the where are you from thread

[JapaneseLever]

i realize that this thread has probably already been done, but i am way too lazy to search for it. i got kinda curious about it when i read the soccer/football thread btw.

anyways.. i am from va (usa), born and raised. also moving to japan in april.

yes az and co. i have read the reasons not to move already :)

what about you guys?

[Cybren]

I'm from Long Island. Don't have any plans of leaving before i finish school (aside from some thoughts of transferring)

[Lea]

I live in Seattle, Washington. Of course, that's in the United States. It's alright here; I've been here since I was two. I don't plan on staying here for very much longer though. I might move down south to Caifornia in a few years.

[Shamu]

Lone Star State, baby! (Texas), but I'm originally from the Hawkeye state (Iowa). Either way, I'm an American born and raised :P

[Jiant Flying Panda]

Im from California.

But if you meen where I was born then I'll tell you that I was born on the Island of Saipan somewhere in the middle of the pacific ocean.... Okay, it's not smack fucking dab in the middle, but it's so far out there it might as well be.

All you history people must realize by now that it is the island where one of the bigger battles of the Pacific was fought in WW2.

[mamba]

Edinburgh Scotland. the place where we all wear kilts and it rains everyday!

[Random]

Born and raised an englishman :D

I was born in York, then moved around for a little, went to Devon for a small while, then got this house down in Surrey. Been here ever since.

[PinkRanger]

Born and raised in Jacksonville, Florida. Its the largest city in Florida, we had the last Super Bowl here. Its an alright city, not alot to do here but it can be lots of fun if you know where to go and/or how to entertain yourself and your friends. The city's nickname from the hood people is "Da Bang 'Em" because the city kinda has a high murder rate. "Bang 'em where we hang 'em and slang 'em"...stupid people. Anyway, I like it here and I can see myself staying here as an adult and whatnot.

[Daishikaze]

From Freehold New Jersey originally, but now I live in Thun, Switzerland. I just came back from Vacation in the US visiting my Family in Hermiston, Oregon for the first time in 5 years, it was weird being back in the states after such a long time

[Mechs]

The city's nickname from the hood people is "Da Bang 'Em" because the city kinda has a high murder rate. "Bang 'em where we hang 'em and slang 'em"...stupid people. Anyway, I like it here and I can see myself staying here as an adult and whatnot.

Ok maybe its just me but I found that part to be too funny.

I live in Chicago. Born and raised. I've lived on all sides of the city, good and bad. I love my city...but I have to get the fuck outta here :bang:.

[doms_722]

Born in Brisbane, Australia but was raised in Nagoya, Japan til last year in July when my parents decided to move back to the land of oz, for me to do uni over here then, bak to Japan!

[Aria]

Good 'ol East bay California. Originally from San Ramon, in Davis right now for University. Ain't much to do in good 'ol Davis (as I'm sure Az can attest to), but the farmer's market is like...an outdoor costco. Samples! Unlimited Samples! Which means...free lunch!! :-D Starving college student. :p Or at least I like to think so.

[Wiss]

Born in Michigan (Grand Rapids), lived in the UP for a bit when I went to college (MTU), then a stint in Chicago, IL and back to Michigan where I'm at now (North of Detroit).

[M.Laird]

Born and raised in the ever-wonderful London, but now stuck just outside it in Slough. (Slough's only noteworthy feature is being the setting for TV series The Office. It really is that dreary a place.)

[harper]

Edinburgh Scotland. the place where we all wear kilts and it rains everyday!

I loved visiting Edinburgh when I was over in the UK. Nice city.



I was born and raised in metro Detroit and have lived here my whole life. I love traveling, but wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

[yao_yao]

Born in New York, grew up in California. Now living in China, will see for college :)

[raydude]

Born in the Phillippines, grew up in Hawaii, went to school in Connecticut and Virginia, which is where I live now.

[Dresh]

Born in Redmond, Washington; lived in Renton, Washington the first four years of my life; have lived in Kent, Washington ever since. Based on the job I wish to get I'll probably wind up in California when I'm done living here.

