Returning to Boulder City, Nevada

Young people often can't wait to leave their hometowns. But some of them return, as Boulder City, Nevada is learning:

http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2009/sep/07/small-town-has-way-luring-people-back/

This mid-sized city of 15,000 has seen many of its young people leave only to return.

According to this article, "What separates growing towns from dying ones is the ability to either draw new people in or to attract some of those young people back...."

So why are young people returning to Boulder City? Many of them seem to be finding that the experience of living in the city leaves them nostalgic for the pace of life in a smaller place.

Tim Tillman was one such native who left and then came home. Why?

“'We moved out, and I fell in love with Boulder City all over again,' he said. 'I knew it was going to be a good place to raise the boys.'”

Evidently, you can take the person out of Boulder City, but you can't take Boulder City out of the person.