I'm about to move back to my hometown for two years, and would like to try living as if it's a new city instead of slipping back into my old life there. Any thoughts? [more inside]
posted by carbide on Aug 5, 2009 - 8 answers

Please share your re-nesting experience. Help me avoid getting sucked into the vortex of hometown life. [more inside]
posted by greekphilosophy on Jul 25, 2009 - 13 answers

Next week I am taking my family to my hometown - the place where I was born and raised - for the first time. If you were in this situation, what things and/or places that you would want to show them? [more inside]
posted by doh ray mii on Jul 17, 2009 - 18 answers

How do I come to terms with living in a city I'm not crazy about? [more inside]
posted by pdb on Dec 19, 2005 - 22 answers

My sister moved about 5 years ago from Los from Angeles (we both have lived there all our lives) to the left coast because her husband was transferred there. She was excited about the move, and has a job she enjoys and made good friends. So I was surprised when she mentioned during a recent phone call that although she wasn’t homesick nor did she want to move back, she would always feel that Los Angeles was “home.” So my question is for those who have relocated, where is home? [more inside]
posted by lola on Feb 25, 2004 - 32 answers