Wherever you have an investment, whether it's in your home town or the city where you reside, as long as you have your name tied to those investments or assets, no one can take them away from you because you actually own them. Then, between your home and the city of residence, if you are contemplating the first place to invest, it should be in the place where you know that your investment will actually appreciate in value more quickly than the other.

For example, if house rent is very cheap in your place of residence and it is very expensive in your native village or town, I am sure you know the place that will be more profitable for real estate investment. So, depending on the kind of investment you want to make, you have to examine the area; it will help you determine which is better.