From the article: Mental Maps
Everyone has a special affinity for the place they call home. Where is your town or city located and what makes your hometown a special place? What aspects of the place where you live make it a worthwhile place to live? Be sure to tell us the name of your city! Tell Us Why!
Portsmouth, Virginia
- This area had much to offer. There are many good restaurants, movie theaters and retail stores with somewhat reasonable prices. We have many beaches, lakes and ponds. Aswell, we have many bridges and tunnels. On the downside, traffic is terrible. It seems like everyone want to live here. A good place to live close to here is Suffolk, Va. I may move there someday, but for now I'm 3 blocks from work so it would be wise to stay put. My girlfriend and I like to go for walks in downtown P-town(Portsmouth). There is a board walk and many restaurants around this section of Portsmouth and we simply park the truck and walk. Again, traffic is a big problem. Along with congested traffic, there are many drivers with road-rage who are not too far from the edge. Plus, traffic is expected double in the next 2 yrs. So, I may just move even though I love living here with the love of my life!
- —SamuelTWhitmore
St.Elizabeth, Jamaica
- I love my country. The people are friendly and the livity is unique and amazing. The food is great and weather is fantastic. I love it there.
- —Guest Abi Findley
Virginia
- I happen to like it here because this is where I was born and raised. I love the rich history of the area I live in. The last battle of the Revolutionary War was fought in Yorktown, not far from here. The eastern area is aliove with everything Maritime. The worlds largest Naval Base in Norfolk. The oldest continous active duty shipyard in Portsmouth. Mile Post # 1 of the longest intercoastal waterway is also in Portsmouth. You can literally travel from New York to Florida and never have to go into the ocean. We're midway between everything here. We have mountains and coastal plains. We have 4 seasons. I admit though the Summer is kinda warm, but we have short Winters. Except for rush hour traffic, which is just as bad as other areas, you can get from point A to point B within a reasonable amount of time. We have more military bases per capita than anywhere else. We have more tunnels and bridges than the average area. Fall is beautiful. I reckon there are other places, but I'm happy her
- —Guest Donnie
Why Do I love where I live?
- Even though I was born and raised in California, I LOVE living on the east coast, specially, Virginia. I love the fact that we have four seasons in VA. Sometimes the seasons can be a little extreme like our last winter with 2 feet+ of snow and a tree falling on my car. Or, that this summer was a record for our heat, but it's still four distinct seasons. That's why I love living where I do. :)
- —Guest Judy
KURNOOL, INDIA
- I love my country so as my home town, kurnool its 230Km away from hyderabad there are hatful of places to see here & u enjoy the hospitality of the people. My town is famous for the holy places for atheists its must watch come in. In recent times the geological survey conducted here proved that this place has huge mineral resources like gold,barites ,uranium,quartz,feldspar etc., so in future my city is going to have good infrastructure facilites that makes me proud of my hometown. Apart from these there are so are so many monumental structures that will not make you turned out. As i was agitating of my career i really miss of being there.
- —Guest mohan
Al' Umran
- I live in Al' Umran City located in Al Hasa Oasis, Saudi Arabia. I love Al' Umran because it is where I was born and grown up. My memories, families and friends from the childhood. Al’ Umran is a special place to visit. It is surrounded by farms, Al Hasa National Park and sand dunes. Farms are famous with different types of dates, lime, vegetables, cucumbers,…etc. Also, its famous with swimming balls. Al Hasa National Park is a good place to visit and enjoy your time from Mid February to May and Mid September to November. Sand Dunes are very attractive in the winter time for daily enjoyment and camping. Months are November to February.
- —Guest HUSSAIN ALABBAD
All of Puerto Rico
- Not too many places that have a metro area with over 3 million inhabitants minutes from the best beaches, tropical mountain range and near desert coast all within a 100x35mile island!! I came to visit in 1988, returned stateside, sold everything and although traveled all over the world, still here. Not only is the topographical and weather diversity forever grasping at you, the social makeup over the entire island is captivating to those who dare interact. I will still travel big blue, but my bones will rest here in what I humbly consider my heart's nest! I do Love this paradise.
