How international is DU? (check-in and tell us where you're from)

[Anarcho-Socialist]

U.S. or otherwise.

We seem to have a lot of posters from all sorts of places. I'm from the U.K. where are you from?

[dipsydoodle]

1. Couple of hundred miles south of you.

:)

[Anarcho-Socialist]

3. Hi there

:hi:

[dipsydoodle]

13. Yes , Hi !

:hi:

[T_i_B]

34. Another one "darn sarf" here!

Colchester to be precise. :hi:

[dipsydoodle]

43. Well hello Colchester !

:hi:

[mr blur]

143. Even further South here,

Chichester. Any further South and I'd be very wet.

[T_i_B]

156. Or very French!

[checkmate1947]

2. I live in Arkansas

neither of your choices apply to me

[karlrschneider]

5. LOL! I'm an Okie, maybe we're in the same boat

;-)

[madokie]

94. I am a proud assed okie and only a few miles up lake from you karl

[Anarcho-Socialist]

7. Really?

You're not a U.S. citizen or resident, and you're a not a non-U.S. citizen. Do you refuse to define your terms in nationality? :)

[checkmate1947]

11. Most of us Arkies

dont claim to be from any established form of government,
especially considering the present state of affairs, I am a
old, liberal, activist, disenchanted, veteran. 

[Anarcho-Socialist]

21. OK

:-)

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

10. Newton County Arkansas here

like they say, it's a place all its own.....

[Quantess]

56. Is this an Arkansas / Oklahoma insider joke?

I never heard that one.

[Nicole]

78. I've never heard it

I live in Oklahoma.

[im10ashus]

135. LMFAO!

VERY good.

:rofl:

[karlrschneider]

4. I know we have DUers from

Canada
Mexico
Japan
Germany
U.K.
Costa Rica
Norway
France

Surely a few others I haven't noticed.
:toast:
:D

[Anarcho-Socialist]

9. I've seen some from Brazil

(especially during a recent sporting event) :)

[WoodyTobiasJr]

6. Western Canada Here

Calgary home of the world famous Calgary Stampede :puke:

[ellenfl]

8. florida eom

[Jeanette in FL]

12. Florida, too

Northeast Florida

[stop the bleeding]

18. outside of Tampa on the coast in Florida n/t

[Synnical]

61. Another Floridian - SE

Fort Lauderdale

:hi:

[kittenpants]

105. also outside of Tampa.. but since our votes don't count in US elections

does that make us international?

[tnlefty]

14. TN, south east TN

Sometimes it feels like I'm on an entirely different planet though. :hi:

[Pugee]

15. Mid-Misery.....er Missouri here

[intheflow]

16. I'm from the US, but

kicking this thread because I'm interested in having as large a response (both foreign and domestic) to this as possible. I have two DU friends in Germany, and two in Norway. I know of someone else who lives in the United Arab Emirate.

:kick:

[in_cog_ni_to]

17. Illinois, just South of Chicago. We have Costa Rican members, Sweden

Brazil, Venezuela, Mexico, Denmark, Canada members and other places I can't think of right now.;)

[RagingInMiami]

19. Miami

Which depending in which neighborhood you're in, can feel like part of the United States or like part of Latin America.

[parkia00]

20. Malaysia

Location: North Western tip of the island of Borneo. I know there is one other Malaysian here maybe more! :)

[Spazito]

22. Canada here, a British Columbian who recently became an

Albertan, culture shock big time, relatively speaking, lol.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

23. I bet.

Do you think those Albertans secretly want to be Americans?

[Spazito]

26. Well, it certainly strikes me that some, many see Alberta as Texas-north

with all that that implies, lol. It is, imo, an anomaly province within Canada. That said, living in St. Albert, a provincial Liberal oasis in a sea of Conservatism, is great, a beautiful city.

[u4ic]

83. LOL

some of the attitudes in this province are a bit...Palaeozoic, aren't they? :scared:

Luckily, most of the people I know are either in the arts or Unitarians, so I'm surrounded, for the most part, by liberals. :D

Oh - and Edmonton here, A_S. :hi:

[Spazito]

132. LOL, yep, it is an ongoing learning experience

In some parts, I feel like I need to get a pick-up truck, gun rack and something to put in it if I want to fit in. Just joking, sort of, lol.

[u4ic]

141. Pick-ups

are so passe.

