Just need help with the Intro, and see how it sounds and flows to you.

I was raised in large cities. I spent my first 10 years in Seattle, Washington and the last 10 years in Chicago, Illinois. This experience definitely played a major role in shaping me into who I am today. Born in Seattle, and living in a city neighborhood, I spent my early years in an urban environment. Seattle is a very liberal and arty city. These were the years of the Starbucks boom and grunge music. I got my hot chocolate from baristas with purple mohawks, listened to alternative rock in my mom's Jeep as we went to school, and walked the streets of our Capitol Hill neighborhood where there were lots of homes with two moms or two dads. I thought that was city living - until we moved to Chicago - a city twice as big. When we arrived in Chicago, we settled in a city neighborhood called Lincoln Park. We could walk from our house to restaurants featuring food from every corner of the globe - India, Vietnam, Italy - to name a few. I rode the "L" to the beach just off Michigan Avenue. I went to Polish, German, and Ukrainian street festivals.



Does the intro flow well at all?

Thanks in advance.

This post was edited by woodstock69 on Dec 22 2013 03:44am

a little repetitive, some quick changes:

My first 10 years i lived in Seattle, Washington and the following years in Chicago, Illinois. The experience of growing up in an urban environment played a major role shaping me into who I am today. In Seattle we were living in a city neighborhood and it was very liberal and arty. ...

hope it helps you to tune your wording

postscript:

personally (culturally determined) i try to avoid starting sentences in formal communication with"I"
so i would probably start as follows:

Growing up in urban environments had a fundamental impact on me. First there was Seattle (Washington) where i was born and lived the first 10 years, the city had a liberal and arty atmosphere. [insert your details here] Then we moved to Chicago (Illinois) ...

This post was edited by brmv on Dec 22 2013 04:22am

Much appreciated =)

Throughout the first 10 years of my life I lived in Seattle, Washington, and in the 10 years since then in Chicago, Illinois. The experience of growing up in an urban environment played a major role in shaping who I am today. In Seattle, we were living in a city neighborhood that was very liberal and artsy....

Semi fixed

Thank you everyone for the input!