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Monday, January 26, 2009
What do you love/hate about Fayetteville?
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
If someone you knew was considering a move to Fayetteville how would you describe this city?
And would you even call it a ‘city?’ or is it more like a town or a community? Is this typical suburban living? What would you say are its good points and bad points? I ask because when I try to describe this area to family and friends in other places, I find myself filled with different descriptions for the place I’ve lived in for nearly 12 years. Physically speaking, I tell people there are lots of trees in many subdivisions (not mine unfortunately) and as a matter of fact, lots of subdivisions.
Lots and lots of them. I would say I use the word “typical” a lot in my descriptions of Fayetteville and I don’t mean that in a derogatory way, it’s just that we are and that’s okay. You know, we’ve got Target, Wal-mart, movie theaters and Home Depot. We are not hip or cool. We are simply Fayetteville. I think Fayetteville is friendly and generally reaches out to newcomers and has a mix of transplants and natives. One of the things I do complain about is the lack of public transit within the county.
But frankly, I knew that coming here 12 years ago, so it’s just something I’ve had to accept. That is a smattering of my descriptives for the place I call home. How would you describe Fayetteville? Or for that matter, how do you describe whatever place, city, town or community you call home?
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