You need a Hummer! :rofl:

[Spazito]

152. ROFL, true, have seen more than a few here! n/t

[u4ic]

157. There's a dealership

here on the south side; on 34th avenue. :puke:

[Orrex]

155. Jeez--that sounds like a pickup if I ever heard one.

Yowza!

[SidDithers]

24. Another Canuck...

checking in from the 'burbs of Toronto.

Sid

[Swamp Rat]

25. I am from the independent city-state New Orleans

[intheflow]

31. Under US Reservist Troop occupation.

Just like Baghdad!

[Swamp Rat]

32. Yep.

[Behind the Aegis]

84. I am a recent addition to NOLA!

[Swamp Rat]

99. Welcome!!!

:hi: No go eat some crawfish etouffee at Mother's. :D

[Le Taz Hot]

147. Mother's!

Is it still there???? It didn't float away? First time I went to New Orleans, we asked the concierge where we could get good, down-home, authentic New Orleans food. She referred us to "Mudda's" and gave us directions. We got to where we thought it should be and looked for a couple of minutes but couldn't find it (we were looking for "Mudda's) until I saw the "Mother's" sign. We laughed our asses off then went in and proceeded to have the best collard greens, fried chicken and biscuits and gravy known to mankind.

And you just HAD to mention crawfish etouffee and me in California with no good source for crawdads! (Btw, did you know that, when necessary, crawdads can be used as roach clips? But that's another story.) :smoke:

[Swamp Rat]

153. Yep, still there

though, the prices have gone up and the portions reduced. Nevertheless, it is a GREAT place to eat. :9

On your second point: yes, there's nothin' like a handy crawfish claw, which we learned at a very early age. :D :smoke:

[warrens]

27. US citizen, but born in Scotland and half Canadian

[Lilith Velkor]

28. I'm from a US occupied colony

[Anarcho-Socialist]

30. Yes, you have no Senate representation

Do you get to elect any House Representatives?

[Lilith Velkor]

54. nope

Just a non-voting delegate to the House. She gets a vote in committees, though.

[AlienPundit]

29. Latin America

Guatemalan/Spanish/Mexican/German ancestry

[malaise]

33. South of you n/t

[City Lights]

35. Hello World, from Lake County, Illinois.

:hi:

[DemReadingDU]

36. Southwest Ohio

I love seeing all the people posting from around the globe. Such interesting perspectives to read.

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

37. I live in the UK, but I'm still a US citizen.

Not sure how long that's going to last, though.

[dipsydoodle]

44. Do you mean

being in the UK or being a US citizen ? :)

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

95. Being a US citizen.

I like it over here. The girls seem to like me, too. :)

[sg_]

38. Northern Ireland here.

[Dutch]

39. Netherlands citizen, UK resident

Former US resident (I for one love my former home state of Nebraska), and of Lithuanian Jewish descent. County Durham is a marvelous place, although I wish they'd clean the public toilets in Castleside more often.;)

[BeeBee]

40. Northern California

Sonoma County

[kineneb]

82. hi, neighbor: Lake Co., California

California, not just a state, but a state of mind. Really ought to be its own country (or at least some of us think so).

[EFerrari]

139. Lake Co is beautiful! When we build the San Francisco Wall,

we won't build it on that side. lol

[maddezmom]

41. UK resident, US citizen

:hi:

[Anarcho-Socialist]

55. Hey...

Whereabouts in the U.K.?

:hi:

[maddezmom]

85. We're down south in the Surrey area

:) And loving the warm weather we're having recently...hope it sticks around.

[Mir]

42. American living in

Kazakhstan.

[annabanana]

48. wow!

Welcome to DU! I hope you get a chance to post a lot. I expect your perspective would be something new around here!

[Mir]

51. Thanks

I intend to. See ya' around*

[YOY]

72. A Shto delaesh v Kazakhstane?

I lyublyu imj 'Mir'!

[Mir]

106. Spaseebo moy drug

I direct North American operations for a consumer electronics company there. I live in both Almaty and Oskemen.

[YOY]

126. Need a young MBA who speaks Russian,

Has experience in project management and regional experience as well?

[wickerwoman]

92. That's great!

I'm a U.S. citizen living in China. Kazakhstan is really high on my list of places I'd like to go next. What do you think about living there? If it's not too much trouble, could you PM me?

[Mir]

107. I don't have enough posts to PM yet

but if you'd like, PM me and I'd be glad to talk with you.

[dipsydoodle]

45. This dividing more than I wudda thunk

I would've guessed at 90% USA - not so apparently.

[otohara]

46. My Hubby is

Japanese - he reads, but does not post.

