QUESTION: Where did you grow up? City & State.
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Born in Alhambra California but grew-up in Martinez and then Pleasant Hill.
In much more simpler times.
Clayton, back when it was country, and cattle ranches, before the yuppie’s moved in.
I miss those days too. Spent lots of times at the Keller Ranch, rode and fed our horses, and even hunted dove in season on the Chavez Ranch next us. I still raise chickens and ducks now, but miss my days when we raised horses, a few steers, and even boarded 2 donkeys and other horses, and lets not to forget our dogs, cats, and usually some stray creature from time to time mom had to save from extinction!
Me too. People rode their horses up our street; Mitchell Creek raged one year in the late 50’s, so deep it shook the footbridge; there were chickens running around in a part of downtown, (even until the 80’s?). Loved watching the cattle on the hills beyond Mt. Diablo Elementary while I sat in the classroom; we’d stand on the fences by the barns, barefoot, carrots in hand for the horses;
Old Clayton, when practically everyone knew each other or were related.
London.
Mostly Nashville, TN.
Me too!
Oakland
Fremont
Castro Valley
Los Gatos (Off Summt Rd)
Castro Valley
My parents moved a lot.
Beautiful Ohio❤️
S Y…thumbs down.
Up until I was 14, it was in San Francisco’s Bayview District, and
from 14 to 18 it was the Portola District also in San Francisco.
At that time, both neighborhoods were predominantly Italian and
Maltese and since my mother was from Sicily, and a lot of my
relatives also lived in those neighborhoods we had to live there too.
I was fortunate enough to be born when San Francisco was still a
beautiful and safe city to grow up in. Us kids would ride the bus and
walk all over the city without any problems, and there was a lot to do
that was either inexpensive or free. The zoo was free and so were a
lot of the museums. Near the zoo was the 1,000 ft long Fleishhacker
Pool that only cost a dime to swim. The pool was so massive that the
lifeguards had to use rowboats. Playland, Golden Gate Park, Chinatown,
Fisherman’s Wharf, and North Beach were thriving, never crowded, and
there was always lots of free parking.
It can be argued persuasively that I have yet to grow up.
But that’s probably a point.
As there are too many cities to name, I’ll go by state.
California
Nebraska
Wyoming
Colorado
South Dakota
Iowa
North Dakota
Minnesota
Illinois
Washington
Utah
Maryland
Walnut Creek – 62 years
Tehama County
Born & raised in Walnut Creek, CA.
Getting older now but still refusing to grow up.
Grew up in San Francisco. Got priced out and bought a home in Concord.
East Oakland early “very early” 70’s Foothill and Seminary then Eastmont
In Silicon Valley, before it was known as Silicon Valley and it had many orchards.
Born in SF, moved to Concord when I was 9, Silverwood elementary, Pine Hollow intermediate and CVHS, on count of 3, I say “Eagle” you say “Pride”!!! WOOT WOOT!!!
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Born and raised in San Francisco. Lived in the Sunset District just a half block off of GG Park. As Dawg stated, the City was a great place to grow up. It was clean, safe, great public transportation and plenty to do. Of course, back then California’s population was only 20 million people vs today’s 38 million. I would take the streetcar downtown and walk all around Powell and Market. Stroll all around Woolworth’s (popcorn) and the Emporium, and maybe buy a new Matchbox car. For a while I fished at Aquatic Park and eventually joined the Sea Scouts since their base was located there. One thing about SF though, you never left home without a jacket!
When I was in kindergarten, we lived on 46th Ave near the zoo.
The Sunset District is usually cool, and I remember my mom and
dad talking about moving to a warmer part of the city, so we moved
to the Bayview where it was mostly sunny and warm. The city’s early
settlers first settled in neighborhoods like the Bayview because of
the warmer climate. The Sunset was mostly developed after WWII.
Although some development began in the 1920s, the leveling of the
sand dunes and building the stucco homes began after the war, before
then the sand dunes went as far up as 19th Ave.
It was long, long ago…
In a land far, far away…
Almost Heaven;
Where walking to school
really was ~ Uphill… Both Ways!
and Tootsie Pops were 2 for a nickel.
It was the Best of Times…in the Best of Places.
Like Abe stated, it can be argued if I have grown up (certainly have grown out) but was raised in the Chicagoland area, mostly NW suburbs, but did live in about 5 different cities as well as Chicago.
East Oakland, 2 blocks from High and Foothill (Fremont High School)
I grew up 30 miles south of Copenhagen in the country. My dad was a Gardener and grew all kinds of vegetables and some fruit l think l as a teenager before l had any kind of frozen veggies.
Very few people had cars, you wrote your bike if you wanted and ice cream cone. The train station was about 2 miles away. Buses to go to the nearest town ran 3 times a week. Closest town was Koege 14 miles away. A wonderful little town, population back then about 20,000, close to the beach, several medieval timber house preserved, Denmarks oldest timber house from 1629 (if l remember correctly) is in Koege. As a teenager l worked there and had majority of my friends there. Back then it had a Jazz club and a rock club. Usually l.would take the train to get there, but in the summer l often wrote my bike.
It was very pretty where l grew up, big farms, small farms, a few castles close.by, several nice Forrest
Oakland, Then Lafayette from 1949 to 1976. Lafayette was a nice little town until the 70’s
Seattle to Issaquah then Lafayette
Concord on Wilson Lane. Went to Mountain View, El Dorado, and Concord High. Lots of great memories.
Philadelphia Pa. Before it became the ex-city of brotherly love.
Orinda
Beverly Hills, CA.: the glamour Capitol of the world.