[Druid]

Born On Guam(Us populated island, so technically part of the United States). When I was two I moved to Hawai, then to Lousiana, Then Alabama, Florida, Illinois, and I now live in Indiana. So far, I've travelled to about 36 of the 48 continental states and been to both of the off shore ones. I'm a navy brat, so I've been around.

[harper]

So far, I've travelled to about 36 of the 48 continental states and been to both of the off shore ones. I'm a navy brat, so I've been around.

I like visiting all the different states. I hit my 50th in 2003 when I went to Alaska. I started revisiting a few of them with an east coast trip in 2004.

[Kusoyaro]

lol Slough, i hate that place.
I was born in London proper (!!!), raised in East London, emmigrated to Canada back in '97 and have since moved around (India, US, Japan, China/HK, a stint in Mordor)

[rameek]

Born Brooklyn NY, HS New Smyrna Beach Florida, some college Florida, back to NY
Going to move to Japan permantly between April and June...

[Acolyte]

Born in London, Ontario, raised in St. Thomas, Ontario*. However, my dad recently got transferred from the London Airport to the Whitehorse Airport, so here I am.

*True story: Jumbo the Elephant (Largest African elephant ever in captivity) was killed by a train in St. Thomas (Fittingly enough, since it's also the Railway Capital of Canada...guh.) Anyways, years ago, they decided to put up a life-sized statue. Coming down the side street from either direction, it's pretty impressive, for a concrete elephant. However, down a steep hill is the highway leading to...uh...everywhere else in Ontario. And the elephant is positioned facing into the city.
So, the first thing you generally see driving into St. Thomas is a 3-meter wide concrete elephant ass.

[Idlethought]

I'm from the place where everyone hates your face. NEW YORK!

[Lisa M]

I'm from New York STATE.

Please note that by that I do not mean New York City. They are two completely different entities.

[Scapegoat]

I'm from (and still in) murder capital of Canada; Toronto, The Big Smoke, Hog Town, T-Dot. Representin' da hood, ya'll.
We had, like, 60 some-odd gun related deaths last year.
We be gettin' all gangsta up in this shit, boi!

*Oh god, I'm such a loser* :duh:

[whispering]

Born in Lapland, Finland. Raised in Tanzania. Live in Turku, Finland. Plan to either stay here, or move to Lapland. Though would like to live a year or two in Korea.

[Collapse]

Was born from Manila, now just look at my current location to get an idea.

[Fuiru]

I was born in the Philippines, family moved to Australia when I was 3, I've lived in Sydney ever since.

[Frankey-eh]

Good 'ol East bay California. Originally from San Ramon, in Davis right now for University.

O_O YOU'RE FROM SAN RAMON??? I used to live there! I went to Cal High as a freshman. Right now, I'm in the heart of silicon valley, home of Apples. (USA)

[MNJetter]

Navy brat like Druid, born in Jacksonville like Pink Ranger. Small world.

I was born in Florida, but lived in Italy, Spain, Maryland, and Texas before Dad quit and we moved to Minnesota. I've lived three places in MN, and visited more places than I can count (thanks to Dad working for an airline, we got majorly cheap tickets when I was still a student). Now I live and work in a tiny village in northern Japan.

The plan for the future is to go to graduate school, probably in Seattle, and go back to Japan for a short study abroad. But I think my heart really lives in Minnesota, so that's probably where I'll end up for good.

[Lea]

Born in Redmond, Washington; lived in Renton, Washington the first four years of my life; have lived in Kent, Washington ever since. Based on the job I wish to get I'll probably wind up in California when I'm done living here.
Haha, fellow Washingtonian! Funny, I'll probably be moving to California soon too. XD

[gyoza]

Born in Singapore and lived there for most of my life. 3 years ago (I was 16) I moved to Rochester, NY to do music. I'm not sure where I'll end up being based when I graduate. Most likely Singapore or somewhere in the states, but I have to consider anywhere that I can get a job. In an unstable industry like music you get whatever job comes your way :)

[Aria]

O_O YOU'RE FROM SAN RAMON??? I used to live there! I went to Cal High as a freshman. Right now, I'm in the heart of silicon valley, home of Apples. (USA)

Hellz ya! San Ramon!! :p Way boring, but at the same time, super fun. What year were you at Cal? Haha, tooo cool.

