tend to remain in motion

[jazzfish]

I move a lot. I was an Army brat, that's expected. But I've moved more since becoming an adult. As an Army brat I moved about once every two and a half years; as an adult, it's one move every twenty months.

I feel like I am in a good position to declare that moving sucks.

However. I've been remarkably stable lately. The three and a half years I've been at Corvaric are now the longest I've lived in a single place as an adult, and the third-longest in my life. (Four years in a townhouse outside of DC for high school, preceded by the five worst years of my life in Fayetteville NC in late elementary and junior high.) I was in the same apartment complex for the almost-five years I lived in northern Virginia right after college, but I changed apartments to move in with Emily halfway through that.

This also pushes my total time in the lower mainland (the Vancouver area) above the eleven years I spent in Blacksburg VA. (The longest I've spent in any one locale is still northern Virginia, at not quite twelve years, spread across three separate occasions.)

Sure, I'd rather stay in the same place, put down roots, all that. Just never seems to quite come together for me. There's always a good reason to move: money, or job, or relationship, or just "this place is terrible." This time I'm betting it'll be money, though it might be any of the above.

No real point to this. I'm not moving imminently. It's just interesting to look back at where I've been, and for how short a time.

Although moving DOES suck.

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[shadowkat]

I agree, moving sucks. I try to avoid it at all costs - which is easier said than done sometimes. But as a result, I'm willing to put up with a lot - just not to move.

My organization has moved my office six times, and threatened to do it twice more. It likes to move people around the city at a moments notice, it also likes to play musical cubicles.

And in NYC - moved four times. I've moved a lot, not as much as you have, but my parents had a nomadic streak as does my family. Setting down roots in one spot doesn't appear to be our thing for some reason. But hey? I've managed to stay in NY for over 20 years. (I've lived in five different States and two different regions of the US, also spent a little time overseas).

[jazzfish]

Oof. I’ve only had to deal with an office move once, and that was more than plenty.

Well done on sticking in NYC! I keep hoping that wherever I am will be The Place I Stick Around, and it keeps not being for various reasons. Maybe the next one will.

[shadowkat]

Wishing you luck! Changing apartments/residences is bad enough, locations is worse. I know - been there done that, have the battle scars. Do not want to do it again. It's exhausting. Moving around NYC is bad enough, and I've managed to limit that.