Going home after you’ve changed feels strange. The streets are the same size; you aren’t.

Going back to a place you left is strange because the place held still and you did not. The rooms feel smaller and the old routines fit like a coat you have grown out of, which can be unsettling rather than pleasant. None of that means the place was wrong, or that you are now too good for it. It only means the difference has become visible.

Let the visit be odd without deciding what the oddness proves. Look for what you still genuinely like about being there. The disorientation usually eases after a day or two.