"One" thing you like about where you live!

[tangaloomababe]

I hope I am in the right area, the Lounge sounds a good enough place.

I was driving through "The Avenue of Honor" last night (more soon) thinking this is what I love about my town.
I live in a biggish size town in Victoria (state of Australia) about 50 mins from our Capital City of Melbourne. As you drive into town, on either side of the road Elm trees were planted just after WW2 as a mark of respect to locals who has fought and died in the war. This Avenue stretches a few kms and comprises of maybe a couple of hundred huge Elm trees.
Throughout the year they change, beginning with Summer when they are green and full and provide a magnificent umbrella from the sun. In Autumn the leaves start to change to golden brown and commence falling off and then to Winter where there are no more leaves, they are bare and naked but still look wonderful. The are rather scarey in winter, branches fall off and they sway quite alot, then to Spring and they start to regain their leaves.
It would be just one of the things I love about my town but it got me thinking,
What is just ONE thing you love about where you live. It could be just a shop or your neighbours but for everyone it will be different and personal.

[nixie]

I can't think of anything I like about Doncaster, but the UK has some of the most beautiful scenery you could ever hope to see. Specially Scotland.

[Leisha]

Well, I live in the Lake District. Guess what I like about my area?

[tangaloomababe]

The cats!!! Nah just kidding, I have heard how beautiful The Lakes District is.
There must be something about Doncaster you like Nixie, maybe a reallly good tea shop or great shopping!!!

[The Ace]

The statue on the North Inch commemorating the liberation of Amsterdam and erected on the 50th anniversary of VE Day. It depicts a Black Watch piper recieving a posy from a little Dutch girl, bronze and life-sized. It's not unique though, its twin is in Amsterdam, linking the birthplace of the Black Watch with one of their greatest triumphs.

[Leisha]

Originally Posted by tanga

Nah just kidding, I have heard how beautiful The Lakes District is.

Ooh... I feel like posting another one of my photos...




What's not to like about Cumbria?

[nixie]

nope sorry, we don't even have a decent book shop. The town centre is full of pound shops and pubs. You cannot walk down the street without been asked for money.

[Tea is my copilot]

I love my town when rain falls and the air is clean, it becomes especially shiny.
Its lightning is what I love.

[Leisha]

Whereabouts in Yorkshire, Nixie? I grew up on the east coast, near Hull.

Edit: Oops... just spotted it -- Doncaster.
Yeah, I've been there once, but I've hardly travelled far in Yorkshire, given its size.

[nixie]

Originally Posted by Leisha

Whereabouts in Yorkshire, Nixie? I grew up on the east coast, near Hull.

Doncaster

[Leisha]

Near Leeds and Sheffield, then.

Leeds is okay. I went there when I was about 16; my family went to visit the Tropical Oasis there. Very nice indeed!

My favourite is the Meadowhall in Sheffield. Such a giant place, makes me feel so small.

[tangaloomababe]

Nixie can you please explain to me what a "pound" shop is? Is Doncaster an industrial town, whats it main production?

[Rane Longfox]

A pound shop is a shop where everything costs a pound (or less somtimes)...

[chrispenycate]

Originally Posted by nixie

nope sorry, we don't even have a decent book shop. The town centre is full of pound shops and pubs. You cannot walk down the street without been asked for money.

One of the towns where the best thing is the signpost "You are now leaving…" except that then you'll probably end up in Rotherham.

The mountains behind the lake; oh, I know the Jura's not real mountains, old and worn down, But I grew up somewhere so flat the driving test for hill starts was in a multi-storey carpark.

[Leisha]

My definition of a pound shop is a shop that sells everything at £1.00. Sometimes a shop that just sells low-priced goods are also called "pound shops".

It take it that's what Nixie meant?