re: Do you ever wish you could have grown up somewhere else?

No

Grew up in the suburbs (Chicago). The early childhood and pre-teen years were pretty good in the burbs, enjoyed having a yard to play and school was big enough to have plenty of friends.

For my high school years, I would have rather lived in the country, city, or beach (don't care which one, just somewhere with an identity). Suburban life is pretty bland as a teen.

Your friend's lived far enough apart that you had to drive to see them but the houses were too close together to throw a party.

The suburbs have the right combination of no public transportation, no taxi service, and plenty of cops ... it's kind of like Baton Rouge pre-Uber.

We could have picked up other activities, but there's also a lack of 4-wheeling, fishing, shooting (did go hunting in the little forest preserve by our house, had the guns stashed in a golf bag - got caught, that didn't go well for me).

No baw. I love Louisiana and our loose creel limits on fish.