did you stray from the nest?

breakingnews · 12-06-2006, 12:16 AM

I had a strange urge to post a poll ... this'll be my first. Hope I don't kill my own thread.

So the whole "working" thread got me thinking about how people end up where they are living. Actually, it's something I think about fairly often, as many people here ask me why I came to Taiwan and where I expect to go in the future.

I keep dreaming about moving to the mountains out west (in the U.S.) or to some strange new place where I can live a romantic fairy tale life and eventually write a book about it. But the fact of the matter is that I don't think I could ever leave my family. Furthermore, central NJ will always be my "home," and the five of us (in my family) seem to agree on that. Even my going to college in the southern U.S. was torture, enough so to make me return after graduation. Although my parents now live in Taiwan, I am 95% positive I will return to NJ/NY to settle down in the future.

So ... where do you live now? Still in your hometown? Returned after years of adventure abroad? Latched down by your S.O.? By the 'rents? Or have you successfully fled the nest and found your soul elsewhere?

View Poll Results: Where are you now?
Still living in my hometown	3	6.67%
Intentionally still living in or near my hometown	12	26.67%
Unintentionally still living in or near my hometown	6	13.33%
Over the hills and far away	24	53.33%
Voters: 45. You may not vote on this poll

12-06-2006, 12:16 AM	#1
breakingnews Q_Q Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: somewhere in between Posts: 995	did you stray from the nest? I had a strange urge to post a poll ... this'll be my first. Hope I don't kill my own thread. So the whole "working" thread got me thinking about how people end up where they are living. Actually, it's something I think about fairly often, as many people here ask me why I came to Taiwan and where I expect to go in the future. I keep dreaming about moving to the mountains out west (in the U.S.) or to some strange new place where I can live a romantic fairy tale life and eventually write a book about it. But the fact of the matter is that I don't think I could ever leave my family. Furthermore, central NJ will always be my "home," and the five of us (in my family) seem to agree on that. Even my going to college in the southern U.S. was torture, enough so to make me return after graduation. Although my parents now live in Taiwan, I am 95% positive I will return to NJ/NY to settle down in the future. So ... where do you live now? Still in your hometown? Returned after years of adventure abroad? Latched down by your S.O.? By the 'rents? Or have you successfully fled the nest and found your soul elsewhere? __________________ Gone crazy, be back never.

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