I've never read a book taking place in my hometown either. There's a new trend of hometown books which take place in the "county" where I live, but they seem to ridicule some prejudices, so I don't want to read them.
Recently I saw an author writing normal mysteries actually taking place in my city, but first he writes like "He went into a cafe (which, where?), or he picked up his son from school (which, we have several?)", so that it doesn't really feel like home and second I don't really like his style.