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re: Escaping Your Hometown
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:06 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:06 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Born and raised in NOLA....thought I'd never leave.....very glad I did
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Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:07 pm to SaintlyTiger88
My entire friend circle from high school left our hometown. It wasn't really our dream to do so. Definitely wasn't mine, it's just the path we all took.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:08 pm to Cotten
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The vast majority of people I know that stayed in our hometown and haven’t left are pretty much who I expected. Married others we went to HS with, go to Orange Beach every year for a “vacation”, live in some cookie cutter DSLD shite where you get to choose the shade of beige you want your house and which side you want your garage on; overall I feel pretty bad for a majority of them.
You sound awesome :/
I’ve lived all over the world, and while that ain’t my cup of tea, more power to them
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:09 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Moved away for convenience and the school system.
Will probably move back at some point
Will probably move back at some point
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:11 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I started traveling the country at 17, it was refreshing.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:11 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I moved away from my hometown when I was 18 and went to college. Other than staying the summer between my freshman and sophomore year I haven't looked back. Just move out of Louisiana a couple of months ago which was the next thing I wanted to do. Never going back, if I can help it.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:13 pm to SaintlyTiger88
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Were you one of those people who, while growing up, dreamed about leaving your hometown when you had the chance and starting up your life somewhere else? Or did you love your hometown enough to where you never wanted to leave?
If you are the former, did you end up sticking around or did you move?
Yeah I'm from Nola and always wanted to GTFO.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:18 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Yes. I even had a count down from half way through my Junior Year, day by day, until the end of my Senior year, on the front of my binder.
Never considered going back.
Home town is even worse today, it's too close to D.C. and the federal employees who do know it all and share all they know too readily.
Never considered going back.
Home town is even worse today, it's too close to D.C. and the federal employees who do know it all and share all they know too readily.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:24 pm to Cotten
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The vast majority of people I know that stayed in our hometown and haven’t left are pretty much who I expected. Married others we went to HS with, go to Orange Beach every year for a “vacation”, live in some cookie cutter DSLD shite where you get to choose the shade of beige you want your house and which side you want your garage on; overall I feel pretty bad for a majority of them.
It’s good to get out in the world and explore a bit. Have some new experiences.
We found the guy who used to get beat up in school.
You can still live in your hometown and have new experiences. Everyone is different. And you act like cookie cutter houses are only in "hometowns".
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:27 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Going far away is nice and good especially if the group around you isn't going far and job opportunities are low. The only downside in the glamour of leaving the hometown is your family and close friends. It all comes down to what you value. Being in a cool new shiny place isn't all that great especially if you can't see immediate family if the drive is over 5 hours in my opinion.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:29 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Got out as soon as possible. The suburbs of Houston is a creeping death
Our families are each a 2 hour flight away, and we do a major holiday at each for about a week at a time, but we like being our own unit. We've created a life away from our hometowns, have made very good friends in our new home city, and couldn't be happier.
Our families are each a 2 hour flight away, and we do a major holiday at each for about a week at a time, but we like being our own unit. We've created a life away from our hometowns, have made very good friends in our new home city, and couldn't be happier.
This post was edited on 8/23/21 at 3:31 pm
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:29 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Left my hometown and that decision has had 0 negative consequences
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:29 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Left for college then came back. Worst decision ever. Now I am stuck here until my four year old is done with school. Can't wait to leave Louisiana.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:34 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I liked my hometown, but I was fine with leaving, and did when I was 18. Once my family who lived there died off, I only go back to go to the cemetery.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:37 pm to LoneStarRanger
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The vast majority of people I know that stayed in our hometown and haven’t left are pretty much who I expected. Married others we went to HS with, go to Orange Beach every year for a “vacation”, live in some cookie cutter DSLD shite where you get to choose the shade of beige you want your house and which side you want your garage on; overall I feel pretty bad for a majority of them.
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You sound awesome :/
Usually people with this guys attitude vacation across the country just to go to another brewery just like the ones in every city in which they've ever been, live in an apartment no different than a hundred thousand others, and post pictures of their food on Instagram because that's the point of eating out.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:43 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Nothing wrong with staying where you grew up if that’s what makes you happy.
I do think that moving away is a good thing, and allows you the opportunity to grow and learn more about yourself and different cultures (even within the US). I would encourage anyone to at least branch out for a few years, but it’s not for everyone and that’s perfectly fine.
I do think that moving away is a good thing, and allows you the opportunity to grow and learn more about yourself and different cultures (even within the US). I would encourage anyone to at least branch out for a few years, but it’s not for everyone and that’s perfectly fine.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:43 pm to SaintlyTiger88
When we’re young we want to get away
When we’re old we want to go back
And we spend our lives replacing all the things we left behind
When we’re old we want to go back
And we spend our lives replacing all the things we left behind
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:44 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Didn’t grow up in LA. Went to LSU. Met a girl. Married said girl. She’s from LA and wanted to move so we left LA. I wasn’t opposed to moving at the time but I’m glad we did. She was not trying to stick around any longer than she already did. Not a knock on LA just more to see out there than the bayou.
Love to visit. Don’t want to live there.
Love to visit. Don’t want to live there.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:45 pm to SaintlyTiger88
Growing up, I always imagined myself being in my home town when I was older, taking my kids to the same schools / events that I once went to. I can't do that now, as I moved away, but I often wonder what it would be like if I were still there.
Posted on 8/23/21 at 3:47 pm to SaintlyTiger88
I left my hometown in the late 80s, traveled around some, been in and out of the NOLA area a couple times.
I’m looking for land around my old hometown, but it isn’t my old hometown anymore.
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