# Where's everybody from? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 28, 2011, 6:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597 "2011-07-28T06:59:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/101 "2011-08-01T03:03:23Z")
Born in Aberdeen, Scotland. Raised in Aberdeenshire (also Scotland). Now living/working in Singapore, via Glasgow and London. ---
**Author:** ![Dunkelheit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkelheit/32/248_2.png) [@Dunkelheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunkelheit)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 12:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/102 "2011-08-01T12:19:54Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > On my way back to LA I stopped back home to visit my grandmother in Western PA and am still here, 4 years later. > > I want to go back to California! Western PA is beautiful, I love the woods, but I would not want to make a living there. My birthplace there is practically a ghost town. They are trying to lure some tourism trade with its “Victorian history” and “Oil Heritage”, but I imagine that’s not terribly successful. ---
**Author:** ![Dunkelheit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkelheit/32/248_2.png) [@Dunkelheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunkelheit)\ **Post date:** [August 1, 2011, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/103 "2011-08-01T12:31:04Z")
> [@JessMagic](#): > > Born in Aberdeen, Scotland. Raised in Aberdeenshire (also Scotland). Now living/working in Singapore, via Glasgow and London. Lot of Scots in this thread, heh. I’ve seen about an hour’s worth of Aberdeen, on a two-day lightning-quick tour of the north we did last summer. We drove up through the highlands to Loch Ness and spent the night in Inverness, then circled around to the east, took a quick look at the beach in Aberdeen, then continued on down the coast and turned back toward Glasgow after Dundee. I’d like to see more of the north and east someday, spend more than half an hour on the beach, and check out the Findhorn community. ---
**Author:** ![scootergirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e99b99/32.png) [@scootergirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scootergirl)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/104 "2011-08-02T04:46:48Z")
> [@BDBoop](#): > > I was reading your post, and my brain started playing this song. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov4epAJRPMw](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ov4epAJRPMw) Good ol’ Johnny 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 9:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/105 "2011-08-02T09:17:23Z")
> [@PaulParkhead](#): > > Hi, neighbour! Now I didn’t expect that! (is Parkhead technically South Lanarkshire? I thought it was in the Glasgow City limits. I can see the stadium from my kitchen window though)🙂 _waves_ ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 9:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/106 "2011-08-02T09:21:37Z")
> [@PaulParkhead](#): > > Currently I’m in Hamilton, a couple of miles away from Motherwell and just across the Clyde. Could be there in 5 mins if I had a car, 15 if I walk and take the train. Ha, I’m just three or four stops away from you on the trainline. Small world 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Dunkelheit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dunkelheit/32/248_2.png) [@Dunkelheit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dunkelheit)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/107 "2011-08-02T19:11:50Z")
> [@hermette](#): > > Now I didn’t expect that! > > (is Parkhead technically South Lanarkshire? I thought it was in the Glasgow City limits. I can see the stadium from my kitchen window though)🙂 > > _waves_ PaulParkhead is technically in South Lanarkshire, Parkhead the stadium is technically in Glasgow. 😉 We can’t afford to live in Glasgow proper at the moment, heh. Hamilton’s not so bad, but it would be nice to be closer to the town and the available jobs. Though I don’t know that I’d want to be overlooking a football stadium… ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/108 "2011-08-02T20:58:05Z")
> [@Jeneva](#): > > Lot of Scots in this thread, heh. I went to uni for a year at Stirling on an exchange program - does that count? Grew up in California - Bay Area (Redwood City, baby!) Have been in the NYC area for over a decade, but will probably end up back in CA before too long. Ties to the SF and Monterey Bay Areas… ---
**Author:** ![Cyros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a698b9/32.png) [@Cyros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cyros)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/109 "2011-08-02T21:13:26Z")
Born in Chatham New Brunswick, Canada Raised in: Moose Jaw Saskatchewan Grand Centre Alberta Calgary Alberta Portage la Prairie Manitoba Canberra ACT, Australia Colorado Springs, CO Lived in Sackville NB Winnipeg MB and currently in Moncton NB. (Yes, my dad was in the military. How could you tell?) ---
