# 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:** 8
**Author:** ![Doug\_Bowe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/df788c/32.png) [@Doug\_Bowe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doug_Bowe)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/141 "2001-01-02T07:11:23Z")
N.O. LA ---
**Author:** ![Boomfly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/db5fbb/32.png) [@Boomfly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boomfly)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/142 "2001-01-02T12:02:11Z")
Aerdenhout, suburb of Haarlem, the Netherlands ---
**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:** [January 2, 2001, 12:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/143 "2001-01-02T12:20:34Z")
San Diego Naval Hospital - dad was still a Marine at the time. Two months later, we drove across the continent to Baltimore where I spent my formative years… Until I escaped at 19… but that’s another thread ---
**Author:** ![cheezit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c57346/32.png) [@cheezit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cheezit)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/144 "2001-01-02T15:07:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crack’dOff \* > \*\*I’m not sure where I was born. All my dad would tell me is that he found me under a hot rock. > \*\* Which rock? That’s what I was told, also. Are we related? 😃 I was born in Portland, Oregon. ---
**Author:** ![tigerlilly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/5fc32e/32.png) [@tigerlilly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tigerlilly)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/145 "2001-01-02T15:20:51Z")
I was born in Gary, Indiana, which is now the murder capital of the US. ---
**Author:** ![Jonathan\_Chance](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jonathan_chance/32/701_2.png) [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 3:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/146 "2001-01-02T15:36:14Z")
Chicago, IL. Hog butcher to the world! City of big shoulders! All roads lead to Chicago! _ **MY** _ kinda town! ---
**Author:** ![Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Bottle\_of\_Smoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bottle_of_Smoke)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/147 "2001-01-02T17:00:49Z")
Green Bay, WI. Cattle butcher to the world! City of big beer bellies! There are at least a couple roads that lead to Green Bay, and they are in lovely condidtion with low traffic! My kinda town as well! ---
**Author:** ![Sn-man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8dc957/32.png) [@Sn-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sn-man)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/148 "2001-01-02T17:43:16Z")
Patterson, NJ. ---
**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:** [January 2, 2001, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/149 "2001-01-02T18:02:25Z")
Ni-a-ga-ra Falls. Slowly I turn … step by step … ---
**Author:** ![Andy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/aeb1de/32.png) [@Andy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/150 "2001-01-02T18:19:54Z")
Lancaster, Lancashire, England (NW), UK. Never, _ever_ go there. ---
**Author:** ![Le\_Sang](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ee7513/32.png) [@Le\_Sang](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Le_Sang)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/151 "2001-01-02T19:00:43Z")
Since I am a military brat, I had my people do a little research to find this out. They searched everywhere, and after much dispute, we have narrowed it down to the two most likely candidates:[ul][li]under a wandering star, according to my people in Broadway[/li][li]in Shadyside, PA (Pittsburgh for the uninformed), according to my ‘family’ contacts[/li][/ul] ---
**Author:** ![mrblue92](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/5daacb/32.png) [@mrblue92](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrblue92)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/152 "2001-01-02T19:03:29Z")
Bay City, Michigan Famous for: 1. The Bay City Rollers 2. Madonna’s childhood residence (called it a “stinky little town”, most likely due to the sugar beets) 3. The bar there last year that couldn’t get a license to polka. Don’t ask. ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2001, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/153 "2001-01-02T19:22:38Z")
Evanston, Illinois ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Fire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e4f/32.png) [@Silver\_Fire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Fire)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/154 "2001-03-24T06:39:27Z")
I really enjoyed this thread, so I’m going to give it 1 (one) bump to see if more people would like to contribute. It was fun the first time around, why not try it again right? Uhh, RIGHT?? ---
**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:** [March 24, 2001, 7:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/155 "2001-03-24T07:17:37Z")
Nazareth hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/156 "2001-03-24T07:33:18Z")
I was born in a 6 foot by 6 foot shack in Fern Forest 5 km uphill from Kilauea caldera on the Big Island of Hawaii. Imagine that in 1974. ---
**Author:** ![straykat23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@straykat23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/straykat23)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 7:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/157 "2001-03-24T07:54:28Z")
Best place of all, San Francisco, California. Unfortunately, can’t afford to live there any longer. Gadarene - Sierra City is both beautiful and funky! Probably a good place to grow up in but I’d still take San Francisco any day. ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_Rhosis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d9b06d/32.png) [@Sir\_Rhosis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_Rhosis)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 7:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/158 "2001-03-24T07:55:16Z")
Frontier Nursing Service, Hyden, Kentucky They didn’t get a hospital until 1971. ---
**Author:** ![zub](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a6a055/32.png) [@zub](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zub)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 8:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/159 "2001-03-24T08:10:05Z")
bombay, india ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [March 24, 2001, 8:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678/160 "2001-03-24T08:13:24Z")
Tripler Army Hospital, Honolulu, Hawaii, Sep 3, 1966. Nine months after my Dad’s Christmas leave from Viet Nam. Ya think my parents did the nasty?? Naahh. It was a stork! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-were-you-born/47678.md?page=9)