Home roots

Colleges are out and college students are heading home.  It seems that about half of the statuses I see on facebook regard going home, which is of course what most college students do.  While I know I come from a small town that really has nothing to do, I often am saddened by the trashing that it receives.   I understand that there is nothing here, but it is not the worst ever.

Maybe all this is only because I have never lived any where else, but it sure isn't that I have never traveled anywhere.  I have done a good bit of traveling in the United States, up and down the eastern coast.  I have visited small towns and big cities, places that are full of stores and towns that are quaint and simple.  I am not a city girl, that is for sure.  The busyness of a city is just simply crazy and a tad overwhelming, but then again I don't think I would want to live out in the middle of the country.  I like where my home is.  In the county, outside of a small town, but not in the country.  I live in a neighborhood that has surrounding houses with families and dogs.  It makes it feel home like all the time.

So what do we not have in this small town.

• Lots of huge intersections
• A mall with Belk, Dillards, American Eagle
• Party City,  Target, Ollies
• Best Buy to fix electronics
• Fancy stores to buy gifts
• Every restaurant one could dream of
• Clubs
• Places to watch movies

Instead we have....

• Small important intersections that are named (Smith Crossroads, Cheeks)
• Rue 21, Maurcies, Belk
• Big Lots, Magic Mart, and Walmart that contain all we would ever need at a low price
• JP Computers can help you much more than Best Buy can
• She Sha's, Venti Casa, Abagails, and Treasures
• We got Sweet T's, Nara's and much more
• There may not be clubs, but we have local music concerts
• We have a movie theater that is nice
• Local radio station?  You betcha
• Travel 30 mins to the west and you are in Morganton, 30 mins East to Wilkesboro, 30 South to Hickory or 30 mins North to Boone.  (easy short access)
• Lake Hickory, Lake James all near by

Really, what is better than all of that. I enjoy being a Lenoir citizen.  Look at everything that we do have instead of looking at we do not have.  Lenoir has grown so much, it really is amazing and I am so proud of it.  

I am thankful to live where I live.  And one day, I may need to move away and that will happen as it needs to, but for now Lenoir is my home and for always Lenoir will be my hometown.  I look forward to see what it continues to grows to become.