Atticus Finch liked Finch Landing enough to return for an annual Christmas visit once a year. I suspect he treasured his family heritage and the fact the Finches had owned their land for a very long time. He did not like it enough to follow the customary tradition that "all the Finch men were expected to live at Finch Landing and continue to make their living from cotton." Atticus moved away to study law and then returned to Maycomb county, some twenty miles east of Finch Landing. So this is a "yes and no" type of answer. Yes, in the respect he was proud of the Finch name and what he thought it should mean in the common arena of public scrutiny. No, in the respect he did not return to his native home, but settled in Maycomb county. He also did not make his livelihood through the traditional occupation of farming cotton, but opted for a profession practicing law.
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