"If you were to spend so much of your life doing one thing in one place, to move to a different place to do the same thing, would that be considered a 'fresh start'?"
Kinda yikes, if you read it as a reference to his transgressions.
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A fresh start is not defined of what you do or where you are but simply the choices you make and actions you take. For example if I was a composer in Italy then moved to Canada but was still a composer, many would say it would be a (fresh start) but it is only a (fresh start) if you see it as such. The place is fresh, the air is fresh, but your occupation is not right? Wrong, the occupation has changed even in the most minimal way such as the people your with or the influence of your surroundings have or maybe you have different tools at your disposal. What I mean is that no matter what you do or where you are change is always occurring. So to answer your question, No I do not think it is a (fresh start) But rather a new opportunity to see how things may have played out if you did things differently but you will never know for sure.
True life is lived when tiny changes occur.