“Towns change; they grow or diminish, but hometowns remain as we left them.” LeftGrowsTownsDiminishHometownHome Sweet Home Author:Jayne Anne Phillips
“For He hath prepared for them a City! Hallelujah? He's got a City for you & me where you're not going to have any passport nor visa problems, they're not going to have to make sure you've got enough money to stay there awhile, it's YOUR town, your Hometown in Heaven, praise God? And they're all going to be your people! We're just going to be one nationality of one nation, ...we just haven't found the place yet, we haven't gotten there yet!” PeopleEnoughProblemFoundHeavenNationsCitiesHavensTownsPraisePreparedHeavenlyNationalityHometownPassportsVisaPraise GodHallelujahOur Town Author:David Berg
“My hometown is 30,000 people. It's remote, but it's an oil town, so it's developed. There's definitely a mill mentality: not a lot of people leave. It's a lot of long hours, shift work. Even my Dad, who's a dentist worked hard, because that's what people do up there.” PeopleLongHardHoursDadTownsMy DadOilMentalityMillsHometownDentistLong Hours Author:Aaron Lines
“There's a song called 'The Lights of My Hometown' that goes back to me growing up a regular kid. I mean, I lived in a town that I loved, but was too small for the dreams I was dreaming. You leave thinking the world has a lot more to offer than your hometown, only to realize years down the road that no matter where you grow up, you will never be able to recreate the innocence and feeling of 'home' anywhere else in the world. No matter who you are, or where that little town is, that's something we all have in common.” ThinkingWorldYearsMeanLittlesMatterFeelingsHomeDreamLightKidsAbleSongGrowsRealizingCommonGrowing UpGrowingOffersTownsWho You AreInnocenceDown The RoadHometownLittle Towns Author:Aaron Lines
“There's nothing left of my hometown in Kentucky. All those small and mid-sized towns and cities in the U.S. are just about malls around the edges and suburbs. That was definitely a loss, because everything just gets homogenized. You can't tell where you are, it's all the same.” LeftLossCitiesTownsEdgesWhere You AreSuburbsMallsHometownKentucky Author:Richard Hell
“Just growing up in Columbus, which is such a special place, small town with a Fortune 500 company's headquarters, the extraordinary modern architecture. The experiences that I've had growing up in that very unique hometown has shaped me and always will shape me.” CompanyGrowing UpGrowingModernSpecialShapesUniqueTownsFortuneExtraordinaryArchitectureSmall TownHometownColumbusSpecial PlacesHeadquartersModern Architecture Author:Mike Pence
“Basically, I was pretty ostracized in my hometown. Me and a few other guys were the town freaks- and there were many occasions when we were dodging getting beaten up ourselves.” GuyTownsOccasionsFreakBeatenOther GuysHometown Author:Bruce Springsteen
“Before I became governor of the great state of Alaska, I was mayor of my hometown. And since our opponents in this presidential election seem to look down on that experience, let me explain to them what the job involves. I guess a small-town mayor is sort of like a 'community organizer,' except that you have actual responsibilities.” LooksStatesSeemsJobsCommunityResponsibilityLet MeTownsElectionPresidentialOpponentsGovernorsSmall TownMayorsAlaskaHometownPresidential ElectionOrganizer Author:Sarah Palin