Quote Originally Posted by Cosmic View Post
I'm really, really looking forward to getting away from here. I mean, we moved house last August, and ever since I came back from America I've started to realise how claustrophobic this place is for me. Like it's a five minute walk from my house to the college I attended until last spring. If I want to go into town, I have to drive past the primary school I attended. The nearest supermarket? It's right next to my old secondary school. All these things the past thirteen or so years of my life revolved around are within a two to three mile radius of my house. Then I go on Facebook and all my friends seem to be living it up in big cities or even foreign countries. It's frustrating. I need a fresh start somewhere.

I'm the same. Clubs and whatnot are shit if you don't drink. I went through that phase when I was 18 and hated it. Once in a while, sure, but I couldn't go to those places every weekend like some people do.
Yeah, a change of scenery, especially at our age, is a fantastic thing. There's a reason so many people leave town when they first attend university -- it's hard to really feel like you're accomplishing anything when you're still stuck in the same place you've been pretty much your entire life, and are constantly being reminded of it. I go by my old high school pretty much every day, and almost all of my ex's places at least every other day. It's all within spitting distance. And it's hard to meet people around here who don't know you through some weird Kevin Bacon Association Game. Most of the people that I meet know of me either through some mutual high school friend, or because they were friends with one of my exes. It's hard to really start fresh when you're surrounded by the past.