It's definitely not a good thing. hee hee

bunk and suck are synonyms...

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Astasheiks said:

Lammastide said:

morningsong said:

Oh my, no it was far past 6,000 people, so yes there was and still is a lot to do. Everybody said it had a small town feel while I was growing up, and that's coming from people who grew up on farms in Kansas or steel towns like Steubenville, OH among other places. I took their word for it.

My mom was born in Steubenville. I just passed through there last weekend for the first time in about 14 years. Always gives me a bit of a thrill whenever anyone even knows that town exists.

My dad's family are from there. I only visited it once, I thought it was a coal mining town, it seemed so one-horse to me at the time. I kind of search out things to read things about it from time to time , I hope it gets better.

EmmaMcG said:

kpowers said:

Where was that????????

A place in Dublin called Ballymun. I should point out that not everyone there was the same, but still, I was afraid walking home from school every day. Where I live now is really quiet. It's great!

Well that was different.

I was born in the desert, Apple Valley, CA, lived there a year and a half. Then spent the next 30 years living in various small towns in Missouri. Where I was mainly raised (and consider my home home) was so small that it had one store which was the gast station, post office, feed store, general store all rolled into one. Old wood floors and it had that old, rustic smell to it. We did have an elementary school there, but it shut down the year I would have been bussed to another town for Jr. High. That town was 15 miles from us. It hasn't changed one bit since I moved away over 30 years ago. On Saturdays we would "go to town" to get groceries and other odds and ends needed for the farm. That town was over 10 miles from us down back, twisty roads. It was a treat to "go to town" and we could walk down main street and it seemed like we were really doing something. Us kids would get our allowance and my sister and I would go into the general store in town and buy $1.00s worth of penny candy. It didn't "suck" per se, but we stayed busy and my best friend live at the top of hollar and we had a path worn through the woods because we went back and forth so much. It would have been an idyllic life for me except for what was going on at home.

Edited to add: Saturdays, going to town, was a treat, but I've been back and that town hasn't really changed much either. Main street looks just the same, but it has gotten a little more touristy. Lots of rivers in that area so a lot of canoeing, camping, floating companies there, so they get more tourists in from those companies.

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I have fond memories of my country hometown. I still remember the "candy Lady" that sold Candy in her home and the "Liquor Man" did the same thing...Running through sprinklers, drinking water from the water hose, picking berries in ditches, picking plumbs off trees..Good memories in spite of the not-so-good-memories, but that's life...

And where was your country hometown Chancellor?

Astasheiks said:

And where was your country hometown Chancellor?

Cayce, SC...12,000 people..Predominantly Black & White folks..

my hometown is in the pacific northwest. a beautiful part of the u s. still is not plagued by polution.

it's sets near the washington state borderline.

it was very small townish. my highschool had a small percentage of native americans, japanese americans, african americans and italian americans. the majority was euro-americans - germans, scandinavians, jewish people, irish and some polish folk. (also their were native americans that lived close to my hometown - i got to know a few of the female teens who chose to frequent the teen center) i loved the atmosphere of my hometown while growing up.

there were some racist folk in the area. but one thing i appreciated was when you were not liked because of your race, they were pretty much (non violently) up front about it, - not like california where you have covert racism (i mean smiling in your face but hating you at the same time) i appreciated the real. if a person does not like another person because of their race that is their right (although i think they suck).

when i moved to california i felt very appreciative of my upbringing in that my dad and mom taught us we were equal to all. that we should not look at our race as an impediment to our progress and successes in life.

as far as the town went. i felt sometimes we were stuck in time. but the fun we had as far as "natural fun," like sled riding, roasting potatoes over an open fire during the winter at the sled hill. riding down snow banks on a piece of card board, my mom making snow ice cream. having close friends of different racial groups was awesome. and summers, parties at the different lakes in the area, going fishing with my mom, dad and siblings, pool parties and some of my rich friends houses,

being able to leave our home unlocked and not fear theft or vandalism. i loved it.

my home town did not suck except for some of the older peoples small town judgemental attitudes.

however i do like california for all it's diversity, creative atmosphere and weather. my small town had some cold *ss winters.

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yes, I was glad when I moved. It is nice to go back and visit every now and then but I wouldn't want to live there again.

Chancellor said:

Astasheiks said:

And where was your country hometown Chancellor?

Cayce, SC...12,000 people..Predominantly Black & White folks..

Cool. Mine Graham, TX... 1978 apprx 6000; Now 37 years later 8,903 Predominantly White folks approximate 90% White folks, 10% Mexicans and less than 1% Black. There is not enough Black folks in the Black church to have a choir. hee hee .

Astasheiks said:

Cool. Mine Graham, TX... 1978 apprx 6000; Now 37 years later 8,903 Predominantly White folks approximate 90% White folks, 10% Mexicans and less than 1% Black. There is not enough Black folks in the Black church to have a choir. hee hee .

..LOL...You got me rolling on that one....

I know right! And my parents at 81 and 80 years old think its such a great town. And want me to move back there and take over their Accounting business... such a hard call, business good but town no.

Astasheiks said:

I know right! And my parents at 81 and 80 years old think its such a great town. And want me to move back there and take over their Accounting business... such a hard call, business good but town no.

You will get a sign/message that will confirm what you need to do. It's a blessing to have a family business that can be passed on..