Here, I'll start: born in Manchester, England, returned to Manchester age 18. Was there when Ian Curtis died (in Macclesfield, a town which always depressed me, even when I was, like, eight or nine). Family (my wonderful Gran) and friends still in the Manchester area = home.
Partly raised in the East Midlands -- Nottingham/Leicester area. Parents, siblings and a few scattered (former?) friends still there = home.
Worked for 5 years in Northampton. Very influential in so many ways (not so much the Pete Murphy/Danny Ash ways, although they were fun, too) = home.
Lived and worked in the Vancouver area for many, many years. Current home, and as powerfully home for me as Manchester is/ever was.
So, anyway, all the places I lived in I still think of as home. Is that unusual? Or is it par for the course?
― David A. (Davant), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 08:18 (twenty years ago) link
― David A. (Davant), Wednesday, 3 March 2004 08:19 (twenty years ago) link
― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 29 November 2004 19:29 (nineteen years ago) link
― youn, Monday, 29 November 2004 19:53 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nowell (Nowell), Monday, 29 November 2004 21:38 (nineteen years ago) link
― Sarah McLusky (coco), Monday, 29 November 2004 21:43 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nowell (Nowell), Monday, 29 November 2004 21:44 (nineteen years ago) link
When I miss New England, I miss it the way I miss Texas and Colorado and Virginia, places I happen to have been and that had cool things I haven't found elsewhere.
In particular, home is/was my last apartment in New Orleans, and the neighborhood (Gentilly) it was in -- central enough to necessities (grocery shopping, pharmacies, bus route, etc) but far removed from most of the apartment districts. Lots of wrought iron, honeysuckles, broken fountains, fried chicken, Creole Chinese soul food, cemeteries, shoe stores, and guys selling mix tapes from wheeled suitcases.
― Tep (ktepi), Monday, 29 November 2004 21:54 (nineteen years ago) link
― Nowell (Nowell), Monday, 29 November 2004 23:19 (nineteen years ago) link
― Big Baby Bingo (Chris V), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 11:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― d.arraghmac, Tuesday, 30 November 2004 11:12 (nineteen years ago) link
I think Brighton&Hove has been my only real 'home'. But I have a place in my heart for York too, where I lived for the second longest stretch of time after here.
― Archel (Archel), Tuesday, 30 November 2004 11:47 (nineteen years ago) link