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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP PPs have given some ideas about making it more enjoyable and manageable. Also, if you grew up there, are there still people you know that you could meet up with? Do any of them have same-age kids?

And you don't need your parents agreement to go elsewhere for Xmas or other holidays. Just do it. Our situation is not the same but we often travel over the holidays and sometimes bring my parents or DH's. If they can't afford it, can you offer to pay or cover some expenses? You're already paying to fly for the Xmas you're describing here.[/quote]

It's been 30+ years. There's no one there I'd meet up with. Everyone I was close to moved away or I lost touch with.

They're really not interested in traveling. [b]They see the world as a dangerous place (thank you, FOX). [/b]We took a trip with them a few years ago. I don't think they enjoyed it. [/quote]

What about other parts of america, even in red states, do they view all of that as dangerous too apart from their town?

It sounds like you don't enjoy spending time with your parents (which may be fair) but that's a separate issue than the location.[/quote]

They hate their blue state’s government and rant about how dangerous the city is. And honestly, whenever we have visited and gone into the city, my mother gets so nervous. It’s like we’re trying to enjoy ourselves and now we’re being told we’re going into a war zone. I wish they would move to Florida or the Texas Coast. They’d save a bundle, feel safer,  and would have political reps they agree with. I don’t like visiting, but they complain about the place too. It’s like talking to people stuck in mud and you keep saying here to grab a branch and they won’t.
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You’ve got to stop fixating on wanting your parents to move. They’re not going to. [/quote]

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