moving far away from home?

[jabumbo]

for some reason of late i feel like i would really benefit/enjoy just taking off and moving to another city across the country. in school i used to always joke with an old friend that we should take off together and move to portland, oregon.


and the weird thing is, even though i just bought my own house, i feel like this scenario could actually happen (although the friend going as well is less likely). the only thing really honestly holding me back is the fact that i wouldn't be able to see my family and a handful of friends very often.


anybody ever go through something like this? whether you actually did it or not, i'd like to hear what people think....

[Myu-to]

Yes, Japan.

Move already you pussy.

[DIGI]

fuckin' hippie.

[RobMoney$]

I'd need to know you personally more to be able to offer an informed opinion.

How close to your family are you? Are you "out of the nest" so to speak, or are you still emotionally dependant on your family?
What are you hoping to find by moving?

All that shit is a factor.

[Nygel]

i moved 1000 miles away from everyone i knew for school.

im doing pretty good.

[jabumbo]

i'd never move to japan, man! shit's too crazy over there for me. i like the urban atmosphere, but i also like to know the language i should be speaking...



as far as other stuff, i'd like to think that i am dependent and everything. i think the hardest part would be all of the impromptu parties and the like that my extended family tends to have. you know, the "its going to be nice out this weekend finally, so lets go have a picnic" kind of thing.

now that i'm out of school, i don't really meet a whole lot of people, and i think that both pushes me into this sort of thing and hold me back. while it would be great to have a whole new place to explore, i think it would be hard for me to really find someone to enjoy it with.

[Adam]

Just travel for a bit.

Grab your hat, travel light - thats hobo style!

You can always come back that way and not have to move. Traveling doesn't mean having to leave your country, there is plenty of stuff in our own back yards that we take for granted and not realise is even there.

Go see a few major cities or something. Take a cheap laptop with you and for the price of a cup of coffee latch onto wifi somewhere you can always see what local stuff is goin down and you're bound to meet some new people that way. In the end you might actually find the one place you wanna live.

If you miss your friends and family too much you can come back without having to do a big move again.

[-T-]

Yes, Japan.

Move already you pussy.

Did you actually move to Japan?

[kaiser soze]

Portland Oregon has been in my sites for some time now

I've lived 500+ miles from my family, lived in Mississippi, and Saudi Arabia for short periods as well

I don't mind living far from my family, but it's nice to know they aren't too far with a kid on the way.

[Fern]

Last year I moved from metro NY to Wilmington, NC with 6 friends.

Everything there was dirt-cheap. The oversight is thta no one was able to get a real job... within 6 months we were all back\

it was a blast though, i highly recommend it.

i got a job with a fortune-50 company; one I can go anywhere in the world with.

i am gearing up for another crack at it

[jabumbo]

Just travel for a bit.

Grab your hat, travel light - thats hobo style!


this is something i would love to be able to do. my parents went with another couple on a 6 month camping trip across the country back before kids were in the picture.

if i end up switching jobs, i plan on giving myself at least a couple weeks of down time where i can just go off driving somewhere and have a good time. sadly, thats the only way i can really see myself getting a chance to do such a trip...

[ms.peachy]

Well let's see. Ten years ago I moved to London. Fair enough I was with mr.p, not on my own, but the only people we knew were eachother. That seems to have worked out pretty well. So well that now we're off to Shanghai, where we know, well, no one, and we don't speak the language. That should be fun.

[Adam]

and we don't speak the language...

Well since you are honourary British now - all you need to do is SHOUT with lots of pointing. No need language skills this day and age.

[abcdefz]

I moved across country.

Moving away from "home" and making your own home is pretty liberating. But if you want to stay close with family or friends, it takes work
on everybody's part.

[QueenAdrock]

2,000 miles away in another country. It's really good to go someplace new, but it worked out well for me because I already had a boyfriend here and a few friends from visiting here previously. I'd say if you have friends you're going to be going with, it'll be easier to get settled.

My mom misses me a lot, but honestly, it's still only a half-day plane ride away if I NEEDED to see her, and I still see her on vacations and all that. I love my family, but I wouldn't hold myself back from doing what makes me happy and experiencing new things because I was so attached to them. Traveling back is pretty easy this day and age, so there's no REAL reason not to just get up and go. Plus, I talk to her almost daily.

[beastieangel01]

just do it.

it's not like you can never go back home. At the very least, it will be an experience. Why say no to that?

[YoungRemy]

i had the case of the "there's nothing to do in my hometown" blues but I didn't know where to go. i ended up picking a college town (Austin) and then NY and LA. Moved across the country in my car both times and made some pretty great memories along the way.

go wherever the scene is. go where the young people are.

or not. it's in your hands...

[Adam]

So did you do this? You may of made a separate thread saying you did it but didn't see it.

I remembered this thread just now because I kinda have the opportunity to do it later this year and it'd be a crazy decision or two to make for it to happen so I thought I'd read it again to see what people said.

[jabumbo]

i haven't done much of anything really....other than tidy up my house as it is


i think i'm going to start on a bit of a job search though. not all out, but just to see what out there. if i can find something interesting, i'd love to take time off in between to get my travel on

[Drederick Tatum]

if you begin travelling all I ask is that when recounting your adventure to others you don't say, "yeah we did Paris and then we did Rome, after that we decided to do Prague."

you don't do places.

[b i o n i c]

^ ha.


im kind of getting the itch to do something drastic. last week i found out one of my best friends had decided to sign up for flight school in florida on a whim, he went and put a deposit down, did the financial aid and got a place.

im thinkin either london or los angeles

[abbott]

in the year 2000 my wife and I felt like we needed to get away from our friends and family. We were in a rout of partying and drinking 5 days a week and tons of drama, we moved 4 hours away with plans to move back in 2 years. We never moved back and have had successes larger than my goals and really believe being on your own and having to fend for yourself can be a beautiful thing. We visited the family last week and it was a 3 day drinking event around the pool, I loved it. Now, I think of moving back to living near the majority of my family on a regular basis. You could say I am burnt out, but a think I did everything I said I was going to do and then some and now I just don't give a fuck about taking on the world anymore. Maybe the pile of lawsuits on my desk or the people calling and bitching has taken its toll. When we moved away we had a ford probe with 200,000 miles and about $2,000 worth of debt, so I did not have much to loose, and that was a great time. Now we have kids and then some. I believe moving away enabled us to have a family of our own, as all of the younger family still party all the time and no kids.

Best of luck