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Hometown.

Nick

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    Do you like the town that you live at right now?
    Whether you like it or not, what about it do you like?
    Whether you like it or not, what about it don't you like?
    Would you move if you had the chance?
     
    I am glad this thread isn't actually about "hometowns" because I've never known what mine is. Moved around the country too much as a child so I never knew where I was supposed to consider my hometown.

    Anyway, I do like where I live now. I've lived in Waterloo for school for way more years than I should have and I'm still there for the unforeseeable future while I finish school soooo I guess it's a good thing I like it. It's a quiet city that's very student-friendly because there are two medium-large universities right next to each other. The public transit is great because both schools include passes in their tuition and a lot of the restaurants are pretty cheap because students are cheap. It's also close enough to where my parents live (~1.5 hours away) that it's not a big deal to go visit them or vice versa.

    I guess one thing I dislike about it is it's not as safe as I'd like it to be. There's a worrying amount of crime sometimes, even in well-travelled areas that you'd expect to be pretty safe. :( I can't easily walk to my school or back without heading into this vast expanse of almost nothing so I'm too nervous to do it alone and thus am stuck to the bus schedules whether I want to take it or not. (But, as stated before, buses are pretty good so that isn't a huge setback.)

    I'll definitely move one day since I don't really see anything keeping me here once I'm finally done school, but for now I'm happy with where I live.
     
    I'm fairly apathetic with where I'm at right now. People here are alright, but I honestly despise that it takes 10 minutes to go to almost anywhere that isn't a gas station as well as the traffic.

    Given the chance I'd totally move. I've moved about five times in the past six years so I have a good idea where I'd go. I'd go back to the area I spent my high school days in. There was a lot of stuff that demanded very little distance. I could practically walk to the mall within 20 minutes if I wanted to. Nowadays it just takes 40 minutes of a walk to get out of the damn neighborhood if I need to. I was contemplating going back to my hometown one day, but I had to go back for a stint and I didn't know what to think of it. It was just uh...dirty.
     
    "Thinkin' about you sittin' there sayin' I hate this, I hate it
    If you couldn't stand livin' here why'd you take it, take it
    Giiiiiiiiiiiive meeeee baaaaack maaaah hometown." Ok, I'll stop now.

    Do you like the town that you live at right now?
    Yeah I like where I live. It's a pretty small town, but it's about 35 minutes away from St. Louis.

    Whether you like it or not, what about it do you like?
    I like the fact that it's small, the people here are pretty friendly. I don't mind the 10-15 minute drives just to go to the gas station.

    Whether you like it or not, what about it don't you like?
    It has no ice rinks.

    Would you move if you had the chance?
    I don't know, probably one day.
     
    I despise the town I live in right now. It sucks. There's literally nothing to do here. All we got is a mall, a bowling alley and a giant walmart. You want to go clubbin'? There's Mexico. You want to buy expensive things? Go to the Mexican border, or even Mexico...or travel 2 hours to San Diego or 1 hour to Yuma. We only moved there because of my grandmother being ill, but now that she's no longer with us, I'm left with a "what now" in my mind.

    The problem with this area is that it's too....gossipy. I guess it's a little too common when it comes to small towns and small valleys. The only good thing is that everybody knows everybody. I know many people from all around the valley, but it's hard to keep in touch because we're so far apart (give or take 45 min away from each other). Another bad thing is that you can't find anyone who likes the same thing as you do. They look at me weirdly when I tell them I like NASCAR, or MLP, or Football. Everyone here likes soccer -_-

    There's been talks that we might return to my hometown, which was San Bernardino county. It's a little over an hour away from Los Angeles, and it was the hometown that shaped my life. I had my first "everything" there. First cell phone, first fight, first serious relationship, first run away attempt (lol). And many more. But for some reason, going back there won't be the same as the time I left it when I was 15 years old, but I'd do it anyways. Why? Auto Club Speedway.

    If I had the chance to move away from this town, I'd return to San Diego. Primarily because the job market is really active compared to here and in Yuma. Plus, I wouldn't be too lonely because I have my older sister, and my two great aunts to fall back on in case I need some "family" company. San Diego is a nice city, albeit expensive, but from personal experience when living there for school, it was worth it.
     
