Jamaica: The City I Grew Up In.

[Princess Arabia]

I ran across this YT video of the exact city I grew up in. Brought back lovely memories; bad ones too, but mostly good. Thought I'd share. I left a long time ago, so this was cool to see. It's 10mins short.

 

Edited April 13 by Princess Arabia

[Willie]

Cool! I like the first song he played, too.

I often wonder how different the neighborhoods I grew up in will look these days.

[Princess Arabia]

10 minutes ago, Willie said:

Cool! I like the first song he played, too.

I often wonder how different the neighborhoods I grew up in will look these days.

Where did you grow up?

[Merkabah Star]

@Princess Arabia

So beautiful just like  you. No wonder you are Caribbean, i was thinking you were in an African country, you never felt American in your energy. 

 

My bestie lives in Southern Africa and she said in Africa they changed the song title to African Queen, i never knew that. 😀

[Yimpa]

How long did you live in Jamaica for and where do you live now? 

[Merkabah Star]

 

Edited April 14 by Merkabah Star

[Princess Arabia]

8 hours ago, Yimpa said:

How long did you live in Jamaica for and where do you live now? 

I lived there about 20yrs. I live in Nj now.

[Princess Arabia]

@Merkabah StarThanks for the dedication. Love that song.

[integration journey]

Beautiful. Hope you reunite with your homeland one day. I grew up in Damascus, Syria and also have good and bad memories from there 

[Princess Arabia]

Just now, integration journey said:

Beautiful. Hope you reunite with your homeland one day. I grew up in Damascus, Syria and also have good and bad memories from there 

Definitely enjoyed growing up. Good and bad. Had lots of fun as a child. The bad wasn't too bad. Normal shit.

[Schizophonia]

Typical residential suburb of an average equatorial country 

Edited April 15 by Schizophonia

[Danioover9000]

@Princess Arabia

On 2024-04-13 at 2:55 AM, Princess Arabia said:

I ran across this YT video of the exact city I grew up in. Brought back lovely memories; bad ones too, but mostly good. Thought I'd share. I left a long time ago, so this was cool to see. It's 10mins short.

 

   Yes, also the city that gave Reggae music!

[Princess Arabia]

40 minutes ago, Schizophonia said:

Typical residential suburb of an average equatorial country 

Nope. Kingston would be considered more urban in Ja. That isn't nothing compared to the rural areas where the mountains and woods are prevalent. If I can find a good video showing that, I'll share. Here is the US, yes, it'll be considered suburban, but not in Ja. We do have cities where it's more urban as in downtown Ja and New Kingston; but for the most part where I grew up wasn't considered suburban but the city. In ja Kingston would be like the NY of the US. The other parts were considered country.

[Princess Arabia]

16 minutes ago, Danioover9000 said:

@Princess Arabia

   Yes, also the city that gave Reggae music!

It's not the city that gave reggae music, but the country overall. Bob Marley grew up, in Trench Town which was more impoverished than a lot of other cities. Saying the parish, would be a better way since my city didn't really borne reggae music. Kingston is the parish and Patrick City, where I grew up was a city within the parish of Kingston. I remember going to Bob Marleys home once and saw the bullet hole where they shot at him. It was like a museum at the time. Do you know of Peter Tosh - fun fact: I dated his son for a short while, which wasn't so fun😂 - pain in the ass, I was a late teenager then.

[Schizophonia]

45 minutes ago, Princess Arabia said:

Nope. Kingston would be considered more urban in Ja. That isn't nothing compared to the rural areas where the mountains and woods are prevalent. If I can find a good video showing that, I'll share. Here is the US, yes, it'll be considered suburban, but not in Ja. We do have cities where it's more urban as in downtown Ja and New Kingston; but for the most part where I grew up wasn't considered suburban but the city. In ja Kingston would be like the NY of the US. The other parts were considered country.

I see, I say that because my cousin now lives on Reunion Island and it seems a lot similar.

[Princess Arabia]

1 minute ago, Schizophonia said:

I see, I say that because my cousin now lives on Reunion Island and it seems a lot similar.

Where is Reunion Island?

[Princess Arabia]

7 minutes ago, Schizophonia said:

I see, I say that because my cousin now lives on Reunion Island and it seems a lot similar.

you know what you were right in calling it suburb. That means part of urban. My bad

[Princess Arabia]

Short clip on what the country side looks like.

[Schizophonia]

1 hour ago, Princess Arabia said:

Where is Reunion Island?

Near Madagascar. 

 

1 hour ago, Princess Arabia said:

Short clip on what the country side looks like.

Gorgeous 

Edited April 15 by Schizophonia