Where are you from?

[radfringe]

been a while - time for DUers to check in and tell where you are from...

I live in NE PA near Wilkes-Barre (formerly from Western MA)

[mainegreen]

1. Paris. Paris, Maine. (originally)

Though my Dad was from Paris.
Paris, France.

Currently in Portland (the real one. The first one)

[Gormy Cuss]

30. I'll bet you spent time in Norway and Denmark without a plane ride too.

;)

You live in my hometown area, as I think you've guessed, the city formerly known as Machigonne.

[mainegreen]

38. Went to Norway every day! That gives me an excuse to post THE SIGN!

[KamaAina]

97. There you go! They should locate the UN right there!

And they didn't forget Poland...

[WritingIsMyReligion]

64. Maineahs represent!

I'm not in P-Town, but 'tis still a pretty damned good place. :D

:hi:

[Maine-ah]

108. Hi MG!

I still haven't been to Paris....

I'm an hour and a half north of you, in Cushing. (just outside of rockland)

[RetroLounge]

2. Born in Chicago, but have lived in the Milwaukee area

for the past 20 years.

Thinking of moving out east someday...

RL

[Drum]

3. Born in Cleveland OH,

grew up in northern WV (age 2-20) and since 1989 resided in NYC (various locales.)

:hi:

[Auggie]

4. Napa, CA

[Arugula Latte]

103. Lucky!

:toast: (Okay, pretend these are wine glasses)

[miss_american_pie]

5. Pittsburgh

Various northern suburbs. :hi:

[graywarrior]

6. I have a list.

It's depressing to think about it. But I'm a native Masshole, and have lived in NH, ME, FL (where I am now, dammit all), SC, LA, GA...few more.

[radfringe]

8. Where in Masshole?

I was born in Pittsfield, family moved to Greenfield, then Northampton. When I went out on my own I lived in Greenfield again, Shelburne, Ashfield, Heath and Orange before moving to PA

[graywarrior]

9. Oh God...Lynn

I have Lynn Syndrome.

[RebelOne]

7. Born in Philadelphia, PA, grew up in Miami, FL

Now live in the Atlanta, GA metro area in a town just northwest of Atlanta.

[wildhorses]

10. from here to there

and back again

[livetohike]

11. Native Pittsburgher (suburbs) presently in Oceanside, CA

But lots of places in between. SC, TX, MN, CA, NY, PA and back to CA.

[Cygnusx2112]

12. PA...40 minutes west of Philadelphia.

:hi:

[Guava Jelly]

13. My mom and Dad

Missouri right now :)

[johnnie]

14. I am from 025XI in the 40 quadrant of Retungal Z4

Hope to be returning soon, this place sucks.

[huskerlaw]

15. Los Angeles

Been here for a year.

Born & raised in eastern Nebraska.

[TK421]

16. Northeast Philadelphia...

Parkwood Manor, to be precise

[azmouse]

17. Born in Reading, PA. Now live in Glendale, AZ

I'm helping to make AZ blue!!

[Jamastiene]

18. Rockingham, North Carolina.

It's right in the center of the map of North Carolina on the North Carolina and South Carolina line.

[NC_Nurse]

52. Ouch.

You have my sympathies. :hug:

[Jamastiene]

54. I take it you know the place.

:hug: me, I'm :scared: . I gotta sleep in this hellhole another night. :hug:

[ceile]

19. TX

Born and raised in Houston (no, Houston bashing please) and have lived in Austin for 12 years now.

[jobycom]

20. Austin, now. Grew up on the Mississippi Coast, just north of Gulfport.

[Hobarticus]

21. Born-and-bred Iowan...

Sioux City, Marshalltown, Ankeny, Ames, Manchester, now Dubuque. I figure I'll make it across the country in four more decades.

[haf216]

22. I was born in Ca.

But grew up in Ohio. When I was 13 we moved to Lafayette, La. When I was about 25 I moved to Texas and about three years ago I moved ba to Lafayette.

