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[quote=Anonymous]I find the notion that people who live away from their family for college and career are somehow less close knit to be really strange.  I went to college on the West Coast (I grew up in Chicago) and have always lived my adult life far away from my parents.  My mom and I talk on the phone almost every day!

Part of it has to do with the fact that my grandfather was in the military, so they moved a lot and he was deployed in abroad for segments of her childhood and my grandmother was an immigrant.  My mom and uncle live far away from one another--but they still are close.  Compared to my grandmother living halfway across the world from her sisters, a domestic plane flight doesn't seem like a big deal.  Especially on my mom's side, moving around for better opportunities is just what is done.  We meet up on holidays, keep in touch over the phone, etc.  I have trouble relating to the notion that you have to plant your feet in one place geographically to retain "roots."[/quote]

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