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[Foxxee]

[Kachina624]

I used to drive by my parents house often. It made me so sad as I miss them so much.  Now I haven been there in a long time.

[MJDinVegas]

Hi, @Foxxee !  Two remembrances:  one, seeing my childhood homes, having been renovated (it was 70s vintage) then listed on Zillow or realtor dot com and two, driving by the home we sold in Huntington Beach in 2006 just before the market crashed.  It has also since been remarketed.  Lots of good memories in both!

[Annabellethecat66]

Yes I did a few months ago with my daughter.

It looks the same.  The only thing that was done to it was 1/2 bathroom was put in.

Earlierthis week my oldest daughter sent me some pictures of the area where I grew up.

The weather was nice so she and her two sons walked all around town.

My family goes way back there for several generations.  My grandsons enjoyed seeing where grandma (me) grew up.

It was a wonderful place to grow up in.

Several of my friends inherited the houses all around the schools from their parents.  Their hope is that one day their children's children will live there.

So many happy memories.

[meallen616]

@Foxxee, 

My brother and I did go back recently and were surprised at some of the changes. It was a nice time together to remember all the good times and friends who lived there. Thanks for posting this,

[hckynutjohn]

@Foxxee 

No! Where I was born and raised in Public Housing Projects, those were torn down years ago. It was called "Lil Vietnam" when it was closed. Why?  The name says it all. 

The home we bought when we finally raised enough money to get out of there! It is his in a "Blighted" part of our city. A once nice neighborhood was turned into an area where most moving into those homes, were mostly those that received close to 90% of their mortgages/leases, paid by the government.

I have no desire to go look back into my past living areas. It was bad enough living their at the time, not something I care to remember.

hckynut  🇺🇸

[AngelPuppy1]

The first house I can remember living in, was in a very small village.  I drive through there occasionally and it makes me so sad.  The house is in such bad shape - it looks as though it's ready to fall in.  I adored that little cottage and I remember I was so happy there!  Sometimes it's better to NOT go back!  

[Judaline]

I have nostalgic days. I go back to the neighborhood I grew up in. The street's the same, the houses in good shape, but I never see one kid out playing. None. And I've been back a few times. I hate that there are cars parked on both sides of the street. Looks awful and scary if there would be kids riding bikes (they must be there somewhere). My school is not my Catholic school anymore. It's some kind of foreign sounding prayer group. I don't think they need our big playground anymore. The little shopping center we'd ride our bikes up to is now a mess. The drugstore where we'd get our hot fudge sundaes is gone, the cool deli where we'd stop in and get a dill pickle, gone. Shoe store gone. Library gone. I honestly don't know what is in each of those small stores. It looks very junky. Sad.

[Citrine1]

Yes, every couple of years I go back and look at the house I grew up in, my grandmother's house, my friends homes, the drugstore I worked in as a teenager.  It was such a pretty and safe, middle class, all American neighborhood.  

Now it's a neighborhood that I wouldn't feel comfortable walking around in during the day, let alone after dark.  The homes are run down with unkempt lawns.  The grade school and high school I attended are among the worst in the city.  The playground is filled with homeless and drug addicts.  

Makes me very sad to see these changes.  

[wagirl]

Yes, my brother and I drove thru our old neighborhood a few years ago to the house we grew up in---someone bought it to flip---they did alot of moving walls and closing doorways and re arranging the rooms---looked good. Was still in construction tho ---dang, I HATED that house!!! I think my folks bought it for $12,000 in the 60's, now worth over half a million----what???????