where are you from?

[mad-mommy]

Just wondering if you may be my neighbor....Northeast PA, they now call us the foothills of the poconos.

[Jamastiene]

1. Rockingham, NC

Hell on earth.

Wish I lived closer to you. :loveya:

[mad-mommy]

4. because of the "poconos" ?

[Jamastiene]

31. ? I don't know about the poconos.

Where I live is hell on earth. I don't know about where you live. What's it like?

[mad-mommy]

34. there's...

there's a lot of scarred areas, from mining days, but there's lots of mountains, nice in fall, we live in a rural area now, lots of farms

the poconos is kinda of a joke...people use to vacation there, lots of resort type areas, people use to honeymoon there, still trying to maintain their tourist claim, but lots of people from NY and NJ moved there, made gated communities, and it takes 2 hrs to get from your house to Walmart, a quarter of a mile away....they call us the foothills, to draw city folks in to buy homes here

what about where you live?

[Jamastiene]

44. They call us the sandhills.

In the western part of NC, there are the Appalachian mountains, then in the Charlotte area (still 100 miles west of me) it's the foothills. Where I live is between there and the coast. It's sandy in some areas in my home county. And there are areas where there is a lot of red sticky clay. As far as the scenery, I have to give this place credit. It is beautiful, especially up near the PeeDee River. This county alone has areas that look like low lying mountains and areas that look almost like a desert. The have begun logging at the river now and they are talking about putting in a similar resort type place there too. I hope they don't, but whether or not we will be able to stop them, I don't know.

Our main industry here right now seems to be the health industry. NAFTA turned this town into a ghost town back in the 90's. There used to be lots of cotton mills here, but that's fading into history. We have the largest Wal-Mart in the world, I think officially. I forget how many acres the actual floor of the store cover, but it's huge. I have to drive almost to the next city over to get to it, but where I live is the best part of this place. It's a little neighborhood called Roberdel. It's nice here. I could do without having a clay yard, but in time, I plan on dealing with that.

[bridgit]

2. california...

B-)

[qnr]

3. Augusta, ME n/t

[mad-mommy]

5. what does n/t mean, next thread?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. No text.........

Theat means that there's nothing in the message area of the post.........

Everything is in the subject line.......

[mad-mommy]

14. ok, that clears that up...what's a kick?

[qnr]

26. It puts a post back up at the top of the page, which gives it another

chance to be replied to.

[mad-mommy]

28. thanks :)

[qnr]

29. You're welcome :) n/t

[Critters2]

42. I sometimes use "eom" which means "end of message" eom

[bicentennial_baby]

6. Western MA

[GOPisEvil]

7. The capital of Occupied Texas.

:hi:

[mad-mommy]

9. what's the job market...

like for healthcare there?

[GOPisEvil]

11. Pretty good, I'd think.

In fact, there's a new hospital being built as I type.

[mad-mommy]

19. I have been hearing...

I have been hearing some parts of Texas have decent paying jobs, good job market, and the housing market is better for buyers. A friend of mine has a son that lives there, who built a large home for 100,000 a few years ago. I was always against moving far from my family, but you never know.

[GOPisEvil]

22. There are cheaper places to live in Texas than Austin.

In fact, San Antonio is much cheaper. They have some great hospitals down there, too. Lots of medical research there as well. I spent 20 years down there.

You can still get into a fairly nice house for about $150k here. Maybe $100k in San Antonio.

[mad-mommy]

27. gosh, can't believe that...

well, if I could bring myself to move away from my family, we could probably do much better

[GOPisEvil]

32. My advice is to visit first.

You might want to visit at the height of summer. It does get a tad warm down here. ;)

But, I do like it overall. It has issues (such as too many Republicans and faux cowboys), but it's a good place.

[mad-mommy]

36. i'd rather warm weather, I get nutsy in winter here

[GOPisEvil]

38. Oh, then you might like it here.

We have very mild winters. You can get outdoors still.

[mad-mommy]

39. good I won't suffer from...

SAD, and have to sit under lights a few hours a day...lol...you just tend to cabin fever living here

[GOPisEvil]

40. Heh...no, the sun is out frequently.

Actually, from October through about April is really nice. It starts getting warmer in May, and is a blast furnace from about July though mid-September.

