Where is you home?

So over my Spring break this year I got to go visit a friend in southern California. We went to the San Diego zoo, Disneyland, and this little island called Balboa. It was so much fun. I have to say one of my favorite things were the panda bears at the zoo(consequently that is one of them over there). They were so cute I very nearly hopped the fence to go hug them. But, the sun was out, it was a perfect temperature. I was nearly converting to a Cali girl. Maybe it's that my mother is from southern California originally but moved away because she didn't like it. But I have never had this wonderful of an impression from that state as a whole. Yes I'm sure there is some stereotyping involved there, but really I came out of my trip loving it.
This got me thinking about what I will do after graduation. Which may be a year away, but at the same time, it's only a year away. For college student what to do after you graduate is a big deal. I come from an immediate family who moved away from the majority of their family to start a new life somewhere else. My mother moved out of California, and my dad from Oregon. I have grown up thinking that when you grow up, you move away. Over the last few years I have come to realize that so many more people than I realize stay close to home their whole life.
While I have no idea where my life will take me after graduation, I am open to the possibilities. I am open to staying close to home. However I am also open to the idea of moving away. If I were to move away I know that I would want to move away for a good reason. I would move because I had roots there, or a way to set down new roots.
I feel like in college I have learned that you can create a new home somewhere else, you just have to have the resources and the desire to.
SO think about it. How far would you go from home? Even better, think about why you would go.