[CottonBear]

47. North East Georgia, USA. n/t

[bdamomma]

49. ex pat/ US citizen living on somewhere on the atlantic ocean

and watching my country go down the toilet.

[tenshi816]

50. US citizen, UK resident,

and in the process of obtaining dual US/UK nationality. You don't have a category for me!

[Anarcho-Socialist]

52. No I don't, sorry about that

Are you able to identify more with one or the other, or would it be too difficult to choose?

[misternormal]

53. Crawford County, Arkansas...

... I vote to secede

[IndyOp]

57. Wow. I will be impressed if this poll holds at 1 in 5 DUers are from

outside the US. How do you international folks feel about voting in US elections? I really believe we should amend US constitution and laws as necessary to allow everyone in the world to vote in US elections -- everything the US does impacts everyone.

:(

[bdamomma]

75. that is right everything you guys do impact us outside of the US

I feel as though we are not immuned from this cancer, and regarding voting I voted by absentee ballot, and I will again in November to get those bastards out. My husband who is not American and I have had some interesting and heated conversations about what is happening out there, he has his perspective and I am defending mine, he said after the 2nd term of bush we will not recognize the US, and he's right on that, among other things.

[Nicole]

76. You can't be serious!

You want everyone in the world to vote in US elections? And are willing to change our constitution to allow it? That just amazes me.

We have enough problems with getting our own citizens' votes counted correctly. I can't imagine the mess we would have if the entire world were voting with us.

[IndyOp]

104. I am not serious. I do think we should

be using the United Nations for what is was intended, however -- giving all nations, large & small, a much more equal say in the events of the world. As it is, the UN has never worked the way it was intended to - the US controls it and the rest of the world is helpless to do anything.

:(

[Nicole]

113. Oh good

I was having convulsions thinking of the mess that would create.

I agree with you 100% about the UN. If it worked as intended we would all be better off.

[dog_lovin_dem]

58. Crawford County, Il.

nt.

[Canuckistanian]

59. Ottawa, Canada

Actually, I live in a small town outside of Ottawa.

[Critters2]

65. I live in Ottawa!

But not that one. There are a bunch of Ottawas in the US. I live in one of those.

[Critters2]

66. self-delete

wrong place

I always do that!

[Canuckistanian]

67. A bunch of Ottawas?

It's weird enough that there's one, let alone a bunch.

Some wierd history here; apparently Queen Victoria chose Ottawa as the capital of Canada by sticking her hatpin in a place halfway between Toronto and Montreal.

[Critters2]

129. A bunch!

That I've been able to find...

Ottawa, IA (Polk Co.)
Ottawa, IA (Clarke Co.)
Ottawa, IL
Ottawa, KS
Ottawa, MN
Ottawa, OH
Ottawa, OK
Ottawa, MI
Ottawa, PA
Ottawa, KY

It was wierd when a parishioner of mine moved from here to Ottawa, KS to teach at Ottawa University! He actually tried to find a house with the same number on a street of the same name. Found the street, but the house with his number was not for sale.

[Bassic]

100. I live accross the river in Gatineau

:hi:

[Canuckistanian]

110. Bonjour!

I work in Ottawa (not too far from Bayshore) but I'm from the Lanark area.
:hi:

[dave123williams]

60. Checking in from beautiful, sunny Santa Monica, California!

You know what? It's really nice here. No Conservatives whatsoever.

[EFerrari]

73. That's because they are driving you into the sea.

lol

:hi:

[dave123williams]

123. That's funny; I like to think we're keeping them away from the beaches.

Their heads begin to explode when exposed to sea-air and rationality.

[europegirl4jfk]

62. Europe: France and Germany

I'm German but live in France since almost 20 years. I became interested in American politics when I spent a few months in the US around the 04 election.

[foreigncorrespondent]

63. Australia checking in. (n/t)

[Violet_Crumble]

88. Same here n/t

[emmajane67]

165. From just south of you.

but living in the UK for now.

[tocqueville]

64. France

married to an American, both living in France

[Selatius]

87. Vive la France!

Thanks for helping us free ourselves from the tyranny of the British Crown. We may need your help one day once again, but pray it doesn't come to that!

[Lydia Leftcoast]

68. Minnesotan who has lived in Japan

as well as in New York State, Connecticut, and Oregon.

At this point, I'd like to see Minnesota secede and petition to become South Ontario.

