Just curious as to where you were born and how did you wind up living wherever you currently are?? I was born in MA, married my DH, moved to CA for a few years, and then came back to MA! New England is beautiful but I sure miss that sunny warm CA weather!!
Quote from: CamperrooJust curious as to where you were born and how did you wind up living wherever you currently are?? I was born in MA, married my DH, moved to CA for a few years, and then came back to MA! New England is beautiful but I sure miss that sunny warm CA weather!!
Born in 1960 in Frankfurt Germany while my dad was stationed there in the Army.
Age Lived
1-3 Fort Benning GA (brother born)
4 Richmond, ME (dad went to Korea)
5-7 Bad Nauheim Germany (brother born)
8-9 Richmond, ME (dad went to VietNam)
10 Fort Lewis Washington (sister born)
11 Richmond, ME (dad went back to VietNam)
12 Fort Carson Colorado
13 on up Richmond, ME (where dad grew up) and the surrounding area
Ended up here because it is where my dad's family is from. My mother is from West Berlin in Germany and she spent most of her life here. Still have 2 cousins over there but not in contact.
Have an older brother and sister one born in 1956 in Berlin Germany and a sister born in Gardiner Maine.
The military never used to keep you at one base very long.
I was born in Indiana and have always lived here,except for a few months that I lived in Grapevine TX one summer. I could never move away from my family. I along with my brother and three sisters were born at home. That was back when doctors made house calls.
I was born in Michigan, moved to Ohio, 3 years later moved to Sacramento, Calif. Then off to college in San Diego, summer jobs in Lake Tahoe during college and then after graduation I ended up still in Lake Tahoe. I met my DH in Tahoe, after he moved from Philadelphia and neither of us really want to leave!!!
Born and still live in Cincinnati, in fact our residence for the past 20yrs is just about 3miles south from where I was born and about 2miles east from where DH was born.
Born, raised, and still live in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, a city of 42,000 about halfway between Milwaukee and Green Bay.:W
Brooklyn, New York and then transplanted after two years upstate.
Born in Long Beach, CA (and no I don't want to go back!) Lived in: Washington,DC Monroe, IA Madison,WI Marshall,MO Huron,SD Jonesboro,AR Sarasota,FL Tallahassee,FL Greensboro,NC(twice) Fayetteville,NC King, NC and now uptown Anderson Creek, NC Needless to say I have moved quite abit...Dad was career Navy and then taught at a bunch of junior colleges on 2 year contracts. LOL
Aaron
Too close to my life....born & raised in Mich, after HS moved to Kansas for 3 mos, then to Vacaville, CA, eventually to Sacramento, went to Sac State, lived in Sac until 1998 moved to Pennsylvania (Poconos) with my job after McClellan closed (I worked there).
Quote from: tahoecampersI was born in Michigan, moved to Ohio, 3 years later moved to Sacramento, Calif. Then off to college in San Diego, summer jobs in Lake Tahoe during college and then after graduation I ended up still in Lake Tahoe. I met my DH in Tahoe, after he moved from Philadelphia and neither of us really want to leave!!!
Oooops BTW one of our favorite campgrounds in CA is SandFlat, off 80 on your way to Tahoe, near Kyburz.
Quote from: debbiedee1957Too close to my life....born & raised in Mich, after HS moved to Kansas for 3 mos, then to Vacaville, CA, eventually to Sacramento, went to Sac State, lived in Sac until 1998 moved to Pennsylvania (Poconos) with my job after McClellan closed (I worked there).
I was born in Northern New Jersey and lived in asmall town called Lake Stockholm until I was 16.. Then we moved to FLorida to another small town named Frostproof!! I then moved back here to N.J. when I was 21 and lived on Long Beach Island for a few years. Once I got married I moved to Little Egg Harbor. WE moved to Manahawkin a few years back.. Hope to one day move to PA!!??!!??
Vandenberg AFB, CA
My parents moved to Oklahoma while I was a child, and I've been here ever since!
LaCrosse WI.
