The phrase "affection for the town" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when expressing a fondness or emotional attachment to a specific town or community.
Example: "After living there for several years, I developed a deep affection for the town and its vibrant culture."
Alternatives: "love for the town" or "fondness for the town".
Despite their affection for the town, neither Stanley, Grindrod or Miller are residents, though Miller insists he remains one in spirit.
One of the King's closest advisers, William Parr, had a particular affection for the town, having himself spent a large amount of time at the King's manor house in Guildford, and it was he who advised the King to re-appropriate some of the funds arising from the Abolition of the Chantries Acts to the school.
The affection for the greening countryside and town of Cumberland, the loving detail of forest and river, soil and graveyard, are the true moral and true poetry of this war story, showing that the life of a place transcends any one ruin or atrocity.
There has never been much affection between the town's two clubs, but this has not been a great weekend for either.
The community's concerns about the consequences of a sale often are overridden by the town's affection for the family.
But I have an affection for the kind of debate we had tonight, the "town hall" format.
Vettriano, who grew up the mining town of Methil in Fife, proclaims a similar affection for the people of Scotland, saying they have underpinned his success throughout his career, "regardless of me moving to London".
In this commission, the four towns of the Rhode Island colony declared their "unfayned affection" for the new king.
In talking about his affection for small towns in a recent swing through Iowa, he said, "I even go to towns where there are no people," and, pausing for effect, added, "I have some of my best meetings there".