[DemonFighterLives]

102. Minnesota born and bred

Hi Lydia! :pals:

Mpls. with another undisclosed location farther North.
:dem:

It is great to see so many from around the world. I really look forward to all the input.

Help- the crime family has us held hostage.
:hide:

[tuvor]

69. Canada (Vancouver Island)

[Qanisqineq]

70. US citizen living overseas

South Korea

[SeattleGirl]

71. Washington State. n/t

[BuddhaGirl]

74. Northern California

Marin County :-)

[Nicole]

77. Oklahoma n/t

[RagAss]

79. The Republic of Florida.....

[JCMach1]

120. that's JEBBIELANDtm

the state formerly known as Florida... :(

[schrodingers_cat]

80. Californian, child of immigrants / 1st generation American

my oldest brother had to be naturalized in high school so that he could get a job.

[Jara sang]

81. Hawaii

A once sovereign nation stolen by US business men in 1900.

[KamaAina]

118. Roger that

actually the Annexation took place in 1898, while the Organic Act creating the Territory of Hawaii did not take effect until June 1900. I've often wondered how much plundering the Big Five fat cats (na popoki momona) did during that year-and-a-half interregnum.

[Douglas Carpenter]

86. American--lives most of the year in Persian Gulf and the Philippines

[gemini_liberal]

89. Aussie here!

Few of us in the Australia forum

[Jim Sagle]

90. Illinois - 30 miles west of Chicago.

[clyrc]

91. US citizen living in the United Arab Emirates

I'm originally an Air Force Brat with parents from Oklahoma.

[ikri]

93. Another UK DUer here

Up in the beautiful North East of England :)

[movie_girl99]

112. my husband is from Grimsby

where are you?

[ikri]

115. Stockton currently

Between Durham & Middlesbrough.

Grimsby is about 130 miles south of here

[movie_girl99]

116. wow so you're from way up North then..n/t

[Anarcho-Socialist]

121. Well golly. I'm from Co. Durham, near Bishop Auckland

:)

[ikri]

124. Hey neighbour!

:hi:

[Anarcho-Socialist]

127. Hi!

:hi:

[Vinca]

96. New Hampshire . . . for now. It might be New Brunswick soon. nt

[Binka]

97. US Citizen Living In Sicily

My partner works for ST Microelectronics in Catania. Here is my view of Etna from my deck.

Jan 2006

[bdamomma]

109. that is beautiful

[La_Fourmi_Rouge]

98. Cali transplant to Lyon

France! My favorite country so far!

[maxrandb]

101. I was born in America

but being an active duty Navy guy, I've touched every continent in the world (and yes that included Antartica).

I've learned so much about different cultures, customs and people, that I consider myself a citizen of the Earth.

[Fox Mulder]

103. I'm from midwestern Minnesota.

I'm in a red county in a blue state. :(

[sabra]

108. Dual citizen (Israel and US)

Living in Chicago now...

[Oversea Visitor]

111. I am from aaargh

Gee where I am from
Oh yeah Oversea :rofl:

[Jazzgirl]

138. I was wondering if you'd check in....

:hi: :hi: :hi:

[Oversea Visitor]

142. Lurking

Am around but lurking mostly watching he news.

[zippy890]

148. How are things in the land of Aaargh?

:rofl:

Glad to see you around OV!
:hi:

[ProgressiveEconomist]

169. Kick

[catmother]

114. phoenix, arizona

[QuettaKid]

117. I am always amazed that you people aren't more skeptical of

threads like these.....to my mind it just smacks of something some joker at the NSA would be doing on his lunch hour. Where are you from? Tell us about your hometown? What is your favourite radio station? What's your mothers maiden name? uhm, no thanks.

[Anarcho-Socialist]

130. I'm getting everyone's details

So at the behest of underground dwelling creatures I can tap into their minds and bring them under the control of REPTOIDS who wish to eat their BRAINS.

[EFerrari]

137. The left side of my mind tastes better. Don't forget that, okay?

:hi:

[Anarcho-Socialist]

144. The Left is always best

:pals:

:hi:

[Orrex]

140. If you can guess my SSN, I'll tell you where the Grail is

Anyway, you need to get some new Secret Masters. The REPTOIDS are way too Eicke.

:tinfoilhat::tinfoilhat::tinfoilhat::tinfoilhat::tinfoilhat:

[Anarcho-Socialist]

145. Who should I pick to be my new masters?

Some options:
Aliens
Vast Left-wing conspiracy
Vast centrist conspiracy
Steve Irwin

Do you have any suggestions? :)

[Orrex]

154. A few suggestions

Kevin Trudeau
The Flat-Earthers
Dr. Hulda Clark
The Starry Wisdom Cult
Guthy Renker and/or Brooke Burke

Let me know how it works out for you.

