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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I absolutely want my grown children to live near me.  My own parents were a daily, loved presence in my kids’ lives as they were growing up.  That relationship is something we all cherished, and I’d love to be that close to my own grandkids.

I’m an empty nester now, and 2 of my 4 kids live nearby.  The other 2 are far away for career (son) & school (daughter).  I never limited their prospects & let them know they could apply anywhere, but I also never disguised my wish that they would settle near us.

I do think we’re an exception because DH and I have been in the Mid-Atlantic region our entire lives, and though we’ve traveled extensively, we’re most happy here.  FWIW, our kids all love this area too, and I can only hope they’ll stick around when they have kids of their own.

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+1.  This is exactly how I feel, and can’t think of any of my friends and family with kids who feel differently.  I guess I just associate with closed-minded, “provincial” types.

If my kids end up on the other side of the country, so be it.  But our preference is for them to settle nearby, and I hope to enjoy a close relationship with any grandkids and be there to help with them.  Something I never had, with grandparents far away.  
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+2.  I’m with the previous posters.  Maybe part of the divide is from people that are only here for their careers and grew up elsewhere (and maybe most of their family is elsewhere) versus people that grew up here and want to stay in the area.  Among my friends from Montgomery County it's amazing how many moved back to be near their family when they had a family of their own.  Most stayed within a 4 hour drive for college but not all.  There were quite a few that worked overseas, went to grad school elsewhere, or lived in Boston or NYC for a time.  But to settle down they are near their own family or their spouses’s family.[/quote]

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