When we are telling a story and recollecting an event from long ago, we often prefer to use would to describe repeated behavior in the past, although both would and used to are possible. Note that would describes past events and actions. It cannot be used to refer to past states. To describe past states we can only use used to: Used to can be used for repeated/habitual actions AND states. Would can only be used to talk about repeated/habitual actions in the past.
State verbs generally fall into 4 groups and you can't use "Would" to refer a past habit in the past. Use Used to with these verbs!!
Emotion: love, hate, want, need
Possession: have, own, want, belong
Senses: see, hear, smell, seem
Thought: know, believe, remember
Used To
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