What I like about my hometown

[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.