Your Kind of Town

A hometown is more than just geography. Whether you choose where to live or it chooses you, every place has a story to tell. What makes your city, suburb or small town special? Share a favorite memory or anecdote about your kind of town and read what others have to say about their favorite places.

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"You're from where?" "Atlantic City." "Oh yeah, Atlanta, I hear it's..." "Nooooo, Atlantic City, New Jersey. You know, the boardwalk, casinos..."
— Turiya S.A. Raheem from Atlantic City, N.J.
"Most towns have a famous person or building. My town has a famous canal. The Middlesex Canal."
— Tim Sanderson from Billerica, Mass.
"Amherst celebrates its Centennial this year, but when the town was incorporated on April 15, 1910, it had already been the county seat for 100 years."
— Rosemary Dunne from Amherst, Va.

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Everglades, Fla.

Amparo Pastor
This is a large suburb I live in. My home has a lake in the back that connects to five other lakes in this area. Occasionally I will take my electric propelled boat and slowly travel through it. I've seen iguanas, egrets, crows, eagles, ducks and geese of different species, turtles huge patches of water lilies, and many other natural wildlife known to this area.
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