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I think that your situation is understandable... and I'm glad you love it now.
As soon as I moved to Chicago, it felt like home. I lived all over the Chicago suburbs and in the suburbs of Cleveland growing up. My parents constantly wanted to move, and I got to input in the decision. As a result, after a certain move I no longer felt invested in anywhere we lived. It made me really adamant about building myself a home with R.
We really did that with Chicago. We've lived in two different apartments, but we're invested in the city itself. We've stuck to the same general area (various parts of Lakeview East) although we may end up in Lincoln Park, Bucktown, or Ravenswood next year.
Either way, it feels like home here! After our wedding in June 2012, though, we'll be moving to central Illinois. All the grad schools we're looking at are there because a) R is aiming for vet school, and the only vet school in the state is at the University of Illinois and b) rent prices are so high here that we can't justify continuing to live in the city, especially because I have a horse and have to drive out to see her.
So, after we move I'm pretty sure I'll be identifying my home as, "well, I've lived in ____ for X years, but Chicago is where my heart is!"
Love my neighborhood:
We just moved to Chicago a few months ago. I still feel like Ohio is my home. I think I will always feel that way. I loved living in Columbus, but I hated it at my parents house (super small town). And while I LOVE living in Chicago, I don't feel like it's my home yet. Maybe some day I will, but right now, I'm still an Ohio girl at heart.
I love, love, love where I live. Even when I went away for school for 2.5 years I always called LA my home. I like in the outskirts of southwest LA about 5 minutes from the beach. I love having the smallish town feel and laid-back beach vibe but if I want to actually go into LA it only takes 20 minutes (um if no traffic on the 405 :p). Here is a picture from MY home:
I've lived in Seattle for 6 years, and like you moved from California. I hated Seattle for the first 5 years (except the summers, who could possibly hate those?). Now I love Seattle and have for about a year!
It took a long time to find a friend cohort here, and I think that made it harder for me to feel like this was home. Sadly in some ways, we'll be starting over in a new town in 6 months. Hopefully there it won't take quite as long to acclimate :)
@babyboo - - I am from PV, haahaahaahaa My parents are still there and will always be there. Before moving to Seattle I lived in Manhattan Bch for 3 yrs and Hermosa for 2 yrs before that. Your picture is where I am from - not home anymore 
@Mrs.DG - - yes I have no girlfriends aside from my sisters friends who are all 10 yrs older than me and truly are like additional sisters, haahaahaa I have two friends that are more acquaintances, through work...
I knew someone on the boards was from PV, I just couldn't remember who! I'm actually from Torrance but I consider PV/Redondo/Torrance/Hermosa one city!
I've lived in Colorado Springs for 5 1/2 years and I've loved it. I was born and raised in a town of about 40,000 people in south central Kansas. I was ready for a change when I graudated from college. My mom lived here and I loved to visit so it was natural for me to come out. I still like to go back and visit my family but I do not miss the brown, flat, dry, dead look of Kansas so much. Plus the humidity reeks havoc on my hair! My FI and I bought a home here back in October and I look forward to making the house more "us" and not empty as it is right now since I haven't decided on the decor and paint. It is strange for me to know I won't have to renew a lease or wonder if I will need to move to another apartment in six months---I have a 30 year fixed mortgage baby and that means I'm staying put much much longer than I have ever lived anywhere in my entire life.
What an interesting thread. I am not attached to one place as a home. I lived in Ukraine for 8 years, then moved to CT until college, lived in Philly for college (including 5 month stint in Madrid) and now living in NYC.
I have to agree my home is where my FI is. But settling down physically scares me like no other. Logistically, we'll probably have to settle somewhere in NY or CT suburbs and the idea of spending my adult life in a place that I already grew up in is just depressing. So hopefully I'll get to that point where I am at peace with making a home in a certain place and FI agrees with me.
@GirlWithARing - - I know this is a totally random post. Its Friday and this is what Fridays do to me. I wake up w/ zero motivation to work. I don't have a personal blog so I unload my random brain farts here on WB, haahaahaa
@ Jackie-O: FI and I LOVE Seattle, so different and relaxed from the hustle and bustle of LA. We were there last year for Valentine's day.
I live in San Diego, CA, and honestly I do not love it here. I live here because I was born and raised here and haven't made it well enough on my own to leave. FI and I truly love San Francisco though, and can't wait until we can move there.
I was born, grew up in, and now live in Manhattan, and could really not imagine living anywhere else. My heart is definitely very attached to this city. FI has mentioned in passing that he may want to move to the 'burbs or to CT one day, and it makes me nervous and sad just thinking about leaving New York.
I loved Vancouver from the moment I moved here, but it still took a lot of getting used to. When people ask where I am from, I still tell them I am a Maritime girl though! I usually say "I have lived in Vancouver for 4 years, but I grew up in New Brunswick!". I love the outdoor lifestyle here too much to give it up right now.
Like Mrs.DG though, it took me awhile to make friends here, so it made it lonely for the first year or so...but now I have a great set of friends, and Vancouver definitely feels like home to me.
i'll be honest. I hate it here. Well, hate is a strong word...I dislike it very much here. I live in a small town (about 25,000 people) about 45 minutes outside of Houston.
I'm orginally from Vegas of all places and love it there dearly. I grew up there. My parents are still there. The only reason I moved here is because of FI and he refuses to move since his daughter is here (which I totally understand). But I have no girlfriends here and it makes me so sad.
There's a bit of an age difference between FI and I (about 11 years) and so I can't really relate to women he knows.
So yes, I'm one of those people that say "I live here but I'm orginally from Vegas". Granted, I love my FI and obviously have moved here for him, but still this town makes me so sad.