[General_Failure]

Born in Urbana Il, lived in the cornfields until I was 19, joined the military and got shot to vegas, which I've lived at ever since.... *sigh* -.-

[General_Admission]

Born in Lapland, Finland. Raised in Tanzania. Live in Turku, Finland. Plan to either stay here, or move to Lapland. Though would like to live a year or two in Korea.

Why Korea?

[4letterwords]

Born in Indiana, moved to Ypsilanti, Michigan, then to somewhere in New Hampshire, then to Boston, then back to Indiana, where I go to college, next year I'll be in Nagoya, Japan, then the next year I'll be back here... then the NEXT few years I'll be back in Japan... call me stir crazy

[Frankey-eh]

Hellz ya! San Ramon!! :p Way boring, but at the same time, super fun. What year were you at Cal? Haha, tooo cool. hmm...2003-2004. The first year after they spent thousands of dollars to renovate the football field before the lockers and the classrooms with makeshift walls.

[Druid]

San Raman, San Raman....That place rings a bell. I think I might have been there when I went on a trip to San Diego. That was one long ass trip. It was from Indiana to California. Took two days. Then we came back and went to Ft. Myers to see family. Ft. Myers Florida that is. I've been around. XD

[Frankey-eh]

San Raman, San Raman....That place rings a bell. I think I might have been there when I went on a trip to San Diego. That was one long ass trip. It was from Indiana to California. Took two days. Then we came back and went to Ft. Myers to see family. Ft. Myers Florida that is. I've been around. XD

I think you have the wrong San Ramon... It's definately NOT in the way from Indiana to California...unless you decided to go straight across the country and then straight down, rather than take the diagonal route... and even then, you'd only stop in San Ramon if your car broke down or something. The whole "city" consists of three/four major roads all running parallel to each other.

[Aria]

Rika: Haha, yeah, they're tearing down the "donut" or the circley thing now to make a new main building. WHich means that like...for a year, the entire school will consist of a bunch of temporary/portable classrooms, and the FL building. Impressive, hm? You'd think the city would have saw it fit to renovate all this crap like...8 years ago as opposed to building like...3 new middle schools and a bunch of new elementary schools for the new neighborhood out by Dougherty.

And nowadays, we're hugely corporate. SBC has their headquarters in bishop ranch along with a bunch of other companies. I think like...1/2 of our city is the bishop ranch buildings. But it's getting better. We're big enough to have hotels now. HOTELS!! Hehe, silly, I don't think we have THAT many visiting businessmen/women to have more than 1 hotel. Oh, and cheesecake factory at Stoneridge mall!! AWESOME!!

edit: You were there for the '03-'04 schoolyear as a freshman? Hm, that was my senior year, so we probably didn't go around in the same circles. Did you do any extra curriculars/sports? Maybe we know some of the same ppl.

[belladonna]

well... i was born in iwakuni, japan... and then moved to memphis and i've lived here ever since... so i've lived here for about 17 years... it'll be 17 years the month before my 18 b-day...

[Rogue_7]

Denver, CO USA!

[belladonna]

yeah but you aren't there right now...

[Possum Jenkins]

Born and living in southern california.

I plan to move to NYC someday. Well, when I can afford to.

[Psychochink]

Well, some say the Creator took a ball of clay...

Oh, you mean where am I [I]now[/]...

Adelaide, Australia. Isn't this what those little 'Location' things underneath your handle are for...

[JapaneseLever]

Well, some say the Creator took a ball of clay...

Oh, you mean where am I [I]now[/]...

Adelaide, Australia. Isn't this what those little 'Location' things underneath your handle are for...
if you notice alot of the people here dont have anything in there (like me). plus i was wondering where everybody came from, not just where they are now.

[Jon885]

pittsburgh. pa. united states.

[Xephon]

Born in California, lived in the Philippines for 5 years, then came back to live here.

[Bunny Gamer]

Lincoln, Nebraska, I've been here my whole life. But my parents moved to Greenville, North Carolina, so I spend about a third of my year there. It's kind of become a second home.

[Cybren]

I'm from New York STATE.

