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I hate my home town too. I would wager that most people hate their home town.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/846994.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/846994.page GMT I hate the town I grew up in
I love a lot of other places too though, and I like getting around and seeing what else the world has to offer, so I'm rarely there anymore. It doesn't mean I don't still love it though.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847053.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847053.page GMT I hate the town I grew up in per se but I don't care too much for my own hometown. It's not full of ignorant people or anything like that. It's just that I never felt like I was part of that community.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847063.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847063.page GMT I hate the town I grew up in http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847093.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847093.page GMT I hate the town I grew up in http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847129.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847129.page GMT Re:I hate the town I grew up in http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847154.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847154.page GMT Re:I hate the town I grew up in
warpcrafter wrote:Small towns are great if you're exactly like everybody else. Otherwise, it's like being the loser of the world's most boring popularity contest.



Except for the ones that aren't like that, right? ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847156.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847156.page GMT I hate the town I grew up in http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847187.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847187.page GMT I hate the town I grew up in
Wrexasaur wrote:I am just glad I didn't grow up in a really big city, I can't imagine being a very happy person living in New York for instance... I hate the concrete jungle, not a single meal to be hunted; unless you count politicians, but I can't imagine them tasting very good.


I actually loved NYC when I was there!

My home town (Las Vegas) was a small city growing up (about 400k), easy on traffic, everybody was good overall (just stay away from the burn-outs and mafia) and it had a rural (if hot in summer) feel. I love the open desert when it's not 110+ but not Vegas so much. Now it is 1.8million (one of the fastest growing cities in the US) and all the problems that go with it, the rural ascetic is long gone. ]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847199.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847199.page GMT Re:I hate the town I grew up in
lord_sutekh wrote:...except for the ones that aren't. Generalization is general.

I'm not sure what the point is here.

warpcrafter wrote:Small towns are great if you're exactly like everybody else. Otherwise, it's like being the loser of the world's most boring popularity contest.

For me, the issue of "being different" in the usual teenager way wasn't quite it. There were all sorts of people who didn't "fit in" (i.e., goths, homosexuals, etc) who actually fit right in. Superficially, I fit in, too. I just never felt a connection to the place that was supposed to be my hometown. It didn't feel like home. I've come to believe the cliche that home is were you make it. Just expecting a place to be "yours," no matter how long you've lived there, isn't enough.]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847236.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847236.page GMT I hate the town I grew up in
The first bone head pulled a big ass ruger black hawk. I could see the light reflecting through the EMPTY chambers in the cylinder. And he hadnt even cocked the empty gun.

He didnt even say anything coherent, except 'Money'

So I said "Im sorry sir, we dont sell bullets for guns like yours here. And the bullets in my gun wont fit."

He failed his Ld check and disembarked from my store.

The second one was a little scarier, as it was at 3 am, and 3 skeezy lookin guys cased out my store. Two went out and waited in the running car, and then the third stood in the back before walking up to my register and pulling his shirt tight so I could see the grip of a pistol in his waistband. Luckily, Im paranoid- and already had my hand on my Glock in my purse. He was at least smart enough to put his hands up and back away & out the door. It later turned out they had assaulted a park ranger earlier in the day and thats where they got the gun. I called the police on that one. By admitting I had a gun I got fired(company policy). Nice eh?

But, robbery attempts aside, the lil town I grew up in was small, and pretty narrow minded. But many of the freinds I made there- are my best freinds to this day. How many people have had the same best freinds for 20 years?]]> http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847252.page http://www.dakkadakka.com/dakkaforum/posts/preList/248715/847252.page GMT