# Doper Locales **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 15, 2000, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418 "2000-08-15T12:17:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/141 "2000-08-19T01:35:33Z")
Austin, TX… the liberal heart of the Lone Star State (and about the only part of it that is). ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/142 "2000-08-19T01:45:02Z")
Thanks for the compilation, MSK! Houston, Texas here. ---
**Author:** ![Anti\_Pro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Anti\_Pro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anti_Pro)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 3:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/143 "2000-08-19T03:53:54Z")
Your compilation list was really neat \*\* MSK \*\*!! Great job! If a non-Georgia person asks where I live, I say, ‘Atlanta’, if a Georgia person asks, it’s ‘Stone Mountain’ anyone up for seeing the SECOND largest stone relief sculpture in these here US of A states??? It’s right up the road from my house. We can even watch the fireworks! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![mega\_the\_roo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@mega\_the\_roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mega_the_roo)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 4:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/144 "2000-08-19T04:06:58Z")
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan ---
**Author:** ![dcnewsman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dcnewsman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dcnewsman)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/145 "2000-08-19T04:27:26Z")
SqrlCub and I live in Capitol Hill SE in Washington, DC. ---
**Author:** ![Geobabe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/geobabe/32/3908_2.png) [@Geobabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geobabe)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/146 "2000-08-19T06:17:44Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Outrider \* > \*\*Newton, MA > > Where are all the Massachusetts dopers? 🙂 \*\* I spend September-May in western Mass–Northampton, to be exact. I call Reston, VA (DC area) home. ---
**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/147 "2000-08-19T08:36:00Z")
'Nother Oregonian checking in, trying to keep the Pacific Northwest represented. I’m in the Salem. **Gr8kat** : hey, almost-neighbor! I just looked at your site, and I’m pretty sure I know your husband from somewhere. Hmm. ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/148 "2000-08-19T09:07:25Z")
**fierra** – the odd-shaped buildings are just a housing estate (like the nasty-looking ones on _The Bill_. It’s in the Camden Town area of inner North London. ---
**Author:** ![ed](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c77e96/32.png) [@ed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ed)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/149 "2000-08-19T09:21:26Z")
Put me in for Albany, NY. If anyone wants an insider’s view on the Hillary/Lazio thing, I’m right in the thick of it. ---
**Author:** ![funneefarmer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/9fc348/32.png) [@funneefarmer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/funneefarmer)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 10:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/150 "2000-08-19T10:30:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ed \* > \*\*Put me in for Albany, NY. > > If anyone wants an insider’s view on the Hillary/Lazio thing, I’m right in the thick of it. \*\* I’m trying to ignore it. I did get a chuckle out of Lazio screwing up the itinerary with the Oswego-Owego mistake. Also chuckling at the Clinton’s who probably didn’t realize that Lake Placid was going to have such chilly mornings. Anyhow I think RealityChuck is out your way (Saratoga IIRC) Zette and Daniel (when SUNY is in session) are from around the Binghamton area. ---
**Author:** ![BunnyGirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@BunnyGirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BunnyGirl)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/151 "2000-08-19T14:04:10Z")
Lansing, Michigan here. Did anyone get to go to the Flint Dopefest that Cristi had? I couldn’t go (softball tournament) and I can’t find her email address! Cristi, check in! I sent an email to [flintdope@hotmail.com](mailto:flintdope@hotmail.com) but no response yet! ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/152 "2000-08-19T14:19:07Z")
Atlanta, GA In the city limits, outside the perimeter. ---
**Author:** ![JavaMaven1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/cab0a1/32.png) [@JavaMaven1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JavaMaven1)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2000, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/153 "2000-08-19T17:47:02Z")
Lakewood, California, but tend to spend far too much of my time in Pasadena. ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_griffin-kentzel/32/14787_2.png) [@Larry\_Griffin-Kentzel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Griffin-Kentzel)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/154 "2000-08-20T02:41:31Z")
**New York City** (the center of the universe) ---
**Author:** ![Tisme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f0a364/32.png) [@Tisme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tisme)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/155 "2000-08-20T04:13:43Z")
Port Lincoln, South Australia. Hey that makes 2 of us. ---
**Author:** ![orestes543](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/b5e925/32.png) [@orestes543](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/orestes543)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/156 "2000-08-20T04:42:43Z")
One from Delaware, Ohio here. I’m about 20 minutes north of Columbus, the state capital, just in case nobody’s ever heard of Delaware. Bye for now!! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kawliga](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ea666f/32.png) [@kawliga](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kawliga)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/157 "2000-08-20T06:40:47Z")
Santa Monica, California ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 8:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/158 "2000-08-20T08:18:43Z")
[This](http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.asp?S=11&T=1&X=1055&Y=12650&Z=15&W=1) is home - I grew up in the house south of the creek, my grandparents and the barn are north. [This](http://terraserver.microsoft.com/image.asp?S=10&T=1&X=2020&Y=25231&Z=15&W=0) is where I live. Yup, right next to a trailer park. Go ahead, ask me where I’d rather be? ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/159 "2000-08-20T09:54:10Z")
Mountain View, CA. Nice enough place to live, but given the general unbelievable richness of neighboring Palo Alto and the rest of Silicon Valley, it almost qualifies as the 'hood. ---
**Author:** ![Doobieous](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/da6949/32.png) [@Doobieous](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doobieous)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2000, 10:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418/160 "2000-08-20T10:55:55Z")
I live in Marina, California, near the beautiful southern end of the Monterey Bay. I’m two hours south of San Francisco, and about an hour south of San Jose and Silicon Valley. Also very close to Big Sur country. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/doper-locales/29418.md?page=9)