Do you hate where you live?
If so, you fit in with almost half of Americans, as reported by Pew Research. Their survey reported that 46% would rather live somewhere other than where they live now.
The grass is greener……
Most of the respondents indicated a preference to an area more rural than where they currently lived, although some wanted to live in a bigger city.
It is logical to presume that the decline in home prices is a factor in this. More people than ever owe more on their home than it can be sold for, so relocating is difficult. Websites such as BestPlaces.com allow people to compare their current location to potential new cities, making it easier to consider places which might be better than where they are now.
Serial relocation is a relatively new trend in society. Until the 1970′s, most people stayed in the same general area where they were raised. Improved job mobility, ubiquitous and cheap air travel, and less cohesive family units made it easier to consider picking the best place to move to. From 2007 – 2008, just 12% of people moved, the smallest percentage since the figures have been tracked in the 1940′s.
Even with it being easier to move, 40% of people still never leave the place they were born.
[...] have the net result of a less desirable life overall. I wrote a blog post almost one year ago, quoting research that showed almost half of Americans hate where they live. I used a picture in the article to demonstrate the phenomenon, showing a cow poking his head [...]
I cannot stand the stuck up people where I live.It’s mainly 50 something’s with teen kids.I don’t fit in because I’m single and 42.Nothing to do but I’m stuck because where I used to live is so expensive now.Yes,I’ll move back but it will take awhile.I hope people here can move where they want to be.I do have close friends online but they’re miles away.My real friends are online or my original town.If you’re single in this town,you don’t really have a life.All the single people here hang out at night clubs but I have never been to a night club and will never do so.The married people go to soccer games and the singles go to night clubs and hook up and use drugs.I’m into sports not drugs and hooking up.I get very depressed but fight it with working hard and have faith I will get out of HERE!