Walled Lake, Michigan. Lived in Centerville, Tennessee for 14 years and Little Rock, Arkansas for 3 months. Then moved back to Michigan. I just missed the snow and winters here. WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!!!!! Both my sons were born in Columbia, TN. :D
Quote from: Starcraft DadWalled Lake, Michigan. Lived in Centerville, Tennessee for 14 years and Little Rock, Arkansas for 3 months. Then moved back to Michigan. I just missed the snow and winters here. WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!!!!! Both my sons were born in Columbia, TN. :D
Small world! We are just a few miles from both Centerville and Columbia!
Larry:
Age 0-23 I was born and raised in Huntingdon, TN (West Tennessee)
Age 24-26 Lived in Nashville while working on Master's at Vandy
Age 26-29 Lived in Ashland City (also Nashville area) while working as a nurse at
...............Vandy, and moved there to work for fire dept also
Age 29-present Got married and moved to Franklin, TN (still Nashville area)
Holly:
Born and raised in Nashville/Brentwood area. She moved to Franklin around 1997(?) when she bought our current house.
Larry
Born here in West Michigan, and have lived here all my life. In fact, I'm only about 5 minutes away from the neighborhood where I started kindergarten and finished high school all in the same school building. I've often wondered what it would be like to live someplace else, but then we go on a vacation and I realise after just a short time that I miss this part of the country. I guess I'll never go away from here.
T
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I'm a Carolina born, I'm a Carolina bred and when I die, I'm a Carolina dead. Oh sorry, got carried away there singing the old Carolina cheerleader's song. Go Tarheels! Apologies to all State, Duke and Wake Forest fans (SO is big fan of Wake Forest). I was born in central NC and grew up there before migrating about 30 miles south. Have lived and worked in NC all my life.
1) born in Jacksonville, Florida ( two different houses in three years)
then moved to...
2) Louisville, Ky (two different houses)
3) Tell City, Indiana (1 house)
4) Elizabethton, Tennessee (1 house)
5) Johnson City Tennessee (4 houses)
back to
6) Louisville, KY (1 house)
back to
7) Johnson City, tennessee (7 houses)
with summers spent working and living in
8) Gatlinburg, Tennessee (3 places --3 summers)
then married and started moving again....
9) Newport News, VA
10) Virginia Beach, Virginia
11) Johnson City, Tennessee
12) Clarksville, Tennessee
13) Honolulu, Hawaii (ahhhhhhhhhhh)
14) Johnson City, Tennessee
12) West Long Branch, New Jersey
13) Woodbridge, VA (two houses)
That's way too many different addressses to try to remember... lol
Born: Ft Jackson, SC Army Hospital 0-.5
.5-3 Oleans, France (I dont remember much from here???)
3-5 Columbia, SC various houses and apartments
5-7 Ft. Benning, GA, base housing
7-9 Jacksonville, FA(got hit by a car, spent 2 weeks in childrens ward of Navy hospital) Got a hard head ---lucky I guess....
9-10 Burlington, NC Dad in Korea(lived with mom&grandmother)
10-13 Ft Bragg, NC, base housing(3 years)
13-14 Burlington, NC Dad in Vietnam(lived in apartment)
14-15 Ft Gordon, GA-Augusta, GA
15-18 Burlington, NC Dad retired, till graduated
19-22 Burlington, NC with 1st wife(NO kids)
22-24 Back home with mom&dad after really ugly divorce (dad died during this time) Now I know why I moved back home!)
24-34 Burlington, NC 2nd wife Teresa. 2 kids born here.
34-46 Elon, NC out in the country, 6 miles from town and 1 more kid later..
43-untill I leave this ole' world === camping as much as possible, when possible.
randy
Syracuse New York. Have moved 35 times in my lifetime so far, so I will not list them except to say all over the world.
I was born in Chicago, grew up in Linthicum, Maryland and moved just outside of Washington DC in Northern Virginia in the 70's when I was in the microfilm equipment industry. I'll be here until my 16 year old finishes school.
I was born in a little town in Northern Ontario, Cochrane (home of the Polar Bear Express for any train enthausists) When I was 3 we moved to what is now Cambridge Ontario. When I was 12 parents moved us back to Cochrane. I left there in 1986 to move here to Niagara Falls. Like it here and have no plans to move unless its to a more rural home in the general area.
