# Where are you from? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 18, 2000, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373 "2000-10-18T05:40:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![hawthorne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/c89c15/32.png) [@hawthorne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hawthorne)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/21 "2000-10-18T13:41:56Z")
Victoria, Australia ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/22 "2000-10-18T13:44:28Z")
Born & raised—Penn Valley, PA College—Baltimore, MD Since 1981—New Jersey (just over the river from NYC) ---
**Author:** ![little\_bit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/258eb7/32.png) [@little\_bit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/little_bit)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/23 "2000-10-18T13:53:49Z")
Born in Ohio Crawled out asap Living in MI (babies have a poor sense of direction) ---
**Author:** ![ladybug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/46a35a/32.png) [@ladybug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ladybug)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/24 "2000-10-18T14:10:37Z")
Originally from NY, USA Currently in FL, USA ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/25 "2000-10-18T14:32:26Z")
'burb of Chicago, IL, USA ---
**Author:** ![C3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/c3/32/3108_2.png) [@C3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/C3)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/26 "2000-10-18T14:34:35Z")
Born in Washington, D.C., USA Raised in Rockville, MD, USA Currently in Surfside Beach, SC, USA Moving to the Central Coast, NSW, Australia in 26 months! Yay! ---
**Author:** ![Aglarond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c77e96/32.png) [@Aglarond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aglarond)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/27 "2000-10-18T14:38:27Z")
Dallas, Texas, USA ---
**Author:** ![Jack\_Batty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jack_batty/32/3201_2.png) [@Jack\_Batty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jack_Batty)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/28 "2000-10-18T14:39:55Z")
SF,CA - Don’t call it Frisco. ---
**Author:** ![tiggeril](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tiggeril/32/7234_2.png) [@tiggeril](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiggeril)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 2:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/29 "2000-10-18T14:46:34Z")
Born: Silvis, IL Raised: Moline, IL Educated: Bettendorf, IA Higher-Education in progress: Hyde Park, IL (SSSSSouth Side, baby, yeah!) ---
**Author:** ![Bumbazine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bumbazine/32/362_2.png) [@Bumbazine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bumbazine)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/30 "2000-10-18T14:58:48Z")
Born: Lansing, MI Raised: Pensacola, FLA Current residence: Oregon, outside Portland, for the last 27 years. All my family is on the East coast, that’s why I’m on the West coast. I love 'em, but they make me crazy. (Probably more than you wanted to know.) ---
**Author:** ![TroubleAgain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e480ec/32.png) [@TroubleAgain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroubleAgain)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/31 "2000-10-18T15:17:16Z")
Native Floridian, and still live here. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/32 "2000-10-18T15:20:35Z")
Born in the Detroit metropolitan area of Michigan ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/33 "2000-10-18T15:31:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Eve \* > \*\* > College—Baltimore, MD > \*\* Eve - where were you colleged? I was a Goucher Girl for a year - back when Goucher was still all girls. Alas, it was not a good fit, and I eventually completed my education elsewhere. ---
**Author:** ![divemaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/divemaster/32/78_2.png) [@divemaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/divemaster)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 3:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/34 "2000-10-18T15:39:09Z")
Born: Shreveport, LA Current: Silver Spring, MD Other: Santa Ynez, CA Germantown (Memphis), TN Creve Coeur (St. Louis), MO Baton Rouge, LA Wilmington, NC Sierra Vista, AZ ---
**Author:** ![Tymp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Tymp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tymp)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/35 "2000-10-18T15:41:22Z")
From? The places I’ve called home, in order: Idaho Falls, ID Newport News, VA Philadelphia, PA Germantown, MD Greensburg, PA Aiken, SC New Orleans, LA Willimantic, CT Coventry, CT Manchester, CT That brings us up to date. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/36 "2000-10-18T15:45:36Z")
Born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio. Eddjycated in New England. Been working in Manhattan and living in Brooklyn (New York, New York) ever since. Well, I did live IN Manhattan for a couple years. ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/37 "2000-10-18T15:52:19Z")
Fairy—Towson (1975–79). Right down the street from you girlies, near Towson Plaza! Did you know Divine is buried right nearby? Ike—“Eddjycated in New England?” Stop with the modesty, we all know what that’s a euphemism for . . . ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/38 "2000-10-18T15:52:36Z")
Oooh, I like the chronological method! In order: Portland, Oregon Pleasant Grove, Alabama Brandon, Florida Marietta, Georgia Arvada, Colorado Lackland AFB, Texas (shudder) Denver, Colorado North Edwards, California Edwards AFB, California Aviano AFB, Italy Fontanafredda, Italy Maniago, Italy Las Vegas, Nevada Golden, Colorado Aurora, Colorado ---
**Author:** ![Eve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Eve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eve)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/39 "2000-10-18T15:53:51Z")
Mr. C.—So, did they bother tarring and feathering you, or did they just run you out of all those towns on a rail? ---
**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2000, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/40 "2000-10-18T15:54:43Z")
Born in Oakland, CA. Live in Fairfax Co., VA. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373.md?page=3)