You have to move in life, but the loyalty you develop in a community is always remembered. But if you leave, you don't pick it up in the next town. It's not an add-on, you know, because you lose what you had.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I love my small town, and I love going back there and supporting the community. But I could not have stayed there. No way.
As someone who has moved around a fair amount, I wondered what it would be like to stay rooted to one place, one community.
From a social point of view, it's beneficial that homeownership encourages commitment to a given town or city. But, from an economic point of view, it's good for people to be able to leave places where there's less work and move to places where there's more.
People come into your life and people leave it... you just have to trust that life has a road mapped out for you.
I was from a small town, and nobody really expects you to leave, especially before you graduate. That doesn't happen.
I'm still really close with everyone at home and their parents - and their brothers and sisters. I was so, so, so lucky to grow up as part of a community and I don't take that for granted. I try very hard to stay part of it.
Once you're in the game and it's a part of your life, you never want to leave it. But you have to be committed to be able to travel and do the things you need to do to be successful in whatever role you're doing.
If you have a good community behind you and a good family supporting you, then, when the buck stops with you, there is the strength of that community and that family to draw upon.
I leave before being left. I decide.
You don't have to stay where you are; you can make a change.