Do You Know Your Town ??
By jaishankar
@Shivram59 (39056)
India
February 9, 2025 7:55am CST
I have traveled many villages; towns and metro cities. But I don't claim to know the places fully.
I was born in a small town thirty years ago. But even after living here for 30 years I have yet to know different parts of the town.
I realized the truth a few years back when one evening I found myself at an area I had never seen before. I had arrived that area during my evening walk.
It was a area surrounded by paddy fields and small huts.
I stayed there for some time and then decided to leave for home; but was confused what route I should follow. I asked some people there. They told me the way.
I wonder how ignorant one can be about one's own town.
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@Shivram59 (39056)
• India
9 Feb
But I feel I have yet to know my town where I've been living for last thirty years. There are many areas here I have never seen.
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@Bensen32 (28040)
• United States
9 Feb
@Shivram59 oh wow, need to get out and around more often.
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@Shivram59 (39056)
• India
10 Feb
@Bensen32 I used to walk to remote rural areas and that evening I got there.
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@RebeccasFarm (92054)
• United States
9 Feb
Oh very ignorant. I have met people who do not know what is on the next street..never been anywhere.
I been all around.
Of course I don't know everything.
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@Shivram59 (39056)
• India
9 Feb
I used to think I had seen every inch of my town. But I was wrong. I got stuck at a place I had never seen before.It was somewhere near the outskirts of my town. The jungle I walk to every early morning is nearly 2 kms west to it. I go to the jungle and wander there for more than half an hour; but that place was virgin to me.
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@Shivram59 (39056)
• India
10 Feb
@sjvg1976 Of course; it does. But I realized it for the first time on that evening.
@Shivram59 (39056)
• India
10 Feb
I am from a small town; and I used to think I knew every inch of my town. But that day made me realize there are still areas here that I had never seen by me.
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@DaddyEvil (141895)
• United States
9 Feb
I still live in the small city/town I was born in and there are some parts of it I don't go to... I don't avoid them, I just don't have a reason to go there. (I live in a city with only 7,000 people in it.) I tend to stay in the parts of the city I know and have a reason to be in.
@lilacskies (4760)
• United States
9 Feb
I lived here all my life, born and raised here so I sure hope so!
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@Shivram59 (39056)
• India
10 Feb
I was born and have been living here in my town for last 30 years.But now I know there are some areas I still don't know.
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@lilacskies (4760)
• United States
10 Feb
@Shivram59 I live in a very chaotic place here in the US and hopefully I know every nook and cranny since I've never properly traveled out of state or out of the country.
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@Shivram59 (39056)
• India
10 Feb
@lilacskies You live in a big city. It's normal you have visited every corner of the city. I'm from a small town that has areas I have never been to. That day the realization dawned on me.
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