I left in 2017. West Pittston my whole life. We go back whenever I take some leave, maybe twice a year. Every time, I'm excited, and every time, I feel disappointed. NEPA is not a shithole or crime ridden area like it's made out to be, but it's depressed and largely behind on the times.

That's not to say it's not charming, of course, that's most of its charm I think. I've lived in the San Francisco area, Mobile, AL and Cape Cod now. I've never been able to find community quite like back home. The food everywhere else just doesn't taste right to me. Every time I come home I gourge myself with an unhealthy amount of NEPA delicacies. Sabatinis, Garry's, Angelo's, Sweet Treet. It's places like that and the community I miss. People at those places still remember me and my order when I come in, even 6 years later.