Please note that by that I do not mean New York City. They are two completely different entities.
It's all for naught. For in the eyes of anyone out of state, New York is a spawling metropolis.

[Frankey-eh]

Rika: Haha, yeah, they're tearing down the "donut" or the circley thing now to make a new main building. WHich means that like...for a year, the entire school will consist of a bunch of temporary/portable classrooms, and the FL building. Impressive, hm? You'd think the city would have saw it fit to renovate all this crap like...8 years ago as opposed to building like...3 new middle schools and a bunch of new elementary schools for the new neighborhood out by Dougherty.
Yeah, I heard about the constructions. I imagine it's going to take longer to get to classes now... I went to one of the new middle schools. Iron Horse!

And nowadays, we're hugely corporate. SBC has their headquarters in bishop ranch along with a bunch of other companies. I think like...1/2 of our city is the bishop ranch buildings. But it's getting better. We're big enough to have hotels now. HOTELS!! Hehe, silly, I don't think we have THAT many visiting businessmen/women to have more than 1 hotel. Oh, and cheesecake factory at Stoneridge mall!! AWESOME!!Hmm so that's what Bishop Ranch was about. I always wondered. My elementary, middle, and high school all line up along the iron horse trail, so I saw them everyday. I was also surprised at how "businessy" SR is too. I hear DECA hosts their conferences there every year. If I had known, I would have joined Deca just to go back and meet my old friends...

edit: You were there for the '03-'04 schoolyear as a freshman? Hm, that was my senior year, so we probably didn't go around in the same circles. Did you do any extra curriculars/sports? Maybe we know some of the same ppl.In my freshman year, I was only active in Academic Decathalon. I was in interact, but I never did anything. Hmm... I didn't know any seniors, except for one in my French 1 class. I think her name was Niki or something.

[edit: the world is SOOO small. You're the THIRD person on OP9 that I have some connection to in real life...]

[erbiumfiber]

Grew up on Long Island, NY (yes, part of the sprawling metropolis), got the hell out at 18 and went to college in Cambridge, MA, then went to work in Crystal City, VA (the border of Washington, DC). Then, after law school, back up to Long Island for one year, then, escape to Jersey, then down to Maryland for a few years and back again to Northern Virginia.

Then to Tokyo, Japan for the last 2 1/2 years.

Got an offer for a job in Connecticut, which would have nearly completed my goal of living most places along the northeast/middle atlantic coast, but turned it down...

If and when I go back to the States (would prefer to move to Canada and begin to work on Canadian citizenship) I don't know where I'll end up. If my father is still alive, I might pick the Pacific Northwest. My daughter goes to school in Michigan (north) and it is beautiful there and the people in the midwest are SO NICE...

It all depends on the work I decide to do if I go back...

[Saeglopur]

Born and raised in San Jose. When I turn 18 I'm considering moving to either Berkely, Seattle, or Victoria.

[Aria]

Rika: lol, a senior in a french 1 class? That's funny. But yeah, I went to Iron Horse too. I was in their first 6th grade class. So like...I think they'd only been open a year or two. And like, as soon as I left, they go and build a crazy nice gym and library.

Academic Decathlon, hm? I don't think I knew anyone in that. I was Secretary for CSF in '03-'04. And I knew the officers in the InterACT club that year (I think my old friends were officers at the time. Remember and super skinny asian girls with super short hair?) But I did most of my EC with the choir. Cuz we traveled. :-P Did you ever have Kinavey?

But yeah, good 'ol Cal High. Gotta love it. Remember Mr. Corti? Shortie Corti. Haha, that funny, little man.

[Postmonger]

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and now livin in a small hick town.

[Stephy]

I live in this state! MA! (and about 45 minutes away from Boston) but... I am going to live in Texas w/ Shamu! Ya rly! :D

[FireWolf238]

born in russia, burned off 10 years in israel where i hopped around a bunch of places never living more than 2 years at the sam place. now i'm in US of A in the same boring flooded toilet of a town where apple HQ is located. went to the same HS rika goes to now. i'm currently going to a local community college waiting to trasfer to montana state or davis, preferance is in respective order.

[siamesekiwi]

Bangkok, Thailand. but studied from year 7-13 + a year of college which didnt work out in New Zealand.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Born here in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Family originated from the Philippines.

