# Where in the world are you? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [February 13, 2001, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380 "2001-02-13T23:20:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![TheThill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheThill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheThill)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 11:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/1 "2001-02-13T23:20:54Z")
Excuse the relative banality of the question, but… Obviously a majority of posters are to be found in some majority English-speaking country (US, UK, Canada, Australia, NZ, Ireland… more or less in that order, it would seem.) But where is everyone else located? As for me, I’m in Germany (though in fact originally from the US). ---
**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:** [February 13, 2001, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/2 "2001-02-13T23:28:20Z")
State of Euphoria (damn good news today!). Oh alright. Central Florida. ---
**Author:** ![robgruver](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/13edae/32.png) [@robgruver](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robgruver)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/3 "2001-02-13T23:35:00Z")
State of Denial. (I hate my job…) Houston, Texas ---
**Author:** ![Ell](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e47774/32.png) [@Ell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ell)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/4 "2001-02-13T23:37:42Z")
State of Boredom Sydney, Australia Down!, boy, down! (Damn kangaroos) ---
**Author:** ![TheThill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/35a633/32.png) [@TheThill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheThill)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/5 "2001-02-13T23:44:00Z")
Oh ok, I originally meant to ask where everyone is who is not in an English-speaking part of the world, but since this is going so well, feel free to answer anyway… ---
**Author:** ![pezpunk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@pezpunk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pezpunk)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2001, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/6 "2001-02-13T23:44:01Z")
State of old people playing shuffle board; Tampa, Florida ---
**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:** [February 13, 2001, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/7 "2001-02-13T23:51:24Z")
State of Suspended Animation Orange Park, FL - just south of Jacksonville ---
**Author:** ![zev\_steinhardt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/97f17d/32.png) [@zev\_steinhardt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zev_steinhardt)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/8 "2001-02-14T00:00:52Z")
State of Hysteria Garden spot of the world: Brooklyn, USA Zev Steinhardt ---
**Author:** ![Broken\_Doll](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbce88/32.png) [@Broken\_Doll](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Broken_Doll)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/9 "2001-02-14T07:50:16Z")
State of Rednecks and the Evil, Evil Sun Brisbane, Queensland. ---
**Author:** ![Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/779978/32.png) [@Amazing\_Tiki\_God](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amazing_Tiki_God)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/10 "2001-02-14T08:08:19Z")
The state of my boss doesn’t give me enough credits makes me do all the bad shit and leaves me feeling tired all the time But in real life I’m in Muncie, Indiana @ Ball State University ---
**Author:** ![Tie-Dye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8c91f0/32.png) [@Tie-Dye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tie-Dye)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/11 "2001-02-14T08:09:39Z")
State of Distraction La Grande, Oregon ---
**Author:** ![Watermelon\_Man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/22d042/32.png) [@Watermelon\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Watermelon_Man)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/12 "2001-02-14T08:14:40Z")
State of semi-chaos Istanbul, Turkey ---
**Author:** ![Soda](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cc9497/32.png) [@Soda](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Soda)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 9:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/13 "2001-02-14T09:11:34Z")
Land of the midnight sun. Oh yeah, I live in the south. Nevermind then… Lund, Sweden. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/14 "2001-02-14T10:14:55Z")
State of confusion. Ye olde London towne, Englande. ---
**Author:** ![Monkey\_Chews](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/65b543/32.png) [@Monkey\_Chews](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monkey_Chews)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/15 "2001-02-14T11:51:56Z")
State of Mind. Edinburgh, Scotland. (With a right old view of Arthur’s Seat and the Castle, on a glorious sunny day. I’m a lucky man.) ---
**Author:** ![yojimbo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yojimbo/32/232_2.png) [@yojimbo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/yojimbo)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/16 "2001-02-14T11:59:58Z")
The Emerald Isle of Eire (Ireland). Dublin (Baile Atha Cliath) to be precise. ---
**Author:** ![Typo\_Negative](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/typo_negative/32/484_2.png) [@Typo\_Negative](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Typo_Negative)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/17 "2001-02-14T12:20:27Z")
I’m in a pretty non-english speaking part of the world. **Los Angeles, California** ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/18 "2001-02-14T12:32:51Z")
State of Martial Law Aboard the _USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69)_ we don’t speak english, we speak Navy. ---
**Author:** ![bare](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bare/32/471_2.png) [@bare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bare)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/19 "2001-02-14T13:11:33Z")
FORMER home of the Aryan Nations!!! North Idaho! ---
**Author:** ![Lyra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b9bd4f/32.png) [@Lyra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lyra)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2001, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380/20 "2001-02-14T13:38:31Z")
From way, way down south…Amite, Louisiana about 90 minutes north of New Orleans and 90 minutes south of Jackson, MS. And by the way we don’t speak english either. We mostly speak redneck… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-in-the-world-are-you/54380.md?page=2)