Those who've left, would you ever want to move back to your hometown? Why or Why not?

Nope. As cool as Chicago was in the 60’s and 70’s it is a complete mess now. Downtown is way cool but the back streets are the wild west.

Hells, no. I live just close enough now to visit the very few people that I like who are still there, but I ran away for a reason.

I wouldn’t mind.I grew up near a lake and loved it there.

I consider two places to be my “hometown”, since I “grew up” in both places. The first one I’d consider living there again some day. I like the desert and the heat and it’s definitely a place I haven’t ruled out. It’s more likely that I’d want to be closer to water, however.

The second place, which I’m not sure I’ve technically left yet, is so expensive (according to Wikipedia the median house price is over $4 million) that I doubt I’d ever be able to afford living there even if I wanted to live there in the future.

When I turned 18 I couldn’t wait to get out of my po-dunk home town and move to “the big city”. However, the older I get the more I appreciate the town I grew up in.

Would I move back? Probably not. Somewhere along the way my current city of residence has become my home town.

Never! I couldn’t wait to get out of it for the first 19 years of my life. I made one brief attempt to reconcile myself to living there in my early twenties, and I’ve returned for the rare family visit since. Every trip back reconfirms my old aversions.

It was (and still is) a soul-sucking cancer on the Earth’s cheek. It just sprawls ever bigger over an otherwise featureless landscape. Since there’s nothing of any interest whatsoever around it, hell why not just build another subdivision? It’s a steaming sauna in the summer (when it’s not being thrashed by storms).

I can truthfully not think of a single thing there that would afford me even a slim hour of pleasure.

It’s really expensive to live there and the weather would be a problem most times of the year. Snow is nice to look at in pictures not so much to drive in and shovel and plow. And the people are no way near as nice there. That’s why it remains a nice place to visit.

@thorninmud – Sounds like Waco, Texas….

@YoBob You’re not that far off.

Dallas/Ft Worth? San Antonio?

Of course if you are talking about Austin, I will have to respectfully disagree… ;)

@YoBob I’m not sayin’, but I’d live in any of those sooner than my hometown (Austin is sweet).

@SuperMouse If those housing prices were comparable to what you pay now, would you choose to return.

@tinyfaery I would move back to California, but I not south of Ventura. I would move to San Luis Obispo or Santa Barbara in a heartbeat.

Not really, I’d really move back with hoping for a chance to be with a certain woman, but I’m not going to go back just for that. The area I grew up in is kind of small and a little rural. I don’t think I’d have good opportunities there.

My hometown is full of awesome, friendly, warm, fun, wonderful right wing Christians who are 24/7 believers. Bless yo’ heart, praise Jesus, praise be to the Lord, god fearin’ folks. Good people, but just can’t do 24/7 religion and Republicanism anymore.

Not only that, there aren’t that many opportunities for my line of work down yonder. I visit often, enjoy every minute, but I enjoy it because I’m just visiting!

Absolutely. I really fucking hate New Jersey. Moving back to Virginia Beach with my SO would definitely be a blessing.

No. I like my hometown but I wouldn’t want to live there. I don’t feel a real sense of belonging when I’m there.

Sure, if there’s an affordable place. My standards for living have mostly to do with gardening space and noise, but state weapon laws have been annoying me a lot in MA, so going back to RI is a distinct possibility.

No way, no how. I left the “armpit” of Texas, a little community just 17 miles from the birthplace of George Dubya, a mere 42 years ago, with only brief returns since. My last relative left there two months ago, and there is NO reason for me to go back.

Yes, I would go back. My three best friends are still there and it’s nice. Though the property taxes are higher, real estate is cheaper. One of my friends keeps trying to find great jobs for my husband so we’ll move there!

I have often looked at current pictures of the town my parents grew up in and I spent my preschool years in.

Both sets of grandparents lived there and I spent nearly every summer on their farms. I love that little place, but it has snow four to six months out of the year, and I hate snow.

Absolutely. I’ve been in Toronto for a year and can’t wait to get back home once the PhD is done.

Indeed – have a place in downtown Chicago (loop) waiting for me :D must move back asap it’s got my heart. Must make work situation accommodate this

I would go back to the state in a heartbeat, but not the town. There is way too much drama in that place.

It’s funny that you should ask this, as I am about to do it, albeit temporarily. Despite the circumstances, I’m looking forward to it. While I haven’t lived there in 30 years, I’ve been back enough to know that the town has many caring people.

Not the specific town, but maybe the city near it. Probably not. I really like living in Colorado a lot though, and it’s kinda spoiled me. Everyone is so nice and happy to be where they are, its so beautiful, mmm mountain air…..its too bad its so expensive.

You couldn’t pay me to move back to Las Vegas. I left in 1987 when I was 16 years old. This was when many of the older casinos were being demolished to make way for the newer casinos, and when the population really started to grow.

I’ve grown to love the small towns of the Midwest and the change of seasons. I’m happy where I’m at now. I’d be miserable if I had to live in the desert with close to 2,000,000 people.

I suppose my hometown would be the place I spent the most time in even though I wasn’t born there?! No, I hope I never move back their. I disliked it for the ten years I lived there anthe best thing I did was move away.

No. I spent my childhood in a small rural village with nothing to do and no public transport. For someone like me who has a disability that prevents being able to drive, I may as well be in prison. I would be unable to get a job or go anywhere.

I’ve lived more than half my life now in the 3rd biggest city in the UK and I wouldn’t trade it for anything.