[ohiosmith]

23. I've Been Everywhere

I was totin my pack along the long dusty Winnemucca road
When along came a semi with a high canvas covered load
If your goin' to Winnemucca, Mack with me you can ride
And so I climbed into the cab and then I setteled down inside
He asked me if I'd seen a road with so much dust and sand
And I said, "Listen! I've traveled every road in this here land!"

I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breatherd the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere

I've been to:
Reno
Chicago
Fargo
Minnesota
Buffalo
Toronto
Winslow
Sarasota
Wichita
Tulsa
Ottawa
Oklahoma
Tampa
Panama
Mattawa
LaPaloma
Bangor
Baltimore
Salvador
Amarillo
Tocapillo
Barranquilla
And Padilla

I'm a Killer
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breatherd the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere

I've been to:
Boston
Charleston
Dayton
Louisiana
Washington
Houston
Kingston
Texarkana
Monterey
Fairaday
Santa Fe
Tallapoosa
Glen Rock
Black Rock
Little Rock
Oskaloosa
Tennessee
Tennessee
Chicopee
Spirit Lake
Grand Lake
Devil's Lake
Crater Lake

For Pete's Sake
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breatherd the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere

I've been to:
Louisville
Nashville
Knoxville
Ombabika
Schefferville
Jacksonville
Waterville
Costa Rock
Pittsfield
Springfield
Bakersfield
Shreveport
Hackensack
Cadillac
Fond du Lac
Davenport
Idaho
Jellico
Argentina
Diamantina
Pasadena
Catalina

See What I Mean
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breatherd the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere

I've been to:
Pittsburgh
Parkersburg
Gravelbourg
Colorado
Ellensburg
Rexburg
Vicksburg
Eldorado
Larimore
Adimore
Haverstraw
Chatanika
Shasta
Nebraska
Alaska
Opalacka
Baraboo
Waterloo
Kalamazoo
Kansas City
Sioux City
Cedar City
Dodge City

What A Pity
I've been everywhere, man
I've been everywhere, man
Crossed the deserts bare, man
I've breathed the mountain air, man
Of travel I've had my share, man
I've been everywhere

[ScreamingMeemie]

24. Detroit, MI (Born and raised WI)

[Lydia Leftcoast]

25. Born in Minneapolis, living in Minneapolis but with

long stretches of living in Beloit, Wisconsin; Ithaca, New York; New Haven, Connecticut; Tokyo, Japan; and in two small towns and Portland in Oregon.

[radfringe]

29. my family is out in your neckof the woods now

my uncle is in Minnetonka

My brother moved to Minneapolis after living in Houston TX for about 20 years

My mom & dad live in Plymouth

My sister and her kids are in Crystal

[Lydia Leftcoast]

32. Whoa, I'm surrounded by your relatives!

:-)

[radfringe]

36. they keep trying to get me to move out there

but, sorry, I don't like it there... too flat.. too crowded in the Minneapolis area.. I know there's places more rural north of there, but I like where I am

gimme the mountains...lots of trees and no neighbors

[Lydia Leftcoast]

43. Well, if you ever come for a visit, let us MN DUers know, and we'd

love to meet you.

We've already hosted greet socialdemocrat1981, bushwentawol, fudge stripe cookays, and Rabrrrrrr. :-)

[dpbrown]

80. We're very "hosty"

:rofl:

[mdmc]

26. New Windsor

:kick:

[bif]

95. Windsor, Ontario?

[mdmc]

99. ny

12553 (but when i lived there it was 12550)...

[redqueen]

27. Born & raised in Dallas, Texas.

Now I live an hour north of there.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

55. Really? I went to college in Sherman.

:hi:

[Neoma]

28. I'm from the United states of Amerika.

Ain't that proud of it.

[mtowngman]

31. Born and raised in NYC-now living in South Jersey n/t

[Fox Mulder]

33. I live in a hick town in midwestern Minnesota.

[mvd]

34. PA suburbs of Philly

Originally from Maryland.

[Mendocino]

35. Born In Ohio, grew up in Ohio, still in Ohio.

But I've been in 45 states and seven Canadian provinces, does that make up for Ohio?

