This Is Where You Belong: Finding Home Wherever You Are explores why some places feel like home and how anyone can build that sense of belonging, wherever they live now.
After multiple moves across the United States, journalist Melody Warnick set out to understand place attachment—the emotional bond that ties people to their towns and cities. Drawing on current research, she explains how feeling rooted can improve both physical and emotional well-being.
Warnick travels to communities across America to see how residents, city leaders, and placemakers are creating more liveable, loveable places. Along the way, she tests “Love Where You Live” experiments in her adopted hometown of Blacksburg, Virginia—from dining with neighbours to shopping locally and joining community events—to see whether intentional connection can turn a reluctant resident into a committed local.
Part personal narrative, part social science, this book offers insights and ideas for anyone who has moved often, feels restless where they are, or simply wants to feel more at home in their current community.
- Explores the science of why we bond with places
- Shares real-life stories from movers and stayers
- Offers practical ways to get more involved where you live
