Where's everyone from?

[Crazy Guggenheim]

Me: Marin Co. CA.

[proud2BlibKansan]

1. KC

[anarch]

2. born in Dayton, OH

but I grew up in Maryland.

[justabob]

3. Dallas Tx

[XemaSab]

4. Oaktown!!!!!

(but I went to HS in Marin :shrug: )

Here's a thread I started:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=364x190647

[SeattleGirl]

5. Born just down the freeway in

Tacoma, WA

[Not_Giving_Up]

6. Native Texan

I left for a few years, while * was governor...couldn't breathe the air, but ended up right back here.

[Crazy Guggenheim]

7. More.

:popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn: :popcorn:

[texas1928]

8. Well

Grew up in Ballinger, TX.

Lived in Arlington, TX. while in college.

Lived and met my wife in San Angelo, TX.

Moved to San Diego for 2 years while Bush was governor.

Moved back to Texas with my company, to Lubbock, TX.

[fight4my3sons]

46. My grandparents live in Lubbock.

My mom and uncle grew up there. :hi: They both went to Texas Tech.

[Omphaloskepsis]

9. Eugene Oregon..

This is Eco-Terrorism.

[SeattleGirl]

11. Really? Cool!

I lived in Springfield for years (graduated from Springfield High). My family still lives in the area.

[Omphaloskepsis]

13. Springfield High

My diploma has those words printed on it. I lived at 14th and F for years. About a block away from Willamalane.

[SeattleGirl]

14. Wow!!!!!

I lived across the street from the Mohawk Tavern. It's a business now. Before that, I lived several blocks down the street. What class? I'm '73.

[Omphaloskepsis]

15. '95

Oh, I miss that place. Was the little store across from the school around when you went there?


thier -- there -- they're..

[SeattleGirl]

16. Yikes! You are young! Glad you are on board at DU!

And yes, the store was there. It was called "The Potlatch" at the time.

[Omphaloskepsis]

20. Interesting.. For the record..

The store was demolished a few years ago. The bad kids (myself included) used to ditch class for a smoke over there. Now it is a hole in the ground with a fence..

[SeattleGirl]

22. Well, damn!

I used to do the same thing. Guess the times they are a changin' huh? I still have a soft spot in my heart for the school, though. Nice to meet a fellow alumn!

[GOPisEvil]

138. One of my best friends lives in Springfield.

Small world.

Although, I have to report I've never been there.

[LaraMN]

39. My best friend in the whole world lives in Eugene.

She teaches at a "very conservative Christian college" there. She's from MN, and says it's absolutely wonderful in Oregon. I'd love to go visit her, but I doubt that will happen in this decade.

[pdx_prog]

141. Good old Eugene.....

I will be down there mid Feb for a week or so....

[Jamastiene]

10. Me? A little half-horse town in North Carolina

called Rockingham (about 100 miles east of Charlotte and the same distance from, anthing else that registers on the maps.) It's boring but cheap to live here. :shrug:

[MissHoneychurch]

12. Frankfurt, Germany n/t

[unsavedtrash]

17. Tuscaloosa, AL

[HEyHEY]

18. Port Moody, B.C., Canada

[Wetzelbill]

107. I wrestled a guy from there

[HEyHEY]

109. Name?

[Wetzelbill]

134. I believe it was

Dave Bottom. He ended up wrestling at Simon Fraser and then was on the Canadian National Team as recently as 2004. I beat him in the finals of a tournament in Calgary.

[HEyHEY]

142. Don't know him, but the name rings a bell

[leftofthedial]

19. Native of another place altogether

but Colorado for a long time now

[MiwSher]

21. Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada here n/t

[IntravenousDemilo]

160. Me too, but now living in Toronto. n/m

I went to Thom Collegiate. You?

[fizzgig]

23. northern colorado

still live in the same town i grew up in, went to college in, etc...

i swear i will get out some day

[blonndee]

24. Native New Mexican here...

currently residing in blood-red Oklahomophobia.

[RebelOne]

25. Born in Philadelphia, PA

Grew up in Miami, FL. Now live in North Georgia, just northwest of Atlanta.

[Lochloosa]

26. Tallahassee, FL

whoo hoo

[DanCa]

27. Badstreet USA

The further down the block you went the badder it got. Okay I am better now..

[Lumily]

28. Graham, North Carolina.

Now I live just North of Atlanta.

[billyskank]

29. Leicester, England

Kinda in the middle.

