What I like about my hometown

[momcat]

What do I like about my hometown?

I don't live there anymore!!!!!

[Marigold2]

Lol

[Laura's Babies]

What I like about where I live....
*Not that far from the New Orleans airport
*Not that far from the Baton Rouge airport
*The carnivals and festivals they have yearly
http://www.jambalayafestival.org/
http://www.lastrawberryfestival.com/
*Close enough to the big cities to go there for big events if I want to
http://www.superdome.com/site.php
http://brrivercenter.com/site.php
*The Mall of Louisiana is just down the interstate
http://www.malloflouisiana.com/
*There is a real big water park near by for those that like that kind of thing http://www.bluebayou.com/
*I am close to the Mississippi River
http://www.42explore2.com/missriv.htm
(I have traveled it from St. Paul Minnesota to within 54 miles from the mouth in the Gulf of Mexico with my job.)
*Casinos are not far if you want to gamble (I've only been once! I promise... I am not a gambler!)
http://www.casinocity.com/us/la/batonrouge/bellebr/
***Main reason why I live here are the very short winters! I don't like freezing cold or dealing with snow and ice!

[Karen]

What I like about where I live now (which I am guessing is what you mean, instead of where I grew up):
Paul (he was born here, and is why we live here.)
Proximity to major medical institutions (many either here or one town away)
My neighborhood - it is much friendlier than one would expect in a city of this size
The library - great resource
Proximity to Boston, with all the museums, art and science
The nature - the Charles River, the ocean being nearby, the wildlife
The amount of trees for a city
The diversity of humanity - you'd likely hear more languages spoken in an hour at the local supermarket than you would at the United Nations
The friendliness of people
Cabots!
The variety of weather

While I would prefer to live somewhere less densely populated, our neighborhood is pretty nice - no neighbors behind at all, just the woods that border the cemetery

[Medusa]

My hometown was bustling at one time; it was a steel town but now it's a ghost town. What I like about the town where I now reside:

It has that small town feel; the old ice cream store is still in business and so is the toy store.
It's right on the Ohio and Erie Canal so it's rich in history.
It's a relatively safe place; low crime rate.
It's where I met my mentor and late good friend, Helen and her late husband, George.
It's where I bought my first home, that is, my own home w/o anyone else.
Canal Fulton is called Tree City for a reason.

Thank you for starting this thread. It's nice to be reminded that we need to bloom where we're planted instead of complaining about our circumstances.

[Marigold2]

May I ask where that is?

What do I like about my hometown?

I don't live there anymore!!!!!

[jennielynn1970]

My hometown where I grew up, Lehighton, Pennsylvania.

What I like about it, it reminds me of the small towns that John Mellencamp sings about. I like that it's small town, and people know people and smile and talk to you. I don't have a lot of that in Allentown, where I live now.

Lehighton is also where my parents live, so I love to go back to see them, and in the future, their home will be my home, and I'm glad of that.

I love my hometown.

[sirrahbed]

Since I grew up as a military dependent, I never had a home town because we moved every few years. So I guess my hometown is where I live right now I like my little home town because it is small but close to a big city. I like that we have a "downtown" that is safe to walk in and still has business owners that were here 30+ years ago and longer. I like that our little town has a wonderful old fashioned 4th of July parade. I like that we are right next to a large AF base. Also, the name of my little hometown is unique in that NO OTHER American town has this name

[Bonny]

My hometown was a cowtown (Swift Packing PLant) South of St Paul, Minnesota. The Mississippi River runs along the bluffs below the house my dad & uncle built. We had the most fun as kids growing up roller skating on the tennis court, sledding down the hills, digging in the sandpit across the road for agates, there was Fleming Field airport a great place to go look at the old WWII fighter planes full of bullet holes & stories. I grew up with two boy cousins about the same age was & am a tomboy. We played softball with all the kids in the neighborhood & played by our own rules. It was a fun place to grow up. The biggest change was when I got my first job in St. Paul at a publishing company & it was a melting pot. There was every race, color, & creed working at that place. Everyone there was nuts & it was like a big family soap opera. Then I decided to get married & moved south of the border ( it is a little warmer in the winters) Iowaway. I still have my Minnesotaian accent too, yah, you betcha etc.