Places lived
Feb. 11th, 2005 12:24 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
mattlistenerMom
Brunswick, ME
Sicily, Italy
(?), NJ
Sicily, Italy [Dad did two stints as a Navy pilot in the Mediterranean. Mom moved near the base both times so I could get some Dad time while I was an infant]
Harpswell, ME
Thopsham, ME
Portland, ME [Grades 1-5]
Yarmouth, ME [Grades 6-12]
Chicago, IL [4 years college +3 years hanging around]
Glasgow, Scotland [1 year, Client-Centered Therapy training]
Jamaica Plain, MA [1 year]
Somerville, MA [4 addresses in 6 years]
Describe in a few words what you found interesting about your own list. What about your moving history is moving to you? Did you see anything new by putting it all in a list?
I moved great distances and into huge cities without hesitation, even though I'd lived in Maine for all my conscious life, in no town larger than Portland (~50K people, smaller than Somerville). Both the Chicago and the Glasgow moves were 100% motivated by education.
I'm also happy to observe that on finishing my training in Scotland, I homed in on where I wanted to *live* very accurately. By the time I landed in Boston I knew it would be Boston, Chicago, or Seattle. By the end of a year in Boston (JP) I knew I wanted to be in Davis Square. Only later did I gradually discover the Suspects community.
Brunswick, ME
Sicily, Italy
(?), NJ
Sicily, Italy [Dad did two stints as a Navy pilot in the Mediterranean. Mom moved near the base both times so I could get some Dad time while I was an infant]
Harpswell, ME
Thopsham, ME
Portland, ME [Grades 1-5]
Yarmouth, ME [Grades 6-12]
Chicago, IL [4 years college +3 years hanging around]
Glasgow, Scotland [1 year, Client-Centered Therapy training]
Jamaica Plain, MA [1 year]
Somerville, MA [4 addresses in 6 years]
Describe in a few words what you found interesting about your own list. What about your moving history is moving to you? Did you see anything new by putting it all in a list?
I moved great distances and into huge cities without hesitation, even though I'd lived in Maine for all my conscious life, in no town larger than Portland (~50K people, smaller than Somerville). Both the Chicago and the Glasgow moves were 100% motivated by education.
I'm also happy to observe that on finishing my training in Scotland, I homed in on where I wanted to *live* very accurately. By the time I landed in Boston I knew it would be Boston, Chicago, or Seattle. By the end of a year in Boston (JP) I knew I wanted to be in Davis Square. Only later did I gradually discover the Suspects community.
