[color=indigo]1-You left your hometown. I too left my hometown, without any money.
[color=red]2-I left my hometown like you, without any money.
Can’t these have two meanings depending on the context:
a-We both left our hometowns, but you had money when you did it and I did not.
I left my hometown like you, but without any money.
b-We both left our hometowns without any money.
Gratefully,
Navi.