Yeah that's like the same for me! In connecticut I was so close to all the huge malls, department stores, furniture and home stores - anything you can think of, I was withing 10 minutes of. But then I moved to hawaii and I'm on the west side of Maui, so all those big name stores are on the other side of the island. It's not a 10 min drive anymore haha. It's okay though because i've already purchased some really sweet new things from little local shops around town.