We're from the Upper Midwest as well. There are some elements I miss but not enough to move back. Change has happened up there too. Heat, rain-storms---the one yesterday produced large hail. On their social media---people complain the same as here. Towns growing, folks don't drive the round-abouts correctly. People speed through town and neighborhood streets. The list goes on. When we moved here 14 yrs ago we both said, "we're not moving back!!!" Winter got tiresome---oh, winter is another thing....it's lasting longer and longer, it seems. I know folks who have moved back to where they're "from" and say---"everything changed! Friends moved on and it's hard to re-establish with them. Cost of living was higher too---taxes, groceries etc. Remember, I said we were from the Upper Midwest---not the East or West Coasts!! Our memories always paint a picture that's not factual.
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