As real estate brokers, we help in the moving and relocation process by locating and selling homes.
Personally, have you moved a few times in your own life or pretty much stayed within a few miles of your current home? The expression "air force brat" (or other armed services branch) is used proudly by some I deal with. I often ask if that 14 move childhood was good or bad and get a 50% return on the process being a positive thing. Some folks are more resilent to learn about new areas, others are a tad bitter because they were uprooted and had to start the make friends / enter a new school routinel over and over.
I grew up on a Maine farm for most of my life and can remember as a little guy the move from Franklin Avenune in Houlton to the farm. International pickup loaded high, I can see a tall lamp weaving back and forth in from the road and a little breeze as I looked back thru the oval window of the old pickup. Satie, our black tom cat is racing around the cab of that truck like a motor bike in a gyro ball. As the youngest of four boys, I remember feeling safe and secure and up for the adventure. The parents were excited, I had nothing to fear. No new schools, and had probably gotten a sales job on how much more room there would be out of town, etc. from my parents around the kitchen table to alleviate any fears or trepidations.
My great Aunt Hettie was moving in from the farm to our Franklin Ave home so the move seemed to fit. Dad and Mom were already farming the patch of dirt prior to the actual musical houses with my Aunt anyway I deduced.
I marvel when you see folks that have ping ponged around the globe and have a rich history of places that they lived. Unlike a week's vacation to cram all the events and sites into seven days, a relocation for a few years is like a working vacation. Are you a wanderer or stay in one place home body? Any regrets?
REALTOR Andrew Mooers, Maine Broker Selling Real Estate in Houlton Maine / Aroostook County
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