# 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:** 7
**Author:** ![2gigch1](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/2gigch1/32/3313_2.png) [@2gigch1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2gigch1)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 9:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/121 "2011-08-05T09:54:58Z")
City of origin: Northern suburbs of Baltimore / summers on Md’s Eastern Shore near Cambridge. Lived & worked in: Salisbury MD Lancaster PA Baltimore MD (lived in Parkville, Elkridge, Cockeysville then Lutherville) Washington DC (Frederick MD, now Fredericksburg VA) Likely to move again soon. ---
**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 5, 2011, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/122 "2011-08-05T15:50:55Z")
> [@JessMagic](#): > > 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. > > [http://www.dunnottarcastle.co.uk/](http://www.dunnottarcastle.co.uk/) It’s got a beach! What’s not to attract? 😉 And a nicer beach than the one where we stayed near Inverness, all rocky and covered in seaweed. Parkhead’s not much of one for beach activities, but I wouldn’t mind spending a little more than half an hour wandering along the sand and picking up pretty stones and maybe even taking a dip if it weren’t too cold. Which it probably is, being Scotland. 😉 It would have been nicer if we’d had the time for a more leisurely tour, two days of driving without a lot of getting out to see things was a bit tiring, I fell asleep in the car after Dundee and missed the very last bit coming home. Though, that said, I spent a week and a half on the road with my mom in 2009, covering 8 states and 6,500 kilometers. That included three days staying in the San Francisco area, so all that driving was done in a week’s time. There were several days in a row which were just “get up, drive drive drive, stop, sleep”. I started from Winnipeg, picked mom up in North Dakota, then went through South Dakota, Eastern Wyoming, Utah, Nevada, Northern California, and Oregon, ending at her home in Eastern Washington. Whew! It was epic, but that too would have been nicer if we’d had the time to do it slowly. ---
**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 5, 2011, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/123 "2011-08-05T20:12:39Z")
> [@Jeneva](#): > > 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… Ah, bad phrasing on my part. I can also see the Erskine Bridge, Ben Lomond, most of Glasgow and a fair bit to the east, from my kitchen window. It’s a case of I’ve got a \*very \*good view, rather than living obnoxiously close to the stadium:) (I might have opened the windows wide to see if the wind carried the noise to me when Take That were playing earlier this year though!) ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 10:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/124 "2011-08-05T22:42:49Z")
Found this place when it was on the AOL boards when I was living in IL. Was just lurking at that time. Moved to Gilbert Az. Now I am in So. Ca. ---
**Author:** ![Silver\_Tyger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Silver\_Tyger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Silver_Tyger)\ **Post date:** [August 5, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/125 "2011-08-05T23:57:30Z")
Ventura County, CA, USA ---
**Author:** ![PaulParkhead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@PaulParkhead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PaulParkhead)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/126 "2011-08-06T16:02:28Z")
> [@hermette](#): > > Ah, bad phrasing on my part. I can also see the Erskine Bridge, Ben Lomond, most of Glasgow and a fair bit to the east, from my kitchen window. It’s a case of I’ve got a \*very \*good view, rather than living obnoxiously close to the stadium:) > > (I might have opened the windows wide to see if the wind carried the noise to me when Take That were playing earlier this year though!) Did Take That play at Parkhead? I had this hazy idea it was Hampden, but I could be wrong. Sounds like a great view you have. Our view here in Hamilton is, um, unremarkable. Back in 1996 I left the city to move to London, and the day before I drove up the Cathkin Braes to have a look at the view. If you can navigate the broken Buckfast bottles and used condoms, it’s a pretty impressive viewpoint. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [August 6, 2011, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/127 "2011-08-06T16:08:56Z")
Born in L.A. (Well, L.A. County, near Long Beach), Hayama, Japan aged three to four, San Diego 'til I was 15, Lancaster (northern L.A. County, Mojave Desert) for high school and young [del]adultery[/del] adulthood, the City of Los Angeles for 17 years, and now I’m in the Pacific Northwest off the Strait of Georgia just below the Canadian border. ---
**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 7, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/128 "2011-08-07T00:57:10Z")
> [@hermette](#): > > Ah, bad phrasing on my part. I can also see the Erskine Bridge, Ben Lomond, most of Glasgow and a fair bit to the east, from my kitchen window. It’s a case of I’ve got a \*very \*good view, rather than living obnoxiously close to the stadium:) That does sound like a nice view. Ours is, as PaulParkhead mentioned, unremarkable, but at least we directly overlook a nice little green space instead of the main street of Ned Central or something. ---
**Author:** ![manila](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e5b9ba/32.png) [@manila](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/manila)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/129 "2011-08-07T03:02:03Z")
Born in Middlesbrough (NE England) lived ten years in Aberdeen and even several years in Shetland. One year plus in Istanbul and as am Kiwi by descent 18 months in Auckland. Been here in Manila now 11 years though currently working rotational out in Dubai. ---
**Author:** ![RetroVertigo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b38774/32.png) [@RetroVertigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RetroVertigo)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/130 "2011-08-07T03:09:06Z")
Born and raised in the St. Louis, MO. area. Lived here my whole (except when away at school) life. ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2011, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/131 "2011-08-07T03:42:18Z")
