established LGBT community, growing African (mainly Ethiopian and Somali) population
+ the largest urban campus in the United States (around 65k including grad students I believe)
+ a plethora of bars and restaurants that are reasonably priced
+ Jenni's Splendid ice cream, consistently rated as one of the best ice cream parlors in America
+ Historic and interesting neighborhoods surrounding downtown (Short north, German village, Italian Village, Arena district etc.)
+ The people in general are pretty polite and friendly compared to where I came from

-far from my family and friends on the east coast
- lacks a significant body of water, the Scioto river isn't anything special
- the city could use a much denser core and infill

[Northanna_2001]

Yes, my husband and I are from Texas but we traveled some with his military career. We lived in Clovis NM for 7 years before deciding to retire and moving to outskirts of Albuquerque in the mountains. We've been here now 1 1/2 years. The people here are hard to get to know; I should say they are nigh impossible to get to know. The whole East Coast lives in Albuquerque and more are cominjg. I so miss the southern people of Clovis and Texas in general. We are buyinjg our home and I have no idea if we'll be able to sell it. People here are just not open and friendly and I've had the blues for at least nine months. I keep trying to get to know people. The NE coast folks are very different from what I am used to and I don't know how to communicate with them. I'm not happy.

[jtur88]

Absolutely not. I retired in Victoria, Texas, 6 years ago, and I have found that for me and my lifestyle, it has no shortcomings at all. I think other people who live here feel pretty much the same way about it -- both natives and transplants.

Of course, not everyone is in my lifestyle, so the young and trendy set tend to rush off to a place with brighter lights, but no place can be everything to all people.

[strawberrykiki]

I don't regret moving to Colorado, but I'm ready to go back to the east coast. For an east coast girl, it's too brown, too far from the ocean, and too isolated. Yes, I knew that going into my move here, but at the time I really wanted to try something different. I'm glad I did it though. I really didn't want to be someone who lived in the same place their entire life.

[mslucky123]

[quote=BacktoNE;1675239]We regret moving to Appleton every hour of every day. Our plan is to leave, hopefully sometime next year. We will be returning to Maine.[/q




How long did you last? It is another country to me.

[jimdc58]

Interesting thread. I posted a similar question and was inundated with attacks and/or Dr. Phil-wannabes.

Four years ago, I moved to Greenville, SC from Akron for a job. While the weather was great, the social climate was terrible. They were still fighting the civil war down there and it is ultra-conservative. Not a good fit for me.

Fifteen years ago, after the death of my parents, I had tried a move to Tucson. I didn't stay long, as I was still in the midst of grieving. However, I really liked the city, the social climate, and the weather. Based on that, I decided last month to give it another try. Now I am regretting it. At 56, I guess I can't adjust well to living somewhere other than what I've known most my life, and I feel really out of place. Tucson is a liberal city, even though AZ is a red state, so it isn't that. I'm trying the volunteering thing, meet-ups, internet dating and all, but I still feel much like a fish out of water. Though I don't need to, I've also tried job hunting. But the market here is pretty poor for my field.

Don't know how long I'm going to stay, but it was interesting reading this thread and seeing there are others who have regretted their moves (even if for a wide variety of reasons).