Growing up we moved alot. Also I have lived in many different places. I've lived in 2 countries and plenty of differeent cities. The two countries that I lived in are the United States and Taiwan. Within the United States I have lived in both Wisconsin and Illinois. I have lived in 2 cities in Wisconsin and those are Antigo and Weston. In Illinois I lived in Glen Ellyn, Elmhurst, Wheaton, Carol Stream, and Winfield.
The city of Antigo is a smaller town that most people from other states dont know about. It used to be one of those towns you drove through on your way some place else. After the highway was built around it the city became even less known then it already was because people no longer needed to go through it to get where they were going. It's a town where most people know one another. Where everyone is really nice and they have one 2 screen movie theater. The city of Weston is just outside of a town called Wausau. Although Weston is bigger than Antigo it is still small enough for most people to somehow be connected to one another in some way. Weston is still a pretty quiet town considering. Also it is a very peaceful place to live.
Glen Ellyn is one of the many suburbs of Chicago that i have lived in. It is one of those towns where people are in a comfort bubble. The houses are big and the people are nice but alot of them have never been to other parts of the world. But what do we do when comfortable becomes uncomfortable? Most people prolly never think about that question. Most of them haven't been through an experience that would cause this sort of a shift. Some people just cling to whats comfortable never really taking a step outside of their comfort bubble. They could live a completely different life if they would. Being another suburb of Chicago, Elmhurst is the city that I spent most of my childhood in. The houses in Elmhurst were just the right size when I was growing up. It was like a small town where they didn't need HUGE houses. Every year Elmhurst has a fair that they call Elm Fest. Also Every summer they have an event that they call cool cars. Which is basically an old car show. There are almost always people walking around town or sitting by the fountain. The fountain is the one place in town where everyone meets someone else because everybody knows exactly where it is. The years spent there were some of the best years and I made some amazing friends.
One of the other suburbs of Chicago that I have lived in is Wheaton. I spent most of highschool in Wheaton. Wheaton is a very quiet town where not much ever happens... kind of like The Shire. Most things in town close around 5pm. So theres really not alot to do at night except movies bowling or goign to a friends house. This is also a place where I made some really good friends. The city of Carol Stream also being a suburb but not as close to the city of Chicago is one of the places that I lived on for the shortest time. We lived right down the street from the mall. My cousins lived in that city as well and they lived in one of those neighborhoods where all the kids played together at night in the coldusac. It was a relatively safe place to live.
I Also lived in a few other suburbs of Chicago. One of the places is winfield. The people are nice but alot of them tend to keep to themselves. I made few friends wile living there and am glad that they walked into my life when they did. Our neighborhood was pretty secluded and quiet for the most part. We moved there towards then end of middle school and moved again sometime in or shortly before highschool.
I have lived in Taiwan twice and in 3 different cities. The 1st time we moved to Taiwan I was 18. I spent my weekdays in a school dorm in a city called Taichung. I spent my weekends in the capitol city called Taipei. It was a two hour bus ride one way. Followed by a twenty minute mrt ride and then about a ten minute walk to the apartment building in Taipei. The second time we moved to Taiwan we lived in a city just outside of Taipei called Beitou, which is also a stop on the mrt.
I went to school in Taichung for a semester and my parents were missionaries learning the language in Taipei. Taipei is a big busy city. The mrt links many outer parts of the city together. Taichung was 2 hrs south of Taipei and it was so far removed fdrom the city that there was extremely little english and most of the older generation only spoke taiwanese. How ever alot of others spoke Mandarin so I had to retain what I learned in Chinese class while I was there. The people were nice and some were very helpful. When we lived in Beitou it was for a few months and it was furring YWAM KKI's DTS. KKI (Kings Kids International)is part of an organization called YWAM (Youth With a Mission) and DTS is Descipleship Training School. YWAM is a missions organization that is based in Colorado. Taiwan was an amazing place. Hope this gives a little bit of insight to the places i mentioned.
The city of Antigo is a smaller town that most people from other states dont know about. It used to be one of those towns you drove through on your way some place else. After the highway was built around it the city became even less known then it already was because people no longer needed to go through it to get where they were going. It's a town where most people know one another. Where everyone is really nice and they have one 2 screen movie theater. The city of Weston is just outside of a town called Wausau. Although Weston is bigger than Antigo it is still small enough for most people to somehow be connected to one another in some way. Weston is still a pretty quiet town considering. Also it is a very peaceful place to live.
Glen Ellyn is one of the many suburbs of Chicago that i have lived in. It is one of those towns where people are in a comfort bubble. The houses are big and the people are nice but alot of them have never been to other parts of the world. But what do we do when comfortable becomes uncomfortable? Most people prolly never think about that question. Most of them haven't been through an experience that would cause this sort of a shift. Some people just cling to whats comfortable never really taking a step outside of their comfort bubble. They could live a completely different life if they would. Being another suburb of Chicago, Elmhurst is the city that I spent most of my childhood in. The houses in Elmhurst were just the right size when I was growing up. It was like a small town where they didn't need HUGE houses. Every year Elmhurst has a fair that they call Elm Fest. Also Every summer they have an event that they call cool cars. Which is basically an old car show. There are almost always people walking around town or sitting by the fountain. The fountain is the one place in town where everyone meets someone else because everybody knows exactly where it is. The years spent there were some of the best years and I made some amazing friends.
One of the other suburbs of Chicago that I have lived in is Wheaton. I spent most of highschool in Wheaton. Wheaton is a very quiet town where not much ever happens... kind of like The Shire. Most things in town close around 5pm. So theres really not alot to do at night except movies bowling or goign to a friends house. This is also a place where I made some really good friends. The city of Carol Stream also being a suburb but not as close to the city of Chicago is one of the places that I lived on for the shortest time. We lived right down the street from the mall. My cousins lived in that city as well and they lived in one of those neighborhoods where all the kids played together at night in the coldusac. It was a relatively safe place to live.
I Also lived in a few other suburbs of Chicago. One of the places is winfield. The people are nice but alot of them tend to keep to themselves. I made few friends wile living there and am glad that they walked into my life when they did. Our neighborhood was pretty secluded and quiet for the most part. We moved there towards then end of middle school and moved again sometime in or shortly before highschool.
I have lived in Taiwan twice and in 3 different cities. The 1st time we moved to Taiwan I was 18. I spent my weekdays in a school dorm in a city called Taichung. I spent my weekends in the capitol city called Taipei. It was a two hour bus ride one way. Followed by a twenty minute mrt ride and then about a ten minute walk to the apartment building in Taipei. The second time we moved to Taiwan we lived in a city just outside of Taipei called Beitou, which is also a stop on the mrt.
I went to school in Taichung for a semester and my parents were missionaries learning the language in Taipei. Taipei is a big busy city. The mrt links many outer parts of the city together. Taichung was 2 hrs south of Taipei and it was so far removed fdrom the city that there was extremely little english and most of the older generation only spoke taiwanese. How ever alot of others spoke Mandarin so I had to retain what I learned in Chinese class while I was there. The people were nice and some were very helpful. When we lived in Beitou it was for a few months and it was furring YWAM KKI's DTS. KKI (Kings Kids International)is part of an organization called YWAM (Youth With a Mission) and DTS is Descipleship Training School. YWAM is a missions organization that is based in Colorado. Taiwan was an amazing place. Hope this gives a little bit of insight to the places i mentioned.
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