[Aria]

Vocab: Is that Colin Mochrie in your avatar?

[Druid]

I think you have the wrong San Ramon... It's definately NOT in the way from Indiana to California...unless you decided to go straight across the country and then straight down, rather than take the diagonal route... and even then, you'd only stop in San Ramon if your car broke down or something. The whole "city" consists of three/four major roads all running parallel to each other.

My brother in law has family there I think. It may be the town, then again, it may not be. Took a trip to San Diego to see my sis fir Thanks Giving, but ended up going to her husbands parents brothers house(something like that) instead. But then again, I could be wrong. Seen to many people in to many places to keep it all in, ya know. Any way, Fulaful.

[Frankey-eh]

Rika: lol, a senior in a french 1 class? That's funny. But yeah, I went to Iron Horse too. I was in their first 6th grade class. So like...I think they'd only been open a year or two. And like, as soon as I left, they go and build a crazy nice gym and library.
Yeah, she was in French 1 after completing all of Spanish. Still crazy... but a nice girl. We got to use the new guy at iron horse... last time I was there, they painted a huge jaguar. It's a nice guy...

And I knew the officers in the InterACT club that year (I think my old friends were officers at the time. Remember and super skinny asian girls with super short hair?) But I did most of my EC with the choir. Cuz we traveled. :-P Did you ever have Kinavey? No, sorry, I don't remember any short haired, skinny asian. I know the president was the brother of one of my classmates. And no, I didn't have Kinavey, I had Foss. And Sloan as my history teacher. So any stories they tell, I get to hear it twice. ^_^;

But yeah, good 'ol Cal High. Gotta love it. Remember Mr. Corti? Shortie Corti. Haha, that funny, little man.Wow, do I ever! I once got into a little conflict (my mom filed a complaint to Cahn for making me make up swimming in January or otherwise failing me... long story) and I had to go see Corti to sort everything out. I was so scared! I stood in front of his office for ten minutes trying to calm myself. In the end, I managed to make up swimming with just a report. :P

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Vocab: Is that Colin Mochrie in your avatar?

FUCK YEAH!

I'm proud to have him as a Canadian.

Colin Mochrie is the epitome of HANDSOME.

Dare I say more?

NI-YI-YICE PANTS!!

[Aria]

FUCK YEAH!

I'm proud to have him as a Canadian.

Colin Mochrie is the epitome of HANDSOME.

Dare I say more?

NI-YI-YICE PANTS!!

Haha, I <3 Colin Mochrie. Ryan's pretty cool too, but Colin looks funnier, so he is funnier. Good stuff.

[Aria]

Yeah, she was in French 1 after completing all of Spanish. Still crazy... but a nice girl. We got to use the new guy at iron horse... last time I was there, they painted a huge jaguar. It's a nice guy...
Was her name Katy by any chance?

And no, I didn't have Kinavey, I had Foss. And Sloan as my history teacher. So any stories they tell, I get to hear it twice. ^_^;
AWESOME. I had those two also. Kinda weird when two of your teachers are married, eh? They like...talk about you when they're at home and stuff. THen they go to class be like "hey, Mrs. Foss was telling me about you!" and you are just like "WHY was she talking to me about yoU??" and then you find out their married...and then it's ewwww.


Wow, do I ever! I once got into a little conflict (my mom filed a complaint to Cahn for making me make up swimming in January or otherwise failing me... long story) and I had to go see Corti to sort everything out. I was so scared! I stood in front of his office for ten minutes trying to calm myself. In the end, I managed to make up swimming with just a report. :P

Mr. Cahn is a dickhead. I had him for Health. And I got an A, but boy, he was an ass the whole time. All because his wife divorced him and he's bitter. His kids look weird.

[Shamu]

I live in this state! MA! (and about 45 minutes away from Boston) but... I am going to live in Texas w/ Shamu! Ya rly! :D
Heck yeah! Texas FTW!!! Well, not really, but it beats living in Oklahoma :P J/K XD

[Kwiz]

I was born in Osaka, Japan, but my family moved over here to Santa Rosa, CA when I was about 2.

