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I dont know what has come over me lately. I have begun to like my city of birth; the only city I have known, the city I have grown up in, the place I call home, yet at the same time I haven’t wanted to call it home. I have a few reasons for this, particularly the fact that there is such political/religious unrest, none of which I agree with, understand, nor care about. But in the last few weeks I have begun to see it differently. I guess I had just been looking in the wrong places before.
The main thing I would put this all down to would be my interest in photography. Through this, I feel the desire to take my camera with me wherever I go, and go places I would not have gone before so as to get some good photographs. I have been to museums; indoors and out, bent down to look at flowers, leaves and grass, even stopped to follow a robin in a bush. Generally enjoying nature as much as possible while living in a [small, in more ways than one] city. Looking around me I have begun to see why so many people enjoy this country.
At the same time there are many problems here, but I think that most of it stems from the yob culture which is growing ever more out of control. I am scared to walk around my own neighbourhood at night!
But… I am beginning to see the light. People are trying - many don’t listen, but there are so many who do, and they are the coolest people. My (google) calendar is filled. Last Thursday I went to see a few bands at The Empire Music Hall and had a wonderful time. Each of the four bands that played: Mary’s Great Idea, The Dregs, The Winding Stair and The Delawares, I would see again, and have plans to see again at their next gigs, each of which I have made dates for. As a fanatical lover of music I am really enjoying seeing my hometown in such a new way.
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I still haven’t come to grips with my hometown. Kudos to you!
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