I do like where I live ...

So when I hear things about New England and it's history and culture and people, I tend to pay attention.

Just recently, the peeps over at GoFundMe declared we New Englanders to be the most generous:

We occupy the top three positions on their per capita donations rankings, and four out of the top five, and six of the top ten.

Despite this love of where I'm from, my wife and I are discussing where we want to live the rest of our lives.

It's not a decision to be made immediately. I'm currently enrolled in another degree program so I couldn't move immediately anyway. And she has a successful accounting practice here.

But long term ... It's this where we want to call home? It's an open discussion.

Do you love where you live?

Would you ever pick up and move?

What would motivate such a decision?

Is climate a good enough reason?

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Stephie · 22-25, F Best Comment

Feeling "at home" where you live is most probably one of the most rewarding feeling one can get. For you it is New England and for me, well, Old England but...

...I have been uprooted as a child and right now, home is where I live but the longer I live away from my childhood memories, the more I seem to miss the one thing or the other.

One starts comparing the old with the new. The grass is always greener on the other side. I miss what I thought was better in my childhood.

I believe that while being uprooted can leave space for new experiences, the older you get when you are uprooted, the more difficult it becomes to get adjusted to your new environment. Also, the way you are being uprooted is a determining factor whether you can ever find happiness in a new place or not.

I think in particular of all those people that had to flee a conflict zone for the sake of survival. Some might never be at home anywhere anymore because too many memories are binding them to their old home that they may never see again.

sarabee1995 · 31-35, F

@Stephie You've just said so much of what I've been feeling with regards to this subject but haven't been able to say it loud. Thank you. 🫂🫂🫂

Stephie · 22-25, F

@sarabee1995 Thanks for BC and yes, those that share that kind of uprooting experience may say "It was all better before"

An older person that was forcibly removed from the only place on earth she/felt really at home will never find her/his place in a new area and, like a tree, slowly lose the force because the sap of the earth does not have the strength to feed all those leaves leading eventually to an early demise.

"Take me back to my roots" gets a whole new meaning in this context.