    Eh, Orland isn't too bad. It's pretty small, and not a whole lot to actually go do. If you want to go shopping or play sports or anything like that you have to go to Chico, about 40 minutes away by car. On the other hand, for a small town, it's pretty accepting of other cultures and people. I have yet to have any sort of encounter with intolerant people. At least directly. :P
     
    I don't mind being here. I came because my sister lived here, and then she promptly moved away to another town like 8-10 months later. -_-;

    It's not a super huge city, so it's hard to get lost, but it's big enough to have all the stores I need. The city's growing, so more stuff is coming in year after year. There's a grocery store within walking distance, so that's good.

    I'd say the biggest downfall is that I can't drive, so not everything is within easy reach for me. :p We do have a bus system, but it's still pretty small and I haven't looked into the routes. Also we're a college town, so drivers can be a bit stupid.

    I've no plans of leaving anytime soon. We're in a lease until next August, and I like my job. I wish I could drive so I could see my sister a bit more often, but obviously that's a problem with me and not the city. I'll have lived here for 5 years in August; if I'm stuck here another 5, I don't think I'd complain.
     
    Minerva said:
    I despise the town I live in right now. It sucks. There's literally nothing to do here. All we got is a mall, a bowling alley and a giant walmart. You want to go clubbin'? There's Mexico. You want to buy expensive things? Go to the Mexican border, or even Mexico...or travel 2 hours to San Diego or 1 hour to Yuma. We only moved there because of my grandmother being ill, but now that she's no longer with us, I'm left with a "what now" in my mind.

    The problem with this area is that it's too....gossipy. I guess it's a little too common when it comes to small towns and small valleys. The only good thing is that everybody knows everybody. I know many people from all around the valley, but it's hard to keep in touch because we're so far apart (give or take 45 min away from each other). Another bad thing is that you can't find anyone who likes the same thing as you do. They look at me weirdly when I tell them I like NASCAR, or MLP, or Football. Everyone here likes soccer -_-
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    Pretty much this, and also the fact that people have a high chance of getting diagnosed with asthma due to the air pollution, as well as allergy to certain pollen every spring. Plus my hometown is below sea level, which it gets really hot during the summer and really cold during the winter. The only reason why I'm not leaving is due to this vision problem I had since high school, in which every afternoon, if I stay out of my house for too long, my eyes either grow tired, become itchy, or both, which will distract me from driving, therefore increasing my chances of getting into a car crash. My hometown doesn't have any busy roads unlike big cities like San Diego, so I'm lucky that my vision problem hasn't killed me yet. Plus the roads don't have any twists and turns like you see in mountain regions from car commercials. Because of my visionary problem, I can't go to faraway universities nor find a relationship outside of my hometown.
     
    Ugh, would definitely want to move. There's nothing particularly special about the city where I live so there's always an issue of where to hang out with friends, besides going to play badminton, tennis or going out to eat \: That's probably the main reason why I act like such a hermit these days. Back when I lived away from home for school, I wouldn't have to be concerned about staying out as late as I want hanging out with people or studying at school overnight. But anyway, I've always dreamed of moving to another city that's closer to Toronto when I got married.
     
    Amsterdam... definitely the best place I've lived in.

    Upsides? Culturally and socially it's one of the best cities there is. There's little more I could want, my disagreements with Dutch culture are very minor.

    The only downside for me is the price of housing, but that's the same in any large city and especially a capital.
     
    OK, I'll have a go at this.
    Do you like the town that you live at right now?
    It's not my cup of tea, as hardly anything happens there. (Despite the fact that it's an hour and 12 minutes from Atlanta, GA.)

    Whether you like it or not, what about it do you like?

    That we have a minor league baseball team, the Rome Braves (single-A affiliate of the Atlanta Braves)

    Whether you like it or not, what about it don't you like?
    That it seems a little too small for my tastes, but that's just me.

    Would you move if you had the chance?
    Yes, I would. I'd probably go live in Tennessee, Texas, North Carolina or Virginia.
     
    I live just outside of Vancouver, and I absolutely love the area. Unless you're right in the middle of downtown, there's always lots of nature right nearby, and we rarely have to deal with it getting too hot or too cold- we just get stuck with a lot of rain.

    The biggest issue I have with the area is that the cost of living is so high. Honestly, just comparing the price of necessities between stores here and those just south of the U.S.-Canada border is crazy. I remember a few years back my dad and I took a receipt from our most recent grocery store visit down with us, and we found that we paid something like 55% more on average for groceries. And when you look at housing, a 50 year-old, 3 bedroom home just across the street from me just sold for $725,000, whereas the same house just a few hours away might go for $150,000 tops.

    I have no idea if I'll ever end up moving away from here one day, but seeing how much money one could save elsewhere is definitely enticing, even if I'd end up a bit of the way from friends and family.
     