[SoulPlay]

Born in North Tarrytown, NY... moved to Dominican Republic.... 14 yrs later back in Tampa, FL.

[Frankey-eh]

Was her name Katy by any chance?
Hmm no, she was Niki or something. I probably misspelled it.

AWESOME. I had those two also. Kinda weird when two of your teachers are married, eh? They like...talk about you when they're at home and stuff. THen they go to class be like "hey, Mrs. Foss was telling me about you!" and you are just like "WHY was she talking to me about yoU??" and then you find out their married...and then it's ewwww. Yes. For the longest time, I refused to believe they were. I mean... those two are completely opposites! I canNOT imagine Foss joking like Sloan, or Sloan being serious like Foss. But guess what? My English teacher right now... is ALSO about to get married. To another English teacher next door. English teachers have higher chance of marrying their coworkers...?

Mr. Cahn is a dickhead. I had him for Health. And I got an A, but boy, he was an ass the whole time. All because his wife divorced him and he's bitter. His kids look weird.YES!!!!! YES!!!! I agree. Cahn is the worst teacher I've had. I had him for Health AND PE! I got an A too, in both, but....ugh. I still remember the days he made us run lines (back and forth between football lines) while POURING. He's so stupid too! When it first starts raining, he stays outside. Then, after a while, he decides to go in... JUST as the weather clears. After a few minutes of that, he decides to come out... right when it starts SHOWERING. Arrrrgh. And he's so inconsiderate with his coworkers too. For swimming, he argued with the other female teacher just so we could get 6 sessions while the other class only gets 4. And yes, I know what you mean about his kids. I didn't know he was divorced... All he talks about is his kids, his college dormmates, and himself. Yes... I can go forever about that man. I think I'll stop here.

[Dead Sexy Vocab]

Haha, I <3 Colin Mochrie. Ryan's pretty cool too, but Colin looks funnier, so he is funnier. Good stuff.

Ryan and Colin both grew up in my city, so 'tis all gooood. :cool:

Fuck yeah for Ryan Stiles: A Vancouver Canucks fan.

http://img9.imageshack.us/img9/968/ryancanucks7gp.jpg

[Devilsapprentice]

Born in Mississauga Ontario.

Live outside of Vienna.... Ontario.

Good luck finding me on a satelite map.

[anver]

Born and raised in Lower Austria, been living in Vienna for four years.
Thinking about moving somewhere else in one and a half years time.

[Daishikaze]

Anver, Might I suggest Graz? thats a lovely town. Not that Wien isn't nice, just Graz seems more peaceful

[Zonehunter1]

I hail from the village of Brooklyn, MI.

But to find technology i have to trek to the local school.
It's really sad.

[doms_722]

Born in Indiana, moved to Ypsilanti, Michigan, then to somewhere in New Hampshire, then to Boston, then back to Indiana, where I go to college, next year I'll be in Nagoya, Japan, then the next year I'll be back here... then the NEXT few years I'll be back in Japan... call me stir crazy
is it just me, or do there seem to be qute a few ppl who hav gone to Nagoya for quite a while?
you went to nanzan...right neko...???
its so weird coz my mum and my bro used to teach there...
i swear there are more ppl who used to live in Nagoya..sorry im just amazed at the coincedence...

[Acolyte]

Born in Mississauga Ontario.

Live outside of Vienna.... Ontario.

Good luck finding me on a satelite map.

Oh! Oh! Oh! I know where Vienna, Ontario is!

Granted, that's because I used to live in St. Thomas (About 15 minutes north), and a friend of mine lives there, but still.

I pity the foo that lives in Vienna, Ontario...

[The Divine Comedy]

Born and raised in Michigan and never moved. Currently living about an hour or so north of Detroit in a small village. :)

Michiganders unite! *does the secret mitten hand sign* There seem to be a lot of us on here. Could be just my tunnel-vision, though. :D

[Jay]

Carnarvon, Western Australia, Australia. Where they shot the images of Neil Armstrong's moon landing so our satellite could send it back to mission control. (I shit you not.)

http://bison.ph.bham.ac.uk/maps/carnarvon.jpg

Oh, and THIS is only a 10 minute walk from where I am now:

http://www.mycoralcoast.com.au/fascine_carnarvon.jpg

[history1me]

Born in El Salvador but grew up in South Central L.A *z-up matha phukets!

