(Meh, since I am the only up right now to reply to you.)
I have never moved out entirely in my lifetime, unlike your complete rellocation... yet.
I am only 21, and am currently attending a 4-year university for a Bachelor's. Last summer, I recently finished my Community College Associate's degree, and then transfered into said 4-year university for a Bachelors as a Sophomore instead of a Junior, due to some inapplicable credits for Software Engineering major. I commuted the 2mi from home to the Community College, which was right next door to my old High School.
Being bored, being tired of living at home, being tired of living with my dysfunctional family, wanting to grow up and begin to live on my own, and being envious of high school peers who have been living on campus since high school grdauation, I decided to move into a dorm on campus. Also, the campus is 10mi (16.09km) away from home, and I did not want to commute 20mi roundtrips to/from campus for classes into the dangerous, fast-paced highways of Pittsburgh. I also wanted to create a real social life for the first time in my life. The distance is far enough that the neighborhoods of my hometown and college are geopolitically separate townships. What is cool is that my Uncle, Aunt, and cousin live together several streets down from the campus; I need to visit them soon!
Months in advance, I bought the one-time things I would need for the dorm (refrigerator, microwave, dorm chest, printer, etc), and weeks in advance, I began packing everything into boxes. The night before move-in, I packed as much as I could into my car for the first roundtrip. I had almost no sleep the night before, due to nervous anticipation of what I was getting into. Due to restlessness, I woke up and left the house at 5:00AM, went to Dunkin Donuts and bought breakfast, and then drove off to campus. I made two additional roundtrips for the remaining boxes of gear.
The move was quite simple, and I mostly packed the essentials (clothes, school supplies, simple tech gear, some decorations, etc). Many of the residence students do live close by (<25 mi), but still chose the decision to dorm, due to wanting to grow up and live self-sufficiently. Due to the fact that I have not completely relocated, I sometimes go back home in order to pick a few items up or drop some off, when necessary, due to the rather short commuting distance. The students at campus and the neighbors surrounding the campus are friendly, and the town is qaint. Although I will be dorming for the next 2.5 school years, and will be returning home for the summers/school breaks, I did make a request to USPS (which was honored) to forward mail from the home address to the dorm address. Most Americans do not know that such a request can be made, and most do not think about doing this.
Although my father (who is nearing 60) moved out decades ago, he did not move everything of his from his home to his new home (ours). He did leave some toys/non-essential things back at his mother's (my grandmother's) house. There is no "requirement" for having to move everything to your new place. Just want to mention that...
Overall, my move was a good moving experience. I know this moving experience is not exactly the same as moving out into an apartment for life, but I am the only one up to reply right now...
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). They only told lies, and even though there were people warning about how shit the laywers actually were, nobody in the flat gave them attention (because who warned others was hated by anybody), so we couldn't change him.
