Hating your hometown

I havent lived in my hometown in about 32 years.

 

i don't really have one, to be honest.

 

You can have mine. I'm not using it.

 

i'm quite bored of living in my hometown (Granby,Québec btw) , cos the people are snobby and pretty judgemental .. there is some good people though but i wanna move somewhere else ..

 

nah. i'll keep being fluid in my hometown. i guess the closest i get to a hometown is garden grove, ca, but i hated it the moment we moved there. it's not really fair. i didn't GROW to hate it, i just knew instinctually that these were not my people..

 

KC, I'm your people.

 

well, don't bother with durango, co. MAN! have i ever come to LOATHE this town. the people are so arrogant, uppity and fake that it's just like living in SoCal all over again. i went to the hospital today with my daughter, and let me tell you, durangotangs are totally convinced of the superiority of all things durango. the problem is that the hospital here is GARBAGE! there were bugs by the trashcan in the ER, the whole place is dingy, the staff lazy and slow, and the quality of care is totally weak. when dave had to go there to get his arm looked at after an accident, they FORGOT to look at the xrays! and throughout my entire day today, only ONE PERSON wasn't rude. unbelieveable. yet they will ramble on about how wonderful all of durango is. i'm sorry, but just because your landscape and view is special doesn't mean you are too.

 

really? what do we look like? because i've only met a couple throughout the years...

 

We look alot like us.

 

i think having hometown pride is rediculous. just becaues you happen to live there/be from there doesnt really make it any more special than any other place

my hometown is ok. its pretty boring here, mostly suburbs, very little farmland left, and some industrial/commercial. it would be really boring if it werent so close to toronto

 

KC, I have a good friend that lives in Durango, and she says the same thing...I'm gonna show her your post so she know she isn't alone... :H

 

so i'll know us by the colorful clothing and facial hair! that's really good to know, i'll keep that in mind.

 

yeah, there's a few of us kicking about here with the exact same exasperated expressions on our faces...

 

That pretty much covers it.

 

i could never hate my hometown. i have had great memories here, and some pretty shitty ones too. my town is 7 miles across and i have every street wired into my memory, i know the place like the back of my hand. everyone knows everyones baby's daddy's neighbor's second cousins wife & you get the picture. it a small town where nothing ever grows and if youre still there by the time youre 25, youre doomed to be powhitetrash for the rest of your life. there really is nothing here for someone who hasnt been here all their life. i have love for this place, but i dont wanna picture myself being here in 15 years.

 

Yo this shit is spot on for me. Nice read.

 

I don't really like my hometown, but I don't hate it either. I need to get away for a while when I'm done school. Don't know for sure if I'll ever come back... but it is a good place to raise kids. On one half of the city at least, the west side (west of the river) is pretty sketchy. I don't wanna be there after dark. but then, I'm a wimp. It's pretty quiet, barely a city, only a couple of halfway decent bars to dance at. Nothing all that spectacular except for the riverfront, there's a whole bunch of park on either side of the river here and it's really really really pretty

 

i dont think anyone here would like the place i grew up in .....im certainly not planning , infact ill take it a knotch further , im planning not to go back there .

 

I LOVE Pittsburgh
I wish I hated it cause I don't wanna leave but the economy sucks

 

where ya grow up?...