I hate the movie Twilight.

[serraphina]

I was just fine living here until I saw that movie in the theater this month. The setting that it took place in looked very much like my home town. I don't miss living in Juneau because there is no road of of town. However, I do miss the mountains, waterfalls, deep green plants, and the smell of pine. I miss small towns and scenic drives. My mother

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[hekidanjo]

I feel your pain. I was born in Washington D.C. but grew up in the (then) little town of Upper Marlboro. It was a nice and small suburban community surrounded by farmland and just minutes from the nation's capital. A short bike right brought you to a fishing pond and a few minutes in a car could bring you the treasures of the world. These days there are fewer farmers and many more condos and honestly so it is with most places within a reasonable drive of a real city and sadly living there is just much more of a time than it is a location anymore.

I hope you have better luck finding that happy place.

If you weren't so enamored of snow...

[ladymockingbird]

My little village of Henderson, isn't as green as is Forks, Washington, but it is small enough that you run into someone you know every time you step out of the front door. It also has the benefit of being only about 30 minutes from a town with a mall, a decent cinemaplex, and other amenities.

I've been to Forks, and trust me it is nearly as remote from the world as is Juneau. Forks is a 75 minute drive from Port Angeles and is bewteen 4 & 6 hours from Seattle (dependent upon the ferry schedule) It is physically possible to avoid the ferry but only by adding another 75 miles to the trip. And, green as it is...Forks is a thoroughly depressing place to live.

[symmetrian]

I think you're aware how I feel about it. Most of all, though, I miss the "family" I (we) had in Juneau. The place itself is majestic - the very essence of the word - but that's only a small part of the love I have for it.

Honestly, I don't think I'll ever have that again, and I think that's what's been bothering me most lately. These days I am more alone than I ever have been before, because now I know the difference.