Buying a home where you grew up?

How many of you bought your house in the town you grew up in?
We bought in the school district Dh grew up in....

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we could of had either of our childhood homes for well below market value- and we said no


too many ghosts, and too far out on LI

( we are from the same town)

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When/if my parents ever decide to sell we would LOVE the opportunity to buy the house (DH is from out of state). If we don't buy it one of my siblings would like to.

If it couldn't be that home, I would love to be in the neighborhood however we wouldn't get the same "break" as if it was being sold from a family member

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I grew up in Bayside. Unfortunately we can't afford the homes there.

My parents have offered to sell their home to us, but we said no. We really want to do this on our own, and I want my parents to get every penny they can!

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We bought in the same town DH grew up in but one SD north.

I wouldn't have bought in my old town. Too congested and the people have gotten too "snotty". People in my new town are a lot friendlier and laid back.

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We wish we could afford to buy a decent house in Oceanside (where I grew up). Even though cost of homes are going down it is still hard to find a decent house in our price range that is not a total fixer-upper. And most condos there are just as much as houses... if not more.

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We did!

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I bought a home that is in the same city I lived in from birth to 6 years old.

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If DH and I should return to LI, there's a good chance we will buy in my former hometown.

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Definately Glad I did not buy a house in my hometown ugh, just not a fan anymore, the neighborhood has comptely changed

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we would have loved to buy and live in kings park ( my home town) but it was out of our price range for anything decent.

Right now we are living in Dh's home town but we just bought a co op here. We arent going to buy our house here though...

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We never even considered it, DH grew up in an area that is WAY too congested & city like for me and I liked my specific neighborhood but could do without the rest of my old town.
Its kinda mean but I always say "if I want to see any of the people I went to high school with, I'll go to Pathmark. They all still work there"
in a nutshell, that's how I feel about my old town & its a regular town, not really bad in anyway.

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We could not afford to live in the towns we grew up in

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We bought in the next town over from where I grew up.

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Nope. I grew up on the south shore of Nassau and DH on the north shore of Suffolk and we bought our house on the north shore of Nassau. New for both of us.

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I wish I could afford Smithtown where I grew up but can't. My DH is from Huntington and couldn't stand the area (he lives right behind the big H).

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Wasn't even a consideration - both of the areas we gew up in have changed over the years (me, north Coram and DH, the 5 Towns).

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I would have loved a house where I grew up but for our price range I found something so much better in N. Mass...grew up in Port Wash.

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We bought in the next town over but the same school district that I went to. Only difference is my children will go to a different elementary school then I did

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We didnt buy in the same town as my parents are in, but in the same school district I went to, so it was close enough, and we're still very happy.

DH grew up in Syosset and I didnt want to go that far.

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I bought the house that my grandfather owned and my mom grew up in. My grandfather passed away several years ago, my parents bought the house jsut to keep as a second home(which is on the same block as the home I grew up in) They regutted and redid the entire house with everything new.. and sold it to us several months ago :)

It helps that obviously we got a good deal and I like that I am in the house that has so much family history. Although I want to move out to suffolk in about 2 years and get a bigger home.

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We looked and looked but at the time couldn't find one that suited us for the price.

In a way I'm glad. I think I like my new town better.