I did. I moved away after high school. After we had DD we decided to move back to our hometown to be closer to both our parents. Made life so much easier. However I don't think we could ever afford to buy a home in this town so in a few years we will probably leave again but won't go far.
We did for about a year and a half, and just broke free again. To be fair, it's a rural, racially charged small town in eastern NC. Aka - hell on earth.
The BEST part was being close to both of our families. Surprisingly both were less over-bearing than they were when we lived an hour away, and it made holidays and the like super simple.
I think we'd move back to Raleigh given the chance (an hour from "home"), and why we still hold on to our house there.
I also grew up outside of Baltimore. If my job were up there, we would move in a heartbeat. For us, it would mean being close to my whole family and some of our closest friends.
Post by rupertpenny on Oct 20, 2014 19:48:13 GMT -5
We thought about it a year ago, but ended up moving to HK instead. I think we made the right decision. I just don't think there are long term career opportunities for both of us in my home town. I'd like to live closer to my mom, but that would be the only plus. I don't really care for where I grew up.
I would love nothing more. H would never go for it even though it's his hometown too. He think he's some sort of mountain man now or something. I'm happy enough visiting my hometown every year, so I can live with that.
My entire family is here - guilt free babysitting!
Today I was getting an oil change and a guy I was friends with in high school is the manager of the body shop I go to. It was nice catching up and hearing about his baby on the way.
I shop at the grocery store I worked at when I was 16 and the manager always comes over to talk to my kids.
My son plays baseball on the same fields my cousin did. I have been watching baseball at those fields for almost 20 years.
It is familiar. I know all the good spots to hang out. I could drive it with my eyes closed.
There are always things to do! Maybe I love it so much because I also love my city - but I think it's pretty freaking sweet.
Post by themoneytree on Oct 20, 2014 20:02:34 GMT -5
I don't feel particularly (or at all really) attached to the areas I grew up and my parents still live in, but they are both beautiful areas so sure? But no more or less than any other nice area.
Post by RoxMonster on Oct 20, 2014 20:04:08 GMT -5
No.
I love my mom to pieces, seriously, but I cannot live in the same city as her. She would be coming over every day to see the dog and/or us. I cannot handle her possibly dropping in at any possible moment. I also just don't care for the city where I grew up.
Post by revolution on Oct 20, 2014 20:05:00 GMT -5
Well, at one point I was out of this state and in another state for almost a decade. And then, somehow I managed to be back in my hometown and back in the house I grew up in. So....., yes, I would consider it. I never planned it. It just happened. I'm happy. But I do sometimes wish I had a different house or lived in a different town/city.
I would certainly consider it depending on the right opportunity, but if it was just to go back, no. I don't really have anyone left there anyway, so it's not like there's family around.
Post by starshine1977 on Oct 20, 2014 20:07:58 GMT -5
I will never move back home. I love where I live now too much. The only time I had any desire at all to move back home was when my grandma and grandpa's old house was up for sale. Man, looking at the real estate site for their house sure brought back some strong feelings. I seriously contemplated buying it.
Since we just moved a month and a week ago and I am having a tough transition, yes I would move home in a heartbeat right now. But, I know that it isn't good for my career so not really. Maybe somewhere closer if I could.
Post by lexxasaurus on Oct 20, 2014 20:29:08 GMT -5
Hell to the no. I live in Colorado now, but I grew up on a small island in Alaska. I couldn't go back to isolation like that, no matter how much I miss the ocean.
I grew up in the Cleveland area but my parents moved about 90 minutes south when I was in middle school. I'd be tempted to move back to Cleveland if I or H had a decent job there. You can def live on one income and still have an ok if small house in a nice suburb with good schools close-ish to the city. I would never live where my parents live now though. Very country-ish, small town, not really my thing. The only thing that makes me super hesitant about Cleveland (and Ohio in general except maybe Columbus) is the lack of opportunity. I lost my job in Cleveland in 2010 due to outsourcing. I had 2 interviews in 2 years after that. We moved to DC and I had 6 interviews in 4 months. If we ever had a kid, they would have so many more opportunities for internships and first jobs vs. a smaller job market where it seemed like everyone except me got their first jobs through someone their dad knew or whatever.
I did move back. Well, not to the small town where I grew up, but 2 hours away in Portland.
It has been a weird phenomenon of about 75% of my extended family moving from all over the place to Maine. I saw posts of them all hanging out together over the years, and felt like I was missing out. Plus Portland has become a much more cool and diverse place since I left Maine. Also it has a much lower COL than where I was living. Last, my dad got cancer and I felt that I would need to be there to help with that and other illnesses as my parents get older.
After 6 months, I love it here. This is where I want to raise my kids. I will not be moving again.
Not the town I grew up in, but a large city nearby, definitely. It's always been part of the plan, but while there are a lot of jobs for me there, there wouldn't be very many for DH. I couldn't do that to him.
I live about a 6 hour drive from where I grew up. I grew up in the COUNTRY! When I left I moved to Boston and stayed in and aroundthe city for nearly 20 years. I am now firmly entrenched in the burbs (maybe a tiny bit more rural than true burbs). I could never go back. It's just too small.
I live close to where I grew up, but I would never move back to that town, and I would never want to raise my kids there. It's a pretty stereotypical small town. You don't meet anyone new, you marry the same people you've been in school with since kindergarten, or you get the hell out and never look back.