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Where did you want to move to when you were growing up?

(44 Posts)
Marg75 Thu 16-Jul-26 06:08:16

Born in Cornwall, lived my whole life in Cornwall (except for a brief foray into Plymouth), wouldn't want to be anywhere else.

Bellasnana Thu 16-Jul-26 05:56:02

It never occurred to me to want to live anywhere else. We lived in Chester but also spent a lot of time in York staying at our grandparents. I still love both cities but wouldn’t want to live there now.

I spent five years in London which I loved at the time, but never thought of it as permanent.

Never in a million years did I think I’d spend most of my life living in Malta, but I love it and consider it home.

Redhead56 Thu 16-Jul-26 01:20:22

I grew up in Liverpool moved to the outskirts as a child. When I married I moved about five miles away but I was really homesick.
I moved back very close to where I grew up when my son was six months and had my daughter three years later then divorced.
I remarried and I live the same area from where I grew up it's home to me no place else will do.

nanna8 Thu 16-Jul-26 00:07:48

I lived in London and wanted to stay there but I would have appreciated more greenery other than just parks. We used to go into the Kent countryside for walks. As I got older I wanted to leave the whole place and Ted Heath finally convinced us to get out with his 3 day week.

Redrobin51 Wed 15-Jul-26 21:13:32

Anywhere near the sea preferably in Wales.

hollysteers Wed 15-Jul-26 20:39:07

London, because it’s the capital and Oxfordshire as my aunt and godmother lived there in a fairytale village where I spent the long school summer holidays.

paddyann54 Wed 15-Jul-26 20:11:33

Never wanted to live anywhere else than where I have since I was almost 12.
18 miles to Glasgow ,30 miles to Stirling 2 miles from Loch Lomond and surrounded by hills
Why would I want to live anywhere else?

boheminan Wed 15-Jul-26 19:48:34

I wanted to live in the magic land that was shown at the beginning of Disney films, with a beautiful smiling fairy lady carrying a wand and drawing the sky from dust to night time.

avitorl Wed 15-Jul-26 19:22:56

Liverpool, because my maternal Grandparents lived there. I lived in a village in Co. Durham surrounded by fields and countryside.I suppose I had the best of both worlds,city and country,and I did live in Liverpool for a few years as I went to College there.

J52 Wed 15-Jul-26 19:05:32

I grew up in central London and enjoyed the excitement of the city, especially in the late 60s.
I was fortunate to spend the summer holidays in rural Scotland with all the freedom and adventures that came with it.

Oldnproud Wed 15-Jul-26 18:32:44

Witzend

Wherever it was the Famous Five used to stay, with Kirrin Island a quick boat trip away!

Me too - though I would have liked some horses thrown in too 😃

Joking aside, I loved where we lived when I was a child - surrounded by hills and woods and streams, and I and a few other local children were allowed the freedom to really enjoy them from quite a young age. That part of my childhood was great.

Cossy Wed 15-Jul-26 18:31:05

California - because we lived there for a year when I was 14.

Before this either Switzerland (Heidi) or India (a little Princess)

Fallingstar Wed 15-Jul-26 18:25:46

Blackpool because it was the seaside.

Hiraeth Wed 15-Jul-26 18:20:20

Canada and ended up in Germany 🤣

Greenfinch Wed 15-Jul-26 18:17:05

Dartmoor because we went on holiday to Devon every year.

Witzend Wed 15-Jul-26 18:14:49

Wherever it was the Famous Five used to stay, with Kirrin Island a quick boat trip away!

loopyloo Wed 15-Jul-26 18:04:47

Switzerland, because I read Heidi!

Ilovecheese Wed 15-Jul-26 18:02:15

I lived in Manchester. Wanted tomove to London.

CrazyUSA Wed 15-Jul-26 17:02:59

Manchester