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Went back to my hometown for the first time in 15 years
Posted on 10/2/19 at 10:52 pm
Posted on 10/2/19 at 10:52 pm
Unrecognizable now. Old neighborhood now run down, unkept yards. Noticeable Hispanic growth. Shuttered storefronts on the Main Street.
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Posted on 10/2/19 at 11:01 pm to Potato Smasher
Same thing happened in Mandeville when it became St. Bernard
Posted on 10/2/19 at 11:38 pm to Potato Smasher
Where’s your hometown?
Posted on 10/2/19 at 11:41 pm to Potato Smasher
Flip side: my hometown has gone from sleepy, Old South farm and mercantile small town to a booming part of industrialization.
I feel like the Hobbits after coming back from their great adventure.
I feel like the Hobbits after coming back from their great adventure.
Posted on 10/2/19 at 11:42 pm to Potato Smasher
Tried to show my wife my grandmother's beautiful crepe myrtle off South Grand in Monroe.
We didn't so much as slow the car down.
Sad what it's become.
We didn't so much as slow the car down.
Sad what it's become.
Posted on 10/2/19 at 11:45 pm to Potato Smasher
Sometimes it is depressing to go to the hometown of your childhood.
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Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:01 am to HempHead
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Flip side: my hometown has gone from sleepy, Old South farm and mercantile small town to a booming part of industrialization.
I feel like the Hobbits after coming back from their great adventure.
Did you actually read Tolkien? When the hobbits returned their town was a shithole overtaken by bullying, unlawful immigrants and they had to kick them out using lethal force.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 12:07 am to Flats
Yes, I have, many times. It is clear (to me, at least) that the subtext was about the destruction of rural land in conjunction with modernization, and lamenting the loss of what the idyllic rural England had been. I feel that very much. Of course, it is better than becoming a crime-ridden, poverty-stricken ghost town.
I can accept the economic boom and growth being beneficial to most folks around there while also being sad that the charm and rural idyll has been taken away. It is what it is.
I can accept the economic boom and growth being beneficial to most folks around there while also being sad that the charm and rural idyll has been taken away. It is what it is.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 6:08 am to Ancient Astronaut
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Same thing happened in Mandeville when they built the Causeway.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 6:13 am to Potato Smasher
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unkept yards
*unkempt
Posted on 10/3/19 at 6:47 am to Flats
quote:One of Jackson’s greatest mistakes in the LOTR films was killing Saruman at Orthanc and skipping the Scouring of the Shire.quote:Did you actually read Tolkien? When the hobbits returned their town was a shithole overtaken by bullying, unlawful immigrants and they had to kick them out using lethal force.
I feel like the Hobbits after coming back from their great adventure.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 6:50 am to AggieHank86
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One of Jackson’s greatest mistakes in the LOTR films was killing Saruman at Orthanc and skipping the Scouring of the Shire.
There wasn't time to fit everything in with 3 movies.
I remember people making fun of it for the multiple endings as is. It is one of my favorite parts of the books but it makes sense in movie terms to have to cut it short.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 7:00 am to texashorn
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*unkempt
If you’re going to be a jerk, at least be right. Unkept works fine in his context, potentially better than unkempt.
unkept (?n'k?pt) adj
1. (of a promise, secret, appointment, etc) broken or disregarded
2. (of a person or property) not maintained or looked after
Posted on 10/3/19 at 7:01 am to CAD703X
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Tried to show my wife my grandmother's beautiful crepe myrtle off South Grand in Monroe.
Married my wife back in 2000. I took her to the southside of Monroe to show her were I was raised. It was a sad excursion to say the least.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 7:11 am to Potato Smasher
I feel you. My hometown is nothing but a methhead zombie apocalypse wasteland now.
Posted on 10/3/19 at 7:11 am to Potato Smasher
my hometown is booming and the only thing keeping LA's future alive
Posted on 10/3/19 at 7:17 am to Potato Smasher
Do you consider what might have been had you not left?
Posted on 10/3/19 at 7:22 am to Potato Smasher
Nostalgia ain't what it used to be.....
Posted on 10/3/19 at 7:24 am to Potato Smasher
Mine turned into Mexico. I feel your pain.
Well, it would have been kind of like the Alamo.
quote:
Do you consider what might have been had you not left?
Well, it would have been kind of like the Alamo.
This post was edited on 10/3/19 at 7:26 am
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