I'm going to call my youth any time prior to the age of majority at the time.
Grade school-- Vacant lots where kids would gather to play baseball all day long. Haven't been back to that town in over 20 years, so I would guess they aren't there anymore.
High school-- A trip to the West Bottoms to buy a pint of cherry vodka (if you were big enough to hand the $ through the window, you were big enough to buy), followed by a cruise to Peter's Drive-Inn on State Ave. to pick up girls and buy a mixer, and the out to Wyandotte County Lake with said girls to watch the submarine races.
College--The College Hill Inn in Topeka. Now a vacant lot.
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