I live in my hometown. It's not a big city, but the tech scene is surprisingly good and I think objectively it's a pretty good place to live. Many of my frien

I live in my hometown. It's not a big city, but the tech scene is surprisingly good and I think objectively it's a pretty good place to live. Many of my friends have moved to bigger cities and we'll try to get together when they're in town. Inevitably the conversation turns to, "how are your parents doing?" and often it's not good news. People used to come home for fun, but now it's usually because something bad happened. On another post I mentioned my parents' policy of, "if I didn't call you, I don't want it" and I am thankful every day for the problems we don't have.