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[Guardians of the Galaxy] Why hadn't Peter already returned to Earth before the events of GotG?

When we first saw Peter, he was effectively a free agent with his own ship so why hadn't he already returned to Earth? He *was* originally taken against his will and still had some family left back home. With the alien tech he had access to he could have become a king on Earth, and I'm sure the idea of a laid-back lifestyle surrounded by the best women and luxury even a planet like Earth could offer him wouldn't have been something to sneeze at.
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Why would he? His last memory of the place is extremely painful, to the point where he was already running away and couldn't look back out of grief. Plus, the planet itself is a backwater, underdeveloped, inconvenient-to-reach place with none of the conveniences of the bigger galactic community. What's the point of having unlimited earth money if it's useless on literally every other planet?

It's possible he went back for short trips, to buy batteries or other small toys and items. But otherwise he's really not in a place or has any need to go back.