Can you escape SOME problems by moving to another town?

At first the change/move may seem a relief from the boredom and monotony of the past, but soon things may become the same if certain issues within us are not settled. Thus it’s not always a matter of geographical change as much as bringing about internal peace and balance.

I did that twice in my life, and it was successful, but I was much younger. The third time was infinitely more difficult. There is always some crap you carry with you, and very few places will live up to the shiny fantasies we have about them. Remember that as we get older we set up support systems that we’re not even aware of. If you move past a certain distance, you have to discover everything new. Doctors, stores, banks, coffee shops, hair stylists, vets, etc etc etc etc. It can be wearing and you may not make friends as easily as you used to. I would recommend to anyone over the age of 50 that they think very carefully before undertaking such a thing voluntarily.

There can be benefits, yes. Places can have a kind of emergent personality—a “vibe”, I guess—that some find oppressive and others thrive in. I felt that I absolutely had to escape the city I grew up in, and on the rare occasions when I return, I feel that same oppression that plagued my youth. But many people are baffled when I disparage that city; many can’t see at all why I don’t see what a wonderful place it is.

I remember once stopping for lunch in a town in Wyoming, and getting a very bad feeling about the place. I was only there for an hour or so but I couldn’t wait to move on, and I’ll never go back if I can help it. I can imagine that actually living there would be psychologically untenable for me.

Other problems, of course, are the result of how one approaches life in general. Moving won’t change anything there.

Most definitely! I recommend it, at least once in a lifetime.

Well, R.L. Stevenson once said, “You cannot run away from a weakness. You must sometimes fight it out or perish; and if it be so, why not now, and where you stand?

That being said, Linus suggests that “No problem is so big or so complicated that it cannot be run away from”

So….......

Yes, you can. Different regions have different people and different opportunities.

It depends. If the person wants to change their life, and they are in an area where they are viewed in a defined way, then moving could be a benefit.

Not really. The age of communication can find you, no matter where you move.

Your only real hope, would be to move to another country.

I suggest Italy. It’s a lovely country and the people love children and their vineyards.

Depends.

Change can be good and invigorating if one has been in a rut, but…remember the sayings….

” Wherever you go, there you are!” and ” You can run but you can’t hide.”

You cannot hide from yourself and if you are unmotivated in New York you’re just as likely to find yourself unmotivated if you move to California.

True change and growth is an inside job.

If the place where you live really looks awful physically and some people in it are bad and no chance in the world of changing and you are a kind soul trapped in that dark vortex, then you should move if you can.

Not if you’re Casey Anthony.