Childhood homes

[jwyblejr]

Mine's in New Jersey. Haven't been back there since 2000. Before that was 1978. When I was last there it was strange at seeing how small it was. When I was younger it seemed so big. But now that I'm grown up,that really isn't the case.

[starsky]

Mine's in New Jersey. Haven't been back there since 2000. Before that was 1978. When I was last there it was strange at seeing how small it was. When I was younger it seemed so big. But now that I'm grown up,that really isn't the case.

yup, i totally agree with you. one of the houses i grew up in went on the market and i had a chance to go inside and everything was so much smaller than i remembered!! i guess from a small kids perspective everything is B-I-G!

[starsky]

I still live here with my parents ... we've been in the same house since 1979 my dad built it, and it's just so nice that I figure why move ... unless I have to, or if meet a special girl that I end up giving a ring to.

Tons of fun 2 acres with trails and lots of trees ... we always had dirk bikes and atvs that we could drive around. tons of area to build forts. My friends and I would have awesome hide n seek games.

http://i59.photobucket.com/albums/g2...tions/home.jpg

russ, when you meet that girl, just let her know from the beginning that she's moving in!!!

[Hector]

The first house I grew up is in Union City, CA...about half an hour drive from my Oakland house. My dad sold it way back in 1970. Then we moved to Mexico and my dad rented this giant...and I mean giant old Spanish-style house with a dozen rooms, complete with a centered patio and two backyards...yes...two backyards...it was huge. Well, that house has now been converted to an elementary school...so you can now picture how big that place was...lol. No...it was not a mansion...it was like a ranch-style house out in the country...my dad had some connections with the local landowner...and given that my dad had plenty of cash from the house he just sold in Union City...well...he went all out, lol. His plan was to take us back to the States eventually...that's why he didn't buy a house down there...just rent.

Oh yeah...the house was haunted...I hated it...but that's another thread...lol.

[Adam West]

I had one childhood home. Rancher house on one acre of land surrounded by woods and farms. It eventually became a very desirable suburb of Washington D.C. and things changed. After the farmers died, developers bought up the land and built $700,000 homes on 1/10 acre lots.

My father died in 1994 and my mom stayed in the house and my brothers and I tried as best we could to help keep the grass mowed and normal upkeep of the house while trying to take care of our own families. Finally, about 5 years ago, my mom sold. The house was purchased in the 1950's and I think she said she paid about $18,000 for the house and land....sold it for $425,000. She downsized, paid cash for a new home with a small yard with money to spare. 6 months after the new owners moved in, developers came in and offered to buy up every remaining old house on our road (for the land). The people who bought the house from my mom flipped it for $500,000....an easy $75,000 for 6 months.

New builders leveled the house to the ground and now it is an empty lot. Apparently, there are plans for it to be a park of some type which makes me happy.

[Earth 2 Chris]

My dad still lives in my childhood home, the only house I ever lived in until I got married (other than my college dorm-room). It was a great place to grow up, because, even though it was in town (a small rural town, but still a town) there was green all around. A field and woods to the back and side of me, a creek and wooded area across the street, and a city park just up the hill a bit. I had no shortage of places to play.

Chris