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Do You Live In Your Home Town? If Not, Why Not?

96 replies

Fimbo · 10/04/2006 12:52

I was born in Scotland, but now live in England because of my dh's job. If you don't live where you were born, what was the reason for your move?

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Smurfgirl · 10/04/2006 17:14

Hi SG!

Buffy - HRI is quite nice imo, i am a student nurse there

SaintGeorge · 10/04/2006 17:14

Just to rub it in, Smurfy wasn't even born when I left there

buffythenappyslayer · 10/04/2006 17:19

your before me then,i left in '91.
the last time i went to HRI ds got rushed in as he had accident.the place was filthy.blood on the walls and floor.i complained about the room we were shoved in and the wheeled ds out into the corridor and left us there for 3 hours!he had to have op to remove the glass from his eye and was in theatre for 8 hours.i got put in a room with a woman whose son had just died!i couldnt believe it.i felt like i was intruding on her.hated it.then when he was on childrens ward i asked for a mop and bucket as there was sick on the floor in the toilet.it was 10 years ago now.but it had lasting impression on me.dd has cf so we are constantly at hospital here,so would be worried if i did move back.

Smurfgirl · 10/04/2006 17:27

buffy, my friends are doing childrens nursing and they say the wards are dead nice a&e is a bit grim tho. There is a big new womans and childrens building as well now. Undestand your concerns tho!

SaintGeorge · 10/04/2006 17:28

Much improved from that. Various new buildings all over the site now, not just the tower block. Many specialised departments with purpose build facilities.

The main problem they have at the moment is the winter vomiting bug, but many hospitals have that as a recurring issue unfortunately.

buffythenappyslayer · 10/04/2006 17:29

cant see us moving back tbh,but i often think it!think its cos i feel so isolated here.miss hull!!

LIZS · 10/04/2006 17:32

no and none of my family are there any longer either. I never returned after university and moved closer to London where I worked and dh was based. We lived in South London for a year or so then moved further out. We've stayed in roughly the same area since, bar 4 years abroad.

suedonim · 10/04/2006 23:44

Born in Canterbury, brought up in Herne Bay. Moved away from HB in 1972, Canterbury in 1979. When my MIL is no longer around (though I hope she's not planning on going anywhere just yet!) my last connection with the place will be gone and I won't be sorry.

handlemecarefully · 11/04/2006 00:01

Moved due to University and then subsequently career.

nursetigger6 · 11/04/2006 00:09

I lived in a small village only a couple of miles up the road, too expensive for m to lve there right now, maybe in a few years! Although town life has its advantages!!

Chandra · 11/04/2006 01:25

Long story, loved to travel and see foreign cultures and ... I might have over done it quite a bit: Got married to a Spanish and althouh I expected to join in with the travelling I never anticipated he was going to unpack the luggage and settle midway into the trip!

ghosty · 11/04/2006 01:35

I don't feel I have a 'home town'.
My parents took the decision to leave Johannesburg when I was two and since then I lived in 6 towns (in 3 different countries) until I was 18.
I very much feel that 'home' is where you are at the time. So now my home town is Auckland NZ!

Albert · 11/04/2006 01:44

I got a bit carried away with the foreign travel too! Hence currently living in Brazil (for the 2nd time) via Italy (3 years), Denmark (7years) and Australia (2 years). I originally left my home town of Southampton to go to uni though and never made it back. My family no longer live there and I have no friends left in that area either so I've no wish to go back whatsoever.

eidsvold · 11/04/2006 06:01

born in Brisbane australia but have moved around since I was 17 including a few months in the US and four years in the UK... since moved back to my home city and love it so much brought my pommy husband and my essex girl home too

I moved for uni and work and so that prevented me from living in my home town for a while - the UK was supposed to be a travelling time with a bit of work thrown in ..... no plans for a dh and a babe and 1/2!!

Pruni · 11/04/2006 07:09

Like you, Fimbo.
I would be poking my eyes out before moving back to my home town.

yackertyyack · 11/04/2006 08:40

Was born and raised in a very small rural village....moved to london with mates at 18 and had a whale of a time working/partying in the city for a few years - met fella who lived in essex...moved in with him when the lease on the flat ran out and have been there ever since (now with 2 children and a bigger house) I still miss 'home' and often go back to meet up with old school friends who are still there!! I'm still considered a 'local' and after 8 years DP is starting to be accepted!!!!

granarybeck · 11/04/2006 10:29

I have ended up back in my home town, though most of school friends etc have moved away. It is nice to be near family, but on't really like the town. Once children have settled at school, it is hard to move without a good reason, and i've never quite had a good enough one!

joelalie · 11/04/2006 11:26

I only lived where I was born for 18months. Would that be my home town...it was a very small one as I was born in Dursleigh, Glos. Then we moved to a village near Taunton for 8 years then another village near Weston-s-mare until I went to uni in Cardiff. Mum and Dad are still living there so maybe that counts as my home town ...and no, I'm not living there but not that far away.

Emma7 · 11/04/2006 11:40

My parents still live in my hometown and I still say I'm going 'home' when we visit. I would love to move back there but DH would never agree to it.
We live near to where we both went to university - ok I suppose, fairly rural but with a city 1/2 hour away and schools are good so shouldn't moan - but it's just not 'home'.

eefs · 11/04/2006 14:51

I moved back to my small semi-rural home town when pregnant with DS1 - I wanted to give my children as much extended family as possible and an upbringing similar to mine. If I was still childless I wouldn't be living here.

NewLP · 11/04/2006 15:20

Was born in Leeds – lived there until I was 26 – moved to Bristol with work – moved from there to Warwick – again with work – met DH (deceased) and moved to Stevenage with work – moved back to Bristol – work again (diff job) – had DS 6 days before moving to a tiny hamlet in Wilts – Lifestyle move – (DS born in Bristol but by the time he left the hospital (6 weeks prem) we had moved so he has never lived where he was born!! – Split with DP moved to the East Yorkshire coast – not a stones throw away from SaintGeorge and Smirfgirl to be near family…Where's home again???

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