Who still lives in the same town they grew up in?

[MoseyWalker]

and if so, why, and if not - why not?

:shrug:

[Nikia]

1. I don't

I felt that I needed to get away. I went to college out of state and married. Now I am anonymous when I visit if I am alone or with my husband rather than accompanying a relative.

[fizzgig]

2. i do

my job and my family are here, but i do want to leave some day

[qnr]

3. Never grew up in any particular town. n/t

[Kali]

4. Not a town and not exactly.

Spent many summers here as a kid, but didn't go to school around here. Family ranch - been in the family for over 125 years, but I wasn't raised here.

Mother wanted to leave, I wanted to return - suspect my kids want out at least for a while - hope we can hang for the grandkids - seems to be an alternation of generation thing.

[TOhioLiberal]

5. I do...

...in fact, I live in the neighborhood I grew up in. I love it here.

[AlCzervik]

6. i don't.

my husband i grew up in the same town and we moved 9 years ago for his job plus we couldn't afford a house in the area.

[doc03]

7. I do, when I got out of school I got a job in Arlington, VA

I absolutely hated the Washington area, the traffic, crime, cost of living and just city life in general. I was drafted and after getting out of the Army a company here was hiring, so I came back home. I visit Pittsburgh PA once a year for the Auto Show, Cleveland OH for the Outdoors Show and Columbus OH a few times a year mainly for Doctors appointments, although there are some things the city has to offer I still am glad I don't live there.

[Lady President]

8. Yep!

I live only a few miles from the house where I grew up. I moved away for 8 years for school and work, but returned. It's home. It's where I belong. I don't talk to any of my old high school friends or hang out at the common watering holes, yet it's where I'm suppose to be. In a chaotic world, Columbus, OH is my security blanket. :)

[Crabby Appleton]

17. I grew up in Columbus, not there now, but have lived there

off and on several times over the years.

[bigwillq]

9. Yes I do.

All my family and a lot of my friends are there.


Plus, I actually like it there.

[Roon]

10. I was born in a hospital a half mile from my current home

I don't know why I stay here in Denver. Most of my family is here and just habit, I guess.

[WCGreen]

11. I moved here in 7th grade.....

Then we moved back in 1992...

I was able to get the same phone umber I had growing up...

How cool is that.....

[Lyric]

12. I do. Born and raised here.

When my Dad was killed, Mom moved us to another state to get us away from the press. I lived there for a few years (until I turned 18), then lived in New York state for a few months, then wound up moving back here. My Mom, her husband, and my little sister followed me back here.

I love my little city. Not too big, not too small, just right for me. :)

[achtung_circus]

13. Not just in the same town

but in the same house. Of course there was a 25 year and several thousand mile hiatus there, and my brother owns the house now rather than my parents, but still.

[unsavedtrash]

14. I do

We moved away but due to the declining health of parents we decided to come back home to help out. We will being moving again but not for a while.

[Okiojira]

15. No.

Left 2 weeks after I turned 21 for a whole host of reasons. Not a happy period in my life - 'nuff said.

[GenDem]

16. Same town, five doors down from the in-laws

Spent about 10 years away. 4 in North Carolina, and then came back here and lived 18 miles south. Bought our house in hubby's old neighborhood when my kids were just starting school, been here ever since. We love it. We have about 5 acres and we put in a very substantial garden, have berry bushes, and fruit trees, too.

And plenty of room for that 30,000 square foot dream house we have been planning on building. :rofl: