Are you glad you left your hometown?

[Micca]

Yes

 

[disykat]

I had no desire to stay in the town I grew up in and it would have felt strange doing so if the opportunity presented itself. In my family, growing up and "leaving home" was just the norm. I expect that my kids will move away from where we live as well.

We all visit regularly and I enjoy visiting my home town, but living there was something I never really considered.

 

[rparmfamily]

I love where we live right now. (Hawaii) We've lived on one coast and the other and even in Europe and those experiences have really expanded my life in a way that would have never happened had we just stayed put in the town my parents live in (navy town.) Traveling to Europe doesn't scrape the surface of living there, same with Hawaii...you just can't capture the experience in 1 or 2 weeks.

I love that my children are exposed to so many different cultures and experiences that I was not as a child. (I grew up in rural Ohio but moved to FL as a teen, that's where my family is now) The school they go to is so incredibly diverse, they get to "celebrate" so many different holidays here in Hawaii that many have never heard of (Boy's Day, Girl's Day, Kamehamea Day, Prince Kuhio Day, plus major celebration of Chinese NY,etc.)

 

[Handbag Lady]

I haven't left.

Good thing Los Angeles is a big city. I've been all over and lived out of the country for a spell, but home is home.

 

[Sleepy]

Not only did I move away from my hometown, I moved from my native country. Yes, I am very happy I did. It has allowed me to see my own culture and government in a different way.

 

[WDWBarb]

Yes, I am VERY glad that I left my hometown. I left at age 18 and have never regretted it. I had a wonderful childhood and couldn't have chosen a better place to be a kid, but it wasn't a place I wanted to be an adult.

However, my disclaimer is that I can't WAIT to move back. I wouldn't do it before I was of retirement age (unless my parents needed me because they still live there) but I long for the day when I can become a part of that small town again.

 

[Toot Sweet]

Yes! I am VERY glad I left. I lived in Nevada (grew up in a small town, then moved to las Vegas, which was an hour north, and lived there up until 3 years ago) and then moved to Virginia. It was a good move for us. True, my husband lost his job, and his been unemployed for hte last six months, and our marriage is over, but all of us would still agree that we are happy we moved!

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

Are they happy??

they just don't realize that they're not happy...

 

[Kickapoo Joie Juice]

Yes, I am VERY glad that I left my hometown. I left at age 18 and have never regretted it. I had a wonderful childhood and couldn't have chosen a better place to be a kid, but it wasn't a place I wanted to be an adult.

However, my disclaimer is that I can't WAIT to move back. I wouldn't do it before I was of retirement age (unless my parents needed me because they still live there) but I long for the day when I can become a part of that small town again.

I think when people move away, experience other ways of life, and then move back to their hometown, they bring new energy and perspective.

I think the towns that are dying, whether economically or culturally is partly because there's never an influx of fresh ideas, perspective, and energy. It's just same S***, different day.

 

[golfgal]

I would be happy to move back to my hometown (the one I grew up in) if the rest of my family there would move out . It is a great town with great schools and community. I would move back in a heartbeat to the town we have spent most of our adult life in but a job transfer took us away. The kids are settled here now so I wouldn't want to do that until they are out of school though.

 

[monorailsilver]

No I am not happy that I moved away. Nine years ago, I packed up & moved about an hour east of my hometown since I got married.

I feel so alone some days here in the boonies. My friends are in my hometown or that area & I just don't get to see them.

Yeah, I know an hour but round trip that is 2 hours & there is a traffic situation I would have to deal with & work around.

My parents & one of my sisters still live in my hometown. So I go home to visit & if my dh travels & it is school vacation, we head there for that week.

Sadly, I know I don't fit in anymore. I am sure if I didn't move out I wouldn't feel that same way. My hometown really has gone up (I am not sure how to explain it). It hasn't deteriorated but more wealthy. I couldn't afford to live there right now.

The one thing that I do like about where I live now is that no one cares. I live in a middle class town. Sure we have a few multi million dollar homes that border the river but the rest of us are just your average family trying to make ends meet.

But if I was given the chance, I'd move back home. I'd love to buy my parents house & let my kids go to school where I did, play at the parks where I did, etc...