# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![Narile](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/71c47a/32.png) [@Narile](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Narile)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/121 "2001-01-01T07:29:40Z")
spooje, I know Kettering rather well. I was born at St. Elizabeth’s Hospital outside of Dayton OH. on 12/28/71. I grew up in Beavercreek OH, which is just outside of Dayton, a bit north of Kettering. ---
**Author:** ![justwannano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7ab992/32.png) [@justwannano](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannano)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/122 "2001-01-01T07:42:32Z")
Burlington Iowa Home of the First territorial capital of the Wisconsin Territory ---
**Author:** ![evilbeth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/evilbeth/32/2268_2.png) [@evilbeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/evilbeth)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/123 "2001-01-01T07:47:11Z")
Hickory, North Carolina ---
**Author:** ![StephenG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7feea3/32.png) [@StephenG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StephenG)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 8:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/124 "2001-01-01T08:03:24Z")
[hijack] **Narile** , happy birthday! 🙂 We had a [birthday thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=52916), too! [/lojack] ---
**Author:** ![Crack\_dOff](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a4c791/32.png) [@Crack\_dOff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crack_dOff)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/125 "2001-01-01T08:12:27Z")
I’m not sure where I was born. All my dad would tell me is that he found me under a hot rock. My first memories are of Medford, Oregon, though. ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/126 "2001-01-01T08:14:24Z")
Prince George BC, Canada. A town which I never left in my heart, but moved back to 14 years after I was born. ---
**Author:** ![Emperor\_Penguin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c2a13f/32.png) [@Emperor\_Penguin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emperor_Penguin)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/127 "2001-01-01T08:15:41Z")
Oh, and Happy New Year too !!! ---
**Author:** ![bunnymom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c4cdca/32.png) [@bunnymom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bunnymom)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 8:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/128 "2001-01-01T08:23:16Z")
Salinas, California. But we moved to Texas before I was even a year old.Probably accounts for my obsession with Steinbeck. ---
**Author:** ![HannibalV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e47c2d/32.png) [@HannibalV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HannibalV)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 9:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/129 "2001-01-01T09:45:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by racinchikki \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by HannibalV \* > > Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY. And I was a month LATE. 😃 \*\* > > Ahhh, another Capital District Doper? You still live up here? \*\* Nope. The family and I moved to the 'burbs of Chicago in '85. But…\…you’re in Hudson? I’ll be damned–my dad used to teach in Hudson. ---
**Author:** ![Juggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/juggler/32/3194_2.png) [@Juggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Juggler)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/130 "2001-01-01T13:30:25Z")
Jönköping, Sweden. Where Agneta of ABBA fame was born and Nina of Cardigans aswell. Ain’t ya all impressed? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Morrison\_s\_Lament](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Morrison\_s\_Lament](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morrison_s_Lament)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/131 "2001-01-01T13:53:23Z")
Reykjavik, Iceland. — G. Raven ---
**Author:** ![Wallflower](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Wallflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wallflower)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2001, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/132 "2001-01-01T17:01:51Z")
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Seems like an appropiate spot for my first post 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![La\_King](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/65b543/32.png) [@La\_King](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/La_King)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/133 "2001-01-02T03:59:08Z")
Baton Rouge LA ---
**Author:** ![absoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@absoul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/absoul)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/134 "2001-01-02T04:13:57Z")
Sundance, WY. …according to my mom it was the hottest day of the year, late August. ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 4:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/135 "2001-01-02T04:39:48Z")
L Fwhoopin A, CA Queen of Angels Hospital, Seemed like a good idea at the time… ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/136 "2001-01-02T04:53:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Juggler \* > \*\*Jönköping, Sweden. Where Agneta of ABBA fame was born and Nina of Cardigans aswell. Ain’t ya all impressed? 🙂 \*\* Didn’t they have a large boxed match industry there for ages? Flew out of there on my way home in 1968. Born in Berkeley, California at Alta Bates Hospital. I know, I know, this explains a lot! ---
**Author:** ![Mamapotomus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/94ad74/32.png) [@Mamapotomus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mamapotomus)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/137 "2001-01-02T05:09:02Z")
I think I won a “living farthest from place of birth” thread not too long ago. I had to guesstimate though, Exmouth doesn’t show up on any milage finder website that I could find. … I am still waiting for my bright shiny trophy… ---
**Author:** ![blur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dbc845/32.png) [@blur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blur)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/138 "2001-01-02T05:09:17Z")
Bridgeport Hospital, Bridgeport Ct. ---
**Author:** ![Serendipity](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f17d59/32.png) [@Serendipity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serendipity)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/139 "2001-01-02T06:03:36Z")
[QUOTE] \*Originally posted by HannibalV \* \*\* > [@](#): > > Albany Medical Center, Albany, NY. And I was a month LATE. 😃 \*\* I’m an Albany Med baby, too, only I was two weeks early. Hooray for the Capital District! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/140 "2001-01-02T06:58:22Z")
I was born in a log cabin in Illinois… Seriously, I was born in the great city of San Francisco, California, in SF General Hospital. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678.md?page=8)