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[quote=Anonymous]I don't think of where I grew up as "home" anymore, but we are thinking of a move that would bring us much closer (within two hours, as opposed to 8 hours) from where DH grew up. I do think to some degree this is about "returning home." However, I see a lot of good reasons for it. We'd like to be closer to his parents as they age, as they have fewer resources and less help than my parents. We like the culture there, the cost of living is much more reasonable than the DMV without sacrificing much in terms of lifestyle (slightly less cosmopolitan city, but because our money would go further, we'd be able to take advantage of more than we can here and also travel more generally).

I also think after 20+ years living far from both our families, we both are kind of craving more permanence. DC never feels permanent. We've lost very good friends to foreign postings and moves to other cities for work. So much turnover among neighbors, too. We're friendly and like meeting new people, we are always making new friends. But there is appeal to living somewhere where we know certain family and friends will be there for the longterm. In DC it is hard to shake the feeling sometimes that we are always being left behind, because we are one of the seemingly few families who have stayed put for so long.[/quote]

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