Wellington, I Fear You Have Ruined Me
Posted on 26 February 2009 by Justin
home town.
- Easy access to outdoor activities (i.e. hiking, rock climbing, bike friendly, etc.)
- An excellent micro brewery
- Active and progressive theatre district
- Walking friendly
- Quality public transportation
- Very friendly people
My list has about 10 other points but lets stop here. I am not wandering the world in search of Justin’s version of Shangri-La, and I suspect that Natalie and I will eventually find an acceptable home town. Truthfully, I don’t actually fear settling down, but I was hoping not to fall for a specific city (read: want to stay indefinitely) while nomading Problematically, Wellington is the first place, since departing the States, I was not ready to leave. I can see myself living and working in Wellington. I want to aimlessly roam the streets and try coffee from every sidewalk cafe. I want to go to the Sevens with a big group of friends, all dressed as Steve Jobs. I want to invest in community theatre and learn everything I can about brewing quality beer. I want to ride in a personal cable car and make life long friends. For me, the city just felt like home. Like a place I can be myself.
Traveling the world has changed my perspective of the United States, providing me with a greater appreciation for my previous home towns (Livonia, Mi, Rockford Il, Kalamazoo Mi, Loveland, Co, Winter Park, Fl). I am not homesick I just miss the community that a static life provides. A nomadic life creates a never ending cycle of “single serving friends” and although this is always interesting, it can be a bit tiresome. I read somewhere recently that if while traveling
everything you see starts to remind you of home, it is time to go home.
Well, very few things remind me of home and I am not ready to hang up my backpack. But eventually, when I grow weary of living on the road, we will need to find a home. Perhaps, Wellington with its absurdly safe streets and quirky personality will become “home”.
Then again, the world is a big place and “home” can always be found around the next curve in the road. 
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Well, that’s the trick to long term traveling is not having a sense of home. I have met several travelers that called it quits because they never did surrender their attachment of “home”.
My “home” resides within, so I am always at home.
I have visited some nice places that I could live long term, one little town I just visited is Anogia on Crete, I could live there for awhile, that’s for sure.
So I take it you two are not on Twitter, I started to do a lot of micro blogging through Twitter. If you two sign up I will follow.
By the way, nice facelift to your site.
I understand what you mean about home residing within. Even before I left the country I had not lived in one place for more than a year in quite a while. A traditional home mindset does not apply to extended travel.
We are not currently on Twitter. Do you do your micro blogging online or do you use a smart phone. I have thought about joinging, or rejoining, the Twitter revolution but I thought it might take up more time and internet hunting than I am currently willing to commit. How do you do it?