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OLDMDDEM

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46. This community was all Czech and German. You spoke one or the other.

Thu Jul 10, 2025, 07:02 AM

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The town had two taverns one of which had a Friday night fish fry. It became world famous as people came from many countries and states for that event. By the way, you also spoke English.

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What neighborhood did you grow up in --city, rural, or suburbs? Mine is city until 8th grade. then suburbs. Culture [View all] debm55 Jul 2025 OP

Where I grew up was rural at the time but transitioning to suburban Walleye Jul 2025 #1

Thank you very much Walleye for sharing with us. debm55 Jul 2025 #2

Townie here SARose Jul 2025 #3

Thank you very much SARose, It sounds like you had lots of fun. debm55 Jul 2025 #12

Kind of depends on how you define each entity rurallib Jul 2025 #4

Thank you very much, rurallib. College towns are very diverse. Love them debm55 Jul 2025 #11

I grew up on a family farm in Ohio. sinkingfeeling Jul 2025 #5

Thank you very much, sinkingfeeling. debm55 Jul 2025 #10

Town of 160 people in Nebraska. Bee, Nebraska. Sold ice cream at the post office. OLDMDDEM Jul 2025 #6

HAHAHAHAHHAAH. Thank you OLDMDDEM. How did you get out of there? debm55 Jul 2025 #9

Fortunately, my dad got a job in the big city, Lincoln. OLDMDDEM Jul 2025 #14

Lucky you. Thanks, OLDMDDEM. debm55 Jul 2025 #16

Wow, that's small! The 3 smallest places I've ever been to were... electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #40

This community was all Czech and German. You spoke one or the other. OLDMDDEM Jul 2025 #46

Small town to big city to suburbs. LoisB Jul 2025 #7

Thank you very much ,LoisB. debm55 Jul 2025 #8

It was a small town in northeastern Iowa. rsdsharp Jul 2025 #13

HAHAhahhahahhahha. Good one. Thank you very much, rsdsharp debm55 Jul 2025 #17

Rural MissB Jul 2025 #15

Great post , MissB. It was a great place for kids. debm55 Jul 2025 #18

I grew up in a suburban neighborhood on Long Island. lucca18 Jul 2025 #19

Thank you very much Iucca18 debm55 Jul 2025 #22

thank you very much. electric_blue 68, What great memories. debm55 Jul 2025 #49

Jones Beach! Happy memories! electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #41

I love the detailed description of your Jones Beach memories! lucca18 Jul 2025 #70

YW. It was wonderful to remember. electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #71

I grew up in a number of states LogDog75 Jul 2025 #20

That sounds great LogDog75, You have the ocean, great temps. I like it. Enjoy. debm55 Jul 2025 #23

All of the above ... Dorothy V Jul 2025 #21

Thank you very much Dorothy V. Wow you have lived in so many places. debm55 Jul 2025 #24

Very diverse! 👍 electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #42

City ProfessorGAC Jul 2025 #25

Thank you very much ProfessorGAC. That is very interesting. debm55 Jul 2025 #29

Always lived in burbs SheltieLover Jul 2025 #26

Thank you SheltieLover. debm55 Jul 2025 #30

City. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2025 #27

Thank you very much for sharing with us. greatauntoftriplets. It sounds like the perfect place to raise kids. debm55 Jul 2025 #31

It still is a great place. greatauntoftriplets Jul 2025 #34

Thank you so much. That is good to know. debm55 Jul 2025 #51

Grew up in Chicago. boonecreek Jul 2025 #28

Thank you very much for sharing with us, boonecreek. Such a greet city. debm55 Jul 2025 #32

Lived on the west side of Detroit. Moved downriver, now we live in a rural area near the lake. Srkdqltr Jul 2025 #33

Downtown gopiscrap Jul 2025 #35

Thank you very much gopiscrap for sharing with us. debm55 Jul 2025 #36

The Oakland section of Pittsburgh-urban row house. A very walkable neighborhood. cloudbase Jul 2025 #37

I am from SW of Pittsburgh. I live very near the old Century III mall Thank you for posting cloudbase. PS I live very debm55 Jul 2025 #38

I lived in a rural area that was developed into a suburb. We went from potato farms and woods to tract housing... NNadir Jul 2025 #39

thank you NNagir. I see it around here too. Dairy farms and regular farms that we visited in girl scouts have turned debm55 Jul 2025 #52

All the places of my childhood have been obliterated by very wealthy people. hunter Jul 2025 #43

NYC. 'nuff said............j/king..... electric_blue68 Jul 2025 #44

Thank you very much,electric_blue68 that sounds wounderful debm55 Jul 2025 #48

I grew up in the suburbs, sestina Jul 2025 #45

Thank you very much, sestina. That sounds so different then my suburbs that I lived in after 8 grade. My had no sidewalk debm55 Jul 2025 #47

Working class suburb in a working class town. Emile Jul 2025 #50

Thank you Emile, I considered mine a city But it was a small city located next to a Steel Mill.Thank you for sharing. debm55 Jul 2025 #56

Rural. I grew up in a very small community on a lake connected to Lake Michigan in northern lower catbyte Jul 2025 #53

That sounds like a very nice place to live and grow up. Thank you very much for sharing with us, catbtye. debm55 Jul 2025 #57

The road I grew up on was a mix of rural and BlueKota Jul 2025 #54

I agree with you BlueKota. Up the hill they are building an extension of the turnpike that would go from Pittsburgh to debm55 Jul 2025 #58

I was raised in a small town in Michigan Americanme Jul 2025 #55

Thank you very much for sharing with us Americanme. debm55 Jul 2025 #59

Small city in Kentucky get the red out Jul 2025 #60

Thank you very much , get the red out. Same here ----you had to have a car, no buses, no walking to store. So everyone debm55 Jul 2025 #61

Its funny get the red out Jul 2025 #65

Thank you, get the red out. debm55 Jul 2025 #68

burbs. glendora ca . 25 mi east of la on old route 66. then to sonora ca , late 1984, then to tic toc base in 2005 AllaN01Bear Jul 2025 #62

Thank you very much for sharing with us, Bear, You have lived in a lot of places. debm55 Jul 2025 #63

Suburbia... city... suburbia Nittersing Jul 2025 #64

Thank you very much Nittersing. You have lived in unique places. Thank you for sharing. debm55 Jul 2025 #66

"inner city" as they call it Eugene Jul 2025 #67

Thank you very much for sharing with us. Eugene. debm55 Jul 2025 #69