Comment by nashashmi

I grew up watching movies where it was common for the character to be living as adults in the town they were born in, and sometimes even in the very house they were born.

As an immigrant, I thought this was a missed opportunity. In my head this is what it means to be a local.

My wife on the other hand has been migrating for so long that she has no ties to any land. Not of her forefathers which she has never been to. Not of her grandfather which she also has never been to. Nor of her fathers given that he hates the place. still has longing for the land of her childhood but she is not allowed to go back to. And now she is here, too detached to continue to live in the same place as us.