As technology and means of transportation has been rapidly developed, it becomes rare to find people who live in one place for their entire life because they always seeking for better place to live and work. This movement become a kind of trends in our current society. However, my view of this issue is that it is no more beneficial for them roaming aimlessly form place to place to find best town for the following reason; a sense of belonging and relationships with neighbors.
First of all, living in one place is important because of a sense of belonging. This is due to the fact that living is not a travel. In contrast to traveling which people can learn more about the world through, if people move every time when they sick of the existing living place, they would not be able to feel stability anymore. Since there is not enough time to settle down every place where they live. Every time people switched the place, they have to adapt to new environment and different local culture. If these attemps fail, they would be always strangers in the town where they live.
On top of that, sticking to one place for a long time is also good to keep secure relationship with neighbors. The longer people live in the one place, the stronger the relationships become. For example, my father is patent agent and he has lived his hometown most of time in his life. At the beginning of the business as a patent agent, he was very nervous because he was a bit of a little old to run his own business. However, now that it actually has taken place, he do not worry about his age anymore thanks to aids from his lifelong friends and neighborhoods. Without this close relationship with the people in his hometown, he would not have been able to success like this.
In the past, it was common thing to cling to one place and it also was not easy to decide whether they move the city or not. However, in this fast-paced world, people do not think anymore about the importance of living in one place. This is due to the fact that people have been tamed to do everything instantly. It seems not significant for them to stay and adapt to existing environment by taking long time, rather they tends to alter or manipulate things they already have. Personally, I do not recommend to follow this trend at the risk of losing many old values. |