# Let's see how many states/countries/provinces we have people here from. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 6, 2005, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320 "2005-09-06T08:52:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CantUseMyRealName](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f9ae1b/32.png) [@CantUseMyRealName](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CantUseMyRealName)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/41 "2005-09-06T13:24:05Z")
greetings from hoboken, nj, usa ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 1:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/42 "2005-09-06T13:26:35Z")
> [@bouv](#): > > Damn you! Beat me by mere seconds! Yeah you “erplied” too late: > [@bouv](#): > > Wow, I’m the first New York doper to erply. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Wolfgrrl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e19b73/32.png) [@Wolfgrrl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wolfgrrl)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/43 "2005-09-06T13:27:00Z")
From Beverly, MA, which may or may not be the [birthplace of the US Navy](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/musnavy.html). But I was born in Salem, which is the next town over, and which is more famous for other reasons. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/44 "2005-09-06T13:29:40Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Isn’t Milton Keynes that strange town Terry Pratchett makes fun of? Every one makes fun of MK it’s regarded as a joke location. Read here about the [concrete cows](http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes). IIRC there’s a passage in Good Omens that mentions MK but I don’t think PTerry (or Neil Gaiman?) takes the piss. Much. ---
**Author:** ![Pixisis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f17d59/32.png) [@Pixisis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pixisis)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/45 "2005-09-06T13:34:15Z")
> [@Small Clanger](#): > > Every one makes fun of MK it’s regarded as a joke location. Read here about the [concrete cows](http://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milton_Keynes). IIRC there’s a passage in Good Omens that mentions MK but I don’t think PTerry (or Neil Gaiman?) takes the piss. Much. Yup. It’s in Good Omens. I’ve wanted to meet someone from Milton Keyes ever since I read it. 😃 Hi ! I’m Pixisis. Nice to meet you. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 1:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/46 "2005-09-06T13:36:33Z")
> [@Pixisis](#): > > I’ve wanted to meet someone from Milton Keyes ever since I read it. 😃 Ditto! Hi **Small Clanger**. ---
**Author:** ![biddee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/839c29/32.png) [@biddee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/biddee)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/47 "2005-09-06T13:37:19Z")
Antigua, West Indies here. I know there are a couple of other ppl from the Caribbean floating around, a couple from Dominican Republic and I think one person posts from Puerto Rico, but as far as I know, I’m the only person who posts from the Leeward Islands. ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/48 "2005-09-06T14:00:25Z")
Hmm, so what would Antigua be a part of? What continent? ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/49 "2005-09-06T14:04:02Z")
Euclid, Ohio represent! ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/50 "2005-09-06T14:04:20Z")
Houston, Harris County, Texas here ---
**Author:** ![fishbicycle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aeb1de/32.png) [@fishbicycle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fishbicycle)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/51 "2005-09-06T14:25:27Z")
Born in the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, Ontario, Canada Now permanently residing in Leon County, Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/52 "2005-09-06T14:25:58Z")
Toronto, Ontario, Canada, eh? I’ve been here all my life, though I once visited Helsinki. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Bookkeeper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bookkeeper/32/281_2.png) [@Bookkeeper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bookkeeper)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/53 "2005-09-06T14:27:29Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > Hmm, so what would Antigua be a part of? What continent? One of the islands separating the Caribbean from the Atlantic. Ontario, Canada, myself. (Born in Moncton, New Brunswick and raised in Gander, Newfoundland and Richmond Hill, Ontario.) ---
**Author:** ![BrattiAtti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c57346/32.png) [@BrattiAtti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BrattiAtti)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/54 "2005-09-06T14:40:24Z")
Idaho. ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/55 "2005-09-06T15:08:08Z")
Greetings from the Grand Duchy of Morgantown, West Virginia. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/56 "2005-09-06T15:18:14Z")
Let me hasten to add that, when I say ‘been here all my life’, I mean, ‘in southern Ontario’, not just ‘in Toronto’. ---
**Author:** ![Mooella](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/51bf81/32.png) [@Mooella](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mooella)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/57 "2005-09-06T15:22:03Z")
London- Ontario, Canada ---
**Author:** ![FatBaldGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecd19e/32.png) [@FatBaldGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FatBaldGuy)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/58 "2005-09-06T15:25:46Z")
Salt Lake City, Utah ---
**Author:** ![Idle\_Thoughts](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/838e76/32.png) [@Idle\_Thoughts](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Idle_Thoughts)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/59 "2005-09-06T15:58:53Z")
Africa South Africa - TellMeI’mNotCrazy Asia India - gouda Japan - Hokkaido Brit Singapore - ExtraKun Australia Western Australia - csharpmajor NSW, Australia - coop Europe Norway - flodnak _UK_ England - grimpixie, Angua, Mangetout, Small Clanger Wales - rayh Middle East Isreal - Noone Special North America _Canada_ Nova Scotia - Jayn\_Newell Ontario - Sunspace, bookkeeper, Mooella _USA_ Arizona - Idle Thoughts California - SolGrundy Conneticut - Pixisis Florida - Big Bad Voodoo Lou, fishbicycle Georgia - swampbear Idaho - BrattiAtti Illinois - mr bus guy Maryland - BiblioCat, Mama Tiger Massachusetts - Shagnasty, Wolfgrrl Michigan - Harborwolf New Jersey - CantUseMyRealName New York - Anaamika, bouv Ohio - Dorjän Texas - davmilasav, pullin, Clothahump Utah - FatBaldGuy Washington - racer72 Wisconsin - Boscibo Various Islands Antigua - biddee ---
**Author:** ![GingerOfTheNorth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/cdc98d/32.png) [@GingerOfTheNorth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GingerOfTheNorth)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2005, 4:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320/60 "2005-09-06T16:15:47Z")
Baltimore, Maryland just now, hailing from Alberta, Canada. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lets-see-how-many-states-countries-provinces-we-have-people-here-from/320320.md?page=4)