Born in Huntington WV. Live in Fraziers Bottom WV, with not plans to leave. Some maps probably won't show the location. I'm so far out that GPS takes a long time to find me. Below is a link, I actualy live closer to the d in the end of the name of the road listed as Ashton Upland Rd.
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I was born in Worcester Mass, and lived in the Worcester County area for the first 21 years of my life. My parents and their parents were all from Spencer Mass, but my parents moved around alot, lived in Spencer, E. Brookfield, Grafton, Leominster, Sutton, and Liecester.
U.S. Navy sent me to San Diego for a year, then on to Norfolk Va. I've lived here in Virginia pretty much since 1976, I did return to Sutton Mass for a couple years in the early 80's, and back to Spencer for 2 years in the late 80's, pretty much the last 25+ years here in the Norfolk/Va Beach/Chesapeake/Portsmouth area.
One day I hope to return to Mass or somewhere in New England for "Semi-Retirement" in the summers, but gotta keep working right now!
I was born in Philadelphia PA, the city of brotherly love (yea right). When I was 6 my family moved outside of a spot in the road :D called Trout Run, still in PA. Moved into the big city of Williamsport after high school. I lived at 3 different places there, and then to where we live now in central PA. :)
Born in Victoria TX- still live in Victoria TX.
Spent every summer since I was 6 (42 years worth) near Crested Butte CO- at our cabin (my 2nd home).
Lived in San Marcos TX while in college.
Married a home boy with a job here, so here we stay.
Dream of retiring and living summers at the cabin and winters here in TX
(Camping in both states whenever we feel like it.)
When I was born my parents lived in San Leandro, California (in the San Francisco Bay Area) but my Mother was forced to have me in Oakland, CA (still in the bay Area) because her Doctor was an Osteopath and was arguing with the San Francisco Hospital System. They didn't want an Osteopath delivering babies in San Francisco so she had to go to an Oakland Hospital. Anyway, when I was about 2 my parents decided to move back to my Mother's home town of Billings, Montana because she wanted to start a Tupperware Dealership. My sister was born in Billings during that time. When I was 4 my parents moved back to Sacramento, CA where I still live. Actually we live in North Highlands, CA which is the outskirts of Sacramento.
Joan
I was a salesmans brat. We moved all over.
born in Royal Oak, Michigan
1-3 Grand Rapids, Michigan
3-7 Dallas, Texas
7-12 Smithtown, New York
12-13 Houston, Texas
13-17 Smithtown, New York
17-19 Mount Pleasant, Michigan
19-22 Thousand Oaks, California
22-30 Moorpark, California
30-present Fountain Valley, California
Jacqui
I was a salesman's brat and we moved all over.
birth-2 Royal Oak, Michigan
3-4 Grand Rapids, Michigan
4-7 Dallas, Texas
7-12 Smithtown, New York
12-13 Houston, Texas
13-17 Smithtown, New York
17-19 Mount Pleasant, Michigan (Central Mich University)
19-22 Thousand Oaks, California
22-30 Moorpark, California
30-pres Fountain Valley, California
Jacqui
new york new york! born here raised here, educated here, moved to new hampshire for two years while ex was in the Navy, but came right back.
ken was born and raise in glendale NY , and only moved to manhattan to be with me!
Wow! I wish I were as traveled as some of you!! I was born in MA, married and had 4 kids in MA, then we moved this year to CT! We would've stayed in MA, except the prices for houses were to high! Oh well! :)
Very interesting thread.. Its nice to know just how well traveled people are..
I was born in Lodi California and lived there for a short time (About a year) then it was off to the midwest and Missouri for a year or so (lived with my Grandmother), then up to Chicago for a couple.. then it was out to Rockford, Il, before hitting the Country and Farms..
Lived in a small farm area outside of Kirkland, Il for a bunch of years, then back to Rockford for the forming years (Middle School). After learning all the bad city habits, it was back to the farm country of Kirkland, Il. to finish up High School and hang around for a few years after. Moved to Linden, NJ when I was 21 years old and never looked back. It was 4 years of NJ, then off to Austin, Texas for the big promotion and salary increase. Decided to take a transfer to Kansas City, MO and found out that was the worse choice I could have done. Ended up move to Florida, where things got better. Lived there for a couple of years, met my Wife, moved to Arlington, Texas, back to Florida, then up to North Carolina where I am content to stay forever and ever!!