I live in the Heartland of America, otherwise known as the Boothell of Misery, (in the bootheel section of Missouri, USA). I have lived all over the Southern and Eastern USA. (MS, TN, GA, FL, NY, VA, VT) I maybe the only doper who has attended a Washington Senator (RFK Stadium) and Montreal Expo (Jarry Parc) Baseball Home Game. ---
**Author:** ![lawoot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/35a633/32.png) [@lawoot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lawoot)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/132 "2011-08-08T12:25:45Z")
> [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](#): > > 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. > [@BDBoop](#): > > Are you settled now? You don’t know the half of it - the ‘one’ Wyoming stop had three addresses, and the ‘two’ Colorado stops had seven addresses (that I can think of - eight if you count the Bucksnort Saloon 🙂 ) Yes, **Kilvert’s** my brother. I’ve also done the East side suburbs of Cleveland, Kentucky, North Carolina (4 addresses), Indiana, Colorado (2 addresses) and Washington State (3 addresses). I may be an Ohio native, but I consider Washington to be where I’m ‘from’, as I’ve lived here far longer than anywhere else. ---
**Author:** ![FallFast](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ba9def/32.png) [@FallFast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FallFast)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/133 "2011-08-08T20:26:06Z")
> [@Silver Tyger Girl](#): > > Ventura County, CA, USA That mkaes 2 of us. ---
**Author:** ![MarcusF](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/67e7ee/32.png) [@MarcusF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MarcusF)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/134 "2011-08-08T21:47:35Z")
Born south Oxfordshire (England that is), lived France, Germany, Belfast, and Dundee as a boy - ended up back where I was born. Been here for 30 years now. ---
**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 8, 2011, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/135 "2011-08-08T23:34:41Z")
> [@lawoot](#): > > You don’t know the half of it - the ‘one’ Wyoming stop had three addresses, and the ‘two’ Colorado stops had seven addresses (that I can think of - eight if you count the Bucksnort Saloon 🙂 ) Colorado was 8 even without the Bucksnort: Golden, Pine, Aurora, [decamp for a year to/from Detroit], Aurora again, Pine again, then three in Pueblo. [QUOTE=MarcusF] Born south Oxfordshire (England that is), lived France, Germany, Belfast, and Dundee as a boy - ended up back where I was born. Been here for 30 years now. [/QUOTE] Lovely country there; I don’t blame you for returning. My family has major roots along the Thames there ( Moulsford / Streatley / Cholsey / Wallingford / Oxford itself), although none remain there anymore ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Tibby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tibby/32/17030_2.png) [@Tibby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tibby)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2011, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/136 "2011-08-08T23:51:43Z")
South Jersey x 17 years; West Philadelphia X 5 years; Eastern ‘burbs of Cleveland x 4 years; Miami x 3 years; Jacksonville x 15 years; Ponte Vedra Beach x (…a while now). …ah, but, I do miss Jersey’s Pizza and the [Shore](http://www.newjerseyshore.com/), Philly [Cheesteaks](http://blog.wellsfargo.com/wachovia/images/031009-Cheesesteak_large.jpg) & [Hoagies](http://whatscookingamerica.net/History/HoagieSubmarinePoBoy.htm); Cleveland’s [chopped chicken liver Sandwiches from Corky & Lenny’s](http://www.about-salmonella.com/salmonella_outbreaks/news/salmonella-cases-temporarily-close-corky-lennys/)and [Cedar Point roller coasters](http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/park/rides/coasters/index.cfm), and Miami’s [Cigars](http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1310/1417111051_a5802b97d1.jpg) 😉 and [stone crab claws from Joe’s](http://www.joesstonecrab.com/yourdoor/package.html?pid=celebration) ---
**Author:** ![Wednesday\_Evening](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Wednesday\_Evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wednesday_Evening)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2011, 2:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/137 "2011-08-09T02:40:17Z")
I’ve moved around quite a bit, but have lived in [The Happiest Place in America[sup]TM[/sup]](http://www.ksby.com/news/author-calls-san-luis-obispo-one-of-the-world-s-happiest-places/) (aka San Luis Obispo, CA) for about 8 years now. ---
**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 9, 2011, 1:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/138 "2011-08-09T13:43:14Z")
> [@Tibbytoes](#): > > [Cedar Point roller coasters](http://www.cedarpoint.com/public/park/rides/coasters/index.cfm) Oh man, we used to go there when I was a kid in western PA. I loved Cedar Point. ---
**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 18, 2011, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/139 "2011-08-18T07:30:43Z")
> [@PaulParkhead](#): > > Did Take That play at Parkhead? I had this hazy idea it was Hampden, but I could be wrong. Oh, maybe it was. Does it help my credibility that I obviously hadn’t paid that much attention to them? 🙂 > [@PaulParkhead](#): > > Sounds like a great view you have. Our view here in Hamilton is, um, unremarkable. Back in 1996 I left the city to move to London, and the day before I drove up the Cathkin Braes to have a look at the view. If you can navigate the broken Buckfast bottles and used condoms, it’s a pretty impressive viewpoint. Umm, okay, thankfully I don’t live in Cathkin, but yeah, let’s just say my view is very similar to that one you’d get from all the way up there and leave the discussion there before I give away my location even more! 😉 I’ll stop hijacking this thread now, if anyone in or near Scotland wants to join me over [here](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?p=14152014#post14152014)for a chat? ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2011, 8:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597/140 "2011-08-18T08:41:11Z")
I was born in Jerusalem, spent a few years in New York as a child, grew up in Haifa, Israel, and now live in Tel Aviv. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597.md?page=6) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wheres-everybody-from/590597.md?page=8)