Leaving Familiar Locale

Even though it's been 8 years since we left New Zealand and moved to Samoa and lived there for 6 years and then moved once again to USA, I do miss home from time to time, moreso the family than anything else. It use to be ok when we lived in Samoa because we saved up and travelled home at least once a year, but now that we are in USA, it's so much further away and more expensive to fly back home. I do miss the food and the culture and most of all my friends. I get by though and try my best to make do with what we have and slowly making friends here as well. It does become isolating sometimes but I suppose it really comes down to what I make of it.

I am fortunate enough to have never left my comfortable surroundings. I've always lived in the midwest in the same state and have lived in this house for 35 years. I would hate the thought of moving since this is the house where our kids grew up. We do have one daughter who left the area and moved to Arizona once she married. She does miss being with family and friends. It's been an adjustment for all of us.

Yes it sure is right now I'm trying to make up my mind to move home but I have been here for 20 years and it sure is a hard one for me to make I just don't know what to do

I don't seem to have a problem with that too much. Before I was even 5 years old I had lived in 4 different states. I went to 3 different schools before 8th grade, and 3 different schools after that. All but one of those schools were in the same state, but not in the same area. After I started my own family, we moved across the country when my youngest was 2 years old. I have stayed within a 10 mile area since then and my children grew up with the same friends around them all their lives. I do hope that I never move again - I have too much junk to cart to another place. But meeting new people is always fun for me - and discovering new things in new places.

I think it's very hard to leave some place that you have been for a long time. I have lived here my whole life except when I went to the military and a short stint in Madison and I don't like the idea of ever having to live somewhere else. Our families are here and so are our friends. I'm not saying I wouldn't move somewhere else but it would definately be really hard for me because I would miss everyone and everything so much.

yes you are very right about that nostalgic feeling i remember when we moved to the present location from our old place(we have been there for about 10 years)i find myself still driving past that street for reasons i cant explain,its somehow the attachment you have to that enviroment and it becomes worse if you find your new enviroment unfriendly

I have lived in the same are for almost 66 years pal , all of my life . I love it and I would hate to have to up roots and move , I am sure I will be here until the end of my days and I will be quite content to do so , I love it here xx

My mom has lived in the same house till last year since 1950 did my growing up there . But I Wanted to travel see new things aplaces and people and I can say I did I moved 700 times in 35 years met lots of people seen lots of places,some I would like to go back and see like some of the small towns to see if they have grown any. and I have more places I would like to go see. I been in this house since 2001 and I love it but if I won the lotto I would buy lots of land and have another house built but I would still be close to vegas. I only like to go back home is for reunions to see my cousins really see who makes the trip for alot of us are really scattered.

Actually, I don't mind moving to another location and meeting new people. My problem is the hard work to pack and put everything into the new place. Its time consuming and a lot of hard work. Also its quite costly to move in this area where homes are overpriced, so we haven't moved in a long time.

You are talking to someone who hates change...I have tried to make changes before and have never been able to stay ,i will stay maybe a year and thats a long time for me..This last time i came home i flat said No,i will NEVER leave home again....I know all about where i live,it is familiar to me and a comfort....I draw a lot of comfort from my surrounding area ,it feels good,familiar,secure and happiness just like you said..The last time i left was my last time..I may go visit but i will never move again....

In my opinion, given a choice, I think many would not want to leave their familiar grounds and settle for something unfamiliar. It is difficult for one to get out of the comfort zone and thread into the unknown. It means readapting all over again and the emotions of "missed" is never easily conquered even by the most nostalgic.

Yes, it happens..and its very painful also...but if you have to go at any cost you should try to make new friends and get acquainted with people as soon as u can...coz that lessens the boredom and also most of your problems get solved with the help of new people.

It is hard to leave a place where you have been living for a long time, but on the other hand you get to live in a new place, meet other people, make new friends and I think it is a good experience. Of course sometimes you get to a place where at first you just don't like it, but eventually you have to adapt and get used to it.

No it is not so bad! I leaved with my family at Greece for 18 years and now i am at Slovakia, around to 1500 km away from my family. At the begging was difficult to learn a strange language as Slovak, because none can speak English here, and get used into cold and a lot of new things. But my family and people i love will not be around me for ever so i have to use to feel safe and good alone! And i believe that if you dont fill safe first alone you will always be depented from others. Of course you need love and your family near to you but also from such a distance you know that they love you and also you love and care for them.

We moved a year and a half ago to an area and hour away from the area that I lived in for 20 years. It is difficult learning about the ways of the place you are now living. But it is also scary. I miss living in my old hometown. I miss the familiarity of it all. I am just learning comfort in this new place.