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[quote=Anonymous]I hate DMV.

I have been here for 15 years.  I moved to Balt first for a job.  Hated it and was going to return to Chicago.  Then I met my husband who is based here with family.  So we stayed.

We considered moving to Philly and did not.  I regret it every single damn day.

I have made my peace so to speak in that I love my kids' school, they have activities they like, etc.  But I have to admit, the friendships for us and my kids - it's never really clicked and I think it's because we are not of the culture here.

BUT I don't know where else to go really... DH is based here and has a sweet job.  For years I considered moving back to Chicago where all my friends still are but I've now reconsidered.

I don't know you can ever go back home.  You move forward with your life and you find the place you feel home at and that's where you somehow fit into the culture.  I will FOREVER consider Chicago home but I don't know that it's home for my kids or DH.  And I don't think I loved it until the best years of my life when I was in my 20s. I think you have to really try out different places and see how you like that experience.

No matter how much you think you will love/hate a place, you don't know until you are there.  And even then, you may not be lucky enough to find a "home" - you have different stages of your life and right now - I need to be here for my family.  I will ALWAYYYYYYS HATE it here.  Chicago is a city of finance and business.  Of true diversity in neighborhoods and where you can get a little of this and that.  Next to NYC it is my favorite US city and having travelled extensively, I can tell you it's a city everyone in the world (esp the French!) loves.  If you love good food, are creative and enjoy beauty, there is nothing like Chicago.  DMV is not it.  There's outdoors, access to road trip up/down the coast and access to beaches but while billed as an international city - let me tell you - if you don't work for the federal govt/defense or govt contractor here, are ex/military, a lobbyist or attorney, not sure how you make any money.  It's a boring culture of think tanks, political operatives and people that make a lot of money talking.  Here you go to a fancy restaurant to be seen, not to eat.  People are never truly nice to you.  The only ones I have met who are like that happen to be from MW!

But as I said, you can find your groove anywhere but yeah, Chicago is VERY different than Arlington.  Here there are suburbs.  Chicago is a city. 
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