**Author:** ![AskNott](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asknott/32/5790_2.png) [@AskNott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AskNott)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2011, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/110 "2011-08-02T22:01:20Z")
Born in Indianapolis, Indiana Except for some university time in Evansville, I have never lived outside Anderson, Indiana. Anderson is nestled in the elbow of Interstate 69. ---
**Author:** ![VitrolicBump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a587f6/32.png) [@VitrolicBump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VitrolicBump)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/111 "2011-08-03T00:52:17Z")
I am from Queen Creek, AZ. Was born in Phoenix. Moved out to Del Mar, CA for an idiot and came back here. Happy as a clam…though I don’t think clams are all that happy. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Cinnamon\_Imp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58956e/32.png) [@Cinnamon\_Imp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cinnamon_Imp)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/112 "2011-08-03T07:25:09Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > I went to uni for a year at Stirling on an exchange program - does that count? Well, that depends - did you get chased by the campus goose? 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2011, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/113 "2011-08-03T14:30:13Z")
> [@hermette](#): > > Well, that depends - did you get chased by the campus goose? 🙂 There’s only one? Walking back from the pubs through the fog on the loch, I saw all sorts of wee beasties 😉 I played The Wild Rover a few times at the Gannochy (that was the name of the upstairs pub on campus with an open mic back in the day) - does that count? ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/114 "2011-08-04T00:53:00Z")
Originally from East Side suburbs of Cleveland, Ohio. Now live in Floyds Knobs, Indiana. Have also lived in Kentucky (twice), Colorado (twice), Wyoming, North Carolina, Maryland, Michigan, and a brief stint in California. ---
**Author:** ![BDBoop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/5e9695/32.png) [@BDBoop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BDBoop)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 12:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/115 "2011-08-04T00:54:07Z")
Are you settled now? ---
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/116 "2011-08-04T01:32:07Z")
First 18 years in NJ, then VT for school, then CO the very next day after college graduation. Moved around a little, then settled here in Telluride back in 1994. I don’t think I’ll leave until I’m ready to move into senior housing, so a few decades to go. Looks like I’ve been on the boards for way too long, if not too prolifically. ---
**Author:** ![Ostrya](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/35a633/32.png) [@Ostrya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ostrya)\ **Post date:** [August 4, 2011, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/117 "2011-08-04T20:10:01Z")
Have lived in MI all my life, but my mom is Doreen Pfaffenbach from Minnesota. I used to spend my summers in Eagle River but am living near Traverse City full time now. ---
**Author:** ![optimisticcynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/4da419/32.png) [@optimisticcynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/optimisticcynic)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/118 "2011-08-05T01:27:21Z")
Mt. Oliver, PA, originally, then South Park, PA. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/119 "2011-08-05T06:03:16Z")
Born in Jackson, MS, lived thereabouts until age 9. Thereabouts being Clinton, Brookhaven and Pearl. Then: Clarksville, TN Roseville, CA Jackson, MS Roseville, CA Grand Rapids, MI (and thereabouts, so Wyoming and Jenison) Las Vegas, NV Los Angeles, CA Now Newtown, Sydney, NSW Australia. And never, ever moving again. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 8:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/120 "2011-08-05T08:44:38Z")
> [@Jeneva](#): > > Lot of Scots in this thread, heh. I’ve seen about an hour’s worth of Aberdeen, on a two-day lightning-quick tour of the north we did last summer. We drove up through the highlands to Loch Ness and spent the night in Inverness, then circled around to the east, took a quick look at the beach in Aberdeen, then continued on down the coast and turned back toward Glasgow after Dundee. I’d like to see more of the north and east someday, spend more than half an hour on the beach, and check out the Findhorn community. Yep, we may even outnumber the English… That sounds like a decent tour to me. An hour’s worth of Aberdeen will just about do it. It lacks a big thing to attract visitors. I recommend a visit to Stonehaven, and the walk from the harbour along the clifftop path to Dunottar Castle - lovely if you do it during one of our four days of sunshine per year. > **[Once Seen, Never Forgotten... - Dunnottar Castle](https://www.dunnottarcastle.co.uk/)** > > Perched atop a 160 foot rock and surrounded on three sides by the North Sea, these dramatic and evocative cliff-top ruins were once an impregnable fortress of the Earls Marischal, once one of the most powerful families in Scotland. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597.md?page=7)