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I agree. I'm from Puerto Rico, where I think it's more common to live and grow up within driving distance of a big part of your family.

Now as an adult I've moved to the US, where it's much more common to move far from your family. I grew up expecting that I would always have my close family near, and I still struggle with the fact that's probably not going to be the case.

I would absolutely love to live near or with my brother and parents still. Definitely would need a way that would allow us to have private spaces when we want, but I miss being able to see close family with just 30 minutes of traveling.

>>chamak+(OP)
While the US has a more mobile population, most Americans still live within half an hour of where they grew up: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/12/24/upshot/24up-fa...

>>icebra+w5
Oh, interesting! Don't know why I would have assumed it to be less than that. Thanks for this article, good to learn something new.