Why the hell not?

[apocalypsos]

A meme:

The problem with Livejournal is that we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. Hence, I want you to ask me something you think you should know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don’t know about you.

Something for me to think about while I'm trying to get *something* done today for a change.

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[apocalypsos.livejournal.com]

Oh, I live in Forest City, which is this wee little town on a hill about thirty minutes north of Scranton in Pennsylvania. It's about a mile square and thanks to the hill, the whole thing's tilted at a forty degree angle so that it takes about twenty minutes to walk up it to the town park (not including breaks to stop and catch your breath) and about five minutes to come back down it, if you have a problem digging in your heels before you start running. ;)

It's one of those towns where you really do know everyone, at least in passing. It's also one of those towns with lots of empty storefronts and old abandoned buildings on Main Street, which makes it look a bit depressing when you're walking it. We don't really have public transportation up this far, so it's one of those nice little places where it's fun to be when you're a kid and nice to live in when you have a driver's license and can go out when you want but sucks like a Hoover during the years in between.

Oh, and once a year we have Old Home Week, when they have a parade and fireworks and food stands. The food stands are my favorite, because they have pierogies (although it's a very Polish area -- we can get those pretty much anywhere, but still) and potato pancakes and gyros and whatnot.

Also, we were once in the Guinness Book for most churches per square mile. They've torn a lot of them down since then, but when I was little I can remember eight churches off the top of my head for a town of about 1500 people. I guess when they founded the place every community -- the Polish people, the Slovaks, the Irish, etc. -- all had their own churches. My dad got to help tear down one of them and got to keep one of the pews, which my parents put in their mud room. :D