For my money, nothing beats spring in Texas.

[querelle]

8. Born In Paris, France

But raised in Montreal. Now living in Ottawa.

Je suis un vrai francais!

Q

[Critters2]

13. The one In Kansas, the one in Illinois, or which of the two in Iowa?

Oh, right, there's an Ottawa in Canada. Pardon my ethnocentrism.


:hi:

[querelle]

17. Forgiven.....

You are too sweet to not forgive..........

Q

[Critters2]

41. Why, thank you

:blush:

[Critters2]

10. I'm FROM Iowa

I live in Illinois now, but when God decides to stop punishing me for whatever I did that pissed HIM/HER off, I'm going back to Iowa.

[liberaltrucker]

15. Small Town, Alabama

That hotbed of liberalism
:sarcasm:

Seriously, Alabama's home, but need a good
butt-whoopin'.

I get to your area occasionally. Beautiful place!

[OnionPatch]

16. Where am I from now?

California. But hubby grew up in northeast PA, somewhere near a town called Butler.

On edit: Oops, I guess that would be North WEST PA. Oh well.

[mad-mommy]

20. butler town or township?

butler town or township?

[OnionPatch]

33. The town

Butler, was the closest "big town" where they went to shop.

[femmocrat]

78. Butler is not too far north of Pittsburgh. n/t

[OnionPatch]

85. And I grew up

about fifty miles west of Pittsburgh, in Ohio. There was no name for where I grew up, it was very rural.

[RetroLounge]

18. Milwaukee

a place on a lake...

RL

[auntAgonist]

21. Born: Edinburgh Scotland .. moved to

Canada at age 9 going on 10
moved to Michigan USA in 2000.


aA
:hi:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

23. Scotland?

That is so cool!

[auntAgonist]

58. I really love it there ..

We lived very close to the castle and Princes Street Gardens so we often went there as children. One of my fondest memories is Italian Ice Cream cones with a cadbury flake bar standing in the ice cream. They were called 99's

From the Cadbury website:
An Ice Cream served in a cone with a Flake 99 is the UK's favourite ice cream. In the days of the monarchy in Italy the King had an elite guard consisting of 99 soldiers. Subsequently anything really special or first class was known as "99". When Cadbury launched its small Flake for ice creams in 1930, the UK ice cream industry was dominated by ex-pat Italians. So, to appeal to Italians we called our superb Flake a "99".

just a bit'o trivia for you :)

aA
:hug:

[Guava Jelly]

24. overland park kansas

until next month then Kansas city Mo

[liberaltrucker]

37. Out of the frying pan into the fire?

:wow:

[Guava Jelly]

51. missouri at least where i a moving

Is a Democratic stronghold so thats something

[Broken_Hero]

52. you get to catch

Chief/Royals games...:) My wife and I are thinking of catching a Chiefs game this fall...neither one of us have been to an NFL game

[Guava Jelly]

61. now if the chiefs or royals would actually win a game or two

we'd be in hog heaven

[reyd reid reed]

25. Colorado Springs

By way of Los Angeles, Washington state, Heidelberg Germany, Aberdeen Maryland, Bel Air Maryland, Bynum Alabama, Frankfurt Germany, and Los Angeles again. Then back here.

:hi:

[LadyoftheRabbits]

30. From SC, originally...

Then Mississippi, then NC, then Ohio, then Missouri, then back to Ohio :)

[lizziegrace]

35. Now we both live near Columbus

:hi:

(I'm her mother...)

[dropkickpa]

43. Pittsburgh...

Well, born in Miami, moved to Houston, then Plano, and then Pittsburgh 18 years ago. Love it here, wouldn't go back for anything (wel, maybe a truckload of cash, but hey, like that'll ever happen).

[mad-mommy]

45. another PA 'er

[Broken_Hero]

46. SE Alaska...:) nt

[Haole Girl]

47. I'm from all over!

I grew up with parents in the U.S. Air Force. Though I now live in Texas, I don't consider it my permanent home.

[reformedrepub]

48. New York City Burbs

Orange County...yes where the chopper dudes are from.....

[Karenca]

73. Manhattan (NYC)

Hi.

