Among the supporting texts for the recommendation to live there:
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They argue: Since it is the most beloved land to Allah and to His Messenger, and had it not been obligatory for him to perform the hijra (emigration) he would have lived nowhere else, it follows that residing there is superior—so long as no overriding benefit requires otherwise, as was the case for the Prophet ﷺ and the Emigrants. Their stay in Medina was better than remaining in Mecca because of the duties of hijra and jihad; indeed, that was incumbent upon them, and residing in Mecca was forbidden to them even after the Conquest. The Emigrant was only granted permission to stay there for three days.
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As related in the two Ṣaḥīḥs¹ from al-ʿAlāʾ ibn al-Ḥaḍramī: the Prophet ﷺ allowed the Emigrant to remain in Mecca, after completing his rites, for three days.
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The Emigrants themselves disliked settling in a land from which they had emigrated and abandoned², for they had left it solely for the sake of Allah.