[LSK]

37. Northwest Chicago suburbs

[Burma Jones]

39. Born in Gary, Indiana

Live in MoCo, Maryland

[NewWaveChick1981]

40. Born and raised in Atlanta but live in NC.

:hi:

[NC_Nurse]

53. Hey, I'm from Atlanta and live in NC now too!

How cool is that?
I like New Wave too - so HAH!

[NewWaveChick1981]

76. That's too cool!

:hi: :bounce: So much in common!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

41. Originally Union City, NJ-Home of Menendez...W00t!

Now I live in Morris County, NJ. Quite a switch. I'd rather live in Union City. It might be poor & gritty, but it only costs $1 to get into NYC on a sketchy Spanish van.

[1gobluedem]

42. Ann Arbor, MI

A lifelong Michigander and proud of it.

[Random_Australian]

44. I live on planet called earth.

Country of Australia, State of New South Wales, City of Sydney.

[City Lights]

45. Chicago.

Now living in northern suburbs.

[lies and propaganda]

46. Shreveport, Louisiana

born an AF brat, so ive lived all over the states.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

47. New York City.

Born in Brooklyn, living in Queens.

[GOPisEvil]

48. The Capital of Occupied Texas

At least since 2000. :)

[av8rdave]

49. Originally from Jamestown, NY. Live in Dallas-Ft Worth area

[bigwillq]

50. Connecticut

New Haven County! :bounce:

[MassLiberal]

67. Hey, New Haven County here too!

Born and brought up in western Mass.

[Hosnon]

51. Gawga:)

"Georgia"

[greatauntoftriplets]

56. Evanston, IL, just north of Chicago on the lake....

I now live in the near western suburbs of Chicago.

[Generator]

57. My mama

The Cajuns and the Irish prefer this line as I recall.

[Ariana Celeste]

58. Grew up in Western WA, now live in IN

(And yes there is a difference between W and E WA ;)

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

59. Originally from

Jamaica, Queens, NYC. Now living in the San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles.

[Haole Girl]

60. Venus

Sorry, I hate that question. There is no one place I am from. Growing up with parents in the military does have its pitfalls. And, no, I wasn't born in the U.S.

[catmandu57]

61. Savannah Mo

Quiet little burg, too damn red now though, alot of people moved here in the last ten years, made into a damn suburb.

[Redstone]

62. I'm from hunger.

Redstone

[last_texas_dem]

63. Orange, Texas

Born in Orange, TX
Have lived all but ten months of my life thus far in Orange, TX
Currently living in Orange, TX
As long as I don't have to die in Orange, TX, it's OK!

And I'm actually moving to Austin in January to go to grad school, so I'm making a little progress...

[HEyHEY]

65. Straight outta Pomo!

That's Port Moody to you non-vancouerites.

[femmocrat]

66. Beautiful Westmoreland County, PA

Originally from Johnstown, PA, and proud of our representative, John Murtha

[nytemare]

68. Born in Washington, D.C. Lived in Silver Spring, MD 'til I was 8.

Then we moved down here to Orlando.

:hi:

[Vidar]

69. Northern lower (penninsula) Michigan.

[fizzgig]

70. foco noco

been here since before i could remember

(to find my town you must first find the capitol of the square state and then head about halfway to the capitol of the (mostly) square state to the north...sweet jeebus i don't know that i need more beer)

[Richard Steele]

71. HIYA, fellow PA resident! I grew up in Bedford and Blair counties.

Polecat Hollow Road, then Eichelbergertown, then Waterside,
then Martinsburg, then Roaring Spring.

With a brief court-ordered side-trip up to Danville along the
way.
PA is some seriously pretty teritory, innit?

[SKKY]

72. Originally from Louisville, Kentucky

[tjwmason]

73. Various parts of England.

Born in Suffolk, family's mostly from Yorkshire, spent most of my life in Buckinghamshire.

[raccoon]

74. SC. Born and raised here.

Funny this thread comes up now. Last night I thought to myself, "I love my state." Much of my life I haven't.

But I wish it were MUCH bluer.

