Would you move back to your home town? A poll.

I'm not sure what the "Oprah" choice means, but if an opportunity arose that made if feasible to move back and earn a decent living, I would.

I would like to be closer to family, but they live in a very rural area that has very few options for entertainment, shopping, etc unless you drive an hour. They also continually elected Steve King, so that alone tells me that I probably don't want to live there. I wouldn't mind moving to a more liberal area than where I currently live, I definitely don't want to go where there are even more Trump supporters. And no Target.

Heck no!! My hometown is a hick town where there are no jobs or culture. That is the last place I would want to live.

Cindy

I voted no, but the option is there.
It was a wonderful place to grow up. Like many places, it is not the rural place anymore and is now a built up exurb. Taxes and car insurance is high. But it is still a niceness place. I don’t think DH would move there due to the taxes. His hometown has the same situation, though not as built up.

Depends on definition of "home town": town in which one was born - then yes, that is where I am now having returned after 50+ years. The town in which I "grew up (from age 12) and went to high school", then a resounding NO.

In a heartbeat!! But it is VERY EXPENSIVE so....🤷‍♀️

Edited - though I only live about 5 miles from the house I grew up in and my parents are still there. I’d say there is a real possibility I could move back - it’s a fabulous area. Or I might move out of state.

I grew up in a small Texas town with less than 2,000 people. I left less than a week after I graduated from high school. I would not live there again even if I was offered a million dollars. Just thinking about it makes me nauseous.

I would. I grew up in a southern CA beach town near Santa Barbara. The housing prices though.....

I grew up mostly in New York city. I will probably never move back because it has change ways that doesn't interest me. 

I really want to say yes, I would, but truthfully it's a hard no.  It's a really small town (population 1500; my graduating class of 1987 was 42!), and I do like the small-town feel with farmland all around, but...  there's no real jobs or industry anywhere close, the main street is dying from highways that drew traffic around the town instead of through, there's a very small-town insular attitude, no real restaurants or stores to speak of without going at least 10 miles (or farther), etc. etc.  

Now that I'm getting older, I'd love to live in a small town again, but it would have to be the right one- and sadly, my hometown is NOT it. 
 

DH and I would love to - it was hard selling my mum's house - not because I loved the house or even had fond memories of it (they moved in while I was in college) but because it was the last tie we had to the area. Short of winning the lottery (and not just a couple of million - we would need more than that) we can't afford to move back. Even visiting is expensive and it's a 2 day drive away (2 LONG days)

Hell no.
I hate that town. My mom , grandpa and best friend live there so I go . But as little as possible.
There is only money if you work at the jail and or hospital. It's an hr from where I live. Harder drugs have really moved into the town and its getting worst and worst there.
I hated that place when I lived there and ran first chance I got.
I wasn't born there but spent from 10 till 23 there.
I've lived in my current town for 19 years. I love it here.
Unless I win the lottery I am not leaving.

I would go back for a summer home (PEI) but the winters can be harsh there so wouldn’t enjoy that.