A review by princesspersephone
This Is Where You Belong: The Art and Science of Loving the Place You Live by Melody Warnick

3.0

I too am a constant mover - reinventing, exploring, and starting anew as i move to a fresh city every year or so. Melody Warnick mentioned all of the places i've lived in recent years, the city i just moved to, and the city i hope to be moving to in the next few years. It was exciting to hear tid bits about each location. This book was an expose about how to build a community, get involved and feel connected to the places you live. However I do believe it would have been better done as a long analytical article, rather than a full length book. I found few new insights to be gained from this book. At times it did seem to go off on tangents and become a little redundant. The section at the end about natural disasters was very interesting and probably my favorite part after living in Louisiana and Virginia. After experiencing the wake of disasters in both places i can definitively attest to how hardship brings people together. I hoped to hear more about internal action that could be taken (i.e. holding back the urge to run away from your problems) instead of the entire book being about external actions to take, but that it probably harder to pin down from person to person.