Whew.. its seems alot more when its written down..
I'm a Virginian born and bred! I'm just a little ol' homebody hillbilly compared to many of you!
I was born in the bustling metropolis of Appalachia, in the far southwestern corner of Virginia. (Yes, there really is a town named Appalachia, not just the "poverty pocket".) My family lived in Big Stone Gap, but it didn't have a hospital at the time and Appalachia did, so I was born in Appalachia (2 miles away) instead of BSG.
Grew up in BSG, then headed out to Williamsburg to attend college (William & Mary). After college, I moved to Winchester in the northern tip of VA. Taught school there for four years. Decided that maybe I really didn't want to be a schoolteacher as much as I had thought I did! So I quit teaching, and moved back home to Big Stone Gap to consider other options.
That was in 1976. Three apartments, one house, and five jobs later, I'm still here!
(BTW, for the record, the town of Appalachia is pronounced "apple-at-cha", not "apple-lay-sha" like the poverty region. ;) )
And if any of you have read Adriana Trigiani's best-selling novel "Big Stone Gap", yes, it's about my hometown! Adri grew up here and her family still lives here. A lot of the places in the books are real, and many of the characters are based on real people.
Lebontefan,
I have relatives that live in a teeny tiny town called Keokee, not to far from Big Stone Gap. I love that area. Very beuatiful place.
Brainpause,
I know where Franklin is. We spent many happy hours there. I loved what they do for Christmas. Actually planned on building a house there but decided to move back to Michigan. Now sometimes I wish I had built that house. Can camp most of the year, a bit cool in the winter but not like here in Michigan.
I was born in Alexandria, Virginia, Lived in Kensington & Silver Spring, Maryland, Framingham, Massachusetts, Haverhill, New Hampshire, Orlando, Florida (Navy), Burlington, Vermont (IBM), Sarasota, Florida (Mostly to get away from a divorce!), and Bradford, VT (Mostly to come back and stick up for my rights during the divorce!).
Spent summers in Hazleton, Pennsylvania (with grandparents) when I was a kid.
My Father was a Credit Manager for Sears, Roebuck & Co. then left bought a store in NH and we packed up our things and moved to Haverhill, New Hampshire that is.
Wow so many people from so many places!! I love the names of the towns!! Some places you can just close your eyes and picture what it must be like!
I was born in Dickson, Tn. 44 years ago. After a couple of years in Lyles, TN and one (1) winter in Detroit, we moved to Nashville. Have lived there ever since, until last year. We now live in Hendersonville, TN, a small town about 20 miles from Nashville.
Quote from: tlhdocI was born in Philadelphia PA, the city of brotherly love (yea right). When I was 6 my family moved outside of a spot in the road :D called Trout Run, still in PA. Moved into the big city of Williamsport after high school. I lived at 3 different places there, and then to where we live now in central PA. :)
Trout run??/ I Think I may have actually see a sign for it before!! Near Benton???? WE go to my parnets cabin in Elk Grove, year round population of about 50 on a good day!!
Born in Detriot Michigan. Moved in 1976 to Panama City Florida and loving every minute of it!
Born in Grand Rapids, Michigan
At 6 was moved to Lakewood, CO
By 10 was in Southern California
Move briefly to Loma Mar, CA in the Redwoods of the Bay Area about 1978.
Been in the Ventura area of Californina since 1979.
Scott
QuoteI have relatives that live in a teeny tiny town called Keokee, not to far from Big Stone Gap. I love that area. Very beuatiful place.
Wow, Starcraft Dad! Keokee??? I'm always amazed when people have heard of Big Stone Gap, let alone someplace like Keokee.
Keokee and most of the other tiny little towns around Appalachia are really old mining camps, or "coal camps". Since this is coal mining country, all the miners and their families used to live in "the camps". That way, the men could walk to work. Everyone bought all their groceries at the "company store"--usually with scrip. The miners didn't get paid in money, they got paid in scrip. Scrip was like vouchers that could be used at the company store. (The old song "16 Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford had the line, "St. Peter don't you call me, 'cause I can't go. I owe my soul to the company store.") If the miners were short of funds between paydays, the company store would extend credit...so some of the miners spent years trying to pay off what they owed the company store.
