The good things about your hometown

[TMNT_FAN]

Ha, My fiance's from there. That is the ONLY good thing about that little hell hole

 

[mynameisben]

It's conveniently close to home.

 

[michchick98]

Welll, since you're from Detroit and failed to mention the certain university, I suppose we can still be friends.

For any non-American who might be reading, this is huge. Because Ohioans and Michiganders pass a scornful eye over one another, especially in the fall. Living in Texas, the UT-OU football rivalry makes an attempt to come close to the OSU-Mich one, but after the game, these TX-OK folks will actually marry each other!

Here's a link for the curious.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michigan_–_Ohio_State_football_rivalry

As for those shrinking homes of our youth. Isn't that true! But then, my area's always been impoverished, so homes would tend to be smaller. There's a lot of decay. That's hard to look at when I go home. I suppose it was always there, but when it's all you know, it doesn't stand out.

Would it help if I purposely said I was avoiding mentioning that particular rivalry? No? Well, damn. I must say, I'm a Michigan fan, always have been. But, I do have many friends who are Buckeye fans (and even a few who are Michigan State) fans and we seem to get along pretty well, even during football season.

Hell, I even spent an evening in TOLEDO during last year's Michigan/Ohio State game. How's that for brave? Of course, I didn't make it known I was a fan of Michigan and when we went out to dinner, my friend drove HER car with OHIO plates. And thankfully, my car (and her house) was still intact once we returned from dinner.

michchick98, I grew up a few miles north of you, and while I have fond memories of my misspent youth, I am nonetheless happy that I relocated. It is sad to see my hometown wither and die. I guess the things I that I remember most fondly are beaches along the Great Lakes, picking cherries in the summer and apples in the fall, ice skating on the creek behind my house in winter, and skinny dipping at the rock quarry outside Ann Arbor. The Red Wings are still my favorite professional team, but I will be buried in Maize and Blue. The four years in Ann Arbor remain the source of my happiest memories.

See, DH? Someone mentioned "the team"

Anyway, I actually live a bit further from Detroit, but whenever anyone asks where I'm from, it's easier to say Detroit than to try and explain where Brighton is if they don't know Michigan. So, we're neighbors. Howdy!

 

[driphoney]

Would it help if I purposely said I was avoiding mentioning that particular rivalry? No? Well, damn. I must say, I'm a Michigan fan, always have been. But, I do have many friends who are Buckeye fans (and even a few who are Michigan State) fans and we seem to get along pretty well, even during football season.

Hell, I even spent an evening in TOLEDO during last year's Michigan/Ohio State game. How's that for brave? Of course, I didn't make it known I was a fan of Michigan and when we went out to dinner, my friend drove HER car with OHIO plates. And thankfully, my car (and her house) was still intact once we returned from dinner.



See, DH? Someone mentioned "the team"

Anyway, I actually live a bit further from Detroit, but whenever anyone asks where I'm from, it's easier to say Detroit than to try and explain where Brighton is if they don't know Michigan. So, we're neighbors. Howdy!

All right. I admit it. I have relatives in Michigan.

I love them anyway.

 

[Trudy_Antone]

I grew up in Wellington, Capital City of New Zealand. It's still a lovely harbour city, with one of the best interactive museums in the world, and you just can't beat it on a clear day with the view of the South Island from the numerous hills. I left because I was related to just about everybody, job options were less than salubrious (going into music was blasphemous when I should've aspired to be a good secretary), and with long hair, I could never cleanly, eat an icecream in the prevailing winds.

Two places that remind me of Wellington and make me home sick: San Francisco and Valparaiso, Chile.

Now my hometown for two decades has been Perth, Western Australia, most isolated city in the world. Sooo many good things starting with the weather. Pretty much nine months of summer and 3,000k's of divine beaches to hang out on. The best Asian food outside of Asia. Fabulous children's hospital. Parks and trees and wide open space everywhere. Giant forest down south. Nothing but Kangaroos and red dirt to the East. Untouched, unspoiled land to the North. Beautiful birds and wild animals. One of the few places on earth where you can drive for days without seeing a single soul.

 

[trysail]

I grew up in Wellington, Capital City of New Zealand. It's still a lovely harbour city, with one of the best interactive museums in the world, and you just can't beat it on a clear day with the view of the South Island from the numerous hills. I left because I was related to just about everybody, job options were less than salubrious (going into music was blasphemous when I should've aspired to be a good secretary), and with long hair, I could never cleanly, eat an icecream in the prevailing winds.

Two places that remind me of Wellington and make me home sick: San Francisco and Valparaiso, Chile.

Now my hometown for two decades has been Perth, Western Australia, most isolated city in the world. Sooo many good things starting with the weather. Pretty much nine months of summer and 3,000k's of divine beaches to hang out on. The best Asian food outside of Asia. Fabulous children's hospital. Parks and trees and wide open space everywhere. Giant forest down south. Nothing but Kangaroos and red dirt to the East. Untouched, unspoiled land to the North. Beautiful birds and wild animals. One of the few places on earth where you can drive for days without seeing a single soul.

Oz has a lot going for it ( except for the damned Noah's Ark of nasty venemous critters— and, no, I'm not talking about people ).