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Emile

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16. The house I grew up in was on the poor side of

Reply to DFW (Original post)

Fri May 10, 2024, 11:16 AM

May 2024

town. The old house was torn down 40 years ago. They are still tearing down old houses in that neighborhood. They even bulldozed over my old grade school where Gene Hackman went to school.

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The house I grew up in--I can't decide whether I like what got done to it or not. [View all] DFW May 2024 OP

What an eloquent remembrance, my dear DFW! CaliforniaPeggy May 2024 #1

Must have been an enjoyable reminiscence. cachukis May 2024 #2

The house I mostly grew up in... Archae May 2024 #3

This is what it looks like now DFW May 2024 #4

that's a beautiful house onethatcares May 2024 #5

They must have stuck a fortune into the place DFW May 2024 #6

wow! AllaN01Bear May 2024 #8

Yes, the people who bought it seemed to have plenty of money to sink into it DFW May 2024 #9

one nice thing , unlike here i could walk all over the place or i could take the bus all over the place. AllaN01Bear May 2024 #10

How beautiful. Even remodeled & gussied up, I can tell that house started with lovely bones. Hekate May 2024 #12

A beautiful house, for sure. malthaussen May 2024 #14

I probably have one somewhere. DFW May 2024 #17

i have seen my childhood home via google earth. the house has been modded and remodded several times . AllaN01Bear May 2024 #7

I grew up in a little GI bill tract house that my parents bought when I was two. My father was a laborer who never... NNadir May 2024 #11

Mine was a 3 bedroom/1 bath built in 1948. LudwigPastorius May 2024 #13

I don't have anywhere where I could say "I grew up" malthaussen May 2024 #15

The other way around for me DFW May 2024 #19

The house I grew up in was on the poor side of Emile May 2024 #16

That house I grew up in wasn't even in a neighborhood when my parents built it. DFW May 2024 #20

The magical places of my childhood have been obliterated by wealthy white people. hunter May 2024 #18