:hi:

[Anarcho-Socialist]

159. I'll go with Flat-Earthers

All pictures of the supposedly spherical Earth show shadows that are not congruent with a 3-D image. I think it's a conspiracy on behalf of medieval navigators, evolutionists and physicists, to deny the truth that the Earth is in fact a flat trapezoid.

[Orrex]

160. You'll rue the day that you denied Guthy-Renker

Brooke Burke's going to kick your ass.

[Henny Penny]

162. I knew you were a bit dodge....

well you'll never find out where I'm from!!!

bwha..bwha.hahahaha!

:beer: :hi: :rofl:

[Anarcho-Socialist]

163. Damn, you're right. I have no idea which country you're from

:hi:

[Minstrel Boy]

167. strawman much?

NSA trawling for personal information online is on par with mind-controlling, brain-eating reptoids?

You call that skeptical thinking?

[Anarcho-Socialist]

168. You said that, not I

Besides I don't work for the NSA, which is why I needed to correct the poster. I don't want to be associated with a bunch of NSA amateurs. I work for Bilderberg, we were the ones who selected Italy to win the soccer world cup and we stole Ken Lay's brain and sold it on Ebay.

[catmother]

131. so that's why you disabled your profile. i guess we're not all

as paranoid as you.:hide:

[JCMach1]

119. US citizen living in the United Arab Emirates

:)

Best part, we pay no taxes for the BS war!!!

[supernova]

122. Durham, North Carolina

:7 :hi:

[Anarcho-Socialist]

128. Cool

I think our Durham in England must have been named after your city. ;-)

:hi:

[Cookie wookie]

125. Georgia, as in USA

Welcome to all posters from outside US. HELP! HELP! HELP!

Actually have done some country shopping wondering where I could go: Australia, New Zealand, South America, Mexico, Canada? Where oh where. I've always dreamt of living in France ..... The fact that * was re-elected made me feel like this wasn't my country anymore. How could I belong in a country that believes torture is an American value? That keeps criminals in office because they like them? Etc ad infinitum.

Keep repeating: It was election fraud, it had to be, and not the real choice of the majority of the people -- or else yikes.

Decided I have to stay here no matter what because it's my job as a citizen to fight to take our country back from the criminals and idiots who are in control. My duty no matter how distasteful it is, including the whole rotten capitalistic brain-dead culture.

[im10ashus]

136. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

:rofl:

No kidding. SEND HELP! But I am staying and fighting too.

[Zookeeper]

133. Originally, Detroit....

Then a decade in San Francisco, now Mpls./St. Paul is my happy home.

[im10ashus]

134. Originally from Indiana. Lived there for the better part of 20 years.

Have been in NYC for the past 2 years, Chicago for 12 years prior to this. San Antonio for about a year and was in the military as well. I'm from all over.

B-)

[Easy]

146. Germany

:hi:

[npincus]

149. Hoboken, NJ

now- New Yorker by birth (Queens).

[michael_1166]

150. Another one from Germany

:hi:

[onager]

151. American currently staying in Egypt.

"Short-term" job assignment that's gone on for about 10 months now. I'm in Alexandria, which is a great place for a history nut.

[americanstranger]

158. Long Island, Noo Yawk in the hizz...

South Shore, halfway out.

Used to call my town 'Redneck Pocket, LI' because there are a lot of Fox News watchin' Kool Aid drinkin' morans on all sides of me.

- as

[Homer Wells]

161. Wood County, West Virginia

Probably the only Republican county in this Democratic state.
I am a dyed in the wool Dem myself, and have great fun pointing out the error of my fellow citizens ways. They consider me NUTS, but then again, I KNOW they are (Nuts, that is).

:hippie: :dem: :patriot:

[Jeroen]

164. The – its government supports the war on Iraq political – Netherlands

[DemExpat]

166. Dual US/Dutch citizen

residing in The Hague.

DemEx

[BooScout]

170. US Citizen living abroad....

Living in the beautiful valleys of SE Wales, UK.

[Raine]

171. Los Angeleno

born here, spent my whole life here and will most likely die here without ever managing to escape. :hurts:

[cboy4]

172. self delete

[B Calm]

173. I live behind the Hoosier Iron Curtain

[Laotra]

174. Finland n/t