mazakaal Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 After reading the posts in the 'How many countries/states have you lived in?' post, I'm wondering if anyone is still near the place they grew up. I noticed two people in that post who had only been in one state. IRL I can only think of one person that I know has always lived in the same place (except when she went away to college) and a few people who have lived in the same county their entire adult lives. Does anyone stay put anymore? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avila Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 We have. We may not for much longer though, since my DH cannot find another job here and his company keeps doing layoffs. Out of my graduating class, I would say at least 80% leave, and only a few of those ever come back to stay. I live in a small, blue collar town though. But even in my larger area, most of my friends aren't from here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Blech, lived here for forty years. I would love to get out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melhouse Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I've only lived within thirty miles of where I live now, including college. My family has lived in this same area for two hundred plus years. We are educated, and we do travel some, but we seem to stick to the same area. Interesting thread. Melissa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I wish. I am hoping to move back to my hometown some day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lionfamily1999 Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I was born and spent the first 7 years of my life in Northern Virginia. After that, we moved here. I live about 10 minutes from the house I grew up in (from 8 on). We lived in MD for about six months, and in various hotels for a year (storm damage to our house). So, yes, I have pretty much always lived in the same place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaHadley Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 i've lived in the same state all my life. I've lived in the same town since I was 6 months old. It's a small farming community, and I thought I would likely never find a husband since I even stayed here and commuted to a nearby college. Our county if full of "good ole boys". Luckily, my now-husband's family moved here when I was in college and they are a farming family. I met him at my part-time job (in a agricultural business no doubt). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhomemaker25 Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Lived in the same house til I got married at almost 22. Lived in an apartment the first year. Lived in this house ever since. Eight years. Same city, same state! I WANT OUT!! LOL Dh has promised we are moving somewhere different in the next five years. :tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SusanAR Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 i've lived in the same state all my life. I've lived in the same town since I was 6 months old. It's a small farming community, and I thought I would likely never find a husband since I even stayed here and commuted to a nearby college. Our county if full of "good ole boys". Luckily, my now-husband's family moved here when I was in college and they are a farming family. I met him at my part-time job (in a agricultural business no doubt). You must live in my town :001_smile::001_smile::001_smile: I moved here three years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SquirrellyMama Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I was born in S. Il and moved to Iowa with my family when I was 10. I went to college 1.5 hours from home. We now live about 1 hour from where I grew up. I've travelled a lot but have always lived in this area. Kelly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChristusG Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Me! I was born and raised on one side of town....lived there till I was 10 years old. Then we moved to the neighborhood that I currently still live in....on the other side of town from where I was born. I've lived here since I was ten years old. My parents live just on the other street (where I lived from 10 - 19 years old). Then I married my DH and we moved onto another street in this neighborhood. A few years later, with a growing family, we moved to our current house....in the same neighborhood. So I've lived a total of two different areas, both in the same town. And three houses in this same neighborhood.:D We're going to be looking for another house soon - our forever home where we will live and grow old together. But it will still be in this town. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayne J Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I have lived within ten minutes of my "birth town" all my life. (We moved to the next town over 10 years ago.) I have only ever lived in these two towns. Interestingly, my mother's family has lived in the same town almost forever. My grandmother did a geneaology paper and found her first ancestors to come over from England, before the American Revolution. Their original homestead was within a mile of her current home. Many of their descendants stayed in the area right on down to today (obviously). Apparently, there may be a genetic factor in staying where you are planted!:D I am not sure if I am proud or depressed by all this...:tongue_smilie: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ladydusk Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I love it here. My husband says I'm the only person from Columbus LOL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edithcrawley Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I lived in the exact same house from birth-18 years old. Then I went away to college about 50 miles away and am still going there. I want to live in my current town for a long time, but I don't know if that will be possible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HRAAB Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 Both dh and I live in the same town where we were born. In fact, we live in the house in which I was raised. I know very few natives though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
*Jessica* Posted January 27, 2010 Share Posted January 27, 2010 I have lived in the same county for my entire life and can't imagine living anywhere else. Even if we were to win millions of dollars in the lottery we would stay here, we would just buy ourselves a vacation home somewhere warm so we could escape the coldest, snowiest months of the year. ETA~ I have traveled through most of the states from NY to Florida and the only ones that could entice me to leave home are NC and VA. I've never been west of the Mississippi, though, so maybe I'm missing somewhere that I would really love. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IsabelC Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I live about 40 km from the place I was born, and I always have, except for a couple of years when we lived in the UK. I enjoy living here, although we do have plans for travelling in a couple of years time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
happyhomemaker25 Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Me! We're going to be looking for another house soon - our forever home where we will live and grow old together. But it will still be in this town. LOL, you can have this town! It's not a bad place, I've just got itchy feet. I want to learn somewhere new and I really, really want SNOW! Even if only for a year or two. And fall, sigh, I would love fall. LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill- OK Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I lived on the same *block* for all of my adult life, except for a short stint in an apartment, until I met my husband. We lived in his house for a short time...and then moved back to my block, lol. (Where my parents and grandparents live). He was in the military for 27 years, and during the time that he was in, during *our* marriage, we've lived elsewhere (another state, another *continent*)...but when the time came to settle down, we moved back here. Twenty minutes from the city where I grew up, and twenty minutes in the other direction from the small town where my family was from, and visited on weekends. Sometimes there really is no place like home. ("Home" having relatives that you have good relationships with, and a decent cost of living probably makes a difference, though. ;-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liza Q Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 I live very close to where I grew up - a 5m drive to both houses I lived in as a child. I did spend four years out of Brooklyn - two years in MA (ever and Everett) and two years in Manhattan - but I have been back here in Brooklyn for nearly 20 years! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarlaS Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 (edited) In my entire life, the furthest I have ever lived from where I'm sitting right now is just seven miles away. Edited January 28, 2010 by darlasowders Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazakaal Posted January 28, 2010 Author Share Posted January 28, 2010 (edited) Well, I have to say that I'm a little bit envious of you all. Maybe it's because we're able (oops, meant 'about' to move again) to move again. I don't even have a 'home' to go back to. My parents moved when I was in college. My brother moved across the country after college. So even when I go to visit my parents, I'm not going 'home' to the place I grew up. I've only been back there twice since I graduated college. I don't think I'd want to live there again because it's changed so much since I lived there. It's a suburb of NYC and has become very upper-middle-class trendy. But I do love the idea of living somewhere with old friends and family nearby. Edited January 28, 2010 by MeganP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1bassoon Posted January 28, 2010 Share Posted January 28, 2010 Well, I have to say that I'm a little bit envious of you all. Maybe it's because we're able to move again. I don't even have a 'home' to go back to. My parents moved when I was in college. My brother moved across the country after college. So even when I go to visit my parents, I'm not going 'home' to the place I grew up. I've only been back there twice since I graduated college. I don't think I'd want to live there again because it's changed so much since I lived there. It's a suburb of NYC and has become very upper-middle-class trendy. But I do love the idea of living somewhere with old friends and family nearby. ITA, and had almost an identical experience. Including that my high school hometown is a suburb of NYC! It is rather. . . .strange. . . to not have a home to go back to. I actually consider Indiana "home" in a strange way, b/c my extended family has lived there forever, and we always visited 2x a year. And now, with yet ANOTHER move on the horizon? I'm ok, but just longing to be around people who know me, really know me. Sorry for hijacking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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