Hometown

**naut** · 01-10-2011, 02:10

Originally Posted by a completely inoffensive name

My home town sucks. It's conservative suburban, no kids after 9pm kind of town. There was an arcade, but people thought that would promote drugs because if there is more then 10 kids, then drugs will start being passed around. Now the only fun place left is a TGIF's. Luckily I'm back in uni, so I don't have to put up with all of that.

UGH. This is the kind of idiocy that makes me want to go postal. Youths require stimulation and safe social areas, take away that and they get bored --- recipe for disaster.

**Hooahguy** · 01-10-2011, 02:45

I was born in Manhattan, but moved around a bit until I settled down in Atlanta when I was three, so I regard this as my hometown.

Honestly, I hate this place. After sixteen years here, everything is grinding my gears. The people, the weather, the community, the stores, my family. God I cant wait for college. Only one more semester then Im outta here!

**a completely inoffensive name** · 01-10-2011, 02:49

Originally Posted by Psychonaut

UGH. This is the kind of idiocy that makes me want to go postal. Youths require stimulation and safe social areas, take away that and they get bored --- recipe for disaster.

Incidentally, people are outraged when they found out that the police had to arrest over a dozen kids who were passing out ecstasy to people at their high school. Then they blame everything but the fact that the town has nothing for them.

This is the life of kids below 16 years old at my hometown.

1. Go to movies.
2. Hang out at Starbucks (the police won't let you after 9pm anymore).
3. Hang out at borders (police won't let you there either).
4. Stay home and play xbox live with your friends all day.
5. Do drugs.

I chose 1, 3 and 4. But it is not surprising that freshman and sophomores who are bored choose 5 as well.

**drone** · 01-10-2011, 03:13

My hometown will soon be overrun by Mexican drug cartels, so I'm pretty glad don't live there anymore.

**tibilicus** · 01-10-2011, 04:58

The area itself is lovely with a classic English rural feel to it. Regrettably however the area has attracted a lot of "new money" the past couple of years, basically young people who have made lots of money early on so feel some sort of dignified right to everything in life. I guess some of the places 10 minutes up the road are worse, that place is pretty much the richest place in the UK outside of London and the members of the Manchester United team make up what seems a large portion of the population, although that's probably due to the high visibility they demand when going about their daily business.

If the people weren't there I would love it though, I always have had an infinity for nature. I guess my university city has filled the void though considering I can experience the joys of a city with the peak district within walking distance.

Good times.

**pevergreen** · 01-10-2011, 05:04

I was born about 20 minutes from where I live now. I grew up 10 minutes from where I live.

Still here, don't plan to leave.

**Justiciar** · 01-10-2011, 22:50

Originally Posted by tibilicus

The area itself is lovely with a classic English rural feel to it. Regrettably however the area has attracted a lot of "new money" the past couple of years, basically young people who have made lots of money early on so feel some sort of dignified right to everything in life. I guess some of the places 10 minutes up the road are worse, that place is pretty much the richest place in the UK outside of London and the members of the Manchester United team make up what seems a large portion of the population, although that's probably due to the high visibility they demand when going about their daily business.

Wilmslow? Pretty place. Can't say I ever noticed the footballsie types, but then I'd struggle to spot them if they were right up in m'face doing a wee dance. My hometown's not too far away. It's a bloody sty. Courtesy of my parents' hard work and general yuppiness I had the good fortune to live on the verge of the only decent road in the place. Went back about a month ago. The local's shut. The cricket field's been set aside for housing. Drains were broke and overflowing. Some pleb had done their business in the street. Was it always like that? And what happened to the row-upon-row of pale birches and towering horse-chestnuts? Did they always have "Generic Chav Woz Ere" carved into their trunks and bog roll cast into their branches? Woe.

**Rhyfelwyr** · 01-10-2011, 23:39

My hometown is renowned as one of the crappiest places in western Scotland, which is saying something.

Half of the high street is dead, the other half is charity shops. One of Labour's strongest areas in Scotland (again, saying something). And after some violence at Orange Marches we have a street that has been dubbed "Scotland's Garvaghy Road".

Yay!

**GeneralHankerchief** · 01-11-2011, 00:17

It's nice, but at the same time I feel as if it's offered pretty much everything it's had to offer in the 15ish years I lived there. Glad to be back there on school vacations, but I'm also glad when I'm leaving. The food can't be beat though.

Right now I live in DC, which is significantly more interesting. However, I also don't think I'll plant my flag there after I graduate in a year and a half.

**Fragony** · 01-11-2011, 10:03

Come from a tiny village in the biblebelt called Voorthuizen, take everything that's depressing and multiply it with 2, don't remember much of it though. Where I live now is awesome, in the heart of an old town packed with good restaurants and cafeteria and really nice people, it's my real hometown. But Paris is going to be my next one, every time I'm there I just know that's where I ought to be, it wraps me in a blanket and keeps me all warm just being there. Maybe New York, also a burst of energy but I don't like the people living there as I like the French, -this is my life boohoohoo folks- there. whiners capital