Where did you grow up and how has it affected you in life?

I'm from Santa Cruz, California.

Obviously anyone who reads my whiny posts knows not to get me started.

One thing though, I miss the fog, I prefer it cool or cold and I sure don't like the heat. Miss the ocean. Haven't seen it in years.

I now live in the California valley.
 
I grew up in NYC, and was annoyed at the parochial attitudes. People did not consider anything west of the Hudson River. When I graduated, I left for California and never looked back.
Remy said:
I'm from Santa Cruz, California.

Obviously anyone who reads my whiny posts knows not to get me started.

One thing though, I miss the fog, I prefer it cool or cold and I sure don't like the heat. Miss the ocean. Haven't seen it in years.

I now live in the California valley.
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Here is a picture of the ocean for you

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Thanks @bowmore I have few plans but one is to go to the ocean again (not Santa Cruz) and see Lake Tahoe. I'd love to go to Yosemite. Never been there either, but the crowds from what I hear! Also closed due to flooding right now I also heard.
 
I grew up on the West coast of Scotland in the city.... I grew up with the same attitude and values as most people who are born and raised in the city.. 'nuff said.... since I was 19 I've lived mostly in the countryside.. ( aside from a few periods abroad)... and the quieter pace of life, rubbed a lot of the rough edges of my character ..smooth.. .but I'm still very feisty when provoked..
 
I grew up in a small town in Wisconsin between Milwaukee and Chicago. It was nice and you were close to big cities for things you couldn’t do in our town. I still have great friends there that I keep in touch with and visit occasionally and they also come here.

As an adult now I wouldn’t move back because of the weather and high taxes. Wisconsin is a beautiful state.
 
I grew up on the South Shore of Long Island. We had access to the bay, the ocean and NYC. We had land but not much money. I consider myself to be quite fortunate. As kids we would go "exploring" which could be poking around marshes or trespassing on estates or farms and not have to be home until dark. It was a very different time.
 
I grew up on a dairy in the southeast outskirts of Sacramento, Calif., where several large, commercial farms were located. The work was hard and dirty, but I enjoyed it. Could hardly wait to get home from school, get into my overalls and boots, and get to work with gramps and the farmhands.

I think my childhood made me self-reliant and resourceful, and gave me an appreciation for nature and the outdoors.
 
I was born and partially raised in a city on the east coast of the USA. Then we moved to the suburbs of another state, where I eventually grew up. I was well provided for in my childhood but had to do my share of work. I spent a lot of time in my youth on the shores of the east coast with family and friends, and that's where I'm most at home. I moved to a southern state for a few years and then back to the east coast, to the city I was born in. Then back to the state I eventually grew up in, and that's where I am now.

I know that I'm happiest living in my own neck of the woods, which is the east coast. I live very close to the river. There are rolling hills and mountains, and I'm just a short drive from the ocean. The area is beautiful and historic, filled with museums, art galleries, theaters, restaurants, and music venues. I have everything I need right here. :)

Bella✌️
 
Family moved every 5 yrs or less, Tennessee, New Orleans and several towns in Georgia. Even though I was young perhaps New Orleans holds the greatest variety of major events within the time we there. My dad attended The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary as a family we were approved for apartment dwelling in one of the many 2 story, 4 unit brick buildings across the school campus.
Campus students were required to attend a Catholic School without attending Cataclysm, nonetheless ironic the Catholics in partnership with the Southern Baptist.
1965 Hurricane Betsy was cause for evacuation and like many of us were instructed left our home fleeing for safety and higher ground. Safe passage was charted for us across Lake Ponrchartrain Bridge actually two parallel bridges 23.83 miles long.
On this particular night of evacuation huge waves lapped over the cars as they made their way to safety. Imagine traveling bumper to bumper within an automatic car wash as a reference to what we experienced.
Finally it was determined for everyone to return to the area, skipping ahead of myself, I accompanied my dad as he drove out to the mission church where he pastored located across the road from the swamp. There on the front steps at the entrance was a large alligator lounging in the sun.
 
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