Now I spend my days by the Bay Area daydreaming of a girl in these forums...

[stockholmsyndrome]

Im from Auckland, New Zealand


There seems to be alot of aussies on here :watson:

[Annoying MSN Person]

Kia ora. wow, more kiwis keep on popping up....
even if they are jafas.
I was born in Christchurch, and found my way back home, eventually.

[ams]

Maine, USA

[MoosecatcherPrime]

Menlo Park, CA (within half an hour from San Francisco and two miles from Stanford U).

[Treayn]

Smack Dab in the middle of South Brooklyn.

[Frankey-eh]

Menlo Park, CA (within half an hour from San Francisco and two miles from Stanford U).
yay, another Bay Arean! I've passed by there on Caltrain before... but of course, with my short-term memory, I said to my friend less than two weeks after, "Where's Menlo Park?" We almost went there for CSF, if she hadn't gone to Florida.

Doesn't Menlo Park relate to Thomas Edison in some way?

[slinky]

Born and raised in Michigan and never moved. Currently living about an hour or so north of Detroit in a small village. :)

Michiganders unite! *does the secret mitten hand sign* There seem to be a lot of us on here. Could be just my tunnel-vision, though. :D


Point to your hand and tell me where you are!

(Flint isn't that small you know... and hardly a village. ;) )

[Ceirnian]

Oakland, California. I need to move back down to Alameda, I don't like this city.

[slinky]

Oakland, California. I need to move back down to Alameda, I don't like this city.


Mayberry definitely has its upside!

[Frankey-eh]

Oakland, California. I need to move back down to Alameda, I don't like this city.
Alameda is strange. Their houses are in the brightest shade of pink, green, blue, purple... o.o Or maybe they seemed especially bright because it was a gloomy day.

Helen (the one yao_yao knows) used to talk nonstop about Alameda too, when she first moved to San Ramon. How "preppy" our middle school is, and we need to be more ghetto. Translated, she meant there are not enough Asians. I wonder if she still talks about Alameda... or has that been replaced by San Ramon, yao_yao?

[Ceirnian]

Dunno, I just like Alameda because the areas are a lot more safe than here. There are actually trees around there too!

[slinky]

Alameda is strange.

It is. It really is. But if it works for you it's a great place to live. Small town in the city. But it's definitely not for everyone.

[CrazyAce86]

Born & raised in Fulton County, Pennsylvania. If you make it out of there alive, much credit to you.

Currently living in Slippery Rock *cough*SLIMY PEBBLE*cough*, PA because of the bullshit that is college.

[CrazyAce86]

Alameda is strange. Their houses are in the brightest shade of pink, green, blue, purple... o.o Or maybe they seemed especially bright because it was a gloomy day.

Don't move to Puerto Rico. :)

I like places like that, though. So colorful and vibrant; not blah and shitty like 99% of American towns.

Maybe that's why I abhorr living in any place with a population over 1,000. The country is so much nicer and prettier.

[Frankey-eh]

Don't move to Puerto Rico. :)

I like places like that, though. So colorful and vibrant; not blah and shitty like 99% of American towns.

Maybe that's why I abhorr living in any place with a population over 1,000. The country is so much nicer and prettier.
haha I didn't mean strange in a bad way. In fact... I shouldn't be talking. I live in a bright-yellow house with a red, brick roof... in a neighborhood full of gray, wooden roofs. You'd have to be blind to miss my house.

[Praetorian]

I was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Now I live in Mijdrecht, the Netherlands.

[steelegiraffe]

im out in dayton,oh

[CrazyAce86]

To be more specific, I somehow managed to move into the middle class part of SRU. ("Boring" Bard Hall)

I went to a party at the ghetto (Founders) and was like, "Fuck Bard, I wanna move here!" Eight floors of pure ghetto-ness, from urban ghetto to redneck ghetto and everything in between.

I'd move there next year, but they're tearing it down. :( So I'll be stuck in the emo / goth / smoker part (Harner Hall).