The camps were usually named after the mine they were closest to. My mother grew in a coal camp in the same area named Derby--her dad was chief electrician at the Derby mine. She said she remembered how they would blow a whistle every morning to let the men know it was time to go to work. My dad worked in the mines for several years, but got out after he lost the fingers on his right hand in a mining accident. I never knew my maternal grandfather--he was killed in a mining accident in 1944--way before I was born.
I never lived in the coal camps. My dad had been out of the mines for several years, and my parents had moved to Big Stone Gap before I was born. But I've heard my mom and dad talk about living in the camps. Even though the houses and land are no longer owned by the coal company and many of the mines are closed, people in the area still refer to places like Keokee and Derby as "the camps."
I worked at (not in) a coal mine for almost 17 years. I started out as a supply clerk, then moved over to the mine office to help the superintendent with all the paper work. It was the same coal company that my dad and both my grandfathers worked for.
I was born in Logansport, IN. Moved to Florida when I was 13 with the family. Got married and moved back to Logan for about 8 years. DW said she had enough of the snow, so we moved back to Florida. After retirement (In 6yrs):D I would like to move around the north eastern Georgia, Tenn, NC or Virginia area. Haven't talked the boss (DW) into it yet. Any suggestions on how to do that without getting cursed out?;)
The one thing I found interesting about Keokee is that it is basically a bend in the road with one store and gas pumps. My aunt lived right across the road from it next to a church. It has been a long time since I have been there. She is gone now but I still have some cousins that live there. I'm hoping to be able to get there this year. I loved coming to Big Stone Gap. It's such a wounderful town nestled in the hills. I remember one time we went to a fair in Pennington(sp) Gap. They had a double ferris wheel on top of a mountain. As I can remember, it seemed you could see for miles up there. Scared the heck out of me. I thought the thing was going to fall down the hill. I was not used to the mountains and can remember the waterfalls that fell down the cliffs next to the roads. My cousin told me that the water didn't always flow because it was water from the mines. When the mines were closed the water wasen't there. Maybe if we come down that way this year, with your permission I could look you up. But I have a son graduating this year so it may be late in the summer if we can.
Quote from: jpreiserTrout run??/ I Think I may have actually see a sign for it before!! Near Benton???? WE go to my parnets cabin in Elk Grove, year round population of about 50 on a good day!!
Trout Run is further west off of US 15 north of Williamsport, PA. The cabin is in a beautiful area. :W
Do you get paid in script? :p
This is an interesting thread. Born and raised in a little (not so little anymore) town called Cazenovia about 20 miles east of Syracuse in upstate NY. Still have a sis and her kids in Brewerton which is north of Syracuse, and another sis and her hubbie in Troy, NY. Dad retired to Boulder CO so he and his GF can ski all winter..and take that big ole rv out during the summer. Spent 18 weeks in Anniston Alabama at Ft McCullen for boot camp and at the MP academy for the reserves, like 14 weeks at Lackland AFB for the AF (didn't have to do af boot camp cause I had gone thru a real one for the army), about 4 weeks at Ft Dix for more training for the AF...then off to merry ole England for 3 years (RAF Mildenhall). Loved it there. Want to go back. Only had 3 real American friends..the rest were British. We hung out with a British motorcycle club loosely based out of Peterborough. Miss those people terribly...good bunch of folks. Spent very little time on base when I was off cause there was to much to see or do (love visiting historical sites and ruins). Then it was off to N. California for a year at Beale AFB. Didn't care for California that much...sorry you Californians, just wasn't for me, no offense meant. Had a friend from HS who had moved to KC, and when I was getting ready to get out of the service...took some leave to check out the area..and have been here ever since. Moved from MO to the KS side, and south a lil, but about the only times I think about moving back to Upstate NY is during X-mas becuase it just doesn't feel the same due to the lack of snow (if any).
Shut Up!!!!!!!!
