# 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:** 4
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/61 "2000-10-19T01:32:13Z")
Began life in Salt Lake City, Utah. Berkeley, CA Hawaii Tokyo, Japan Kobe, Japan Austin, Texas Houston, Texas I lived in Berkeley as a young kid, but basically grew up in Houston, and live here now. Extended stays (total ~8.5 years) in the other four places mentioned. I didn’t mention summer residences - my Dad was a university professor and we would pack up as soon as school was out and go live for three months wherever he was teaching for the summer. Some faves were Salt Lake City, UT, Evanston, IL and Boulder, CO. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/62 "2000-10-19T02:07:27Z")
Born and raised in Redlands, California. I now reside in Minnesota. ---
**Author:** ![kiffa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d78d45/32.png) [@kiffa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kiffa)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/63 "2000-10-19T02:50:13Z")
Born in Worchester MA Headed west via Chicago Landed in LA Educated in Berkeley CA BostonNewYorkLAEuropeAfrica Educated again in LA this time WashDCAfricaAfricaAfricaAfricaAfrica Currently in Jacksonville FL amongst southern Exotics. ---
**Author:** ![Demo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/demo/32/8472_2.png) [@Demo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Demo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 2:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/64 "2000-10-19T02:59:49Z")
I’m from Santa Rosa, CA. About an hour north of San Francisco. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/65 "2000-10-19T03:10:44Z")
I’m from Mars. My sister’s from Venus. Oh, OK, I’ll play right. Johnstown, PA Houston, TX Denver, CO Oxnard, CA Houston again Paris, France Pottstown, PA ---
**Author:** ![Crispy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e47774/32.png) [@Crispy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crispy)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/66 "2000-10-19T03:17:15Z")
Born: Laplace, LA, USA Moved to: Ponchatoula, LA, USA (conveniently located right between Baton Rouge and New Orleans) goboy: Are you related to anyone in Laplace? There is a very slight possibility that we might be related. ---
**Author:** ![maidenunicorn41](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@maidenunicorn41](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/maidenunicorn41)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 3:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/67 "2000-10-19T03:26:33Z")
I was a military brat, so i was born in Mass.(Otis AFB) not there anymore then went to Oneonta, NY (cuz dad went overseas and moved in with moms parents) North Carolina San Antonio, Texas Anchorage, Alaska San Antonio, Texas Anchorage, Alaska San Antonio, Texas (dad retired finally) Comfort, Texas (hill country) Houston, Texas Baytown,Texas (lived here the last 20 Years) dont plan to move again until I go to heaven. ---
**Author:** ![brachyrhynchos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brachyrhynchos/32/376_2.png) [@brachyrhynchos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brachyrhynchos)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/68 "2000-10-19T03:45:17Z")
Whittier, CA, USA La Habra, CA, USA Lewisburg, PA, USA Pocatello, ID, USA East Brunswick, NJ USA ---
**Author:** ![screech-owl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/82dd89/32.png) [@screech-owl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/screech-owl)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/69 "2000-10-19T03:51:13Z")
From: NY, USA. {Upstate - anything north of New Rochelle is upstate} Now: Central FL, USA. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/70 "2000-10-19T04:20:06Z")
Well… Jerusalem, Israel - born Teaneck, NJ Manhattan, New York, NY Haifa, Israel - most of my life, in fact Manhattan, New York, NY - as of August ---
**Author:** ![Thrashbarg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Thrashbarg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thrashbarg)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/71 "2000-10-19T05:02:09Z")
Born Menomonie, WI Then Mound, MN (home of Tonka Toys!) Then Colfax, WI (1/2way between Equator & North Pole) Currently Hayward, WI (Musky Capital of the World) ---
**Author:** ![Eo\_Echo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ebca7d/32.png) [@Eo\_Echo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eo_Echo)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/72 "2000-10-19T05:02:23Z")
Born in Philadelphia, PA. Phila, PA (1974-1983) Columbia, MD (1983-1997) Ellicott City, MD (1997-1999) Gwynn Oak, MD (1999) Baltimore, MD (1999-present) ---
**Author:** ![Shadowfox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Shadowfox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shadowfox)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 12:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/73 "2000-10-19T12:54:42Z")
Born in San Francisco Bay Area Now residing in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan. ---
**Author:** ![Palm\_Cove](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bcef8e/32.png) [@Palm\_Cove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Palm_Cove)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/74 "2000-10-19T13:05:42Z")
Palm Cove Queensland Australia and I don’t want to swap locations with any of you so far. ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/75 "2000-10-19T14:07:46Z")
Born Stillwater, OK 1968. Raised Edmond, OK. Adult in Oklahoma City, OK. Moved to Columbia, SC in 1997–though it’s 1/3 the size of OKC, the arts and music scene is 10 times that of the old home. When I finally graduate, you couldn’t drag me back to Oklahoma with a rope. ---
**Author:** ![RonA](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/73ab20/32.png) [@RonA](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RonA)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/76 "2000-10-19T14:36:33Z")
Norman, OK (USA) GO SOONERS!!! ---
**Author:** ![stofsky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dfb087/32.png) [@stofsky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/stofsky)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/77 "2000-10-19T19:09:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by RonA \* > \*\*Norman, OK (USA) > > GO SOONERS!!! \*\* [Sooner hijack] Kickin’ ass, ain’t they? Tucked Fexas this year! Fortunately, both the teams I follow are making comebacks )the other is the Carolina Gamecocks–6-1 after a 21 game losing streak; thanks Lou Holtz). Boomer Sooner You can’t lick our Cocks [/hijack] ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/78 "2000-10-19T19:16:53Z")
Born Painesville, OH, 1969 Lived in (in order, and there’s a lot of returning to Ohio due to Dad being shipped to Southeast Asia repeatedly): Ware, MA Perry, OH Gila Bend AFB, AZ Madison, OH Ft. Lee, VA Perry, OH Biebesheim, Germany Ft. Leonard Wood, MO Perry, OH Madison, OH Berea, OH (college) Mentor, OH Eastlake, OH Bedford Hts., OH Strongsville, OH Broadview Hts. OH Cleveland, OH Lakewood, OH Alexandria (Fairfax County), VA If I had to say I’m “from” anywhere, I’d say Cleveland. Most of my adult life has been spent in Cleveland and its suburbs. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/79 "2000-10-19T19:25:18Z")
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada ---
**Author:** ![andyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@andyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andyman)\ **Post date:** [October 19, 2000, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-are-you-from/37373/80 "2000-10-19T19:36:03Z")
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