[Baani]

Born and lived most of my life in Chandigarh, India, right now in Sydney, Australia. Planning an exchange trip to Italy for 6 months, then back to India.

[Aria]

Alameda is strange. Their houses are in the brightest shade of pink, green, blue, purple... o.o Or maybe they seemed especially bright because it was a gloomy day.

Helen (the one yao_yao knows) used to talk nonstop about Alameda too, when she first moved to San Ramon. How "preppy" our middle school is, and we need to be more ghetto. Translated, she meant there are not enough Asians. I wonder if she still talks about Alameda... or has that been replaced by San Ramon, yao_yao?

haha, yeah, Oaktown is hella ghetto. Like...you ask ppl where they're from and they're like "Oakland" and you say "ohhh, Oakland", and they go "yeah, the ghetto place" and then you say "yeahhh". San Ramon isn't ghetto because...it's educated (please don't shoot me). The only semblance of ghetto-ness that we have is us being faux-ghetto...but at heart, we're really not that ghetto...at all.

[Sardaukar]

I live in a bollocky little seaside town along the south coast of England that no-one has ever heard of or cared about.

[Druid]

When I lived in Peoria, my next door nieghbor killed a cop, got into a carchase then finally hightailed it back to the house to set it on fire to destroy the evidence of the methlab in the basement(which didn't work). I watched the carchase part all the way up till they showed my house. Then I decided it was best to go outside till the cought him or he left the neighborhood. Turned out neither of those things happened. After about five minutes, the house exploded and my neighbor came flying out into the car and drove away. They caught him about two days later. I lived in a ainteresting neighborhood :)

[NotSoSlickUserTitle]

I live in the great state of Virginia. I love this place. its the most fantastic state. I actually live 10 mins from Gaijinpulley. True story.

[sEvInDeAdLySiNs]

Born: Trinidad & Tobago

Raised: Virginia...WOOT!!!

[pencil_eater_masa]

born: Alexandria, Louisiana

live: Augusta, GA
irony here, 2nd biggest place in GA, under atlanta.. duh, and yet it kinda sucks. you get bored here easily

[anver]

Anver, Might I suggest Graz? thats a lovely town. Not that Wien isn't nice, just Graz seems more peaceful

Moving isn't an option for the next 1 1/2 years, since I'm going to school here. If I want peace, I go to Lower Austria, Weinviertel to be precise. It's really peaceful too, and I have lots of friends and family there.
But I really need to travel my home country some time.

[MoosecatcherPrime]

yay, another Bay Arean! I've passed by there on Caltrain before... but of course, with my short-term memory, I said to my friend less than two weeks after, "Where's Menlo Park?" We almost went there for CSF, if she hadn't gone to Florida.

Doesn't Menlo Park relate to Thomas Edison in some way?

Menlo Park, NJ, not CA (it's where he lived).

[SelfLiveManikins]

reppin that sacramento ,california. I have visited places but livin in the future im staying in california. Or vancouver canada. I just got to stay on the west coast

[Druid]

To each his own I suppose. To many people on the coast. But, I guess seom people like that.

[ellie]

Born in Michigan, lived in NC most my life though.

[Katsumaru]

In chronological order.
Born in Madrid, Spain
Hawaii 1 year
Los Angeles 3 years
Philippines for 6 years
Canberra, Australia 2 years
San Diego 4 years
yeah XD not yet even in my twenties lol

[baffledMONKEY]

I was born in Vietnam, raised and currently living in PA, USA. After I graduate from college (2 years from now hopefully), I plan to move...not sure where yet. All depends on where future job will be I guess.

[Kenshin]

*looks through thread*
Heh, lots of people from the U.S. here.
Anyway, I'm from Mérida, Venezuela - born in Caracas... now home of the evil dictat... *ahem*, "president" of the country.

[Chelsums]

Balitmore, Maryland. The heroin capital, yay! But also home of the second biggest anime convention in the US <3

I actually live like 20 minutes from Baltimore but I live in Baltimore county so yeah.

[Bob]

Anyway, I like it here and I can see myself staying here as an adult and whatnot.

I can't see why anyone would want to stay in north florida

[Dräco]

Born in Savannah, GA and now live in Richmond Hill, GA.