What do you Miss Most about where You used to Live?

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hollydolly

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..if you live in a different country or different part of the same country to where you grew up or lived for many years, are there things that you still miss about that or those areas ( apart from people)...that are not available where you live now..and what are they?
 

I was perfectly content in my San Diego until "they" came. Everyone who visited had to come back and buy so a great little city that no one ever knew of went from pop 250K to 3.1 Million. Completely ruined it. BTW WW2 was partly responsible. During the war we had Army, Navy and Marines. When the war was over they all went home and talked about San Diego and ended up back out there. Thanks Hitler, Tojo and Hirohito.....
 
I’ve lived in the same city for the better part of 42 yrs (although I moved to different suburbs a few times), and I’m quite content. But sometimes I miss the simplicity and innocence/sweetness of the town I was born in and the town where I went to high school.
 
I miss Lake Superior, lilacs, northern lights, daylight in summer at around 330 am continuing until around 10 pm. I miss the feel of home. I miss the smell of fresh-mown lawns in the summer and the first new sNOw in the fall. I miss that one day in October when the sky is clear blue, the wind calm, the sun warm. It was the day I knew I had to sit on the porch swing all day long and let everything else wait because winter was coming and I couldn't sit out there again until late in the spring. I miss the smell of Christmas there. I miss the feel of spring.

It was home and the only place that ever felt like it was home and right where I was meant to be.
 
Before we moved to this location, we lived way across town quite close to the lake and a huge park beside it and I loved the ethnic village-like atmosphere of that neighborhood where I could shop in the little delis and sit at the sidewalk cafes and browse in the trendy little shops. The area we're in now is nice too but different.
 
I grew up in the largest city in Scotland I miss none of it...however I do miss the scenic parts of Scotland and I miss hearing the accent!!


I lived for 10 years in Southern Spain...and I miss sitting on the porch on a warm summers' night listening to the Cicadas making their chattering noise under our Palm trees..
 
I lived for the longest time in Hampshire, in a village that boasted the best brewery in the UK (IMHO). There had been a brewery in the village since the 1700's and owned by the Gale family since the 1850s. Around 2006, the family sold out to a large London brewery and the brewery building was converted to expensive apartments. It was time to head back north. This is my home and I love it here - but I miss a pint of Gales Ales.
 
I miss the convenience of sporting activites. 10 Minutes to the first tee, 3 minutes to the indoor pool & spa, 5 minutes to the courts, 10 minutes to Billards & Darts.
 
I miss my old house and its fireplace. As far as regional things, I miss good pizza and decent Indian food.

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Good pizza, yeah, that's long gone, even from the old neighborhood, we had some of the best, even in Westchester county NY. In the summer we would eat a slice along with an Italian icy as we called them. :D But I also miss rare traffic sightings. Sometimes we would site outside and count cars for fun, not that there's a lot of traffic on my immediate street now, but it's way more than there was in my earlier days.
 
AprilT said:
Good pizza, yeah, that's long gone, even from the old neighborhood, we had some of the best, even in Westchester county NY. In the summer we would eat a slice along with an Italian icy as we called them. :D But I also miss rare traffic sightings. Sometimes we would site outside and count cars for fun, not that there's a lot of traffic on my immediate street now, but it's way more than there was in my earlier days.
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I grew up in Queens, and then moved to Long Island when I got married. We live at the Jersey Shore now. The pizza here is nothing like NYC pizza. We still have lots of cars to count though, especially during tourist season.

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DizzyBritches said:
I grew up in Queens, and then moved to Long Island when I got married. We live at the Jersey Shore now. The pizza here is nothing like NYC pizza. We still have lots of cars to count though, especially during tourist season.

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Oh I know about the Jersey pizza not being similar to NY, I started out in Brooklyn grew up mainly in Westchester, think I lived at one time or another in three of the NYC boroughs, but, when I married I moved to central Jersey, shore area the pizza wasn't at all tasty, so I rarely indulged in it. But there is a guy who opened a pizza shop in my present neighborhood who moved here from Jersey and their pizza is better than most other shops in town, doesn't compare to my early days, but it has a nice thin crust not as doughy as most others around here.
 
Central Jersey pizza is getting better. But Queens pizza was the bomb. I grew up with chewy crusts, so that is what I still like. I could do with a slice of Sicilian right now...

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April, my mom grew up in Brooklyn and I have a sister there. But I grew up in Elmhurst, Queens.

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There's only one thing I miss about Detroit - the ethnic festivals during the summer. "Ethnic" in Detroit is the real thing; there are so many different pockets of foreign inhabitants there, so you got the "real" food, crafts, music, dance, etc. Here in the Orlando area, except for Cuban, Vietnamese, and perhaps Haitian, any other "ethnic festivals" are the Disney-Kids-of-the-Kingdom-ish affairs. You know....."The Grinning Americans" (a little nod to "Cheers" here) on stage pretending to be furriners.
 
I miss that there were way fewer cars and you could park anywhere. Now it's parking by permit only for residents and you can barely drive down the streets because there are so many cars lining the neighborhood streets and this is an upscale neighborhood, not a main thoroughfare, so it's pretty shocking. IE. I miss the era and they way things used to be rather than the physical place which has changed almost beyoned recognition.
 
have lived in the same city all my life. From one of my childhood homes I do miss the beautiful lilac tree. (would never have one now because I back then I did not know about the suckers it sent out through the grass. Dad must have worked hard to keep those at bay.)
 
Here we can get about any pizza you want but we always get the Brooklyn Family from NYPD (New York Pizza Delivery). Pepperoni and fresh Basil....Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
 
First place I lived was during my youth, so of course I miss that the most. No worries, though, imps live a long time. Remain around to makes lives miserable! imp
 
Same state but different town. The one where I grew up has turned into liquor stores, hair braiding and bail bondsmen. Fifty years ago and it was pretty well to do.
 
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