[Rhiannon12866]

44. Beautiful country! :D n/t

[Fox Mulder]

30. Sauk Centre, MN.

Not that anyone knows where that is...

[kskiska]

83. I do. Isn't that where Sinclair Lewis' "Main Street" is (was)?

Any remnants?

[Fox Mulder]

88. It is.

I'm impressed. :)

[SmileyBoy]

150. I drive through there all the time.

Nice wooden Dairy Queen there.

[DanCa]

31. Illinois really

in a little hamlet called port barrington www.portbarrington.net

[JVS]

32. Pittsburgh, PA

[SiobhanClancy]

33. Maine.........n/t

[NewHampshireDem]

34. Betcha'll never guess ...

:evilgrin:

[Gormy Cuss]

56. Earth.

:evilgrin:

[Dr Batsen D Belfry]

35. Pittsburgh by way of Chicago

GO STEELERS!

DBDB

[Scooter24]

36. Chicago, IL

[Crazy Dave]

37. Originally from Ft. Walton Beach, FL

But I've traveled and lived in many states (Colorado my favorite) and abroad in Spain and Germany.
I'm stuck in Jacksonville, FL now mostly due to career and taking care of an elderly relative.

[HawkerHurricane]

38. I was born in Selma, Alabama.

When I was old enough to realize where I am, I made my parents move to Los Angeles, CA.

[ikojo]

40. St Louis MO....wasn't born here but

have lived here since 1987.

[deadparrot]

100. Born and raised in St. Louis.

Am in northeast Missouri for college now...still, St. Louis is home. :)

[nickinSTL]

159. moved here in 1998

n/t

[Rhiannon12866]

41. Upstate New York. Serious snow country. I hate winter!!!

:-(

[miss_american_pie]

42. Pittsburgh

[supernova]

43. Durham, North Carolina

[ncrainbowgrrl]

59. Chapel Hill, NC

[Burma Jones]

45. Born in Gary, Indiana

Raised all over the place

[fight4my3sons]

47. Born in Poughkeepsie, NY

Lived in Midland, Texas. Then in Timberon, NM. Also lived in Southern VA. Then lived back in NY. Now living in Maine.

[Texasgal]

48. Austin, TX.

YEEEEE HAW!

[GOPisEvil]

135. Yeah, baby! The Capital of Occupied Texas!

:bounce:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

49. calcutta/kolkata

nyc

[book lady]

50. Born and raised in Milwaukee,

but now in Berkley, MI by way of Naperville,IL and Bolton,UK...
probably more information than you wanted to know eh? :)

[u4ic]

51. Mississauga, Ontario

a colourless, suburban wasteland...:puke:

(well, at least back then it was)

[caty]

52. Born in Texas City, Texas-----

Grew up and have lived mostly in Michigan.

[Christa]

53. Pretoria, South Africa nt

[TheProphetess]

54. Born in Youngstown, Ohio

Raised in Hubbard, Ohio
Still live in Northeast Ohio

[CaliforniaPeggy]

55. Currently I live in Manhattan Beach, CA, which is a suburb of

Los Angeles.......

Grew up in the midwest: Wisconsin, Illinois....

And then moved out west to Washington state, and then California, many, many years ago.......

[weeble_wobble]

57. North Beach, San Francisco nt

[Inspired]

58. West Des Moines, IA

not to be confused with Des Moines.

[SmileyBoy]

149. I went to Jordan Creek Town Center recently.

Very nice place.:)

[NJ Democrats]

60. I was born in Englewood, NJ

in Bergan County
Soon after moved across state to Andover, NJ, where I live now.

[Ohio Joe]

113. I went to school in Englewood

St. Cecilia's, but I lived in Closter.

[radfringe]

61. Lehman PA now.. previously lived in

Pittsfield, MA (born/raised there)
Greenfield, Ma (moved when I was 15)
Northampton, MA (moved there when I was 17)

out on my own lived in:
Shelburne, MA
Ashfield, MA
Heath, MA
Orange, MA

[yellowdogintexas]

62. currently: Fort Worth TX. Formerly: Indiana, Tennessee,

Massachusetts, and Kentucky. (working backwards in time)

TECHNICALLY, I was born in Tennessee, because that is where the hospital was, since we lived practically on top of the state line.

[greatauntoftriplets]

63. Chicago.

n/t

[scarlet_owl]

64. St. Louis, MO.

[RockaFowler]

65. Hartford, CT

[jobycom]

66. Different places...

imagine if everyone was from the same place. Duh.

