I say hometown, but I was fortunate enough to have the benefits of living in the country but with the city on my doorstep. To say a lot has changed in the (many!) years since I frequented the city is a HUGE understatement and this is highlighted in the fact that Dundee is the only Scottish city to have made it through to the shortlist for UK City Of Culture 2017.
If someone had told me all those years ago that this would be possible I would never of believed it but Dundee has embraced its creative industries with a passion and pride. The amazing site Creative Dundee has plenty to prove my point and I'm sure you've all heard of the future V&A planned for the regeneration of the city's riverside. I even got to indulge my creative side when I popped home (I still call it that despite not having lived with my parents for about 16 years!) at the weekend.
Leaving the kids with my parents for an all too brief hour I rushed into the DCAto finally get to see the amazing Wonderlands exhibition by Johanna Basford and have a quick scoot around the Design Market which was running the same day too. It was a bit cramped and I had already decided my cash was reserved for Basford's book but there was a couple of stalls that caught my eye (I'll need to find their cards so I can tell you about them). All in all it was a nice but far too rushed escape.
Driving home past familiar haunts and new and exciting additions I couldn't help but wonder what it would be like to move back. Where did you grow up? Do visit often? Would you move back??
- Dundee IncorpoRated - Dundee's only crowd-sourced city guide - Creative Boom Creative Cities guide to Dundee
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