How long does it take to feel like your new state is your home? (people)
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I live in New Hampshire now having moved here back in 2012. It felt like home my first full day in the state and that feeling has only grown stronger with time. In fact when commuting home from work each day, I feel like I am at home once I cross the boundary into my town.
I live in New Hampshire now having moved here back in 2012. It felt like home my first full day in the state and that feeling has only grown stronger with time. In fact when commuting home from work each day, I feel like I am at home once I cross the boundary into my town.
I still think about Indiana everyday. I read the local paper online, look at real estate, etc. I think I'm having a hard time bc I never planned to remain here but circumstances made a different reality.
I do have a good job here, the family member I cared about is dead. I do have a lot of friends there but I'm at the age where everyone is busy so it's not worth moving back for that.
I don't know how to get my brain to accept that I live in New York, quit watching the happenings in Indiana, quit thinking about how it is there, etc
Ive lived in 16 states and provinces, and they begin to feel like home very quickly. On the other hand, I never replate my car, and drive on old DL until they won't renew it online anymore. I use a passport and utility bill to get a library card. I commuted to work across a state line for several years.
Some places I've lived never did feel homey, others did almost immediately. Part of it might be why you ended up moving there and what you expected to find there. Sometimes it was the people and their local interests or activities. They either didn't appeal to me or I found myself fitting in quite easily. Sometimes it was all the geographical stuff; the scenery, being in a big city or more rural, the weather, the home I ended up with, all sorts of things. Sometimes it was simply the baggage I brought with me, and I don't mean the packing boxes!
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I think that depends on how much you were attached to and miss the old state. If you left for a better job, family reasons, or something else but really liked it there, adjusting will take a long time. In other cases, moving from a place that you are fed up with, have wanted out for years, and then find the new state to be exactly as expected, it may just be a few weeks.
I moved to Los Angeles 45 years ago from Ohio. It has never felt like "home" to me. I don't root for the Dodgers, or USC or UCLA. I don't think of them as my home team. My heart is still in Ohio for some reason. GO BUCKEYES !!
I think I will always consider Texas home even if i do move to Arizona or New Mexico.
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