[RebelOne]

49. Woodstock, northwest of Atlanta.

Born in Philadelphia, moved to Miami, FL when I was 4 years old, lived there until 1989 when I moved up here to the Atlanta area. But have lived in Los Angeles, Birmingham and New Jersey in the years I was married.

[gr8dane_daddy]

50. Born and raised in the Permain Basin...

west Texas...where dirt goes to die.

[SKKY]

53. Louisville, Kentucky

[NC_Nurse]

54. Chapel Hill, NC

used to be a cute little artsy-fartsy liberal town. Then every mag from Forbes to Money put us on their "best places to live/retire list. It's gotten much less liberal, the McMansions have risen up, and it's getting really pricey to live here.
It's still beats the hell out of most of NC, except for Asheville maybe.

[NewWaveChick1981]

55. Central NC.

I've lived in NC since I was 12. Born in Atlanta and lived there prior to moving to NC.

[Deja Q]

56. Mintysota... but my ancestors, um, "got around".

Add in Scotland, the UK, Denmark, Norway, and France too (whoa boy... definitely not during the 1700s, my family tree lacks any Romeo & Juliet action...)

[haf216]

57. Louisiana now

Iwas born in California, then I livied in Washington St, then we moved to Ohio, then Louisiana. I then moved to Texas, and now I'm back in Louisiana

[Drum]

59. Born in Cleveland,

grew up in Wheeling, West Virginia
College at WVU and Univ of Cincinnati
Living in NYC since 1989

[Mutley]

60. Baltimore, MD

My aunt lives up in your neck o' the woods. Erie, I think.

[mike_c]

62. humboldt county, north coastal california....

Ahhhhh....

[Arugula Latte]

63. I was born on Zorg, but we moved to Earth when I was five.

:tinfoilhat:

[maveric]

64. Lawrence MA.

The auto insurance fraud capital of the world.
I'm glad I left there 30 years ago and came to SoCal.

[graywarrior]

65. Lynn MA...now living in NH...by way off Florida, ME, and a few more

places.

[maveric]

68. "Lynn Lynn City of Sin...

You'll never come out the way you went in"

[graywarrior]

71. You got it...and it's sooooooooo true.

[maveric]

74. I'm one to talk. I'm from Lawrence.

Lynn's even more evil sister.

[graywarrior]

81. Ha!!!! We're evil twins, my friend.

And my best friend is from Lowell. She's crazier than both of us put together.....maybe.

[tinfoil tiaras]

66. reppin Jacktown right hurr

(Jackson, Miss.)

:D

[zanne]

67. I've always lived in NH

Except for one year in Vt. and one year in MA. Yup. I'm Mrs. Excitement. I'm a ramblin' woman. I'm a girl gone mild.

[maveric]

69. I went to high school in Salem NH.

But lived in Lawrence MA. My parents used my grandparents address so that I could be educated in a less violent environment.

[sarge43]

70. From Michigan, living in NH n/t

[SeattleGirl]

72. Tacoma, WA

Just down the road from where I live now.

[crim son]

75. From Toronto, Ontario but live in Maine now.

From cold to cold; but there have been many stops along the way!

[Iniquitous Bunny]

76. I'm in the land of Ned-mentum!

:D

[Initech]

77. So Cal, born and raised

Specifically from the Anaheim area (hence my Angels icon!).

[femmocrat]

79. Another Pennsylvanian here.

Born and raised in Johnstown, now living in the wilds of Westmoreland County. It is very beautiful here, farms, rolling hills, quaint small towns. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

[Blue_In_AK]

80. Anchorage, Alaska, now.

I've lived in southern Ohio, Colorado, Texas, Oregon, and California. I've been here since 1975.

[Scooter24]

82. Born in Chicago, IL, currently live in Dallas, TX

[Control-Z]

83. Started out in Coventry, Ct

Moved to So Cal when I was 7. I've been here ever since. (Orange County)

[citizen snips]

84. Raleigh, North Carolina

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

86. From? El Dorado, Kansas

Living in? Irving, Texas

[mvd]

87. Currently, Southeastern PA

Originally, Maryland.

[In_The_Wind]

88. originally from Atlanta, Georgia

currently in upstate NY