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Do you live in the town/city you were raised in?

159 replies

Kualma · 10/09/2022 16:22

If not, how far away do you live from it?

Me personally, couldn’t wait to leave! I grew up in North Worcestershire and left as soon as I went to university. Never came back except for a few months while I looked for a job after graduating.

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Daydreamer12345 · 10/09/2022 18:12

Soproudoflionesses · 10/09/2022 17:25

Ugh my sister does this...really annoys me!
I still live in the town l grew up in cos l like it!

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what a strange thing to say….

We’re from the North West and now living in the West Midlands - not once have I ever thought I’m better than where I’m from

troppibambini6 · 10/09/2022 18:13

I grew in a rough part of Manchester about 15 mins from city centre.
I know live about 45 mins drive away in a very affluent suburb, so still in Manchester just the posh bit.

stopitleaveitgetdown · 10/09/2022 18:13

Yes still live here. Work in the hospital that I was (and my 3 dc) born in as well 🤦🏽‍♀️

JudgeRindersMinder · 10/09/2022 18:14

Yes, 2 streets away from the house I was raised in (and if someone would trim their trees I’d look onto it)

OhNoWhatYouGonnaDo · 10/09/2022 18:19

I live about 10 miles from my hometown. I went to university elsewhere, and lived elsewhere for a chunk of my adult life, but nowhere else was half as good, so I moved back! The place I live has fantastic countryside, is near a lovely city, has good public transport links, there is plenty to do, there are good state schools and affordable house prices - I had no reason not to move back really, and I don't ever plan to leave now!

illiterato · 10/09/2022 18:48

No- live in Dh’s home town. A lot of his friends moved away and then drifted back as they had kids and priorities changed.

FunsizedandFabulous · 10/09/2022 19:27

South Northants to East then South London. I am now weighing up leaving to live in...Hampshire! My parents live in the middle of nowhere and you need a car. I couldn't live like that anymore. I'm thinking Portsmouth and around. Have e-bike, will travel.

DH lives in the same London Borough he was brought up in, though he was born in a neighbouring borough, simply because it was his mum's closest maternity hospital.

TroysMammy · 10/09/2022 19:29

Yes but not the same village in the city.

mackthepony · 10/09/2022 19:30

No thank god.

It's an absolute decrepid shit-hole in East Lancs.

icebearforpresident · 10/09/2022 19:31

Yes, moved away for about 7 years for work then moved back and bought my childhood home from my parents. Sold that about 18 months ago and bought my late grandparents house. Ironically I hated my home town growing up but now I’ve been away and came back I can’t imagine living anywhere else.

girlmom21 · 10/09/2022 19:32

Sparklingbrook · 10/09/2022 16:24

I could not wait to get out of there as an adult. Loved growing up there as a child/teen but moved about an hour away and now live in- Worcestershire. Grin

Me too!

OrangePumpkinLobelia · 10/09/2022 19:38

I have just googled and i live 19,838 km from my birth town.

Babyroobs · 10/09/2022 19:45

Yes I do but I have lived elsewhere and also in another country on the other side of the world for four years.

RedWingBoots · 10/09/2022 19:46

I currently live 11 miles from where I was born in London.

I actually have never lived in the borough I was born in, it just happened to be the nearest hospital with a maternity unit. The hospital still exists unlike the ones my older siblings and my DP was born in.

I actually have spent 15 years living outside London including abroad, and live in a different London borough to where I spent most of my childhood.

BitterAndOnlySlightlyTwisted · 10/09/2022 19:48

No. I wasn’t even raised in the city I was born. Dad joined the armed forces, so I consider my home-town to be where I live now

Notonyerwelly · 10/09/2022 19:49

No I live about 300 odd miles away , so one end of the country to another basically. My home town was a bit shite . Very small minded and gossipey and I always felt like I didn't fit in.

Daisychainsandglitter · 10/09/2022 19:51

No- grew up on Suffolk. Now live in the West Midlands.

newtb · 10/09/2022 19:52

No, gone from Cheshire to Nouvelle Aquitaine which is probably where I'll stay.

amylou8 · 10/09/2022 19:52

I split my week 50/50 between Portsmouth where I grew up and SE London. I've done this for the past 4 years. Feel equally unattached to both, and would far rather live more rurally.

SirSidneyRuffDiamond · 10/09/2022 19:52

No and none of my family live there now either. I've lived in 4 countries and 16 different counties in the UK since I was 18.

StopStartStop · 10/09/2022 19:52

Yes, I do. I was away for about eight years but came back after divorce so that my parents could help me with babysitting, and so that my child would grow up in my home town. When she married, she brought her husband here. My granddaughter was born here. They now live about sixty miles away. I'm still here because my father needs a little support now he's 90.

SuperlativeOxymoron · 10/09/2022 19:53

Yes, I moved to a village some 20 miles away 15 years ago and moved back 6 months later.
Currently in the process of moving to a town about 7 miles away with dh, although the district council is different its still classed as within the city boundaries, if that makes sense?

generalh · 10/09/2022 19:53

Yes.

CMOTDibbler · 10/09/2022 19:54

No, went to uni at 18 and never lived there again. 80 miles away currently from where I grew up

CoreyTaylorsbiggestfan · 10/09/2022 19:55

Yes, love it! I travelled all over the country and nothing is like home. Love the area and the people!