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Autumn talks about growing up in Buena, New Jersey. She describes her childhood memories of living in a suburban area with lots of woods and bodies of water. She recalls playing in abandoned houses and a quarry with her friends. However, she also experienced racial problems as the only black family in the neighborhood. Despite this, Autumn values the sense of community in Buena, especially during holidays like Halloween and Christmas. Overall, she wouldn't choose to live there as an adult unless the black population increases. What is your name? My name is Autumn. How old are you? I am 21 years old. What's your year and major at Rowan? I am a junior and I am a radio television and film major. How do you spell your name? A-U-T-U-M-N-M-C-C-A-N-N. Where did you grow up and where is it located? So I grew up all over South Jersey. I first grew up, I first can remember, my first memory would be living in Deptford and then we moved to Blackwood and then when I was about in like fifth grade we moved to Buena, New Jersey. So would you say I grew up in Buena or just say it for the recording? Yes, yes I grew up in Buena, New Jersey and it was very quiet, it's very beautiful there, it has a lot of lakes. Where is it located? In South Jersey. But it says I grew up in Buena and it is located near. It's like fuck. I grew up... Alright, we are resuming. So the question is where did you grow up and where is it located? I grew up in Buena, New Jersey and that is near Vineland and it was very beautiful, I would say. It was very quiet and definitely peaceful. Okay, so describe the houses, the streets, your surrounding areas. Was it more suburban? Did you have houses from the hood? Describe it for me please. It was definitely more suburban. It had a lot of woods, a lot of bodies of water. I can remember discovering this, I don't know, we called it the quarry. And it was this big and it was this beautiful blue, you see right through it and me and my friends, we used to go sneak back there because you weren't allowed to go back there and we used to swim and jump in there and do all types of stuff. Sounds like you had an eventful childhood, huh? Yes, yes I did. Throwing yourself in dirty water. Anyways, next question. What did you like best about growing up in your town? I like the memories I created with my family and my friends. There wasn't really much to do and we kind of made it fun. Now I feel you, you had to definitely make anything out of anything growing up. I used to actually play in abandoned houses. Oh my goodness, so did I. So did I. There was this burnt down house around the corner and we, as unsafe as it was, we would go in there and just test the limits of what we could and couldn't do. I was never that brave enough to go inside, but definitely was going around that abandoned house. Actually, one time it was near my grandma's house. I'm at my grandma's corner store. And one time they almost got shot up and we was playing in abandoned houses. Yeah, that's not safe. Alright, next question. What did you like least about growing up in your town? We were the only black family in the neighborhood and we definitely had some racial problems growing up there. Our neighbor called my mom Edward and then we threw rocks at her house. Wow, that is very, very interesting to hear. Very sad to hear actually. I didn't have to grow up with like any racial issues from the hood. So everyone's like, you know, person of color. I hate to hear that. So sorry you went through that. Okay, next question. Do you have a particular memory or story about growing up in your hometown? Other than, you know, the abandoned houses, you know, the dirty water, like what else? What was another particular memory? Some of me and my schoolmates that lived in like near me, we would set up and I would have my cousins come over and we would set up this big game of manhunt. And we would just hide around the neighborhood. And you know what, now that I really think about it, like, I understand why nobody liked us. Nobody liked us because we were just hiding in people's backyard. We were honestly just doing anything, but like we were kids. We didn't know, kind of. We were kids. No, I understand. But if I saw some kids come in my backyard, though, I'm going to tell them to get out. So I mean, if they didn't tell you anything, then maybe they just, you know, let them be kids. Yeah, but now like, now being older, like that's not safe at all. And, you know, I just thank God that we all made it out of those situations safe. Yes, thank God every day. Next question. If you were going to take me to one place in your town, where would we go? What would we do? We would go to the quarry. I'm going to do that question because of the beep. Oh, that's okay. Just start it. I'm going to cut it out. I would definitely take you to the quarry or I would take you to the dams around sunset, especially because the sunset is just so beautiful. Every night, it just never fails. I would go to the quarry, but in the water, a little hesitant, but sunset definitely sounds interesting. I wouldn't go in the water now either. But I would go back there just for, which I actually have last week. Oh, that's so cute. Next question. How do you think your hometown helped shape your perspective or who you are today? Let me think about that. So how do you think your hometown helped shape your perspectives or who you are today? Well, going back to the incident I mentioned earlier, where my neighbor, who is still my neighbor to this day, called my mom the N word on two occasions, actually. But honestly, I just learned to deal with those situations. Not everybody is nice. Not everyone is your friend. And it just helped me be able to stick up for myself. I definitely learned you can't be throwing rocks at people's house because that's not okay. So I definitely learned from those situations. But you know, it also definitely taught me that like, you know, watch out for, you know, not everybody's your friend. All right. And last question of the day. Do you think you would like to live there in the future as an adult? Why or why not? No, I would not. I feel or I would consider it. I definitely would consider it maybe if the black population rises a bit. Because Buena as a whole definitely has a lot of black people there. But that neighborhood specifically does not. But I really do appreciate the sense of community that they create. Like for Halloween, I definitely think this neighborhood was like top out of like Buena everybody would come to and they would make this like big deal out of Halloween and Christmas and they decorate the whole neighborhood with lights and stuff like that. I really appreciate that. And the fire trucks come around. And yes. And then the church around the corner does things. So I appreciate the sense of community that it has. Well, I'm glad that you are able to see the light out of the darkness in your time in Buena. But that's it for today. That is the end of our interview. Did you have a good time today, Autumn? I had a wonderful time. Thank you, Jessica. I'm so sorry for, you know, recounting some of these horrible accidents and scenes from your childhood. But like you said, there's always a sense of community and some fire trucks going around that you can, you know, look forward to. But that's it for today. Good night.