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[quote=Anonymous]I’m from one of those places but left to go to an Ivy and have always lived on the East Coast as an adult.  Most of the people I know stayed, married people from HS or local colleges.  I only keep in touch with one HS friend who, like me, left for the East Coast and also got a PHD, but ended up getting a job at one of the colleges near our home town and moved back with her family.  She lives on her family’s farm, although they now lease the land to other farmers.

I could not have made the transition back and my NYC-born husband could not live there, but my friend is really happy.  On Facebook, I see other people from there and they seem like they have nice families and nice lives. I sometimes think about how much easier life is there-slower pace, lower COL, not such high pressure schools - and wonder if we should consider going back for the kids, but I just never fit in there and know I would fit in even less now.

It’s also really Republican and I was a Republican growing up, but am now a Democrat.  I am not really political and could probably ignore it, but it is another difference that would be hard to get used to.  [/quote]

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