# Where were you born? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 29, 2000, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678 "2000-12-29T17:12:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![socpro69](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce7236/32.png) [@socpro69](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/socpro69)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/81 "2000-12-30T16:49:00Z")
Cornwall, Ont. ---
**Author:** ![tsarina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f4b2a3/32.png) [@tsarina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tsarina)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/82 "2000-12-30T16:50:42Z")
Toledo, OH. Never lived there though; mom just drove across the border from Michigan to pop me out. ---
**Author:** ![Yossarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/y/9de0a6/32.png) [@Yossarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yossarian)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/83 "2000-12-30T17:09:19Z")
Palacios, Texas I’m the son of a son of a shrimper. ---
**Author:** ![BornDodgy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e19b73/32.png) [@BornDodgy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BornDodgy)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/84 "2000-12-30T17:17:09Z")
Salzburg / Austria ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/85 "2000-12-30T17:23:36Z")
Flint, MI. I live here now, and have for about 10 years. But I wasn’t raised here. Thank goodness. Don’t ask me what I’m doing here now. ---
**Author:** ![Spider\_Woman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cdc98d/32.png) [@Spider\_Woman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spider_Woman)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/86 "2000-12-30T17:28:06Z")
Springfield, Illinois ---
**Author:** ![rackensack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@rackensack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rackensack)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/87 "2000-12-30T17:44:02Z")
Newport, Arkansas ---
**Author:** ![zyzzyva](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@zyzzyva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zyzzyva)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/88 "2000-12-30T17:56:50Z")
Norwich, CT. About 2 hours east of NYC. Woo. ---
**Author:** ![PRNYouth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9dc877/32.png) [@PRNYouth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PRNYouth)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/89 "2000-12-30T19:08:47Z")
Tampa, Florida. Left the state when I was three. ---
**Author:** ![flodnak](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/838e76/32.png) [@flodnak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flodnak)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/90 "2000-12-30T19:40:04Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DynoSaur \* > **Elgin, IL > St. Joseph’s Hospital.** Hey, I was born in St. Joseph’s Hospital too! Well, except that it was the one in Lancaster, PA. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/91 "2000-12-30T19:55:09Z")
Milaca, MN - the hospital there has since closed. ---
**Author:** ![chique](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4491bb/32.png) [@chique](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chique)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 7:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/92 "2000-12-30T19:57:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Silver Fire \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by Democritus \* > > \*\*Whoa, cool. As in the same Brainerd that was in the movie _Fargo_? Sweeeet! \*\* > > Hey, Deminem, remember the part in that movie where the female cop says that she’s taking a drive through Moose Lake? Yeah, I lived in Moose Lake for _years_ and, believe me, that wasn’t any part of Moose Lake I’ve ever seen. I hate that damn movie. \*\* Of course you do, **Silver Fire** 😛 Most people who live here hate it…'Cept for my aunt and I, but we’ve both lived away from here for a while and can see the humor 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![hypergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/49beb7/32.png) [@hypergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hypergirl)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/93 "2000-12-30T20:14:25Z")
Park Ridge, New Jersey. ---
**Author:** ![spluurtaf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/53a042/32.png) [@spluurtaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spluurtaf)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/94 "2000-12-30T20:15:45Z")
St. Louis,MO ---
**Author:** ![11811](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/1/9d8465/32.png) [@11811](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/11811)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/95 "2000-12-30T23:04:52Z")
Temple Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ---
**Author:** ![TVeblen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/4bbf92/32.png) [@TVeblen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TVeblen)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/96 "2000-12-30T23:34:20Z")
Columbus, Ohio ---
**Author:** ![Phrogge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4da419/32.png) [@Phrogge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phrogge)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/97 "2000-12-30T23:51:59Z")
Also Washington, D.C.; Garfield Hospital ---
**Author:** ![RickQ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/35a633/32.png) [@RickQ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickQ)\ **Post date:** [December 30, 2000, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/98 "2000-12-30T23:59:39Z")
Halifax, West Yorkshire, England. Specifically, the living room of the house at the time. I was a month early 😛 Beat that. Rick ---
**Author:** ![Anake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/97f17d/32.png) [@Anake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anake)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/99 "2000-12-31T00:03:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by BornDodgy \* > \*\*Salzburg / Austria > \*\* Hey, neat, Mozart’s birthplace!! As for me, I was born in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. 2/8/82 ---
**Author:** ![DVous\_Means](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@DVous\_Means](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DVous_Means)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2000, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/100 "2000-12-31T00:19:38Z")
Port Lincoln, South Australia. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678.md?page=6)