Gastonia, NC
Raj Mirchandani discusses his hometown of Gastonia, NC, where he's spent nearly all his life, both before and after college.
Interview on 2012-02-17 00:00:00 -0500
Transcript
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I was actually born in India and my family moved here when I was three
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and I've lived in Gastonia, North Carolina pretty much all my life
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except for my time at NC State.
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When I left NC State it was pretty much a no-brainer that I wanted to come back home
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and do some different things here in community and in business and that's what brought me back here.
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[What was it like growing up in Gastonia?]
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I think Gastonia is pretty much the all American town. I mean it's a small town where-.
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It's not so small that everybody knows you but it's pretty often that you could walk into say a grocery store or a public place and you'll run into someone you know.
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So it was a good feeling to be able to have that small town feel but being right on the outskirts of Charlotte
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you had some of the big city amenities that you might be used to and it was nice to be able to run up there for maybe a big show or something as a kid.
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I mean we did a lot of that growing up so it was nice.
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I think it was a great place to be raised and hopefully raise a family one day myself.
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