Familiar stories

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Have you ever read stories, fictional stories, that took place where you live? How do you feel when you read those? I grew up in Toronto and Joy Fielding's last two books took place in Toronto and I loved reading them, especially when she mentioned the street my aunt lived on. Margaret Atwood's "Cat's Eye" took place right in my neighbourhood. She even referred to my school as well as the knickname the public school used to call it (they probably still do). That story blew me away. The story itself was about me too. It was about a young girl who felt like a third wheel. How cool is that? My daughter picked up a book at her school library this week. It is called "The Lost Treasure of Casa Loma". Casa Loma is in Toronto where I grew up. It is run by the Kiwanis Club of which my father was a member for 50 years. Last year my mother took me and my children on a tour of the castle. My daughter was thrilled to see this book, though I snatched it out of her hands and am reading it first! LOL! It's a YA book, a quick read for me. Anybody read any fictional stories taking place in real places that are close to them? (because some authors use fictional places).