For those who moved to another part of the country, how long before it started to feel like home?
Posted by SnooozeFezt@reddit | AskUK | View on Reddit | 7 comments
I relocated to a different part of the UK about 18 months ago, but I still feel like a stranger. I don't even watch the local news because it still feels like I'm on an extended holiday and don't actually live here.
For those who have done the same, how long was it before the place actually started to feel like home?
bownyboy@reddit
Moved to a village in Surrey about 30mins commute into London after spending 10 years in London.
Immediately stress levels lowered and felt much more at home with more of a community feel which I realised I had been missing in London.
However it took a good few years to fully get 'involed'. Also there were not many young people or much of a 'scene' but I took comfort in that I could still get that in London commuting everyday.
Now 17 years later I'm all in and now one of the 'locals' who knows everyone in the local pubs lol!
ScientistJo@reddit
When I had a kid. I realised that he would see the streets I pushed him around in his pushchair the same way that I remember the streets around my childhood home. Knowing it was his home made it my home. Before that, my husband and I had four years of living in one place and visiting home in another.
Barbora1519@reddit
I moved from London to West Sussex about 10 years ago . Still don’t feel at home . Not the way I used to feel when I lived in London . It’s nicer here , its’s safer and I am not sure I would actually go back given the oportunity , but it’s still like a secret fantasy .
Odd-Paramedic-3826@reddit
I left sheffield to live in cheshire when i was 10. I'm 22 now. sheffield is still the only place that feels like home. I'm trying to move back
Legitimate-Soil7109@reddit
Took me about 2-3 years after moving to London from the North, but I'd say it's easier here,given the majority of people who live here aren't from here either
Appropriate-Bag5290@reddit
I moved from London to Scotland 8 months ago. Definitely feel my home my new place.
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