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I have very clear memories of my grandparents house in Michigan. I only visited three times, but I explored that house top to bottom when I was around nine years old. I also remember where it was in town, and how to walk to the main street from the house. It's a very small town, to this day, fewer than 800 people.
The thing is, when I look at Google maps, nothing looks quite right. I'm not sure I've found the right house, the house that looks right isn't in the right spot, etc. Main Street looks right, and the drug store is still there, but the rest is wrong. It's been 50 years, and you might think, 'well, of course, everything has changed', but it's a very small town, and all the houses and yards look old, there's practically nothing new in town. No spot where the house might have been, but is now something newer. It looks like a town stuck in the 1940s.
Anyway, I prefer my memories.
The place I used to live doesn't have google street view lol. I had to use Baidu Maps and their version of the street view thingy.
The most recent street image I found is from 2014... my family left in 2010... don't recall it being different... although it does feel weird that I don't recognize some parts of the alleyways (not really a street, cars don't usually come through, you have to walk like 10 minutes, according to Baidu Maps, to the main street)...
And the Baidu car thing didnt even go all the way in to the alleyway so I can't see the front of my building.
Just the vibe I remembered... dilapidated af and dirty... not just my imagination, the street views confirms it... (probably why they stopped updating the street view... it makes the government look bad)
I lived next to a mountain... and there are no street view up there (cuz obviously a car aint gonna drive up there... but they could still technically use a bike to capture streetview images)
I kinda have nostalgia for that place... (sort of not really)
I remember that mountain used to seem so mysterious to me...
I remember feeling afraid to touch some things, fearing it might be poisonous...
Not sure if I feel brave enough to visit... hope they don't find out about all the anti-regime views I hold lol