Well, I'm not so sure about "native land". Nothing ever happens in mine. ("Why did the Canadian cross the road? To get to the middle!") I did write one little ficlet for the hometown challenge, but the whole point of that one was that it was totally dull and utterly routine, and Clint fell asleep at the end ... ;-) You find it in my ficlet collection on AO3 (http://archiveofourown.org/works/791165), under the title "All Quiet on the Northern Front."

What I do like to do, though, is writing them in places where I've been, and that I have strong feelings about. So I've written them in Tbilisi, a place that I adore regardless of how screwed up it is (Chapter 2 of "In the Service") and in Astana, which I cannot stand ("Warmth") and in my favourite bits of New York ("The Skies Over Manhattan"). By doing that, I can play with their reactions and -- however surreptitiously -- inject a bit of myself into the characters I love, make them mine just a little bit more. Not to mention offer sarcastic commentary from Clint's POV. :-)

I really enjoy stories about where the author has been or in-depth researched (like many of the ones you write!). You can really tell the difference, and it adds a layer of reality to the thing. I kind of feel the same way. Two of my three hometowns have absolutely nothing happening (which is why they were good places to grow up!).