Adopted Town

        My understanding of adopted town is that Melissa Holbrook Pierson moved to Hoboken, New Jersey. I feel like just like any new adjustment, I don’t think she liked the change. At the beginning she seems to really detest the area. She had absolutely nothing good to say about Hoboken. She says that it is a “misused back alley of some other, better place.” I feel like she really hates it until I read more. Although I have a hard time understanding her and her writing I feel as though she starts to like it. I feel like she starts to warm up to Hoboken and that it isn’t as bad as she thought it would be.

         Salem Massachusetts and Salem State University are like my adopted town. It is a new home and a chance to expand my horizons. I think like any new place, including Melissa Holbrook Pierson’s new Hoboken home, it takes time to adjust. It is hard to just walk in and not think about what you just left. It is almost impossible. I think that MHP refers to it as an adopted town because it’s not her original home just like Salem is not my original home. It takes time to adjust but it can prove as a good thing. MHP became more accepting of her new home. She began to see the good things about it. I’ve become adjusted to Salem State University and I’ve started to see the positive things it can do for me. I’ve warmed up to my adopted town like she warmed up to Hoboken, New Jersey.