Tell us about the place you live

[thesummerqueen]

I live in Concord, North Carolina. It's about 20 minutes north of Charlotte (pictures of which are nestled somewhere in the members photos thread), and not much different from growing up in Manassas, which I'll get to in a minute, except the people are nicer.

It was first settled in 1750, but like much of the Charlotte area there is very little Revolutionary War history left besides markers. I'm lucky enough to live right next to the historic district though, so I go running past very pretty Victorians. I've been meaning to take pictures of more of them, but these are the ones I could find on the nets.



Most of them center around Union Street, which is a long-ish road that runs through old town and makes a beautiful, beautiful drive in spring and early summer under a canopy of old trees.



Mostly we're famous for the Charlotte Motor Speedway. We're a nice big NASCAR pit stop.



It's also sister-city'd with Killarney, Ireland - but even though I've read what that concept is, I still don't get it.

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Now, I grew up for most of my life in Manassas, VA - a civil war town extraordinaire. It's about 45 minutes outside of DC (well, depending on your driving skills).

It grew up as a way-station in the Civil War - "Manassas Junction" - and trains still roll on through.



They've been doing reenactments like crazy lately to commemorate the First and Second Battles of Manassas (or Bull Run, as it's known to Southerners). Last time I was up there I waded through a sea of Confederate soldiers. The stone house pictured below was someone's residence, converted into a field hospital during the battles. It still has soldier graffiti.



Also, we were so unfortunate as to be able to lay claim as the residence of John and Lorena Bobbitt. And we were also hit by the DC sniper while I was still in high school.