But now I've learned to appreciate what Nashville has to offer, a new hometown and a family atmosphere, and it has grown right alongside me as I've grown.
As a native of Augusta, Ga., Charles Howell III, one of the Tour's rising stars, could sense a different atmosphere in his hometown when he visited during Christmas.
Born in 1818, Marx couldn't wait to get away from the stultifying atmosphere of his hometown, the ancient Rhineland city of Trier.
But he played in the World Baseball Classic in March 2009, in a raucous atmosphere in his hometown, and told Manager Dusty Baker that he wanted that same energy with the Reds.
Austin McCoy, 35, a black graduate history student, said the campus reflected a vastly different atmosphere from his hometown in central Ohio, with "many different nationalities, racial backgrounds, religious backgrounds especially".
Dylan Baldi, the lead singer and auteur of Cloud Nothings, was happy to meet me in New York City on election night—he said that he wanted to "compare the vibe" of the city to the atmosphere of his hometown of Cleveland on the night of World Series Game 7.
7 19: The atmosphere in Chicago is electric, hometown colors as clearly worn by the thousands thronging around Grant Park as before a huge hometown sporting championship.
In the mid-1990s Tricky (whose real name is Adrian Thaws) took the music he absorbed in his hometown, Bristol, England, and traded dance momentum for a bleary, ominous, claustrophobic atmosphere: desperation with a slow, deep pulse.
I think of walking hand in hand at our local Pumpkin Fest or attending the tree lighting in our hometown together, the freezing cold seeping into our bones but the festive atmosphere making it worth it.
