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What’s a place from your childhood that doesn’t exist anymore? (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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There used to be a water park in my hometown that had a bunch of slides and a wave pool. I used to go there all the time as a kid, and even went there as a senior on a trip. I went to birthday parties there, sometimes.

It closed in 2020 and never reopened because they had apparently been avoiding paying bills for years. It wasn’t just the pandemic. It was visible from the freeway, so I watched it slowly being demolished over the next couple years any time I passed by.

I haven’t found a water park that really compared to it yet. Most are either too small or part of a larger theme park, which is fine. It just seemed like the fact that it exclusively was a water park allowed it to focus more on the atmosphere and types of slides it had.

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[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The Texas from my childhood, most Texans dont give a shit about identity politics, you would think there are a bunch of brown hating cowboys - that was not the case Texas was incredibly tolerant.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

someone messed with Texas. I do believe there were specific instructions against doing so.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I feel the same way about my home state. The hate and bigotry in the area is just heartbreaking. Maybe I was just too young to see it was always there.