What do you miss about the town/city/country you grew up in ?

I miss being right by the sea. And if I win the lottery my plan is to move back. Luckily I can be there in 30/40 minutes depending on traffic, so I do visit regularly.

I live about 6 miles from where I was born, a picturesque village.

When I go there, I think of all the people I went to primary school with, the roads where they lived, the shops how they used to be, my old school, now a lovely home….

I haven’t moved far, have I?

Nothing. I'm still there..

I miss the small village feel. At the time, it could feel claustrophobic and stifling because everybody knew me and my family, but it grew so quickly and became a suburb of the nearby town. I miss the empty roads - fewer cars- and fields

I don’t miss anything about Dorking itself where I grew up, not least because it’s so busy now. I regret that I didn’t appreciate the beauty of its surroundings more despite regularly visiting Leith Hill and Box Hill with my parents.

Kate1949

Nothing. I'm still there..

Yes, same here. I still live in the house I grew up in.

I was born here but miss the plethora of small shops and other services in the town centre. I could could really shop all day for shoes in my teenage years.

It is now a hollowed out desert filled with tatty looking pop up/won’t last five minutes type businesses such as nail bars and the like. In other words like every other town centre.🥲

The parks are still fabulous though considering all the cutbacks.

Nothing tangible, there was little of beauty and certainly wouldn’t want to live in the noise and busyness now, but I do miss the inner felt sense of belonging and the rightness of being there.

I was born in London and now live only 40 miles away. I worked there for 50 years. Now retired I can still be back there in under 30 minutes by train and go as often as I can.

I ascribe to the saying: When a (wo)man is tired of London, (s)he is tired of life.

I hope I will never tire of everything London has to offer in terms of history and culture. Just to walk along its streets always gives me a thrill.

Were I to quit suburbia, I would seriously consider buying a small apartment in London so I could fall out of bed and have all that culture on my doorstep.

Ever since I was 20 I’ve fancied living in an apartment in the Barbican. It’s a Marmite thing but I like the Brutalist architecture.

I still live in the city where I grew up. What I miss is the sense of immense pride my parents, and my, generation had in it when its name meant something not only in this country but in the wider world. We were a city of innovation and advanced technology on a large scale, but when heavy industry died a death in this country much of what we made went with it. I’m still proud of it, though it’s a shadow of its former self. We are reworking the past here now, to make a future.

I live in the seaside town of Blackpool. I have seen so many changes over the years some good and some not so good. A lot of money has been spent on regeneration of the town and this is still ongoing. However, there are many areas that are no go areas. It's sad to see what were once great shopping areas with boarded up shop fronts lying derelict. I live in a quite good part of the town but it's not free of crime (cars being damaged and broken into) on a daily basis.
My parents would be horrified to see how it is now.

Definitely the sea for me. Unfortunately coastal properties are quite a bit more expensive in France.

Not a lot, just have happy memories of the nice bits. (It's Hull, which is far closer to the sea, even cycled to Hornsea as a kid) I'm landlocked now: and that is what I miss most

It was cheap to live in but sadly deteoriated now.

I miss the semi-rural surroundings of my Cheshire childhood, the views of the Welsh mountains, the river Dee and the sea at Hoylake and Meols.

It must be the smells!
My growing up was done in HK which is so different from where I live now.
I went back with my sister and our daughters to show them where we lived.
As we were walking along a particular street we both at the same moment took a very deep breath. We were at the spot where a particular smelly food shop used to be. It now sells wedding dresses so no longer has the same aroma.
Just shows what memories smells can invoke.

Based on how it looks now, a great deal if I’m honest. Online shopping and retails parks have sucked the life out of many towns which now seem to be made up of nail bars, barbers, cafes and charity shops.
I’m not averse to charity shops and did go into a very upmarket one that had recently sprung up in our shopping centre last week…….didn’t stay long as the smell was dreadful.

I don't miss it at all, as it stands now, but I do miss the people. I also miss the quiet roads I enjoyed growing up there and the local facilities which were excellent for young people. There were lots of fields and countryside there then but they are long gone now and happily I have those around where I live now. I feel for youngsters growing up without the wonderful facilities we had then in that area, only a few of which still exist - dancing, shops, swimming, riding, cafe's, discos, youth clubs, gym access, sports club, cinema etc.

Born in South Wales, moved age 11 years old to Mid Wales, hated it, every few weeks put on a bus to take me home for weekends , back on a bus for school on Mondays., grandfather bought me car when 17 so I could go home very often,
Nearly 3 years ago has choices of 8 nursing homes to move to,
i chose to come home, definitely the people

I came back to live near my home town and find it very depressing. I miss the shops and the little markets, I miss the people standing chatting about the weather and the footy and other local trivia... now it's all poundland and sad cafes where people don't speak even while having a cuppa- very depressing.

From age 2 I lived in a suburb of Bristol, just a couple of miles from countryside which we could reach by cycling or short bus ride. Many happy days there, playing in a stream, collecting apples, pears and plums fallen from roadside gardens, making dens in blackberry bushes, taking picnics and seeing fields of poppies, cowslips etc.
There was a long road near me where loads of kids from school lived and we'd play on bikes, scooters, roller skates and marbles in the road as hardly any cars about.
Now there's a large housing estate sprawling over what was countryside and the road near my family home is jampacked with cars. The lovely house I lived in now tatty flats and the lovely garden full of fruit trees and rambling roses etc. ripped out. The Chapel and it's large garden next door has been torn down and a terrace of ugly houses in it's place. Broke my heart to see it all a few years ago.
So nothing to miss, but lots of great memories of happier days there.

Nothing, I live where I grew up.

Anniebach

Born in South Wales, moved age 11 years old to Mid Wales, hated it, every few weeks put on a bus to take me home for weekends , back on a bus for school on Mondays., grandfather bought me car when 17 so I could go home very often,
Nearly 3 years ago has choices of 8 nursing homes to move to,
i chose to come home, definitely the people

Do you think people are different in different parts of the UK?

This fascinates me.

I was raised in York....its just full of tourists now .....everywhere is airbnbs and/or uni accommodation....nothing to miss ....I left at 18 and all family have now moved away or died so nothing to take me back now ...... loved growing up there tho ....fun fact ....I was at same school as Janet Mcteer the actor who is going to the new professor mcgonegal in Harry Potter!! .....she was in 6th form when I started !

Absolutely nothing...............Croydon!!!