Page 3 | Do you still live in the area where you grew up?

layingunderthestars · 2021-10-18T18:31:31+00:00

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.

ToykotoLosAngeles · 18/10/2021 19:55

No. My hometown is 220 miles north and DH's lot are 180 miles east. I saw all I wanted to see in the 19 years I lived in Yorkshire, even though it's lovely.

That said the northern bit of the South West isn't vastly different in many ways!

Glassofshloer · 18/10/2021 19:55

No. The place is fine but I had a miserable upbringing and I just can’t shake the memories off. I love the region though so I’m about 1.5 hours away by car in the same wider area if that makes sense. I go back probably every 1-2 months depending on whether it’s a busy time for birthdays, Christmas etc

Neonplant · 18/10/2021 19:56

I live in the same brough but a different side so I don't bump into people I grew up with but see my family regularly. I lived away for several years too and used to go back every 2 to 3 months on average. But they used to visit me too.

zebrarobot · 18/10/2021 19:57

Yes 5 doors away

DeepaBeesKit · 18/10/2021 19:58

I moved 2.5 hours away (to London/south east). Initially to study but then job prospects much better here especially in my career. I get back to my parents 3 to 4 times a year, they come to me as often, maybe a little more. I have siblings much closer and see them at least once a month or more.

etulosba · 18/10/2021 19:58

No. Nobody I know lives there.

It was a village surrounded by open fields but the whole place has been absorbed into the nearest town. It was miles away when I left over 40 years ago. Looking at Google maps, I can see that my childhood home has been demolished and replaced by a new housing development.

MissConductUS · 18/10/2021 20:01

I'm about 40 minutes from where I grew up. We're right in the middle between my hometown and DH's, so it's good for keeping in touch with family. I love the area, so never had an urge to relocate.

Bouledeneige · 18/10/2021 20:02

I live 3.5 miles from where I grew up in London though I have lived further away when at university in the UK and US. No one in my family still lives in that neighbourhood - my parents moved 15 years ago and my siblings are much further way. I'm still about the same distance from my father and see him once or twice a week - it's a 30 minute drive.

TheUnbearable · 18/10/2021 20:04

No because a rural idyll is crap when your young. All my friends with ambition moved away. We are all mid fifties now and two have just returned and bought some very over priced housing. It’s very pretty and a great place to retire.

DragonflyFairy · 18/10/2021 20:05

Nope and neither do any of my family, we only lived where we did due to my dad's work. I love where I grew up though and go back every 2-3 years now as it's a good 4 hours away.

galacticpixels · 18/10/2021 20:05

No. I had to move to a city 3.5 hours away for university, and then to a city 4.5 hours away for my job. My DP is from this city and we're settled here now.

I go back maybe 3 to 4 times a year. I don't enjoy the long journey and after a few days I've had enough. It's a small-ish rural Irish town and I wasn't happy there growing up, so don't feel particularly happy when I visit - but I do love to see my family and I enjoy the fresh air.

Peggytheredhen · 18/10/2021 20:07

DM is still in the house I was born in and I visit often but live two hours away. I found the idea of staying local stifling when I was younger. I love going 'home' now and would probably move back there save for minor factors like my husband and children.

samesign · 18/10/2021 20:07

Hour and half away, I don't go back to visit family nor do they visit me.

MrsTerryPratchett · 18/10/2021 20:09

'Where I grew up' varies by about a thousand miles! And both DH and I are another few from where either of us did. Goodness knows where DD will end up with those genes!

TheShades · 18/10/2021 20:11

I lived away for years but came back to buy a house here mainly because it's more affordable than where I was before. My family have all moved away now but I do still have a few friends round here from my school days.

shoelaces1 · 18/10/2021 20:12

Both DH & I are Londoners & we actually live virtually around the corner from my parents & very close to his. Always bump into a family friend or neighbour. Siblings all in London too.

cliffdiver · 18/10/2021 20:15

No, I couldn't afford to!

I live half an hour away, neighbouring county.

tinyteepee · 18/10/2021 20:17

I live about an hour away.
I grew up in big-ish city but now live in a small market town. I’ve been struck by how many people I meet have grown up here and never left or lived anywhere else, quite a few of the school parents attended the very same primary school they are now dropping their kids off at.

freelions · 18/10/2021 20:20

I live about 90 miles from where I grew up and where my parents still live

Travel time in theory is about 90 mins but in reality it is often a lot longer as they live near the coast so heavy traffic and jams especially on weekends and bank holidays

I see my parents reasonably often, probably averages about once every 6 to 8 weeks but they travel to me more often than I travel to them

Davros · 18/10/2021 20:22

DH and I are both Londoners but we live in his area (NW3), where he was born and near where he went to school. But it's not far from my areas (I moved around more than him). We both regularly see old school friends and long term friends. Family have moved out a bit but not too far. DD has friends whose parents grew up round here, DH knows one of the Dads from school and he knew our GP at school. We have lots of local friends from further afield and other countries. I love it

Fetarabbit · 18/10/2021 20:29

I do, I did live abroad for a few years and elsewhere in the country for a decade before moving back though.

JenniferWooley · 18/10/2021 20:30

I'm about 15mins drive away & drop in to see my mum every day on my way home from work.

Once mum passes away hopefully not for a good while yet I'll buy my brothers out (one lives 10mins away but rarely sees her, the other lives an hour & a half's drive away & visits roughly once a month) and move back to my childhood home - they lived with my dad after the divorce so have no emotional attachment to the house and are happy with the plan, it's a decent sized 2 bed bungalow, with off street parking & a good sized south facing garden so it'll be ideal for me as I get older and I have cousins who live in the same & surrounding streets.

mum2jakie · 18/10/2021 20:31

@MsJuniper

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!

Same here.

Grapewrath · 18/10/2021 20:33

No thank god and rarely visit. When I do it’s the same people doing the same things. Each to their own but it’s not for me.
Visiting feels really oppressive.

Glassofshloer · 18/10/2021 20:38

@JenniferWooley

I'm about 15mins drive away & drop in to see my mum every day on my way home from work.

Once mum passes away hopefully not for a good while yet I'll buy my brothers out (one lives 10mins away but rarely sees her, the other lives an hour & a half's drive away & visits roughly once a month) and move back to my childhood home - they lived with my dad after the divorce so have no emotional attachment to the house and are happy with the plan, it's a decent sized 2 bed bungalow, with off street parking & a good sized south facing garden so it'll be ideal for me as I get older and I have cousins who live in the same & surrounding streets.

How lovely 😊