I think that I might, but my Ex lives in my hometown (we bought a house there when we were married), so I dont think I would like to live in the same town as him and his new wife, not because we dont get along, but because it would just be wierd seeing them at the park, the supermarket and such. My DH on the other hand can move anywhere with his job, and now instead of moving to Indy in about a year, he was looking at real estate in freaking Texas last night! But I have to gently remind him every so often that our parents are getting older and i dont think that it is such a good idea to move so far away from them. I really like living in New England though, and we are only an hour away from everyone in our family now.
Post by chickadee77 on Oct 21, 2014 8:05:52 GMT -5
Not to my little-bitty town, but to the Green Bay area? Sure. I hate the winters, but my condition for moving back would be that I don't have to work so that we could travel somewhere warm for part of the cold season.
I always said that, even as a teen and young adult - I knew I wanted to move away and experience new things, but would be fine settling back down in the area.
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 live where I grew up- in MD- and all I want to know is if I can be invited to the beautiful dinners you have. I will bring wine. Lol.
We are currently about 30-45 minutes from where we grew up, and it is the perfect distance. I still have a lot of family in my old neighborhood, so it's easy to go see them, but H and I are no longer living in the city, which we prefer. We will more than likely stay here permanently.
We moved to my home state (30 minutes from my home town) last year. I don't regret it at all. There's a lot of comfort in being in a familiar place and I love being close to family and friends. Plus we don't have to travel for every holiday - now we just have to travel out to DH's hometown every other holiday or so.
Nope, there's nothing about "home" other than my parents (who are planning to move near us). Plus I just can't stomach Maryland housing prices, yeesh. And the taxes.
As it is, I would love to get out of Virginia, but DH doesn't think any of his job skills will transfer, his family is here (even though we don't like them), and he's not really keen to being a SAHD.
I live in a different suburb from where I grew up, but it's still the same general area. I'm not sure I'd move back to the same exact suburb though b/c of the schools. I did ok, but there are just much better educational opportunities in different districts.
DH is from a small town a couple hours south of us and I don't think there's anything that would entice him to move back. Plus, he'd be doing it alone b/c, no.
Where I was raised in upstate NY - I would love to own a cabin and spend summers on a lake, but I couldn't survive there year round. It's too small and the only somewhat lucrative jobs are at the prisons.
I'm actually in the process of doing just that - the plan is to move back to upstate NY in the spring. I've had 20+ years in Colorado and while I love it, I miss having family around. As I get older, it's harder to look around and think about having only friends to rely on if I need help. And I miss green grass and lots of trees and fireflies.
Where I grew up and where I live now could not be more different (San Diego vs. way upstate NY). About 10 years ago, before I moved here, I considered moving back home. But that ship has sailed; I've definitely found my place.
We not only considered it but made the move 5 years ago.
We were living in Chicago. DH was working nights 50+ hours a week, I was working days 65-70 hours a week. We rarely saw each other and were starting to hate our lives. It felt so much like we were working like crazy but never getting to enjoy the fruits of our labors. So we moved back to my hometown and, while we miss some of the shopping amenities of Chicago, we haven't regretted it.
I grew up in central WI and I could never go back to the winters. My mom and sister are already depressed that it's about to start up soon. I miss my family and the friends that I grew up with who still live there, but I just don't think we would be happy. Plus, I swore I wouldn't live in a landlocked state my entire life
I'm from NJ. DH is from NY. We live in NC now. His mom is our closest family at 2 hours away. She is an awesome Grandma. But if I could convince DH to move back to NJ, I'd go in a second. I miss being near "stuff." Here, the closest anything is 6 miles away, the closest shopping other than Walmart is 40 minutes. If we lived in NJ, it would be an adjustment, COL-wise. But the kids would grow up with grandparents, lots of aunts and uncles and a ton of cousins. I would love to move home!
I would move back in a heartbeat. DH and I were both born and raised in WI (spent 25 years there) and moved out to DC about 10 years ago. I dislike it out here and now that my dad and his dad are both widows and getting older it makes sense for us to be around to help them. DH and I have talked about it and HE is the one that doesn't like change and we came out here for him because of a job (which he's no longer at). He also really likes our house. It would be a major cost of living difference and for the better since DC is crazy expensive.
I would move home if there was the right opportunities. The familiarness would be nice and I know the area and having my parents close by would be great. I live 7 hours away right now.
Post by sparkythelawyer on Oct 21, 2014 10:15:02 GMT -5
I always say that I grew up in two places. Lived on Long Island until I was 12, then moved to the Chicago burbs, family moved back to Long Island when I was 19, Dad moved back to Chicago burbs two years ago.
There are many, many things I love about Long Island, but I don't think I could live there full time. Way too expensive.
Right now we live really close to the suburb I lived in when we moved to IL, but not the exact one. I don't know if I'd want to go back to that suburb, as it was pretty boring. We are looking at going fairly rural and moving about an hour west of here, and I am really excited for that :-)
Post by sillygoosegirl on Oct 21, 2014 10:21:12 GMT -5
I moved home 4 years ago, after 10 years away. I'm very happy to be back. I don't see many of my old friends (the ones I think I'd be most likely to see don't live here anymore, but at least I get to see them wen they come home to visit), but it is where my family is and I love seeing them more. Somewhat oddly, I see the parents of some of my dear childhood friends (who moved away) quite a bit, never really imagined I'd have so many retired friends in my 30s, but I really enjoy them.
Also, it's just overall an awesome place to live. That was the biggest factor in our decision. We planned to move back here for a long time before it happened. We never really discussed moving back to DH's home town (other side of the country), as it's just not our kind of place: too big a city, don't like the climate, lacks amazing outdoor scenery, not as good of a fit for us culturally, etc.
Post by rachelgreen on Oct 21, 2014 11:13:11 GMT -5
I would move back to the Chicago area (certain areas that is) in a heartbeat. We were just home this past weekend for my maternity pics and baby shower and of course now I'm incredibly homesick again. I know a big part of this is that for the most part, our whole families are there (both b/r in Chicago/land) and this is the first grandchild.
The problem for us is that DH would have to take some sort of compromise in his career or a step back and that isn't the right move by any means. Plus he might miss his family but he hates living there. I just don't see it happening, as much as I want it to. If only I could SAHM and then spend weeks at a time back home we would have the perfect solution, haha.
Yes, the cost of living is low and it's becoming a really cool city, actually. H has applied for jobs there in the past month and we'd love to move back in the next year. We'll see if that happens, though.
Post by Dumbledork on Oct 21, 2014 12:16:54 GMT -5
Nope. Never in a bajillion years would that ever happen. No freaking way.
I grew up in a town of 900, I currently live in a small city of 200,000. I hate this actual city, but I love living in a small city. I'd love, love, love to live in STL.
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.
I grew up in western MA and miss it, but you couldn't pay me enough to move back there. It's a place I like to visit.
I would move somewhere in New England though later in life- maybe in 10-15 years. Maybe NH or closer to Boston. I live in northern VA now.