[LaraMN]

75. NE Minnesota. n/t

[Phillycat]

77. Philadelphia - the best city in the world.

[Kerrytravelers]

78. Well... I'm a military brat... Arkansas, Ohio and CA.

The entire family is from Kentucky. I was born in Jacksonville, Arkansas. Then, I lived in Ohio. Dad was then stationed at Edwards AFB in California. He retired and we moved to Vacaville (home of Cindy Sheehan!), where they had been stationed years ago. For college and eventually grad school, I moved to Los Angeles, where I have been living ever since. Specifically, I live in the San Gabriel Valley, just a few short miles north of Downtown Los Angeles.

[mike_c]

79. Arcata/Blue Lake California at the heart of the Humboldt Nation....

eom

[dpbrown]

81. I live in the City of Saint Paul in Minnesota

And I grew up in the jackpine northwoods of Wisconsin.

[hedgehog]

82. I'm a Rust Belter

Born in California while my dad was in the service but I spent my first ten years in Akron, Ohio with frequent visits to relatives in Youngstown and Cleveland. Then we moved to Buffalo. I spent a few years in southern Ohio when I was first married, but I've been here in Fulton, New York for the past 23 years. Fulton is about 20 miles north of Syracuse and is plop in the middle of the Lake Ontario snowbelt.

[wryter2000]

83. Originally Queens, now Oaktown

But some people think I'm from hunger.

[Hand]

84. Santa Monica, CA, long ago...

Back in the days when it was a sleepy, slightly down at the heels resort town where middle class folks could afford to live. Houses in my old neighbourhood now list for like $2 million and up. :grr:

ON EDIT: Now living in Halifax, Nova Scotia. :shrug:

[book lady]

85. I live in a burb of Detroit since 2000

Born and raised in Milwaukee with a side trip to Naperville,IL and Bolton, UK

[u4ic]

86. The burbs of Toronto

Mississauga, to be exact.


Now...existing...in Edmonton.

[Reverend_Smitty]

87. Trenton, NJ...now I live in a suburb of Trenton

[Left Is Write]

88. I am from the great and wonderful state of glorious beauty...

known as Minnesota.

I live in Idaho now. It's nice here too.

[VeggieTart]

89. Originally from Orlando, Flori-duh.

Grew up there, hated it, moved to San Jose, California, and lived there for three years, moved to Gaithersburg/Montgomery Village, Maryland, and now I live in the District of Columbia.

[Rosie1223]

90. Illinois, but not near Chicago

Yes, not every Illinoian lives in Chicagoland.

[unsavedtrash]

91. Tuscaloosa, Alabama

:woohoo:

[Pendrench]

92. Catonsville, MD....now living in Severn, MD n/t

[flamingyouth]

93. Seattle.

[bif]

94. Grosse Pointe Park, MI

[KamaAina]

96. Originally? Baltimore.

We left in '75, arriving in southern Conn. just in time to watch the Sox tank the Series. Thereafter:

SF/Oakland (after college)
back to Conn.
Chicago
New Orleans (yeah you right!)
Conn. redux
New Haven
Jersey City
upper Manhattan
and finally (?), Honolulu

[photogirl12]

98. I am an Upstate New Yorker

The 2 major cities that I live near are Albany and Saratoga. I did spend a year in Turners Falls, MA when I went to Hallmark Institute of Photography.

[mad-mommy]

100. there's where I live !

[Kire]

101. The Mountainous Region of Northwest New Jersey

There are like dozens of hiking trails real close to where I live.

[dolo amber]

102. San Diego

Also lived in Cincinnati...what can I say, I'm just drawn to bastions of RW insanity. :crazy:

[Arugula Latte]

104. What's round on the ends and hi in the middle? O-H-I-O, that's the riddle.

;)

[OnionPatch]

105. Ohio

Born in Steubenville but lived a lot of my life in the next town over; Wintersville, which was founded by my great, great grandfather.

I miss it sometimes.

[reyd reid reed]

106. I was born in Los Angeles

But grew up an Army brat. I've lived in: Los Angeles, Washington (state), Texas, Heidelberg, Aberdeen (Maryland), Bel Air (Maryland), Bynum (Alabama), Frankfurt, Colorado, Los Angeles again, then back to Colorado.

No wonder I'm tired. Sheesh.

[puerco-bellies]

107. Los Angeles

Still live in the area