Home Town Small Town

I just came back from a trip to my hometown.

My hometown is actually a 2nd tier city. My house happens to be in the prime area - 10 min walk from most of places that I need to go.
During my recent trip, I enjoyed being able to walk to all the places that I had to go to. This pleasure was on 2 accounts- one is that the places were so close by and the other about the air being clean in enough to walk around. These are direct contrast to the city I live in. An associated point is that I have the time to walk to my destination rather than drive.

As I walked around the places which were previously my regular routes - school, friend's house, father's office, market, etc, a lot of thoughts came to me. The places had changed a lot, so had I. Yet there was something which had not changed at all. The town had a unique spirit which I understood instinctively and intuitively. Does this mean I belong to this town? I don't feel I belong there. My attitudes are different, I always knew that I was not going to live in that town forever. Yet I understand the place in a unique way. I feel that the Town has also accepted me in a unique way. I guess there is a part very deep inside me which connects me to my hometown which is a small town.
It is also the place where I started learning about life!