My home town
@sprite1950 (30453)
Corsham, England
August 21, 2019 9:10am CST
I was thinking today how much I love the place I live. It is a little market town called Chippenham set in the County of Wiltshire in England. I was chatting to someone here on MyLot and telling her what a safe place it is to live. I moved here after the birth of my first child, bought my present home and met people who became important to me here. I've lived in a few places during my lifetime and I'm fond of them all but I think Chippenham is the one I call my home.
Are you happy where you live or do you long to be somewhere else maybe somewhere you lived in the past?
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@moffittjc (118296)
• Gainesville, Florida
23 Aug 19
I love the city of Gainesville where I live now. I'm originally from West Palm Beach, Florida, where I grew up and lived until I left to go to the University of Florida in Gainesville. Fell in love with Gainesville while I was a student, but moved back to West Palm Beach when I graduated. After a few years, Gainesville just kept calling me back, and I knew in my heart that is where I wanted to live and raise a family. Been here for 25 years now.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
23 Aug 19
I know what you mean about places calling you as that's how I feel about the place I live now. It just seems right.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
25 Aug 19
@moffittjc It's kind of inbuilt. When I was young I wanted to be where the action was but now I can see past that and value a place for other attributes.
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@moffittjc (118296)
• Gainesville, Florida
25 Aug 19
@sprite1950 Isn't that amazing how we just "know" when we've found our home?
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
21 Aug 19
I think I remember you saying. In the past I have lived in Devizes and a village near Salisbury called Hindon. My dad was the village policemen there. My grandparents lived in Salisbury. I remember the house well. The address was London Road but I don't remember the number of the house. Many happy hours spent there though.
@indexer (4852)
• Leicester, England
21 Aug 19
@sprite1950 I lived in Winterslow to start with, then had lodgings in St Mark's Road before buying a place in Alderbury. I was only there for five years altogether, as librarian of the Technical College.
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@xFiacre (12606)
• Ireland
21 Aug 19
@sprite1950 I have tried many times to find a home elsewhere but I always end up back in Belfast. I love it and I hate it.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
21 Aug 19
I've never visited Ireland but I've heard it's beautiful.
@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
21 Aug 19
@xFiacre It rains a lot here in England too although the last few days have been dry. I love the warm weather.
@xFiacre (12606)
• Ireland
21 Aug 19
@sprite1950 Even in the rain, which is fortunate since it always rains!
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@arunima25 (85238)
• Bangalore, India
22 Aug 19
You are fortunate that you love the place where you live. I have moved to so many places..cities and countries in my life. Good that I adapt to each change swiftly. I have enjoyed all of them and have made good friends everywhere.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
22 Aug 19
You must make friends easily and that's a good quality to have.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
22 Aug 19
@arunima25 I'm very sociable too. There aren't that many people that I can't get along with.
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@arunima25 (85238)
• Bangalore, India
22 Aug 19
@sprite1950 Yes I make friends easily and since I have lived such life, I am easy to mingle with new set of people and culture.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
21 Aug 19
That's something to look forward to. Why don't you like your present place?
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
21 Aug 19
@Janet357 I wouldn't like that either. My town is just right, not too busy and not too quiet.
@Janet357 (75657)
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21 Aug 19
@sprite1950 just the opposite of my hometown: this is very crowded, polluted a.city. very far from major establishments.
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@Starkinds (32703)
• India
22 Aug 19
@sprite1950 welcome and please post some more pic of your town
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
22 Aug 19
@Starkinds I will do that later.
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@JohnRoberts (109857)
• Los Angeles, California
21 Aug 19
Looks like you live in the quintessential picaresque English village.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
21 Aug 19
@JohnRoberts It's a large historic market town with a population of over 45.000 but I think the picture makes it look at bit like a village.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
21 Aug 19
@indexer I think it's the picture that made it look a bit village like!
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@Hannihar (129333)
• Israel
27 Aug 19
@sprite1950
I am glad you love where you live. I love the area I live in and my apartment with my cat that we rent.
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@sprite1950 (30453)
• Corsham, England
27 Aug 19
It's important to be happy in our home.
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@Hannihar (129333)
• Israel
28 Aug 19
@sprite1950
You have a point but it does not always work out that way. There are people or situations that can cause one not to be happy.
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