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My favorite place in the world is St. Petersburg, Florida. The reason why St. Pete, as many call it, is my favorite place is because it is my hometown. I love it so much and can remember my old house address and phone number. In St. Petersburg, there was a lot to do. I would go skating, shopping, hang out with friends, and go to the beach, park, and community pool.

I used to live right next to the water down the street from the St. Petersburg Pier. The pier is a building out in the ocean and is six to seven stories high. You could fish at the pier, go shopping, go to shows, or go to the rook and have dinner and listen to music. Looking over the balcony, you could enjoy the ocean view and watch the sun rise and set.

It was the most beautiful sight!  Another reason why I love St. Pete is because of the great time I had with my friends. I had a friend that lived directly across the street and we were both born at the same time. I knew him my whole life. As we grew up, his parents had three more children and we all became close friends. They were known to me as the Andrews boys, and they called me “Briz”. As we grew up, we spent most of our time together and we always kept a picture book of what we did for fun.

We would make plans on what we would do for fun each day. We would go swimming, fishing, climbing and would play games, such as soccer and hockey.  All that changed when my family thought that I needed to live somewhere else where there was less trouble. They packed me up and loaded everything in a moving truck. I said my goodbyes to my friends and started a new life here in Lake City, Florida. 

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