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Wonder if could make a guide of the world! Every bootie capable of a writing something coherent wrote a bit about their home town?

Random thought of the moment... if you guys think its worth while I might have to spend some time putting thoughts on paper. (I tend to write only when goaded into it...)

Actually, I think its quite a good idea. Sort of like a synopsis of an insiders information. I mean, mine would have to be;

"Leicester, England"

Mostly harmless

Wonder if there are enough folks aroud that have an intrest in sharing information about their home towns/places they have lived in the past to make it worth while...

Dang thats a long sentence. Maybe I should leave it up to everyone else to do the writing!

I'd do it! Plenty to write about Chicago.

I was writing about my home town in India where I was born..along with a mouth waterting recipie from that city which it is famous for...soon soon.

I don't know if you all want me do do that. My hometown is like someplace out of a Gothic novel. A lot of bizarre crimes and weird incidences happen there. We hit the national news about once a year for some crazy crime or another. Law & Order did a ripped from the headlines episode (The President of Hillsdale College had a 20 year affair with his daughter in Law. She later "committed suicide" in the exact place where she was married.) Unsolved Mysteries did a segment on a guy who killed his wife with a powerful horse sedative and then fled the scene. He was later caught on some tropical island. We've been a David Letterman Top 10 List for a guy who murdered his girlfriend, chopped her up and fed her to his dogs. Jay Leno had a clipping of a guy who committed suicide by mooning train. (I actually knew this guy.) In the 1960's we hit national media when an entire girls dorm at the college reported see a UFO land in the athletic field down the hill. And you thought I was kidding. . .

Sometimes I feel lucky to have made it out of there in one piece.

Jet

P.S. Most of the time it's a really great place with good people and a great small town atmosphere. But those few . . .

Uh, JetGirl, where is your hometown? Someplace other than Rochester Hills?

Could we expand it to places you've lived for a couple of years or more? otherwise we'll get a pretty skewed travel guide (All of the US, parts of Australia, UK and Canada with Madhu and about ten other folks left to cover the rest of the planet). Besides, you must be able to tell some good tales if you've been in a city for years.

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Originally posted by Elis:
Could we expand it to places you've lived for a couple of years or more? otherwise we'll get a pretty skewed travel guide (All of the US, parts of Australia, UK and Canada with Madhu and about ten other folks left to cover the rest of the planet). Besides, you must be able to tell some good tales if you've been in a city for years.

Yeah, where you've lived/been before...

I'll sit back and wait for the results...

Course Rocknrod you're going to have to give your sheltered and conservative view of your hometown as well

Aw gosh... thought yall'd never ask!

At the risk of sounding irredeemably mercenary, writing about your own neck of the woods can also be a easy way of picking up clips & checks. After all, you’ve got the information at your finger tips, so it’s mostly a matter of working out who might pay for the piece. Auto club magazines and similar are often a good place to start.

I think it's a great idea. In fact, I write about my hometown for another travelblog virtually on a daily basis. Unfortunately I haven't written anything for BnA about Perth yet (Sorry guys - it's gotta be coming now eh!).

If you're going to write about your hometown then you have to write about both sides and not just the positive.

When I first started writing about Perth, I didn't realise just how much the place has to offer visitors. I was stunned!.

Hadnt thought about the economic implications of writing about local places... Tickles my money making bone!

I'll have to put some thoughts together about the local hangouts.

That sounds good. I could write about New York City, or where my parents live (Long Island, NY) or where I went to grad school (Boulder, CO).

New York's a great place to visit, but a better place to live.

Yup... New York Citty one of the few places in the states that you can get food from street stalls...

- Taiwan, a small island/country rarely gets mention here
- Ohio where I lived for nine years if no one talks about it
- D.C.
- Glen Cove, NY
- Rayong, Thailand.