Personal Narrative: Growing Up In A Small City

Growing up in a large, populated city has always been a convenience that I never took into consideration until I traveled all the way across America to visit my grandparents. My grandparents live in the small, desert town of Carrizozo New Mexico. While I was there I had the honor of hearing stories from my fellow cousins about their experience of growing up in a small town. While my cousins and I were biking around town, they were able to tell me stories about everyone in each house we passed by because the town is that small. After this experience, I never took for granted how easily accessible it is to obtain and get from place to place in Minnesota. I also never took for granted all of the opportunities and places I am able to go because of the convenience of living in the city. Therefore, living in the city compared to a small town is much more convenient in terms of transportation, accessibility to food and entertainment. In my childhood neighbourhood we had a grocery store, a

If someone is into art Minnesota has the popular Walker Art Center with a sculpture garden. Minnesota has one of the biggest malls in America, plus an amusement park inside. In Carrizozo, there is one local pool that is only open in the summer, even though it is hot outside there year round. Living in a town with not a lot of things to do, my cousins spent most of their time riding around on their bikes exploring the town. While we were biking around, my cousins also showed me a few art shops that were located around town where local artists were able to go and put up their work. A lot of my time spent there we created our own fun with the little things we had to do. I soaked in people’s words and presence more because it was all I had to do. Here in the city, people’s words and actions are drowned out by the noises and the chaos of material, substance, and places there are to