Are you local? Do you still live where you grew up?

Oh! That's great Allina. I hope you liked it in spite of some daft people.

Mollygo I think moving away to a university is what generally made us make that first move - if we weren't a "forces" family.
My father's first move was to an apprenticeship in London though - so maybe that happened too in earlier times.

No, not really a local, even though I've been here 42 years. My DH is local, born here and we are living in the house his parents built in 1963.

I was born not far from the two famous football grounds in Liverpool. At the age of five moved to the outskirts to a then rural area. I moved five miles away but after the birth of my first child and I was unhappy and really homesick.

I moved back to where I grew up by then a much built up area and have been here ever since. With two house moves but a ten minute walk from where I grew up it’s familiar and what I call home.

Born and grew up in a village in Northamptonshire.
I have lived in the house we're in now for 47 years.
My family home is just around the corner from where I live now.
When I look across out of our upstairs back bedroom window I can see the side of the house and the bedroom where I was born.

I was born and grew up London. I am now 74 and have lived in New Zealand since 2013. Before emigrating, my husband and I moved briefly to Darlington, where many of his family members lived and still live.

grew up IN London. You would think that as a former editor, I would proof read.

I’ve lived in the same area all my life, in fact I was born in the house where I live now and I’m proud of it .

I have lived in a small town south of Edinburgh for the past 44 years but I'm still an "incomer". 🙄

I was born in central London, my DF was a New Zealander so we moved there when I was a baby. After he died in an accident my mum brought us to London where I mostly lived, apart from 2 years in Birmingham and boarding school in York, colleges in Norwich and Kent until I met and married my Scottish DH.
For 5 years we lived in the same street as his DGM in Edinburgh.

With 3 DC we moved to the "countryside" and in some ways it's the best of of all worlds but i was always aware that others had family close by and went to the same school as their parents where their DC and even DGC still are.

The groups I'm in, and some I have helped to start, are a good mix of new and old including a weekly Open House where all are welcome to have a cup of coffee and a bowl of soup, chat and find out what's going on in the town. This has continued for 20 years now and is really appreciated. I think I will probably stay here now.

I ve lived in 6 different towns including two overseas but ended up back where I started and that ll do for me been here about 40 years now no intention of moving

I grew up In NW London the fourth generation of my family to do so. When I married we moved to NW Kent and have been in the area for 54 years now. Unlikely to go anywhere else as 2 out of 3 DC are nearby.

I can't count the number of moves I've made including one to Italy, one to Wales and another to France. But I've always gravitated back to my home city of Bristol and now, in my late sixties, I guess I'm here to stay.

petra

Only those who know Maldon in Essex. My dear friend was a barge skipper and kept the barges going.
He considered anyone who lived up the town a furriner.

That made me chuckle.

Maldon is one of the Essex places I miss. But may be it's the Maldon of 40+ years ago rather than now.

I spent quite a lot of time in Maldon when I was doing research at Beeleigh Abbey. It was owned then by William Foyle, of Foyle’s bookshop. He was a nice old man. I never actually lived in Maldon, though.

I don ‘t understand why people are proud of living at or near where they were born. I think it is good to get around and experience new places. When my sons were applying to university, I would not allow them to apply to the local one, as I thought going away from home was part of growing up.

I live about 30 miles from where I was born. Not my choice, but circumstances led me here..

Grandma70s

I don ‘t understand why people are proud of living at or near where they were born. I think it is good to get around and experience new places. When my sons were applying to university, I would not allow them to apply to the local one, as I thought going away from home was part of growing up.

I live about 30 miles from where I was born. Not my choice, but circumstances led me here..

Each to their own.

Born in Burton on Trent, parents moved to Peterborough, then Wellingborough, I left home at 18 and went to University at Bath. living in Chippenham, Bath and Radstock, got married, moved to Leagrave, then Wellingborough, then Nuneaton, then Westhoughton (just south of Bolton), Arlesey (Bedfordshire), Ivybridge (near Plymouth) and been in Trowbridge for the past 25 years!

i've lived on the Wirral all my life, from one end to the other and have lived the longest in my present home - 22 years.

Grandma70s

I don ‘t understand why people are proud of living at or near where they were born. I think it is good to get around and experience new places. When my sons were applying to university, I would not allow them to apply to the local one, as I thought going away from home was part of growing up.

I live about 30 miles from where I was born. Not my choice, but circumstances led me here..

I wouldn't say I was 'proud' that I still live where I was born, it's just how my particular circumstances have worked out. I do think it's nice that several generations of my family have lived in this house though. As for not 'allowing' your children to apply to the local university, well, both of mine were 'allowed' to make up their own minds what they wanted to do by the time they reached that age!

Moved away when I was 16 and lived in another part of the country away from home for several years. Then moved back to my home town when I was 22, got married etc. Moved house a couple of times within the town, and now have lived for 30 odd years just a couple of streets away from the house I was born in. I'm pretty sure I will die here.

Born in South East London, moved to Essex aged 21, stayed in Essex a couple of years, married, moved back to a different part of S E London, back to Essex, now mid Essex and have been here 42 years. Not considered to be a “villager” by those who were born here! Most people here aren’t “villagers”! Still consider myself a London girl!

MissInterpreted

Grandma70s

I don ‘t understand why people are proud of living at or near where they were born. I think it is good to get around and experience new places. When my sons were applying to university, I would not allow them to apply to the local one, as I thought going away from home was part of growing up.

I live about 30 miles from where I was born. Not my choice, but circumstances led me here..

I wouldn't say I was 'proud' that I still live where I was born, it's just how my particular circumstances have worked out. I do think it's nice that several generations of my family have lived in this house though. As for not 'allowing' your children to apply to the local university, well, both of mine were 'allowed' to make up their own minds what they wanted to do by the time they reached that age!

Perhaps it would have been more accurate to say I strongly discouraged them! You're right, it is not a matter of ‘allowing’ at that age.

Grandma70s

I don ‘t understand why people are proud of living at or near where they were born. I think it is good to get around and experience new places. When my sons were applying to university, I would not allow them to apply to the local one, as I thought going away from home was part of growing up.

I live about 30 miles from where I was born. Not my choice, but circumstances led me here..

I have a slight envy for people who 'stay put' as I found that moving frequently can make you feel rootless and the question "Where are you from?" difficult to answer.

Personally, I feel fate had more to do with my moves rather than rational, conscious decisions. I am sure some of you would agree.

I often of think of Edward and Tubbs from 'The League of Gentlemen" when I encounter the word local as this encapsulates the attitude of some, by no means all, 'stay puts'.

Born in Liverpool, then
London (Dad apprenticed at the railway engineering works in Wembley)
Bury
Romiley
Sutton Coldfield
Back to Liverpool
Cardiff (University)
Derby (got married)
St Helens
Morpeth
Whaley Bridge
Back to Morpeth

Grew up in a Middle Eastern country, where my Dad worked on the oil rigs, from six weeks old to 18 years. ( at boarding school in the UK 11-17 but still going ‘home’ for hols.) Uni in northwest England followed by London flatshares till I got married and moved to Twickenham, then North Essex and now Cambridge. Great city.