Roads least travelled

Running away from home was a tough decision. The lack of money wasn’t bothering him as his disdain for this world helped. On the other hand — or leg, if you may given the journey was going to be a long one like this sentence — his worries were geographical. He wanted to be somewhere north — cold, colonial and calm — but he wasn’t sure. After all, he also wanted to be somewhere northeast — hilly, harsh and harmonious — but then again, he wasn’t sure. What if he didn’t make it? Similarly, wasn’t it too late to not find a brand new home?