My home is a pretty little place called Albany, with its fare share of beaches, sunshine and rain. I have grown to like, love, hate, loathe, like and love this place! I like the small almost town feel, I love the people, I hate the range of selections for bridal stuff in this town, I loathe the ever changing weather, I like how everywhere you go in this city it only takes 15 minutes and I love that my FH is here with me.
FYI, I realize my post makes me sound like a loser...but oh well! It's how i feel. :/
I am from a small town called Springdale up in WA. I hated it. There were maybe 500 people in my town..We didn't even have a stop light! I just hated not being around people.
Now, I have been here 1 1/2 years and I really like it a lot (I'll miss it!), but I miss my family, and My FI's family. It was nice to get out of state, but We're really looking forward to being (closer) to home.We'll be closer to the city, but close to where I'm from as well.
The picture is from FI's parents place. ( about 2 hours from where we will be).
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I have visited a lot of beautiful cities, but I wouldn't be able to live in one. I am a country girl and hope you can appreciate some of the beauty of the countryside where I live. I grew up in (what to me is) a city, I'm sure some of you would giggle about the population, but now I'm out in the middle of nowhere and truly LOVE it. We have a house in the "city" right now but once I graduate and after the wedding we will build on his familys land out in the country which is where this picture is from. 
I'm from Atlanta but I've lived in Lexington for almost 5 years. It will never, ever in a million years be home, but for now it's where I live and I have great friends that keep me sane. We're moving in August, though, so who knows where that will take us.
I'm from Seattle too! I met FI not even a month after I moved, online, and turned out we just lived across I-5 from eachother and CHIPOTLE was our first date! I grew up near the San Juans which is world renowned but I always wanted to move to the city once I could. I moved here for college and though we will move in a few years for grad school we have a few more pretty summers and a few more cherry blossom springs! Pike Place is great, I work downtown and I love that I get to walk by that everyday. One of those tourist and local destinations. I also love how high tech Seattle is. FI works in IT at a Bio-tech, pretty much the most Seattle-y job you can have, and I love being at the hub of it all. His company is doing really exciting things and we get to share in with that a little. It really isn't my choice to move for grad school but the UW doesn't have the kind of research program I want. In fact, Palo Alto may be our future home, if I can get in to my dream school! FI and I have one rule, we have to be somewhat close to a large body of water!
This post has really made me think....
I am from Kansas City, MO (south there of). I went to school at the U of Missouri-Columbia and promptly moved to Chicago after graduating. I lived in Chicago for 4 years, and met my FI there. 2 years ago I moved back to Kansas City because I thought it was my "home." FI (who is from Michigan) move with me (this is when I knew he REALLY loved me!!!). Don't get me wrong, I love living here, but FI and I are realizing...maybe Chicago is our "home." I love living near my family and getting to see old friends from time to time, but I really miss Chicago and haven't quite met anyone her who shares all of my interests....
Funny enough, FI might have an opportunity with his company that will require us to move back to Chicago...Que Sera, Sera!
Love seeing where all you girls are from! I live in Portland and i love it and don't even have one complaint! I really don't plan on ever moving, however i would love to move to a few places for a few months at a time ..in a perfect world! lol.
For me, where I live is definitely my home. That might just be becasue I've lived within a five mile readius my entire life (aside from three years spent at college). SO and I have talked about moving, but I'm not sure I could.... time will tell.
Love this thread! I plan on revisiting it to think of new places I might want to move to/live, as I live in Orlando, FL and...let's just say, I don't love it. =)
I am from the commmonwealth of dominica but live in barbados.if i say i live in barbados i alwas mention that am from dominica.if if i mention am from dominica i always say i live in barbados.i love my country and love the ppl.the culture am very happy and proud that i have it in my heart but i had to leave for work and found my SO who is from barbados.i cant yet caLL barbados home as in the land.but i believe wherever my SO is thats my home whether it was in afghanistan...well not really but u get my drift..lol
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Its that time – Friday – and I don’t want to work…I am going to write and hope that people read, enjoy, comment, and love that its Friday and 5 o’clock somewhere
The point of this post = do you truly genuinely in your heart of hearts love where you live? When someone asks where you’re from do you say your current home or do you say, “I am from xyz but I have lived in xyz for the past ____ mths/years…” And why do you give the answer you give? Is it because you haven’t quite come to love where you live?
I live in Seattle. Seattle is my home – I have lived in Seattle for 2 yrs and 6 mths – however it has been my home for 3 mths. My long story short - I am from So Cal and pretty much fled the state b/c of a past relationship I could not turn into the ‘past.’ In order to kick it into my ‘past’ I had to leave it, literally. I needed to be somewhere near my biggest fan, my largest support system, family, my sister – she is in Seattle and has been here for 17 yrs, thus I am in Seattle. I hated it here for a long time. I hated why I was here, I hated why I left ‘home’ and all of my familiarity that was home related. I hated myself for not being able to leave my relationship while staying in the same place. I hated hated hated myself for not being able to handle all the emotional factors of my ‘past’ on my own. I hated that I needed so much help and support from others. Then I met FH - - - - fast-forward to this past December when we got engaged, Seattle became my home. FH and I have been dating for two years and 3 mths (yes we met 3mths after I moved up, lol.) We have lived together and built our home together for 1 yr and 4 mths. It wasn’t until we became engaged that I realized my FH is my home. Wherever he is, is where my home is. I love Seattle – I love the emotional strength I have gained from living in Seattle. I am so proud to call this city home. It’s a very cool place – not enough people visit or give it credit...Its sunny here and Hard Rock Café just opened its first restaurant here - - The title of the post is because I am in love with this Emerald City and all that it has done for me!!!
I leave you with a picture from my phone; I took it while walking to grab lunch from Chipotle...
Now tell me if you love your home – have you always loved it, did your love for your home happen over time……