Moving about

[tobyaw]

It struck me the other day that many of my friends have moved away from the place where they lived as children and made their own choice of where to live, whereas at work there are a higher number of people who are native to the area. So I thought I’d make a poll.

[Poll #1735055]

Comments

[tokyo-mb.livejournal.com]

Your questions are difficult to answer Toby... Do I answer them for my flat in London (currently let out but by 2012 to become my weekday home), home in Tokyo or our new place in Shropshire (which will be my weekend home, but not a holiday home). For the latter, we will certainly be in-comers for at least the next 25 years(!)

It's interesting to see (from Facebook friend requests) just how many of my peers from my rural secondary school are still within 10-15 miles of where they grew up.

As to approval, to my mind holiday homes vary - something that is used regularly and where the holiday-makers use local shops and facilities is generally positive, where not occupied for much of the year and supplied solely by Tesco delivery it is much less easy to "approve" from the perspective of impact on the local community.

[tobyaw]

I was interested by how many people I know who have moved away from their childhood home town, and how unusual that is in the country at large.