[VanimaEdhel]

I'm from Westchester, New York, a county right outside of New York City. The town I live in is very small and I actually live on top of a small mountain just outside the town. I'm really on the border of two towns to be more precise. I'm technically in one town, but our mail is brought by the other, so our street address is the latter.

I'm sorry I'm not saying the town names. I'm just rather protective of my personal information, especially lately, and these are pretty small towns, but they can be searched easily online I've found.

I live pretty near to Indian Point Nuclear Power Facility - much to my disappointment, really. The sirens wouldn't do my family much good if anything were to happen. Other than the unnatural warmth from the nuclear power facility in the water, there isn't really pollution - air, light or otherwise - near to me. My house is technically built on old swampland that used to belong to a large farm, and there is sparse woods surrounding my house.

It's in an ideal location in that I can just hop a train to the city and be at Grand Central in about 45 minutes on an Express, but I'm far enough away that city traffic doesn't affect me at all. Well, actually since my school is between my house and the city, I do get caught in rush hour traffic both ways when I'm driving to school.

I drive on an Underhill Ave. when I'm coming home from school and, in fact, most other places - a fact which I think is pretty interesting. I always make Underhill jokes when I'm on it, much to many people's chagrin. I do wish my area looked more Tolkien-like, but there are some beautiful woods in some areas not too far away. They aren't quite Fangorn or Mirkwood, but they are beautiful. We also have some very, very gorgeous mountains here and there that are just covered in leafy green trees during the spring and summer. Then they turn beautiful colors in the fall.

So, while my area isn't quite so Tolkienesque, I still love it.