Have you lived in your home town your entire life?

East ,West ,home is the best. I am now always homesick in Beijing, in which city I spent four year for collegue. I have a boyfriend whose hometown is also in North China,while mine is in sourth china. I have no idea how to deal with it since I want go back to home but can not say goodbye to my dear boyfriend. I dream of being back with my parents.

I lived another place or city. When you are growning up you are search for your opportunity so i am in city where i am not grown.

Filmbuff, I have lived and visited most of the 50 states. In fact each of my boys were born in a different state. I have spent many vacations in Mexico and on the Sea of Cortes. But I have always come back home to Tennessee. I went to Brussels a few years ago when a very good friend of mine was sick with cancer. He was dying and wanted to treat me to a trip I could never afford on my own. OMG In 10 days I got a taste of Holland, Spain and London. As much as I adored all the things I saw and experienced, I was glad to be back home. My 2 oldest boys however have not lived out of our home town except as small children.They both married local women that I am afraid will never want to venture away. I hope some day they at least get to see some of the places their father and I have enjoyed. Sometimes "HOME" is just inbreed in us. LMAO NO PUN there my LOVE :)))!

I have lived in my city most of my life. I was born else where but moved here as a baby. I did leave to go to college, but felt I needed to stay in town to help my mom.

Hello filmbuff!:-) I had lived in the same town from my birth till my Under graduate studies. Of course, I had moved around a lot of cities within my country from North to South, from East to West, From cities near glaciers to villages in Deserts and from coastal cities to lush green inlands without establishing myself at any of the places and returning to my hometown. When I got Job, it was in another City, the Capital City, so I had to settle there. I like the Capitol City very much but it's not that I love, and I don't think I would ever 'love' it. I like my hometown very much too but it's, too, not more than liking. I do adore my Home city though. There are places in my home city where I would like to settle. It's not just because it's my home city, because if that would be the reason, I would like my home town too with same intensity. Actually, it is a very rich city from many aspects; It is THE Cultural Center of my homeland with no competition, it has very rich history, traditions, archeology, educational centers, and also economic activity . In my country, my homeland, it is called "City of the living hearts"!:-) As far as France is concerned, I have been to 7,8 cities, three of them have been capitol of France (including present one, Paris). I love the city I now live in but if I had to settle here, I would have chosen where I lived before i.e. 'Tours', which is ancient capitol of France. It would be a wonderful place to live with my partner.

I grew up in the same town my whole life, until a few months ago I moved a little north. And I love it. I love that nobody really knows me and its like a new start on life. Couldnt suit me better. So if I really got homesick home is about 20 miles away. No biggie!

i never tried living out of my city nor my country. I live away from my parents though, where most of my clan came from, but my apartment is still part of the city. It's just an hour trip. I have been living away from my parents since almost ten years ago. When I come home, I sometimes see old acquaintances from the neighborhood and they're still there, they never went away. They established their family their business and all that. I can't imagine my life being stuck in that small town. Anyway, life's like that. Some people go, some will stay.

I can say not entire time but 1.5 year less than that. i was away for this time period to different location for my job.i know many people stay there life long and boost how nice place that had been. i can't really say so about this place.

I was born in Australia, am still an Australian. I have lived in 3 different places there. I have also lived in Ireland for a period of time and now the States. So I am getting a taste of different cultures even though they are all English speaking countries. I feel great that I have not stayed in one place, but have experienced how other people live and what there houses are like. I have also traveled to lots of places in east and west Europe. It's good to get out a bit.

no I sure haven't... I was born in a town and brought home to another town - moved to another town - moved out of that state (moved twice within that state) moved to another state (moved twice within that state) moved to another country (moved 3 times within that country) moved back to the states - stayed at the same place for 4 years... moved back to the state I was born in - and lived in a place with my parents for several years, then moved into a nearby town....moved 4 times within that state - then moved to another state (moved two different towns) then moved to another state (this is the state I reside in now - we have lived in two towns here) cool huh?

