Collin and I recently gave a "mini-orientation" of our new hometown area to some employees that he hired for the building here in York. They are both originally from Syracuse NY, also our hometown! We just showed them around and pointed out things like the mall and Wal-mart, grocery stores, the movie theaters, restaurants, things like that...
It's funny though because they made almost the same type of comments and asked the same questions as we did when we first moved here! It made me start thinking...
In Syracuse, there is a grocery store called Wegmans. I know it is in PA,(nowhere near here though) NJ, VA, NY and soon to be MD. Does anyone have one near them? Lucky ducks if you do!! Anyway, it's the BEST grocery store, it really is! In all the places I have lived and traveled, I have never seen a store that even compares to a Wegmans grocery store. It's cool, you can check it out at www.wegmans.com if you want.
Anyway, these guys were disappointed in the grocery stores here as one would expect growing up with Wegmans everywhere. Syracuse also has these GREAT hot dogs called Hoffmann hot dogs and coneys that you can only buy in upstate NY as far as I know. I have family that drives up from Virginia a few times a year and stocks up on them! Collin and I usually buy about 10 packs when we go home too! (We are all out right now but our friends are bringing some this weekend!! ) Syracuse also has salt potatos which I have never seen anywhere else either! They are just small white potatos but you cook them with a ton of salt and dip them in butter...ummm they are so good!
I can't think af anything else that Syracuse is known for except maybe the men's basketball and lacrosse teams, the NY State Fair!, the 2nd biggest mall in the US...

So I wondered if your hometown is known for something and what it is? I know each town has their own personality, what is it you would miss if you were away from home?
It will be interesting to hear and learn a little about everyone's hometowns!