For economic reasons I’ve moved 6000k away from home, on my own. Where I’ve come to the people are nice, the scenery is pleasant, but there’s a lot of downsides. Public transit is almost non-existent, people drive like lunatics (on their phones, 40k over the speed limit, tailgating) so I don’t want to get a car, the food is shite. There’s no bakery within an hour’s drive of here for example (& no bus or train to that bakery). And all my friends and family are back home.
So I’m moving back in the autumn. But I wondered, for those of you who’ve been homesick, do you miss just the look of home? I think of random street corners and feel adrift. The history I have at home anchored me, in a good way, and I realize I didn’t value that enough. My old city was far from perfect, but I’m missing every tree and shop and view. Just wondering how other people experience homesickness?