4) Somewhere you know you’ll always find a familiar face

My dad says, "you know you're at home in a place where you've found someone to fix your car and someone to cut your hair." Very true. I'd add: "you know you're really at home when you've found a place where you can reliably know you'll see at least five people you know when you go there." For me, that place is the lovely-perfect Taloola.