A candid question: Why leave home?

I am sure DC will cut my post very soon. Many people here probably would throw "bricks" at me also.

Still, I cannot understand: Why people here all choose to leave Home, and then keep missing Home and then... and then...

Seriously, there is NOTHING in the world that prevent you to go home. Especially now with money, anything is possible in China, even much more so than in Western world - except True Freedom and True Democracy. You dont have to give up any material comfort you treasure in where you live now.

However, I am sure ordinary folks dont really care THAT MUCH about Freedom and Democracy, as long as life is comfortable enough.

This is a mental complex that is beyond my comprehension. Also it is a valid argument by many Westerners to question, WHY you Chinese dont go home if you so miss it and your Home is so much better?

Or, people just remember the good things and beautify them and ignore the ugly things, which are the true reasons why so many Chinese choose to live overseas (a long history of it no less). To me, this mentality is much more hyprocatic than anything else.

I am more like Mengxu, dont know exactly where I belong, but it does not affect my living happily where I choose to live.

所有跟帖： 

• 思乡之情是永远难以割舍的,因为 -九月九- ♂ (132 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 11:51:14

• That I agree, esp selective memory as time passes -Lvtotravel- ♀ (326 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:25:52

• 成长背景不一样 -九月九- ♂ (549 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 14:15:52

• 人的欲望总是不单纯的 -echoo- ♂ (29 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 11:54:05

• 人的欲望总是不单纯的-quite true - want the good life here -Lvtotravel- ♀ (30 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:26:58

• 不同意！ -冬梦- ♀ (662 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 11:58:58

• Disagree your 不同意- because if the Root is so important -Lvtotravel- ♀ (734 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:19:45

• lvtotravel: 你怎么说话不动脑子啊，谁不想家啊。你不想香港吗？ -打字难- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 12:06:21

• 哦，她是香港人 -北京西城区- ♀ (10 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 12:18:02

• Does not matter. My Written Chinese probably is better -Lvtotravel- ♀ (463 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:22:48

• there r many chinese input softwares -echoo- ♂ (115 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:33:57

• not time efficient -Lvtotravel- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:45:20

• 不想 the current 香港. last visit was 2002. -Lvtotravel- ♀ (23 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:15:52

• 以后讲话以前先想想会不会伤害别人的感情。你今天有点太过分了。 -打字难- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:29:20

• 讲话以前先想想会不会伤害别人的感情 - Did I say it at the beginni -Lvtotravel- ♀ (334 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:32:38

• 我辨不过你，不说了。你自己玩吧。 -打字难- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:48:08

• 上次看到你听不懂中文歌词（即使唱得很清楚），就纳闷你是哪里人 -北京西城区- ♀ (404 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 12:16:35

• 选择性忘记是一种身体保护机制... -echoo- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 12:20:19

• The truth is, people ENJOY their lives outside China -Lvtotravel- ♀ (348 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:49:00

• 唉！我曾经想过回国， 很认真地想。也和领导讨论过。 -mengxu- ♀ (296 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 12:20:27

• 我不这样想。漂流也是一种幸运，不是每个人人生中都有这样的机会 -北京西城区- ♀ (96 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 12:26:50

• 哈哈，我也是这样想的。所以我的思乡没别人那么强烈。 -mengxu- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 12:29:44

• 先要饭米粒,然后才能玫瑰花 -echoo- ♂ (108 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 12:32:18

• "思恋就象一张船票...." -无所谓- ♀ (325 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 12:39:38

• 谢谢无所谓的歌。 -mengxu- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:01:25

• Nice MTV! -Lvtotravel- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:52:28

• 人就是天地间的一个过客,不必知道自己是谁也不必有任何归属感 -王医生- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 12:57:34

• 不可能啊,有记忆就会有归属感啊, -echoo- ♂ (21 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:05:57

• 那以什么时候的记忆为准呢? -王医生- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:22:04

• 洒脱的只记当下,心重的过去现在一起记 -echoo- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:47:44

• Children have very strong learning skills, not an excuse -Lvtotravel- ♀ (309 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:30:18

• Never over-estimate our children's learning skill. -mengxu- ♀ (427 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 14:36:03

• 我离开祖国已经很多年了，可是每次听到中国国歌还是激动的流眼泪。 -打字难- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:08:48

• 信,有句话叫:离开你,才会更爱你 -echoo- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:15:41

• 如果在大型体育场里唱起来，没有几个不哭的。 -DeepCreek- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 14:20:10

• 我不会哭的，可能算没心没肺那种人吧 -于浊- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 16:38:28

• 我以前也总觉得在无家可归的漂泊，从来都没有乡愁的感觉。 -阿姗- ♀ (232 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:32:25

• 我也认为应"四海为家" -王医生- ♂ (0 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:35:15

• 对啊,家更多意味一种归属的感觉,一种寄托 -echoo- ♂ (17 bytes) () 01/22/2007 postreply 13:44:23