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Just curious how many managed to stay where they grew up. Anybody wanting or wishing to move back where they came from? I came from a small town in PA and there was never much going on there. I hunted, fished and trapped etc... Now I can't believe I lived around that much green country. So many options to be outdoors. VA is one of those states where 99% of the land is owned so options to get outside is very limited and if you go to national forests (3 hours away) the laws prohibit most things like metal detecting.
I took the military route and got stuck in Hampton Roads. Frigging hate this place and wish I could go back home but no jobs. Been thinking about raising cows and doing some other stuff to make up for the lost money if I quit my job. Not like I will be getting a fat retirement from my short time in the federal job system. Currently looking for a full remote job and a star link satellite system located on top of a mountain. Until then, I spend most weekends in Shenandoah and West Virginia. Been looking into starting a couple AirBnB's.
-Piss into the wind.
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Not me, too many people there now, it's not the same place.
A wise man is frequently humbled.
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No me...3000 miles from all them peoples.....ahhhhhh.....
I work harder than a ugly stripper....
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Nope, we bounced around quite a bit when I was growing up. I'm about 750mi from where I started off life.
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5200 population in the 70s. 3x that now. Don't live there anymore.
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yes.. currently even exactly in the same house..
Last edited by ldholton; 05/17/23.
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Mom is from down your way[Suffolk proper]. She came here to college, met dad and stayed. 2 of their 3 kids are still here in the NRV as well. I just went to the house that I grew up in to pick up mom for her Dr's appointment.
FJB & FJT
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Nope. We left NorCal in 1995 for west Texas with work. I moved twelve times in the following twenty years and settled here in Texas and a place in north Idaho. I did enjoy growing up on the Sacramento Delta.
Conduct is the best proof of character.
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Half a world away, for us !
Paul.
"Kids who grow up hunting, fishing & trapping, do not mug little old Ladies"
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I moved back to my old hometown about 5 years ago. When I graduated high school, there were 117 people in the city limits.... now there is 132. Damn it's getting crowded!
Old Turd- Deplorable- Unrepentant Murderer- Domestic Violent Extremist
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This will be my last post! Flave 1/3/21
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I'm 200Mi from home and if it wasn't 200Mi the wrong way from the In-Laws I'd be headed that way by sundown. My folks have both passed and my sister is 2K Mi away, so momma's parents (who are magnificent people by the way) are the only grandparents my kids have and they're 2.5hrs away right now. Close enough for day-trips and they make quite a few of my kids' activities. It wouldn't be a good move to take the family 3hrs further away.
The thing moving would do is to put more outdoor activities much closer, but, that's not reason enough to move further from family. I just sleep a little less and drive a little more.
I can walk on water.......................but I do stagger a bit on alcohol.
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Live 40 miles from either of the two towns I grew up in. Still got a Girlfriend in each of those towns. Each town over 20,000
God bless Texas----------------------- Old 300 I will remain what i am until the day I die- A HUNTER......Sitting Bull Its not how you pick the booger.. but where you put it !! Roger V Hunter
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Failure's always an option
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112 people and that included the outlying ranches. Had a population booma few years ago. Around 130 now
You get out of life what you are willing to accept. If you ain't happy, do something about it!
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Small town in North Central Vermont, When I grew up there, population around 560 - 570. Just checked, now increased to 750.
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My great grandfather bought our 10 acre patch with his GI benefits from WW1. My grandkids live next door to me, making 6 generations to live on the same property. Ours used to be a small town and good place to live, but urban sprawl, refuges from other states, and illegals are overrunning us.
" It ain't dead.As long as there's one cowboy taking care of one cow,it ain't dead ! " Monte Walsh
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30 years where I grew up. 32 years where I live now. Someplace completely different when I retire soon...
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No me...3000 miles from all them peoples.....ahhhhhh..... Same. And not a chance! 400 people when I left 55 years ago, under 300 now. No one I want to visit with.
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The only true cost of having a dog is its death.
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I do. Moved away from my home town right after high school but a great job offer brought me back 11 years later and we raised a family here. My kids (and now grandkids) go to the same elementary school that I attended in the 60's.
Only 18,000 people here when I grew up, now it's 60,000.
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