Whenever people migrate to a new country, often times there is a thought of returning home, whether it is a fleeting moment or an end goal. People travel to countries such as the United States with working visas, make money, and return home to support their families. Families are a big reason people return to the native countries. Other reasons involve retirement in the home country, opening a business, or just returning back to an environment that is familiar.

Many immigrants return home to continue supporting their families. While one parents stays with the kids, another will go work in another country, and return home with money. Sometimes children are sent to the native countries for child rearing. They are raised by relatives, or sometimes are sent for schooling in the native country and then to large cities overseas for higher-level education. Constant trips back home also encourage social networks between friends, community members and relatives. This gives the immigrants the flexibility to return home and have people to turn to. Keeping in touch with the neighborhood allows for migrants to be aware of their towns. This in turn gives them the flexibility to stay in local politics. Also, for example, if someone plans to return home and start a store, they would need the support of the community. Often times if a migrant does not keep in touch with the events of the community, they will return home to find a town much different than what they left behind. This makes moving back much more difficult than the utopian and nostalgic memories they had.  Forgetting what its like at the hometown will make transitioning from a high paced cosmopolitan city to a low paced town difficult if all the person has to go off of were happy memories.

Dual citizenship and networks are a part of the frequently discussed idea of strategic flexibility. The opportunity to live in multiple places opens doors in terms of jobs and social connections. Migrants can choose from several locations and move around to better jobs and better living arrangements. With modern technology it is incredibly easy to keep in touch with relatives that are far away.  The connection with the homeland allows for freedom for a better life. In cases where migration does not work out, people will need somewhere to go, and it makes it very easy to return if a community is willing to take you in.