No Kool-Aid - it's the truth.
I left the town in which I grew up with no intent of ever returning (save a periodic visit with my folks). One of the reasons I joined the Corps was to get out and see this "world" everyone talks about. Since the day (no, the early, early morning) I stepped onto the yellow footprints on the Island, I have called many places "home." (Like Carlin once remarked, home is an abstract idea - it is a state of mind.)
Ha. I can second that. I have no intentions of going back to NJ save to visit friends & family. I grew up travelling on the Navy's dollar, and I'm at it again.
Happy Turkey Day bro.