Roots

[lady-janine]

have any of you moved somewhere and then found it difficult to put down roots of any kind?

if so, what do you was the reason?

did you find it difficult to make friends?

did you like the area?

why did you move there in the first place?

just very curious/nosey. nosey me - perish the thought.

[emmie]

no, did move away for a time a few years back, didn't find it a problem, but home is home and glad to be back, mostly...

[ummmm]

I moved back to Ireland. I lasted less than two months.

I missed my dad too much. Now he's dead I'd move back in a heartbeat.

[woofgang]

I have never felt rooted anywhere and am happy to be like that.

[Traci66]

I moved away from Liverpool more than twenty years ago to a small village just outside York, at first I found it difficult to settle, mainly because of how quiet everything was and I had no family here, now I wouldn't even think about moving back to Liverpool.

[mrs_overall]

I only came on this thread to find out who admits to dyeing their hair!

I lived the life of a nomad in my younger days including living abroad. I always enjoyed the challenges the moves threw up and love meeting new people

[lozzer50]

i moved to burnley stayed for 10 years and moved back to my home town. only made a few friends,

[lady-janine]

you seem to be the only one with purple hair at the moment mrs overreach.

interesting that it is often difficult to put down roots of some kind when we are all supposed to live in a country where people move around lots.

[brenda]

Have moved around the U.K fairly frequently for employment reasons, have lived in 5 different wide spread counties and 11 different houses.
Have been extremely lucky I think to have been able to settle in the varied areas,due entirely to the welcoming and friendly people I met and worked with who accepted me readily as an "in-comer".

[Postdog]

Sugar, thought this was about Alex Haley....

But now I am here...

I moved to near Northampton from Loughton Essex after fifty years. We came here because my partner did, and we moved because I had to give up work and couldn't afford the mortgage. Well, to be exact, we could, but only for a few more months so I jumped rather than be pushed.

Where I am it is a nice town, I have a nice house (smaller, but all mine) and I am reasonably happy being here.

Not made any friends as such though because the reason I gave up work has turned out to be something disabling, and I can't get much.

[Caran]

Started in Lancashire, moved to Warwickshire now live in Gloucestershire. Moved here when we retired as daughter lives here. We felt we didn't need 75 miles distance from them when we could help out with the grandchildren. There were only two of them then! We have lived here in the Forest of Dean for 20 years now and absolutely love it. Couldn't imagine living anywhere else. Thanks to U3A we have made a lot of really good friends.
When we first moved here we were thrilled to hear the town had been granted M14.5 pounds for regeneration. 10 years on the powers that be have lost the money because so many meetings about meetings were held they couldn't make their minds up what to do with it. So disappointing. We have so many empty shops, so man Charity shops, cafés and take always, hairdressers etc. it's as if the town is dying around us. We have been battling for a supermarket for years, Asda want to build but the Coop do. Not want it, every time it is passed they appeal and so it goes on. Must be three years now. We have Lidl and they don't object to Asda. But having said all that I wouldn't live anywhere else. The folk are grand, the views are beautiful so we are well settled.

[mrs_overall]

Purple hair? That was last month - I am now strawberry blonde

Do try and keep up ladyj ;-)

[lady-janine]

how can anyone keep up with an amoeba-like person who blobs around all over the place?

[FredPuli43]

I think it's largely adjusting to the ways and character of local people. I had a house in Manningtree, Essex, years ago. This was a small town. But, then, the people were like East Anglian villagers; it took three months at least before anyone in the pub, apart from the landlord, engaged me in conversation, although one of my two neighbours was quite friendly. But I was used to that, being a village boy, and understood it. Someone from a big town, or from a village elsewhere in Britain , would not, and would have felt uncomfortable.

[mrs_overall]

Amoeba? Blooming cheek!

[Spoonboy]

While we moved to Wolverhampton to be nearer family, my roots would be Torquay where I was born: though, I have no hankering for the place, not since my friend and partner died in 2010. As for friends, I am not a social, going out, person and even at 50+ find it difficult to make friends outside te family unit. People have to approach me for that.

[giveup]

Must be honest,I only looked when I saw Roots and Mrs O. (sorry)

[Psybbo]

Mrs_o, what are you doing up at this time of night?

[lady-janine]

i think the explanation is that most places do not like incomers or whatever they call them. a sort of distrust of what they don't know.

[tiggerblue10]

I've been living in my house since '96 so it'll be quite a shock to the system as and when I do move. I would like to move though as the area I'm is not very nice now.

No, I don't like the area.
I bought the house in '91 but rented it out and lived with my parents.

[lady-janine]

don't be sorry giveup. you are welcome to contribute and mrs overblob needs help. lhsd.