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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It definitely doesn’t have to be that way.

We moved to the DMV around 35 years ago and raised our four kids here.  They all stuck around after college graduation or eventually made their way back.  And why not? There’s plenty of opportunity here, and most of their friends and family are still here.  I can’t remember a week going by where we haven’t seen at least one of them in person (unless we’re away ourselves), and usually it’s more often than that.

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That sounds lovely. My parents also moved to the DMV 35 years ago and my sister and I graduated from college and never once considered coming back to the area. Experiences may vary.[/quote]

So I have to ask:  how old are you and your sister? How well did you get along with your parents? Did you go to school in the DMV before college? Did you have any friends here? Why the compulsion to move away and never come back?[/quote]

40s now. Got along fine for the most part. Yes, elementary and high school, and several friends I’m still in touch with are still in the area. It just never occurred to me to want to move near to where my parents were. At all. Even when I had young kids myself. I had a decent experience in high school, but once I escaped the NoVa force field, I just found I liked life better on the outside.[/quote]

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