Much like StGermain, I moved many times as a child . . . but I’ve lived in Montreal for some time now, love it, consider it my hometown, and will probably stay here.
I have lived in my hometown all my life, except during college days!!
I am with 10 miles of where I grew up and rather enjoy it. My kids are going to school with kids of the people I went to school with. It’s kinda cool.
I have lived in my hometown all my life, except during college days!!
I am with 10 miles of where I grew up and rather enjoy it. My kids are going to school with kids of the people I went to school with. It’s kinda cool.
Born here. Still here. Wouldn’t mind dying here…but not for a while, n’kay?
Nope. Born in Waterlooville, UK, my dad was in the RAF so we were posted to Germany, Staffordshire, Gibraltar then Lincolnshire before I was eleven. Joined the RAF myself & got posted to Lincolnshire (so much for joining to see the world!), left the RAF & went to university in London. Been here ever since. The closest any of my family live to me is the other side of London, the next closest is 100 miles away.
The concept of growing up and remaining in one area is alien to my family - my parents and grand parents were born in India, the previous generation were Scots, Irish and Spanish. Almost all the men have been in the armed forces (British and Indian Armies, RAF) and we all are used to the idea of moving.
Born and raised here, and I’ll probably end up dying here. Out of all my siblings, my older sister and I are the only ones who have spent our entire lives in this town. (I have 4 sisters and a brother.) I would love to get out of here, but it’s financially not possible. Plus, I don’t really have anywhere else to go.
I think the main reason I haven’t left is because I’ve traveled so much within the States. I used to be a road trip junkie, and I’ll tell you, it’s the same everywhere, just a different view.
If I had to live in the small town in New York where I grew up, I think I’d shoot myself. I hated it and couldn’t get away soon enough. I live about 400 miles away from there now, and all of my siblings but one live between 300 and 2000 miles from there. The one brother who is an exception lives 30 miles away, but he doesn’t like it there either.
The last I heard, every one of my 14 first cousins (in three families) on my mother’s side still live in either the same town in New Hampshire where they grew up, or in one of two neighboring towns. One of them managed to escape to California for several years, but got sucked back in somehow. The town is also crawling with second cousins, third cousins, etc., ad nauseum.
I’ve lived other places, but I grew up here in Houston, and I can’t think of any other place I’d rather live. None of my six siblings and step siblings lives anywhere near here, but they all grew up here.
Except for two and a half years where I lived in New Jersey (which is really just the sixth borough of NYC anyway), I’ve lived in NYC all my life.
Zev Steinhardt
Depending whether your “hometown” is actually a big city. I reckon people who grow up in NYC, London, Paris, Hong Kong, etc. will most likely stay in the same city all their lives.
Depending whether your “hometown” is actually a big city. I reckon people who grow up in NYC, London, Paris, Hong Kong, etc. will most likely stay in the same city all their lives.
Born and bred in Brooklyn, and been there 29 years so far.
I don’t live in the same town, bu I’m not far. I grew up in a suburb about 30 minutes from Detroit. After spending my college years a massive 45 minutes away in Ann Arbor, I moved downtown, where I live now.(yes, its true, some people actually live within Detroit’s city limits!)
Never left…even bought a house here. Great town, good place to raise the kinders.
Well I live around 20 miles from the place I was born in and maybe 30 from where I lived as a kid. I guess that pretty much counts doesn’t it? The only time I was anywhere else was when I was in college. I think if I left it would have to be to someplace totally different.
Grew up in Charlotte, left for the mountains when I was 18. I love North Carolina and don’t want to live anywhere else, but Charlotte was too big and too busines-oriented for my tastes.
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No. I was born in Birmingham, Alabama, we moved to DC suburbs when I was 6, and I moved to Chicago when I was 29.
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My wife is from Chicago, lived in other places in her 20’s, and moved back to Chicago.
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I moved to be with my wife. I don’t mind - Chicago’s a great town. I miss northern Virginia, though, especially when it’s supposed to be springtime.
Wow, so far I’m surprised that the weight seems to be on the stay-at-home side. My husband and I are considering a return to my home town, St. Charles, IL, but it would only be to run the family business. The sight of my father’s entire family living within 3 miles or so of each other and all working at the same place creeped me out when I was a kid. It’s what sent me packing in the first place.
I live within 10 miles of the town where I grew up, but my mother has lived, with the exception of the first year or so of her marriage, in the same town for 70 years now! She actually lives in the house directly across the street from the house where she was born.
Grew up, went away to college, then spent five years climbing a career ladder. The ladder brought me back home. It wasn’t my only choice – I was also looking for jobs in other cities. But here I am more than 20 years later.