Childhood neighborhood doesn't look the same

Every time I drive through my childhood neighborhood all I can think off is how run down it looks and how it has changed. Most drivers seems to be driving slow and everyone looks crooked or shady. I get blown away at how much the neighborhood has changed over the years.

I'm house sitting in Aurora, about ten minutes from where I grew up and all I can think about is how different the area looks. The area is on Chambers between Mississippi & Iliff. Everyone has the rough & rugged style/dress and many of the stores look like they have not been kept up & are pretty run down. This are was never all that great looking and over the years it looks like it has gone down hill.

I drove by a shoppette that once had a pool hall that was a favorite spot for a while. After finishing our closing shift at the Pizza place a couple guys and I would go to this pool hall and play pool for hours. We would get there between 1 to 3 am and play until 5 am. I was in college and had classes in the afternoon so I could sleep in late and stay out late.

I don't remember the name of the pool hall but it was in that shoppette for years and I'm sad to see it is gone. It is a sign I'm getting old when I reminisce about stores closing and no longer being there. I'm also complaining about how the neighborhood looks...give me my walker and put me to bed. Gramps is getting fussy!!