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Why returning home after years away can feel lonelier than leaving

I moved back to my hometown after college thinking it would feel like coming home but all my friends have different lives now and I feel like a tourist in my own past.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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We cannot step into the same river twice, and the gap between memory and present reality can be more isolating than being among strangers.

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