    I live by the biggest lake in Italy, and while there are many towns scattered throughout, I don't really live in one; my house is isolated, surrounded by nothing but nature, so for the purpose of this reply, I will regard the place where I live as an actual town.

    Anyways, I like how I have to descend a couple hundreds of stairs if I want to go anywhere.
    I like the stone arc covered by vines in the middle of the descent, and the secular pine trees scattered everywhere around here, where many birds make their nest and start chirping early in the morning.
    I like the almond tree just above my house, especially when it blossoms and all the light pink petals fall down, covering the whole floor outside the house.
    I like the old rusty swinger on the grassy field above my house, that I still sometimes have fun using.
    I like the rose garden near the gates, and the small stream of water running down where undomesticated cats occasionally stop to drink.
    I like the wooden pier on the beach, I always have a lot of fun jumping in the water from it.
    I don't like having to wait for public transportation on a road where people drive at double the speed limit.
    I hate how I have to share all of this with the often loud and not very well educated city neighbors that come during summer, but I like when said neighbors turn out to be young and good looking instead, and I can socialize with them for the remainder of the summer.

    For me, imagining a place better than this one is almost impossible; I absolutely love where I live and thus would have a hard time figuring out where to move. Maybe Canada could be an option in the future...
     
    Nop. Nopnopnop. I really hate the town I live in right now, that much is sure. The place is really small and boring, but that isn't particularly what I hate about it. It's the fact that it's so easy to come across people you know. Like, it's not the smallest town in the world, nor is it the quietest, but for some reason I can't go outside for three damn minutes without meeting someone I used to know.

    I guess if there's one thing I like about this town, it's that it's easy to navigate it. There's some twists and turns every now and then, but despite my terrible sense of direction I've managed to memorize enough of the roads and such to make my way around, so I don't get lost often. Well... I do still get lost, but it's not the town's fault so much as it is mine. I... honestly can't think of anything else.

    Now to expand on what I said earlier. I really, really hate coming across people I used to know. Because my past is somewhat... eh, strange, I guess you could say. So when I meet people from said past, they tend to bother me. Even if they don't say anything to me, just the sight of them reminds me of certain things. <.< I don't mean to sound suspicious or anything but... I probably do. :P

    Anyhow, the fact that there's nothing to do here can also get on my nerves occasionally. I tend to prefer quiet places since I'm a quiet guy (most of the time...) but on the rare occasion that I actually feel like doing something... yeah. You get me. Also, while the town is slowly growing, the amount of people coming in is growing even faster, making it increasingly claustrophobic. Well, maybe 'claustrophobic' is a bit of an exaggeration, but yeah. Lastly, the town's built on a foundation of rock, or something along those lines. Apparently this makes it susceptible to earthquakes. I don't mind the fact that much, but it gets me a little paranoid sometimes. >.>

    Now here's the really weird bit. I don't want to leave. It's not because I like the town, but, well, I've been moving around the world as long as I can remember, and as grand of an adventure as it might sound like, I'm sick of it. I just wanna stick to one place long enough to kick back and relax. So far I've been here 4 years, and despite the town's faults, I'm enjoying my life here. Moving would only complicate things again, so I think I'll stick around until after college or something.
     
    Do you like the town that you live at right now? Yeah, it's fine. It's really big and there's a lot to do so I'm definitely cool. c:

    Whether you like it or not, what about it do you like? I love the museums the most since I'm a nerd when it comes to that stuff and one of our museums has a planetarium.
    We have incredible barbecue as well. No one beats our barbecue.

    Whether you like it or not, what about it don't you like? Hmm well I've been here for a while so it's easy to get sick of the city if you aren't into what they have to offer (Lots of music stuff here). I know 99% of my friends are so done with this place and are getting out for college. And we don't have a Cheesecake Factory here which is a tragedy considering it's one of my favorite restaurants. We have a whole lot of crime in our city as well, though I live in a much safer neighborhood now so it doesn't really effect my anymore which is very nice.

    Would you move if you had the chance? Lolbye I'd be off to Florida or San Diego in a heartbeat.
     
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    I dislike where I live a lot, but I do like the fact that it's quite isolated actually, but what really makes where I live horrible to me is the fact that most people here are snobs that make wild assumptions and make judgments over the smallest thing you did. I don't think in all the 11 years I've lived here I only met a few people who was genuinely friendly towards me.

    Would I move if given the chance? Yes, definitely yes.
     
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