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My hometown!
I grew up in Fremont and as a kid, I never took the time to appreciate just how awesome the place was. It's suburbia. So it can be boring at times. Junior high and high school were also nightmares. BUT, as I grew older I started to appreciate the city a lot more. I went to Ohlone and had a great experience. My childhood friends are still some of the best people I know.
Fremont is very very very safe. It's also pretty health and eco conscious. To this day, I've never seen a town with more Prius or Teslas per capital. It's also a very wealthy town. Many residents have high incomes. Most work as tech professionals, Doctors, Lawyers, Nurses, teachers, and other professional careers.
People are friendly. In the past 10 years or so, we've had a huge population boom. Traffic is getting really bad and summers are getting hotter. They revitalized Newpark mall and built new shopping centers. There are condos popping up all over the place. Fremont is beginning to feel less like a suburb and more like a major metropolitan area; sort of like how San Jose felt back in the 90's.
Also, there is a huge emphasis on education. Maybe it's due to the large Asian population; but living there gave me the drive to go to college since it's what most of my friends wanted to do. As a result, Fremont is a very highly educated city.
I've since moved away though and not a day goes by that I don't miss the place. I'm a teacher so buying property there is near impossible. I do hope to return one day. Hopefully the cost of livings stops rising so exponentially!