1. Did Your Hometown Shape Your Personality? By Megan Cahn:
In the small and big picture, where you grew up has a lasting influence on who you are and your true nature. This blog from A Cup of Jo demonstrates the intricacies that deals with many of the topics relating to a hometown friend community
2. 7 Easy ways to stay in Touch with Your High School Besties by Amelia Woolard:
In this blog found on ucribs.com the author finds a multitude of ways that one could connect to anyone, especially your old friends from home. From video chatting to a call regularly this article lists many ways that could help a community to stay together when distance is the problem.
3. I Don't Have a Hometown. It's Taught Me a Lot. By Elia Rathore:
This op-ed found in the NY Times displays the difference between living in the same place for most of your life, to moving routinely without knowing how long they will stay in their current location for. Moving from one country to the next traversing language and culture illustrates many interesting caveats that exist within a hometown community.
4. 14 Reasons Your Hometown Friends Are Your Friends for Life by Alexa Mellardo:
In this listicle from Elite daily, it articulates what about hometown friends make them so special. From an inward perspective this may not be so obvious, but with someone explicitly writing about this topic really opens one’s eyes about the topic.
5. Scarsdale, New York- Wikipedia:
This Wikipedia article writes about many things about the village of Scarsdale that many, if not most media outlets write about. From statistics and interesting facts, to notable people and the history of the village, this article will be useful with finding exact information about Scarsdale.
6. Eastchester, New York- Wikipedia:
This Wikipedia article is also another useful tool for research about the topic since Eastchester is extremely important to the formation of the community. This article lists many things including demographics.
7. Friend-Focused: Maintaining long distance friendships and relationships in college by Huber Gonzalez:
This op-ed found in the Colombia Spectator also demonstrates the many mediums that one might use to stay in touch with your old friends. The author really emphasizes that not everything can be perfect with this new dynamic, but if you are willing to learn and adapt, anything can cross the distance.
8. There’s nothing like meeting a hometown friend by Mary Ochs:
This op-ed found in Dakota Student the author really hammers in the nail about nothing beats time, when you know someone for literally your entire life, that bond cannot be replicated. This source demonstrates the uniqueness of hometown friends and how they are not to be glanced upon.
9. Scarsdale, N.Y.: A Pricey Suburb with an Old-World Air by C.J. Hughes:
In this article by the NY times, the author writes about the many attributes of Scarsdale that makes it unique to the area and to the entire country. It does illustrate some of its flaws such as high prices, however, it gives a good overlay of the entire area.
10. How Your Relationship with Hometown Friends Changes by Gabrielle Lafrank:
This listicle found in the elite daily examines the differences that will occur as friends grow older and further apart. The author lists the hard truths about hometown friends from distance getting in the way, to drifting apart. The author also writes about the many ways to stay in a healthy relationship with your old friends even if you disconnect from one another at some point.