- —Guest Marcos
kathmandu,Nepal
- I love my Nepal because it is very beautiful in it's nature. there are different shape and size like;himalayas,hills and plans. there are different types of climates.There are many rivers that flows from mauntain to plan(Tarai) and there are so many greenary scenes in all over the country side.It is the 2nd richest in it's water hydropower.It is also known as the land of maunt Everest(the top of the world) and the birth place of Lord Buddha(Light of Asia).
- —Guest shyam paudel
allentown ,PA
- I love allentown because there are great schools and the weather is usually always the way it should be. as far as i have been alive i have only seen one tornado in allentown near a high school called dieruff high school, there usually only thunderstorms in allentown.allentown has a lot of crimes, and deaths,and fights but other than that allentown is a great place to live.there are no bad stuff that happen on the street i live because my street is busy and i someone tried to rob a house or something else like that that person would not get away with it because there would either be a car passing by or witnesses walking on are side walk im only nine years old so not all of this might be true ,and thats why i love allentown ps. its a great place to live
- —Guest Jadel C
Mexico City, Mexico
- Mexico city, one of the largest cities in the world, ancient Tenochtitlan, capital of the aztecs. Mexico City is a city of its own kind, ancient and modern, cosmopolitan and traditional, rich and poor, a city of contrasts. Mexico City is exagerated, its complex, its complicated, you would have to spend many rainy seasons and many subway trips from Indos Verdes to Universidad to understand it. Food in Mexico City is amazing, from the expensive gourment restaurants in la Condesa, to a tacos stand outside a subway station. You can find food in Mexico city at any hour, because there is people willing to eat it. Mexico City is a baroque city in many aspects, as Mexico and mexicans themselves. There are so many things that are unique and special in this city that is quite difficult to name them in such a little space. Mexico city is the murals of Diego Rivera, the holy smell of bread, the volcanic rock of the Xitle, a colorful evening in Coyoacan... So many and so huge things.
- —Guest Efraim Hernandez
Portland, Maine
- I'd like to call it food city. Portland benefits from the bounty that the state of Maine provides. Fresh ingredients, which are often local and organic are just outside city limits. The access to the outdoors manifests an adventurous spirit that propelled Portland into the national restaurant scene. For a small town, it has great history, culture, and an active, funky, hip and young population. The ideal community.
- —Guest A. Main
Lenexa Kansas
- Lenexa is a suburb of Kansas City. It's hard to say why people in Kansas City love it here. The weather is usually too hot or too cold. There's no mountains or beach. But virtually everyone I know who has moved here has stayed, and virtually everyone I know who has moved away has moved back. I think it's just more pleasant than most places.
- —Guest eiblis
Niger
- It because of electricity and good road, therefore I will use this opportunities to express my own opinion for this country, Niger,will have bad leadership for this country.
- —Guest Stanley Alabama
Western Massachusetts
- I love Western Massachusetts: You can live in a small town yet everything is conveniently near: shopping, hospitals, colleges, NYC and Boston. Our hospitals and colleges are some of the best, and though public schools arent, they're not the worst in the nation. Springfield has a high crime rate for a city its size, but surrounding towns have little crime and you can still find nice homes below $200,000. Our taxes are a bit high, but they're not the highest in the USA , MA doen't tax government pensions and most everyone has health insurance here. I don't like the short summer but we have no hurricanes, rarely a small tornado and I've only felt a small earthquake rumble once in 20 years. Our autumns are gorgeous, we have beautiful trees, mountains, lakes and state parks. The winter is long, can be cold, but we don't get as much snow as Buffalo, NY. We've had very little snow this year but when we do, our roads are cleared right away. All in all, this is a great place to live
- —Guest AlishaKay
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- I live in Philadelphia, I love Philadelphia because of one thing, the weather. That's it.
- —Guest Earldine Tolberts' sister
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