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packman

(16,296 posts) Thu Mar 7, 2019, 01:54 PM Mar 2019

Staying put - Living in the state you were born in

Note the highest concentration in the Rust Belt and the two Southern states. As an ex-Pennsylvanian I know that many, many generations stayed in the same house they were born in and where their parents lived simply because it was mortgage free and passed on to them.

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Staying put - Living in the state you were born in (Original Post) packman Mar 2019 OP

Surprising about the upper midwest Bradshaw3 Mar 2019 #1

I too was born in the upper midwest calguy Mar 2019 #6

No thanks, I'm not moving back to the state I was born in ProudLib72 Mar 2019 #2

So nobody was born in Nevada. Makes sense. Shrike47 Mar 2019 #3

I have itchy feet. safeinOhio Mar 2019 #4

I have lived in 5 states but I'm hoping to leave this state (NY) soon. IrishEyes Mar 2019 #5

Where do you want to go? smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #9

I live in NYC. I've been here for a decade and I'm tired of it. IrishEyes Mar 2019 #10

I would have to agree with you. I loved NYC for a while, but I found it wore me smirkymonkey Mar 2019 #11

I've always meant to leave mine, even when I was a child. TeapotInATempest Mar 2019 #7

I loved growing up in Texas. Aristus Mar 2019 #8

staying put in ca. where else would i go. happy here . my circles are here drs as wll. church too AllaN01Bear Mar 2019 #12

Spouse would have been born here but for some complications akraven Mar 2019 #13

Bradshaw3

(7,522 posts)

1. Surprising about the upper midwest

Reply to packman (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 01:58 PM

Mar 2019

Your explanation probably is a big reason. I was surprised at that chart because live in AZ and I would say a large majority of the people I meet here moved from the upper midwest. But that's just anecdotal.

calguy

(5,315 posts)

6. I too was born in the upper midwest

Reply to Bradshaw3 (Reply #1)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 02:29 PM

Mar 2019

Left when I entered the Army and never went back. Best decision I ever made.

ProudLib72

(17,984 posts)

2. No thanks, I'm not moving back to the state I was born in

Reply to packman (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 02:00 PM

Mar 2019

Shrike47

(6,913 posts)

3. So nobody was born in Nevada. Makes sense.

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Thu Mar 7, 2019, 02:00 PM

Mar 2019

safeinOhio

(32,688 posts)

4. I have itchy feet.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 02:04 PM

Mar 2019

Now living in my 5th forever home.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)

5. I have lived in 5 states but I'm hoping to leave this state (NY) soon.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 02:13 PM

Mar 2019

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

9. Where do you want to go?

Reply to IrishEyes (Reply #5)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 07:58 PM

Mar 2019

Why do you want to leave NY and where do you live there (a general area is fine if you don't want to be specific).

I grew up in upstate NY and lived in NYC for a while and I love the state, I think it's very beautiful. I am now back in MA (Boston) almost 7 years after living here for about 7.5 years after college w/ a break out in San Francisco.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)

10. I live in NYC. I've been here for a decade and I'm tired of it.

Reply to smirkymonkey (Reply #9)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 08:52 PM

Mar 2019

Living in New York City is fun but it is also exhausting, stressful and expensive. I want to live in a smaller city. I also want to someday buy a small house. I'm not sure where I want to move to. I have lived in the midwest and New England. Maybe some place like Tennessee, North Carolina, Texas or Maryland. Boston is a great city. I have visited there many times.

smirkymonkey

(63,221 posts)

11. I would have to agree with you. I loved NYC for a while, but I found it wore me

Reply to IrishEyes (Reply #10)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 09:17 PM

Mar 2019

down after a while for the same reasons - exhausting, stressful and expensive - so I moved back to Boston. Fortunately my company had a job opening here so I took it. Boston is like a sleepy town next to NYC. But it's still big enough to have enough going on. However, it is also ridiculously expensive, especially housing.

My brother lives in Baltimore. The suburbs actually, and you can get a lot more for your money there. Also, it's a very blue area and you are close to DC and Philly.

I wish you the best of luck wherever you decide to go!

TeapotInATempest

(804 posts)

7. I've always meant to leave mine, even when I was a child.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 02:45 PM

Mar 2019

Not because there's anything wrong with it, but because I've always believed things could be better "out there" somewhere.

Life seems to have conspired against that so far, however, in one way or another.

Aristus

(66,388 posts)

8. I loved growing up in Texas.

Reply to packman (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 02:53 PM

Mar 2019

I can't talk very long about my childhood in San Antonio without sounding like a Truman Capote short story. But I could never go back. Texas is ruined for me. Maybe when it turns blue someday, I'll go back. I'd much rather visit a Texas that is long on Hispanic culture, food, music, and sense of community, and short on rootin'-tootin', six-gun-shootin' right-wing cowboy 'culture'.

AllaN01Bear

(18,261 posts)

12. staying put in ca. where else would i go. happy here . my circles are here drs as wll. church too

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Thu Mar 7, 2019, 09:28 PM

Mar 2019

akraven

(1,975 posts)

13. Spouse would have been born here but for some complications

Reply to packman (Original post)

Thu Mar 7, 2019, 10:23 PM

Mar 2019

the only doctor in town couldn't deal with. But was back inside of a month! (1952)

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