DH may look into a job in Baltimore and my instant reaction was "I can move home!" Which would mean the suburbs, which I said I would never do. But there is something SO comforting about moving home. Even though I don't really know many people there any longer, it is more of a familiarity thing.
Though the housing prices are hard to stomach. My childhood home neighborhood is crazy $$ for what you get.
I would love to "move home" - I grew up at the beach in New Jersey! I have so many friends who still live there, and it would be fun. But the cost of living is high and I can't imagine I could ever find a job there, so it's probably never going to happen.
I grew up in northeastern MA, and would love to live somewhere in New England, preferably near my mother (western MA) or my sister (eastern NH). I'm not sure if I would like to specifically live in my hometown, but nearby wouldn't be bad.
To upstate NY? No. There's no economy there. I enjoy visiting every once in awhile but I basically left for college and only came back for Xmas break. There are also too many classmates that live there (smallish town) that I would not want to see socially but it would be unavoidable.
To DC where I lived until I was 7, well, I'm counting down to do that!
We tried moving back to where I'm from (when I was pregnant with DD -- seemed like a great idea!). We lasted 5 months and then had to get the hell out before my DH went absolutely insane. But maybe Baltimore would be a better place to move than where we went
Post by katietornado on Oct 20, 2014 19:32:23 GMT -5
No shit! I was just back in Baltimore this weekend (grew up in Howard County and lived in Baltimore City for 6 years through college and whatnot). I interned at Under Armour this summer and it looks like I'll be working there starting in May. The thought of returning is at once comforting/exciting and terrifying. We would need to spend more than double what we pay here in Ohio for comparable housing in Maryland. And Baltimore City taxes are madness. And, y'know, crime. But it's still home, and I think we're finally ready to take the plunge.
Good luck! I think you would appreciate it a lot, and even if there aren't tons of your bffs out there, you have more of a network than you realize, and that can be so important.
Post by waffletime on Oct 20, 2014 19:34:41 GMT -5
I grew up in the middle of nowhere Canada, and I'm down in the south US now. I probably would not move back to my hometown. There isn't anything career wise for myself or H, it's extremely expensive, I enjoy not having to drive 20 minutes to get groceries, and I like not having to deal with Canadian winters anymore, lol. I wouldn't rule out moving back to Canada, but not my hometown specifically.
Post by daisybuchannan on Oct 20, 2014 19:36:02 GMT -5
I would, but it is SO expensive. Neighboring towns are much more reasonable, and that's where people I grew up with ended up (if they stayed in/near our hometown). I don't know those towns as well though.
Sometimes I think I wouldn't mind moving back to Michigan IF it was for an amazing job opportunity for me or H. I'd love to be closer to my parents and the cost of living is soooooo much less than where we are now. Plus, a bunch of my high school and college friends are settling back down there after we all went off and made our ways in the world.
But my parents both grew up where I live now and are thinking about retiring here, so I would ultimately prefer them to come here than for me to go there. I would really miss being so far from the Cape and all the other places I love in New England. And it would be hard to move away from my ILs too. And the thought of living in the suburbs kind of depresses me (except when I look at housing prices).
Post by prettyinpink on Oct 20, 2014 19:39:13 GMT -5
Nope nope nope. We currently live two hours from where we grew up and that's more than close enough. Its away too small, that's not the part I don't like is the small town gossip. Its evil.
I don't live too far from where I grew up, we're only a 2.5 hour drive away. It would be nice to be closer to my family and it's a lot less expensive out there. I still wouldn't want to move back, there's a reason why I moved away.