Do you still live in the area where you grew up?

[layingunderthestars]

Do you still live in the area you grew up in, if you don't how often do you travel back home to visit family? For me personally I live about an hour away from where I grew up so it's not that far to travel to see family.

I moved away to University and then lived in a few different parts of the UK but gravitated back towards my home town before having children. Now live a few miles from where I grew up.

It's nice to be close to my mum and sister. It helps that it's a great place to live and raise a family!

4,000+ miles from where I grew up and haven’t been back in over three years and don’t really miss it

No, thank fuck!

@Furrydogmum

Yes, I sometimes sing the line "There must be more than this provincial life" from a song in Beauty and the Beast at my DH when he's annoying me. To be honest I'm quite a homebody most of the time although I plan to travel more once the younger ds is a little more in the swing of adulting. I'm a crap singer so I am arguably more annoying than DH to be fair

I can picture this and it’s honestly a delight, I’m stealing it!

Yes I do now, literally round the corner.

No, grew up in the centre of a major city and like many young people today could not afford to rent or buy near my parents. Moved about 20 miles away, 30mins by car or 1hr by transport. Used to work shifts so would see my parents a couple of times a week usually, either on my way in or coming home from work for a natter & cup of tea. Now they are both gone have no reason to return as my wider family are spread across a couple of continents.

I live in a neighbouring town about half an hour’s drive away. I did live in two other cities in the U.K. about 200 miles away for eight years.

My home town is about 45 min away but my parents have died and I have no family there and very few friends I still keep in touch with so no reason to visit (its not touristy or an area of beauty so wouldn't go just because)

No, it's a flight away. We usually go back once a year for a 2 week summer holiday. Luckily it's a tourist destination and the kids love it. My Mum usually comes once a year to see us. DH lives about 3h away from where he grew up, he goes up once or twice a year and MIL comes to us two or three times a year as well.

No thank goodness. About 500 miles away.

Ish

Grew up in London, still there, but about 6-7 mikes away.

I'm 2.5 hours away from home town. My Parents followed us here after we moved so just dp's family there now. We initially went back 3 times a year when we moved but that has got less and less. Haven't been for 2+ years now. No plans to go anytime soon either. It's not a nice town with nothing nice to do. We are very happy where we are and glad we got out and started a new life.

@ShirleyPhallus

I couldn’t think of anything worse. I find it really depressing to go back to my home town and see people who I went to school with, who still frequent the same pubs, married one another, have jobs in the same town etc. It feels very claustrophobic to me and I want to shout “there is a whole world out there!!!!”

Not to mention that everyone still seems to gossip about stuff that happened at school?! It’s so weird.

Same.

I live about as far away from my home town as a person can get.

I'm currently living about 4000 miles away. Don't miss it at all and would never want to move back In non-Covid time I'd go back once a year to visit my mum but I haven't been back in over 3 years now.

I moved away at 18 for university and then moved 400 miles away to Scotland. When I lived in Scotland I went back about twice a year.

Nope. Not even slightly... Born in England, grew up in Scotland, now live in Wales!

350 miles, usually 2-3 times a year

Not even close. Moved from a complete shithole horrid horrid area with lots of crime and high levels of poverty to an area that's really quite lovely. In comparison to where I grew up it's like Aladdin moving into the palace.

It's so quiet I can leave my doors open and not worry. I give thanks every single day.

I grew up on a Channel Island, and now live in the north west, so it’s an hour on a plane, or many many hours drive and ferry.
I have only been home twice in the last, probably 10 years, most recent last year between lockdowns. But my parents visit me more regularly.

I do now. I moved away at 18 and moved back at 30 to be near family when I had children. I'm planning to move away again when my children are at university.

(It’s the cost mainly that prevents me from going home, as none of my family have space to put us up, and hotels are very costly)

I moved away at 18 for uni, now live about 5 hours away and only go back once or twice a year to visit my mum

Neither of my parents were originally from the place I grew up, so the idea of moving away as an adult was normal to me, and I never had the local extended family thing anyway

Sort of. I live where my grandparents moved us to when I was 11.

My early childhood was in a tiny, tiny village 200+ miles away. I’ve only been back for the occasional funeral. There’s nothing there.

I now live 200 miles from where I grew up, and haven't been there for 20 years. my parents died a long time ago, siblings live elsewhere, and it's one of those places that there's absolutely no point in visiting unless you have loved ones there.

DM is still there. I visit twice weekly as dm is elderly and needs help. I live 20 minutes on the other side of town.