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Very interesting read.. My family lived on the same corner for over 200 years.. It was interesting to see the old graves dating back to the early 1700's... By the time I was 13 I told my grandmother I was moving to Wyoming when I grew up.. That was almost 50 years ago now.. Kind of thought I would live in the west for a time and then return like many of my older friends had done,, Never happened.. When I retired in 99, I did return each fall for up to a couple months.. Then the reasons I left became clear again. My father died in 17.. I haven;t been back since.. Our hunting camp sold in about 2015. Then my father passed. I sometimes think about it, but when I look at the craziness east of the Mississippi, not sure I could survive.. I have looked at other places to live, but with each passing year that becomes more doubtful.. I have often wondered if my grandfather would have lived, if I would have left.. Guess I will never know.. Like everyone, when I return I don't know folks, and when I left, I knew everyone for miles around.. Country is posted ,, New owners, dope heads, welfare trash worse than before.. Sad...

Funny, but the place from my childhood and youth that’s changed the least is where my grandmother lived, Adams County, PA. I go up every so often to visit the cemetery (where I’ll get dumped off someday) and usually ride around a bit. Very little has really changed from what I can tell, except there’s a shopping center or two near Gettysburg. I suspect most residents must work elsewhere, like a lot of them here do, and I did for twenty years. Many hate a long commute, but not having to pull up stakes and move to the country when you retire because you already live there is pretty good.

I moved away from where I grew up 35yrs ago. Most of my family has either passed or moved so I don't have a lot of folk to see there. My circle of people I want to see there seems to get smaller and smaller. I was back a couple yrs ago and only touched base with 2 old buddies. It was a small town way back, only 5k people so I knew everyone back in the day.

One thing for sure is that one you move away from where you grow up it could be easy to move again after that. I never did move again after the 1st move because we put down family roots here.

"Three moves is as good as a fire" My grandmother.

No one told you to live in Mtn. View area of Anchorage. If it ends in view, it’s not for you.