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Hometown
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- What was the name of the town or city where you grew up? What state or country was it in?
- Describe it. Was it a big city, a small town, or rural? What was the surrounding terrain like? Was it flat? Hilly?
- What was the climate of the place that you grew up in? Did it have seasonal changes with hot summers and cold winters?
- What was the population of your hometown? Was it small enough so that everyone knew each other? Did you like its size?
- In later years, what special memories did you have about the town that you grew up in? Did you like to reminisce about your favorite place to play or favorite shop to visit?
- Was the home that you lived in special to you? What did it look like? Where was it located? What made it unique?
- Did your town have any special landmarks? Was there a big park? A river? A statue? What made your town different?
- Was your hometown famous for anything? What? Did an important person live there? Is there a food that is your town's specialty?
- What kinds of people lived in the town that you grew up in? Were they all of a certain ethnicity or was there a wide variety?
- Were multiple languages spoken in the town where you grew up? What were they? How did this affect the atmosphere of the town? Did certain sections of the town reflect the nationalities related to these languages?
- Did your town have any special yearly events? Was there an Independence Day celebration? A winter or harvest festival? What happened on these days?
- Did your town have a main street? Describe it. Did it change over time?
- Did your hometown have "good" and "bad" areas? What made them this way? Where did you live? How did you feel about that?
- What was the best part about growing up where you did? What was fun to do on evenings and weekends? Were the people especially friendly?
- What was the worst thing about the town that you grew up in? Was it too small or too big? Did you feel like there was nothing to do?
- How long did you live in this town? Did it change while you were there? What changed? Did you like the changes or not?
- If you moved away from this town, did you ever go back? Why or why not? Was it the "perfect" place to grow up? Is it still? Would you want to raise a family there today?
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