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    GenerationExile: Getting Displaced From Your Hometown

    What caused you to migrate away from your hometown?

    Started by: noplacelikehome Raves:10

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    There are many people migrating away from Storm Zones, Drought Zones, War Zones, Pandemic Zones. Talk about where you came from and why you left in order to find other individuals who have had similar experiences.

    Thanks for being one of the first to post! I was forced to move away due to an earthquake in my area, which caused an oil pipeline to rupture. It doesn\\\'t look like this will be cleaned up any time soon.

    We spent 15 years searching for safe land where we could create a sustainable living for ourselves and the people we enjoy working with. Most areas were too prone to climate/weather issues to make farming possible and urban areas were suffering from chemical pollution and lack of water, so we chose to buy land in another country where the soil was less toxic than our native land. In our search for the ideal home we helped communities by bringing in plant and fungal species to remediate troubled soil. We studied many forms of intentional community, choosing to live in a number of ICs throughout the extended migration.

    We moved out of the cities to get off of the grid, and to avoid the emerging threats we were both starting to see. We realized that living within the system was actually becoming dangerous, so we try to live off of it as much as possible. We found some land, and a group of people with similar thoughts outside of Columbus, OH. Most of what we do is in the community, and part of that was actively recruiting people that can help. If we have a deficiency (we still could use some security), we actively recruit people we trust to come and live near us. Our desire to leave came in 2013. It just became too scary living in a city where most of your actions were monitored, and those monitors were not just seen by government officials. High-tech crimes were starting to emerge, and we felt that the best way to avoid them is to avoid the grid.

    I haven\\\'t migrated - yet - but I know of more than a few people who have. Singapore has suffered significant storm damage from various tropical storms in the region and our standard of living\\\'s certainly isn\\\'t what it used to be. Plenty of people have gone overseas to look for new jobs, a better home to live in and such. Still, part of me can\\\'t help but wonder that sometimes it isn\\\'t so much about the physical/environmental difficulties as it is the simple belief that \\\'the grass is greener on the other side\\\'. We\\\'re not as bad off as some other countries, I suppose, and things might not always be better in the countries that people move to. (More popular countries include Australia and America) It\\\'s not easy to get a job in many countries as someone fresh off the boat and hey, living conditions might not be as rosy either. My point would be that mindset can play an important role in influencing people to migrate - not just storms or droughts.

    I left New York City for personal reasons. My mother calls it a midlife crisis, and there\\\'s some justice to that. But I became really disgusted with the complacency and arrogance of the people around me, and realized that, living there, I was no better. In some ways it was a terrible mistake. I\\\'ve been desperate, hungry, cold, sick, I\\\'ve been threatened with detention and death. But I\\\'ve also met some of the bravest, most resourceful, and most compassionate people, and I work hard every day to be worthy of their trust and loyalty.

    I didn\\\'t have to go far, but we ended up having to move closer to the Ohio River in order to obtain regular water. Our city water supplies became inoperable, and having invited us to her 300+ acre farm with our horses and gardening skills, my friend allowed my husband, horses, dogs and I to join them to rebuild, garden, trade and ranch her alpacas.

    Weather, plain and simple. We were looking for a place out of reach of the coastal storms, which doesn\\\'t have terrible tornadoes, and was above a flood plain (but still near enough to a reservoir to have ready access to that resource).

    I left my town years ago now I don\\\'t feel like there is any one location that I could call home, so my friends and I continue to travel

    We moved out of the centre of Toronto because of the enormous influx of refugees coming to the shelter of the city. We moved into the countryside where we can help plan how to deal with the problem. Those poor people literally have nowhere to go and are turning to desperate measures to stay alive.

    We moved to Singapore for personal reason\\\'s. Closer to my wife\\\'s family. 8 years ago it also seems like an opportunity for our family. Since the storms things are less rosy. Although my wife\\\'s parents are still local siblings and cousins have left or are trying to. There are very few opportunities here to be off grid! Education levels are still outstanding though so I think we\\\'ll stay here. I feel my children will need to be global citizens.

    amoration, brian, ponyX. Isn\\\'t this simething only a few of us can do. I\\\'d love to be a bit off grid in Singapore. See Urban or Rural thread.

    I move to the Texas hill country, because Houston was destroyed by storms, we had no other choice. When our neighborhood started flooding, we knew that it was time to go. We live in a high part of the city-tropical storm Allison didn\\\'t have any effect on us at all. But all the surounding areas were flooded. So we packed up our things and moved to higher ground. We didn\\\'t really have a destination in mind when we left. Then we stumbled across an old farm one day and desided to stay there and hide away from the world for a while.

    We have had to take to the sea as aquatic nomads after two thirds of the Netherlands was drowned by the rising seas. We are currently in negotiations with the Republic of Scotland for anchorage and trading facilities.

    We left the hometown of our children, in the bay area, to live in the mountains, where we grew up as children. In our new location, there was no incorporated town, and the roads in and out were can easily blocked and now have almost no traffic. 2 days walk to nearest small town. Funny, we still participate in the global communication economy, but not for our base resources.

    We were forced out by an illegal eminent domain move. A large retailer came in and put up a big box. It was abandoned shortly after. We have since found new land, although not without problems

    I left my hometown due to a mixture of things. Social intolerance, standards of living, etc. But it really got me going when the community started believing misguided informtion about the superthreats. It caused confusion between the people, thing became tense. I just had to take the new job offer and leave. Of course I came to a vulnerable storm area, but its better then before.

    My family's home has been washed into the sea due to the repeated bashings of hurricanes, and the erosion of our land from right beneath our feet. At first we considered living on boats in the same area, becoming nomads in the Louisiana marshes and pre-gulf waters, but this plan could not support many people, and so many of us set to wandering. I myself went south, and wound up in Argentina, where I reside currently, helping the migrants who pass through.

    My family has all been killed, except my brother, his whereabouts unknown. I was forced to move into deep forest to avoid having to return to the army. My friend came with me, but I fear that the war will continue and soon ravange our quaint forest. It's time to move yet again.

    I have not moved yet, but I am considering it, for San Diego, CA is really hot, and it costs so much to cool my home. I only just had air conditioning installed a few years ago, and that was a huge expense, so I'm reluctant to give up on my home.

    When you lose the feel of belonging.When you world become your home. When you see system become unfair to you

    I left my home in Central Pennsylvania to find a more temperate climate with a longer growing season. My destination is the south and southwestern United States at the present time. I am concerned about food shortages and do not want to worry about how to stay warm in the winter. A warmer climate means I do not have to worry about how to heat my home. I realize that a warmer climate has its own problems but I am willing to deal with them. Mass migration is one of these problems. Many of the cities in the south are becoming overwhelmed with the number of people invading city limits and stressing community resources and the cities infrastructure. I plan on volunteering my services for humanitarian causes and also to conduct my own research identifying the cultural artifacts that people take with them on their migratory journey.

    I know how it feels to be disconnected from home. I went to College and my parents moved from my home town. Now when I come back I have no place to stay. My home hasn't been destoyed by any natural disaters....but it would still be nice have a place to call home.

    There are many reasons I left my hometown, initially, I believe it was to satisfy a life long wanderlust that do this day is my constant companion. Then it was for career advancement, and my last move was to to find a place that felt like "home". I am happy to say I believe I have found that, and while I have definitely put roots in my adopted community, I satisfy my insatiable wanderlust by working in the travel industry.




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