[jobycom]

68. But me, personally: b in Baton Rouge, raised in Gulfport, now in Austin

there were five years in Dallas, too. Snuffer's chees fries were great, and our football team has more Super Bowls than yours.

[LeftyMom]

67. Sacramento

I'm still here, too. :cry:

[pdx_prog]

136. I get down to Sacramento now and then...

I always liked driving through Napa too....

[Maestro]

69. Texas

And I am so proud of the fact that real Texans like Molly Ivins, John Hightower, Barbara Jordan, Ann Richards, Jim Wright, LBJ and many other good Dems are from here as well; not the carpetbagging asswipes that seem to claim Texas as their own.

[Deja Q]

70. A parallel dimension

[redwitch]

84. I thought so

what with the poisonous hallucination causing skin and everything. ;-)

[peekaloo]

71. Born in Georgia reared in Florida.

ouch.

}(

[Cathyclysmic]

72. Licking county, Ohio

Named for it's great salt licks:eyes:



I think now it's known for it's great Wal-marts.

[realisticphish]

122. i was born and raised in perry county

went to church in newark, actually

[Wapsie B]

73. Oelwein, Iowa

I would love to see a lot more of this country, maybe even live somewhere in the midst of civilization.

[Left Is Write]

77. I knew somebody IRL who was from Oelwein, or at least lived there

for a time - but now I can't remember who!

[Wapsie B]

78. Really? Cool.

I know there's a DUer here who's living around Mankato who's been through it and a couple others who were born there but haven't posted in awhile. Small world. :)

[IA_Seth]

152. Cedar Rapids, IA here.....

I actually stay in Oelwein at least once a year and visit or drive through 3-4 times while on the way up to Fayette.

I've noticed Oelwein's done a lot of growing lately, how is the political landscape up yonder?

ON EDIT: Be sure to post in the Iowa forum sometime...its pretty active these days.

[Tikki]

74. The incredibly beautiful Gold Coast of California.......

:-)

[GardeningGal]

75. Denver, CO

[Left Is Write]

76. I am from Minnesota.

I currently live in Idaho.

[pdx_prog]

137. What part of Idaho?

Are you in the west or east?

[Left Is Write]

153. I'm way in the west!

[maveric]

79. From Lawrence MA. Live in San Diego.

I've lived in San Diego for 26 years of my 49 years on this planet. Does that make San Diego my "hometown" now?

[bigwillq]

80. New Haven County, CT

:bounce:

[Midlodemocrat]

124. Wallingford, CT

!

[Left_Winger]

81. Columbia, SC

[DrDan]

116. My wife and I spent the evening in Columbia

a week ago - on our way to Sugar Mtn NC for some skiing.

We went out to look for someplace to have dinner. After driving around a bit, my wife said she smelled garlic. We pulled in to a GREAT little dive for some terrific Italian - Pasta Fresco.

That is on our list when we once again pass through Columbia.

[Initech]

82. Anaheim, California

[redwitch]

85. Trenton, NJ born and raised

no jokes please! Moved to upstate NY 15 years ago. Except for sometimes miserable and long winters, love it!

[Metta]

86. Newark, NJ, home of more corrupt politicians per capita second only to LA.

A wonderful place to grow up before the riots following MLK's death scared people to move to the suburbs. Those bastards.

[vikegirl]

87. Born in MN

reared in IA, trapped in CO :-)

[tjwmason]

89. Do you mean where was I born?

If so Ipswich, but my parents were only there for about 3 years, and thus aged 1 I left there.

Since then I've lived in Derbyshire, Yorkshire (which is the family's home county) and here in Buckinghamshire (which most definitely is 'home').

[kwassa]

90. Michigan, Connecticut, Ohio, Rhode Island, Florida, California, Maryland

In that order.

[Taverner]

91. Born and raised in South San Jose, CA

Living in the Diablo Valley currently...

[lizziegrace]

92. Enterprise, AL (army brat) n/t

[lizziegrace]

94. I've lived in

Alabama
North Carolina
Connecticut
Ohio
Texas
Tennessee
Illinois
South Carolina
Mississippi
back to NC
back to OH
Missouri
back to OH

I'm tired of travelling!

[TheCentepedeShoes]

93. Oklahoma

4th grade thru college in Texas, 32 years in Florida (Tampa and Tally), back in TX now.

[XOKCowboy]

95. Born in Oklahoma

Live in Denver (hence the handle) but consider myself a world citizen.

[skygazer]

96. Southern Vermont

Currently living in the Santa Cruz mountains, CA.