When I first read this I thought you lived in the same town as me! Until I got to the America bit. I hate the town I live in nearly 16 years, moving here when I was just 19. The place I had lived in before was a bad place too, but more dangerous than the place I am in now. When I first moved to where I am now, people said to me that I would not fit in because people would not accept me with me not being born here. Boy they were not wrong and it has never got any better over the years, they are small minded, back stabbers, two faced, and do not like change. Yet the people who were born and bred here think it is wonderful, well it is not, it sucks!! If I get the chance I will move, its not an option at the moment unfortunately but one day!

I lived in the same house until I graduated high school and turned 18 and joined the Marine Corps immediately therafter. I obviously lived in many places during my 21+ years on active duty, to include foreign countries. I love where I grew up because of that fact, and that fact alone. It was home, what I knew, and my family is still there. Other than that, you can have it. It has grown and changed so much and it's very expensive to live there (Manchester, NH). I'll never go back. I would much rather live in NC or somewhere close by, and I did retire there and just moved here to OH when I married last Aug.

Not everyone has the option to move around or travel. Some people just don't like the hassle and don't care for variety. I've lived in my hometown my entire life, but that doesn't say much since I'm young. But, I think the biggest reasons people stay in one place is family. Maybe you're all right with leaving extended family and just take your own immediate family with you, or if you're single then just go alone, but not everyone is like that. A lot of people need the support of their family and see extended relatives more often than others. I've met people that don't see siblings except a couple times a year or in between years. Maybe you're like that and okay with that, but most people aren't. Like I said, a lot of people don't have the option to move around the country or move and live in a different country (personally, I would like to eventually).

i agree with you that experience and gathering more info is the better way to make an informed judgement call on anything. some people however are perfectly content where they are at, and have no desire to venture elsewhere. why bother if yer already happy right? its how i used to feel anyways, ive never dealt with change very well. i havent lived where i live all of my life. i grew up a good 100 miles north of here. i was homesick for quite some time. no friends, everything unfamiliar to me, and i used to live at the beach, and am now in the woods, its a shock to the senses. i went back "home" for a visit, and realized id romatacized alot of what id thought were endearing qualities of where id grown up. before the weekend was even over i was ready to come back here wondering what id ever thought was so wonderful about the smell of low tide and tourists. when we got back, i spent an hour with my butt planted under my favorite maple tree ( theres actually a groove in the base that fits me perfectly and makes a wonderful natural chair ) watching the night sky, glad to be HOME. since then ive had no desire to return north at all. and while i do still on occaision miss the sound of the surf while i drift off to sleep, ive grown very fond of my stream in the woods now that ive given change half a chance.

no. i do not always live where our hometown is. i lived in the city and grew up here. we have moved live 5 times over the years. i kinda miss the days where i grew up. its about 45- 1 hour drive from where we live right now. :)

I was born in Guangzhou and I grow up and work here. I have never moved any places and I don't think it'll be easy for me to make up such a decision. As I have everything here, besides, I am only one child in my family. So my parents are willing to see me leave them.

Until I was 47 I had lived most of my life in the same English market town (except for a spell at college in London) I then made the transition to married woman living in America! I have no idea where the best place to live is as like you I haven't lived "everywhere" It is so refreshing to here an American say they have no idea where the best place is as the predominant view I come across here is that America is the "best" from people who have no idea of anything else. I hate when people ask me which do I prefer England or America although I know the answer I always reply with total honesty that I don't think of it in those terms rather "Life is what you make it wherever you live"

Yeah, i do agree with you that we can't make our choice without tasting all the items... and we have to travel around and then make our choice which place is the best for living... Keep posting!!!

Yeah, i do agree with you that we can't make our choice without tasting all the items... and we have to travel around and then make our choice which place is the best for living... Keep posting!!!

I am a younger, maybe it is because this reason, i really prefer living in differfent places as possible as you can, especially when you are young. Because the case of study, i has lived in 3 places. In every place, i encounter different cultures and people which apparently enrich my live as well as make it more wonderful. But, however, when i am old, i will choose one community that i love best, staying there with my family. When i am young, i want to fly high, but when i am old, i only want to walk on the earth.