My Town. Your Town.

I Live in a Typical Suburb in Southern California. And this is my typical town life: a Latte at Starbucks to start my day; a quick breakfast at McDonald's or a luxury brunch on Sunday at Denny's; shopping at Walmart or Target; grocery shopping at Ralphs; get my flu or pain killer at Rite Aid or CVS; plants for my backyard at Home Depot or Lowes; lunch at Pizza Hut; dinner at Fridays or Olive Garden or some Chinese at Panda Express.

Does this sounds like your town? Maybe you don't go to some of these shops but you probably seem if not all but most of these so called mega chain store in your town or towns nearby.

I'm not saying having these chain stores in the town is bad. Actually it is very convenient because you can almost get everything for your daily life in the town. However what I am worry about is that most towns have lost the identity. A town here in Southern California can very well be just like the town in New Jersey at the Atlantic shores or in midwest.

Well maybe I am being exaggerating. Maybe it only happens in California. Nevertheless I still like to find something that identify the towns - maybe it's a restaurant, maybe it's a store or maybe it's something else. Let's find these special things and make our towns something different.