Why I Still Shoot Film

I tend to bring a camera everywhere I go. That camera could be my Canon DSLR, Fujifilm Instax, Minolta 35mm, or even simply my iPhone. However, whenever I bring along my Minolta, I am often asked the question, "Why do you use film?" Usually, I will give a bland answer -- "I like it," "It's fun," or "I just do" -- and then resume taking photos. Not until recently, though, have I really thought about the answer... why do I shoot film?
I think my love for film dates back to before I was born. I know, it doesn't make clear sense, but bare with me. When my dad was a teenager and until the late 90s, he was shooting Kodachrome on his Minolta X-370 (the same Minolta I shoot on today, mind you). Before that, he was shooting and developing Plus-X-Pan black & white film in the darkroom he built in the basement of his parent's house. He was a full-on photography nerd, and the enlargers and trays in our basement closet are evidence of that.
Flash forward to 2014 when I started attending Wilson Tech for photography. Wilson Tech is apart of the BOCES programs where students leave their high schools for half the day to go to a BOCES campus and learn about a specific practice, in my case, photography. For my first year at Tech, I studied mostly b&w film. We shot primarily ILFORD 400, sometimes 200, and developed and printed everything ourselves. I went into the program not knowing anything about shutter speeds, f-stops, and ISO, and left knowing all of that, plus the inner-workings of a darkroom. After learning something new at school, I would gush to my dad and he would understand exactly what was exciting me so much. Learning about photography was a way to connect with my dad in a way I hadn't for most of my life.
These days, my dad and I will every now and again wake up early and decide to go on a photo run. We bring our respective 35mm cameras (he recently bought himself a Nikon and handed over his precious Minolta to me) and shoot whatever we find, then later come home and develop it in the basement bathroom sink.
I also love film for reasons not entirely related to my dad. Looking through the viewfinder on a 35mm camera seems so different to me than one on a digital SLR. Since film is becoming obsolete, I am able to find lenses for relatively cheap prices and find out what lenses I enjoy over others. As for developing film, there's this unique feeling of satisfaction when I unroll the negatives from the film reel and see my photos come to life.
So, to anyone that has ever asked me, that's why I still shoot film.