Geography 101: Let's Talk About the Places You Love

[LadyChocolate]

Originally Posted by BoredOutOfMyMind

So is San Francisco, but man what an experience!

NOT the weirdos- the city itself.

I haven't been to California in years, but I AM going this year! I can't wait. I don't really care for the lifestyle there in san fran, at least for what it is known for, but I will visit. I heard that Carmel is one of the most beautiful places ever........ Oh, I can't wait to go!!!

[berkeley]

I did not like living in south Texas.. but I like driving from current local to Texas... well, I just like driving.. lol

[Hoovie]

Originally Posted by BoredOutOfMyMind

So is San Francisco, but man what an experience!

NOT the weirdos- the city itself.

thanks for the clarification!

[Thad]

if i didnt live in northern California i would live in southern california.
If i didnt live southern Ca. i would live in Northern CA. There are things about the south i like and things about the northeast i like, but overall CA. is still the place. were I live is by far not the top place in CA. BUT ! it is close to the top places.
california just hit 38 million btw

Originally Posted by Cotton Mather

I grew up in a very rural environment. The closest Wal Mart was 40 miles away. Our town had three cafes but no fast food restaurants. The truth is, I didn't even live in a town. I lived on a farm 8 miles out of town (1700 people). Our county was the poorest in the state with a total population of around 12,000.

We didn't even have a Wal-Mart when I grew up. I lived in a city (Niagara Falls, NY) that had over 100,000 people when I was born but that now has less than 50,000.

Entertainment didn't come through a tv or "monitor" in our Pentecostal home. As kids we played wiffle ball, nickel hockey on the table, and velcro darts in the hall. The church kids got together for swimming, basketball, football and of course - the Pentecostal favorite - softball.

I was one of those kids from a single-parent Welfare family - a kid that ran the streets unsupervised.

Our area was wooded and filled with many clear running streams. The big river that ran through the community was called "The Canoe Capital of the World". It was a hunter's paradise. A fisherman's paradise. A nature lover's paradise.

The Niagara Gorge was walking distance from my house and we used to play in the gorge.

When I grew up, I moved to the city for several years. I couldn't handle it. I eventually moved away from it.

When I grew up, I joined the Navy and visited several Asian countries (at least one of them more than 20 times).