<human>: Can you condense the text into a few key points?

My girlfriend just came back home from University, because she decided to take a year off before returning again. I'm a second year University student who lives at home and commutes every day. The commute is starting to really affect me. I feel like I'm trapped in high school, and I'm not growing much as a person being stuck at home with my parents.

The problem is, my girlfriend just returned home after being 3 hours away for the past year. I know it's not far, and people do much worse, but here's my problem: I want to move closer to the city. Because she moved back home, I feel like I'm obliged to stay here.

None of my friends are left in this town, job opportunities are slim, and I can't take it. But I feel like if I leave, not that I feel like I can right now, my girlfriend won't understand. And obviously, won't want me to leave. She has no money to come with me, and is basically forced to stay in the town I want to leave.

What do I do to protect the relationship and my sanity at the same time? I need an outsiders point of view!

Thanks Reddit
<bot>: Girlfriend moved back after a year of long distance relationship. Now I want to move further away because I hate the town we both live in now, but she can't move with me.