I've lived in my home town for over 2 decades and I recently moved to a large city an hour away. I needed a fresh start. I was very much hated in my home town and it's also a rough city, I kept getting burgled, attacked etc. I couldn't go anywhere without someone recognising me I hated the attention.

Starting my second year of uni with no distractions as I'm not constantly looking over my shoulder (I also has a stalker ex) and I've left all the toxic people behind.

I don't understand how people can say that moving away from your problems doesn't work...it was the best thing I've ever did.