Norwegians travel. We also relocate if we have to, to find work, or because the love of our life lives elsewhere. We tend to be quite bound to our roots, though – “home” is where we originally came from… Upon retirement, or when they start a family, many will move back “home”.
My US relative, who currently lives in Arizona, and I had a discussion about the differences between the Americans and Norwegians when she was last here. She said that in the US, people will relocate much more, out of necessity or choice. They’ll not necessarily feel the need to go back where they came from, and will make the new place “home” much more than we do.
No wonder then, that there are companies in the US whose sole purpose is to help people relocate. Real estate, as well as information about the place you’re moving to are key to any move, I guess, and if you can find out what you need to know from a website, it’ll make the transition easier.
Whether you’re looking for Florida real estate, New York real estate or Texas real estate for sale or rent, you’ll also want to know a bit about the neighbourhood, the schools available and scores of other things.
I won’t speculate too much about the reasons for such national differences. Maybe the people who came over on the Mayflower and afterwards were the adventurous people of Europe, and that the descendants of the ones who stayed behind are just as bound to their roots as their ancestors were? Vice versa – maybe the adventurous streak of the European immigrants has lived on through the ages…
My Arizona relative, by the way, is a “mover”. Her mother was of the last immigrants from Norway, and came over in 1922 or 23. She must have passed it on…
Hubby’s family can be traced locally in a straight line back to 1594… My ancestors were the traveling kind – my family has only been here since around 1800. Less than three generations of local connection, and you’re still branded “the new kid in town” around here.
Thus endeth today’s quasi-philosophical rant.
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