[qnr]

97. Depends upon your interpretation of "from" - I'm currently residing in

Augusta, ME

[mvd]

98. Maryland originally

Now from the Philly suburbs (lived here from age 14 to my current age of 29.)

[AussieDave]

99. San Antonio, TX

now in Brisbane, Queensland

[spatlese]

132. Opposite for me...

Brisbane, Queensland, now San Antonio, TX..
:)

[AussieDave]

151. Really ?? Now isn't that something !!!

I haven't been back to SA for 15 years - hope you're enjoying it !!!

:toast:

[MrSlayer]

101. South Philly.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for the tragically unhip.

[fishwax]

102. born in a small Wisconsin town

but i've been from about a dozen states since then ...

[Arugula Latte]

103. Lived in Cleveland til age 5, then the Bay Area until 25 ...

then DC for awhile and now Oregon for 10 years ...

[lies and propaganda]

104. AF brat from everywhere, but Louisiana is home

n/t

[Cobalt Violet]

105. Boston,Massachusetts

[Wetzelbill]

106. Cut Bank, MT

[woofless]

108. Native Masshole in NW Wa. state.

[Clintmax]

110. Tallahassee, Florida

But originally from Springfield, Missouri.

[pdx_prog]

139. Hey! me too.....

Spent 63-74 in Springfield....

[B Calm]

111. Behind the Hoosier Iron Curtain

3 miles from the Illinois state line, half way down the state.

[Ohio Joe]

112. NJ... Originally

I was born and raised in north east NJ. I've since lived in CT, MA and now in Ohio.

[LaurenG]

114. Born in Monterey California, hubby in Lakenheath, UK nt

[ScreamingMeemie]

115. Milwaukee Wisconsin. 44th Street to be exact.

I miss my home state.

[schmuls]

118. Wow! I live on N. 37th St.!

[emmajane67]

117. New Zealand, but live in London, Enlgand. n/t

[bertha katzenengel]

119. Huntington Beach, CA

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

120. From: El Dorado, Kansas

Living in: Irving, Texas

[realisticphish]

121. Born in Thornville, OH

Currently live in Columbus, OH

[wildhorses]

123. born in Atlanta, Georgia

and I am sure a LONG way from home :cry:

[RetroLounge]

125. Born in Chicago

Raised in Niles, IL.

Currently in a Wauwatosa, a Milwaukee suburb...

Thinking about moving to Seattle these days...

RL

[jane_pippin]

126. Rusty factory town suburb of Milwaukee

Go Fightin' Formerly Vibrant Town that is now a Shadow of its Former Self!! YEEEHA!

[grateful581]

127. Salt Lake City, UT

in the trenches of of the reddest state in the union.
but the skiing kicks ass

[grateful581]

128. self delete

[Call Me Wesley]

129. None of your business.

[azmouse]

130. Born in Reading, PA

Grew up near Boyertown, PA.

[trackfan]

131. Los Angeles

[progmom]

133. i'm originally from upstate NY

Finger Lakes region.

[pdx_prog]

140. St. Louis originally....

migrated southwest to Springfield Mo....moved to Memphis area for a long time.....moved to New Orleans, back to Memphis then out to the west coast...

[TexxMatty]

143. 5th generation Texan

but I was actually born in Torrance California(daddy had been transferred there,we moved back to San Antonio when I was still a baby)
I've lived in and around San Antonio ever since except a short stint up in Portland Oregon.
I live in Schertz Texas right now but might be moving down to McAllen area if hubby get's his promotion :)

-Matty

[flamingyouth]

144. Seattle.

[0007]

145. Mother. Before that my Dad.

[Maine-ah]

146. I'm gonna let you guess. No peeking in the profile now!

[WeRQ4U]

147. Small town in Southwest corner of North Dakota...........

Born, Raised, Left and Returned. My commute to work is 4 minutes. In the summer, I walk.

[SmileyBoy]

148. Fargo, ND

[Ally McLesbian]

154. A VERY red part of Los Angeles County, CA

Diamond Bar, to be exact.

[dryan]

155. The Big Orange....

Orlando, Florida

[dryan]

156. I've always...

loved that name. Where did it come from?

[huskerlaw]

157. Born in Lincoln, Nebraska

Now in Los Angeles, California

[Ariana Celeste]

158. grew up in King and Pierce counties, WA

now in Hendricks county, IN

[Mrs. Venation]

161. Born In Maryville, Tennessee

I've been in the Washington, D.C., metro area for almost 24 years, though.