Soliman

Mona Soliman

English 101.06

Demaree

11 Feb. 2004

The House on Bear Flag Drive

Almost everyone has memories of the home they grew up in as a child. I grew up in a lower middle class town home. It was very simple, and my family and I never thought about the appearance of the exterior of the house. I recently took a drive around my old neighborhood, and it was as if I was in a whole new place. The front of my house was beautiful; it seemed as if everything had been remodeled. I was relieved to know that the new owners of the house are taking care of my childhood home.

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1440 Bear Flag Drive, which is located in the suburban town of Hanover Park, Illinois, is a very significant address to me since I lived in there until I was eleven years old. It was an old town home that housed four different families. It was painted a lime green color, and the weather was taking its toll and making the paint chip off slightly. There were about eight steps leading up to the entrance. The lawn looked awful because there was barely any grass and where there was it was crab grass. Our house always seemed to be as ...

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