1 post tagged “twenty”

I exited teenhood last Friday. It's a bit weird to think of myself as twenty, but the clock keeps rolling forward.  Reflecting on the past twenty years, it's crazy how much this place has changed.  You see, I've lived in the same house my entire life, and while I haven't always lived here full time, it's where I come home to in the summers and over holidays.

For one, we didn't have any four lane roads before I was ten. And we certainly didn't have The World's Largest Strip Mall until a few years back.  The cornfields are all gone, and the "known" families in town--those that have been in town for at least six generations--they don't hold any sway anymore over local elections and policy building. Some have even moved away.  All the new houses being built are these fugly McMansions, which completely and entirely clash with the older, Victorian houses near the river and the neighborhoods filled in and populated in the 30's and 40's.  My hometown has grown so ugly.

Asad and Jade drove out to see me since everyone else was busy for my birthday.  They commented frequently on just how many liquor stores Batavia has, considering it's size.  While there's certainly a lot more to do around here than when I was younger, it still mostly consists of shopping and eating. Granted, that's what all the new yuppie transplants want to do. It's kind of silly how many pseudo-nice restaurants keep opening and then closing around here.

I'm so ready to go back to New York City.