Nooooo, you're the one that's confused.
You and the rest of the damn yankee coven are stuck on the notion that you can't make a fresh start without physically moving.
That's like saying that ho-tep can't change his pathetic life unless he calls Mayflower and moves him and his worthless crap to another location. It's absurd.
You can make a fresh start without moving. It’s called winning your rebellion. You guys rebelled, you lost, and you’ve spent the next hundred and fifty years making us listen to you bitch about how unfair it all is.