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How many people who contribute to or read this board, live in the country where they were born. If you have moved away, why did you? For a better life? How many have moved away from the area where they born? Again why? For a better life? I have moved 3 times and each time with my husband's job. either that or redundancy. Each area is different in it's ways and it's people. Even in this country, locals moan about others moving into 'their' area, be it because of taking jobs away from locals or because children are taking places at 'their' schools. No matter where people come from or live you will always find good and bad. Is it fair or polite to refer to anyone as 'them' or 'they'. Jacky, now stepping off soap box and having a beer :-)

hi born in england still here, grew up in brighton left at 18yrs 1980 went to crawley in 1993 went to southsea 1995 canterbury 2002 to maidstone i've moved 39 times since i was born, i might stay put sandra

Hi i was born in Exeter Devon and 44 year's later i am still here.

i was born in the town i live in, married my penfriend who was in forces and moved, lived in germany, surrey, and emsworth, then back to my home town. however read my thread about bigots, today, and i tell a lot more about my home town, and how sad it makes me. glad you got a soap box too jacky as i have one and keep falling off. julie newport

Julile, I read your thread just after posting this one. I don't get the soap box out very often. I think it is the drink that makes me fall off! My family are Welsh, Irish, English and now a new generation of English/Jamaican and English/ West Indian. We have Catholic, Protestant and Atheist. But we all have a good laugh and chat when together. Long may it be so. Jacky:-)

glad to hear it must be great when the family get together, if everyone were more open minded world would be a better place wouldnt it. my soap box is always out, must be the painkillers that make me fall off it, they get the blame for everything else lol, best wishes hope your family stay so happy julie newport

I was born 50 years ago in the bedroom I sleep in now. I have lived in Germany and Sweden , came back to my home town 26 years ago. When my Mum passed we bought the family home , where my Dad lived untill he passed. I then came home and here I hope to stay. I have the same neighbours now as when I was born and their grandchildren will be be my neighbours in the future. The house is filled with many lovely memorys and lots of love. Karen : )

I live a mile away from where I was born and a street away from where I lived from the age of 2 to when I left home at 20. Guess you could say I'm a home bird. M.

What a lovely story Karen Baker has! I lived in the same town from birth until 20 years old, when I got married and moved to London which was where my husband worked. We stayed there for 5 years (until our son was a year old) then decided we'd prefer to be back in the westcountry. We moved to Somerset because it was the nearest place to my home town that he could get a job at the time, and we've been here nearly 15 years. Very happy here, our son has grown up here and my parents moved nearby when they retired.