LOL Lucky Duck to be where the weather is soooooo nice :)
Quote from: SltrawickBorn in Detriot Michigan. Moved in 1976 to Panama City Florida and loving every minute of it!
Nope, when I worked for the coal company, I got paid in good ol' US dollars!
Let me know if you head down this way anytime, StarCraft Dad! It's always fun to meet folks "for real" that you've chatted with online.
My first experience with a message board was about 5 1/2 years ago at a NASCAR-related site called Racecomm. The board was very popular and a lot of us were "regulars"--spent hours online posting. It was almost a chat room since the responses were usually so quick! Several of us realized we were going to be at the same NASCAR event at the same time, so we decided to get together. It was a lot of fun. After that we'd plan "Racecomm reunions" every time several of us were going to the same race. A lot of my "cyber-friends" became real friends. The message board is gone, but some of us still keep in touch, and still try to meet up at the races when we can.
Camperroo... You want a name that's a real mouthful? When I moved back up to Mass in the early 80's, I shared a house with my brother in the town of Webster, on Kill Deer Island Rd. It was a lakefront house on Webster Lake, also known as Lake Chargoggagoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamog (yes, that's for real Lee or Andrea should be able to confirm that, and I had to dig out an old "tourist trap" coffee cup to get the spelling right). That's the indian name for the lake, and translate's roughly to "You fish on your side, I fish on my side, and no one fish in the middle"
When I lived in Sutton, I actually lived in a village there called Manchaug which if you look closely, is one of the words inside the big name above!
I was born in MA. and am still here. I love living in the country and in New England. I live about 20 min. from where I was born. Moved far huh?
"It was a lakefront house on Webster Lake, also known as Lake Chargoggagoggmanchaugagoggchaubunagungamog (yes, that's for real Lee or Andrea should be able to confirm that, and I had to dig out an old "tourist trap" coffee cup to get the spelling right"
Yup, I used to live in Webster too as a teen and this whole name was actually painted onto the wall of the enteranceway of my high school! Quite a challenge to say it correctly, and it's pretty impressive if you can! When I lived there the lake was in bad shape - dirty from to many speedboats, littering etc. Dead fish would be washing on shore constantly! Since then Webster has taken some pride and really cleaned it up, added a big areas for walking and nature hiking, etc. Of course with it being so nice and pretty they want $20. a car if you'd like to spend the day there and you DON'T live in Webster! The townspeople got quite possesive of thier re-vamped spot! Can't totally blame them, and it certainly turns away outsiders!
quoting and the other posting options are not working for me?!
I was born in GWU Hospital in Washington, DC. This sometimes causes problems with forms I fill out which ask only what state I was born in...DC is not a state -->this really confused the guy who had to fill out our life insurance form. I was not really impressed with him aside from this "bump" anyway. It blow me away when he said he had been an insurance salesman for 14 years. I could have sworn from our encounter he had only been in the business less than 6 months.
Then I lived with my folks & paternal grandmother until I was about 3 y.o. That is when Ford Mo. Co. offered my dad a really great job. We lived in various apartments in Dearborn, a rental house in Dearborn, a duplex in Southfield, a house in Livonia (parents had built), then moved a bit farther north, & have lived in the same vacinity of SE metro area of Detroit ever since....except while attending MSU in Lansing.
I was born in Langenburg, Saskatchewan Canada. That can't even be done anymore because I noticed when I went home to visit the folks at Christmas...the hospital is gone.
Quote from: debbiedee1957Shut Up!!!!!!!!
LOL Lucky Duck to be where the weather is soooooo nice :)
I know, I am very lucky! I do miss Michigan and the snow (well, sometimes)....but I'm a beach girl and love it tooo much! :) You'll have to come down this way and see for yourself!
This topic has been so interesting to read...
Duane was born in Dickinson, North Dakota and moved to CA before he started elementary school. His family moved right to Anaheim from ND, and that is where he has been ever since, except for 4 years when we bought our first house in Fullerton, CA. Growing up, his family returned to ND almost every summer for family vacations... in the family station wagon pulling a travel trailer. (I have heard stories that rival 'National Lampoon's Vacation'!) He has always said that he likes CA much more than ND.
I was born in Lynwood, CA and lived in Downey, CA until we were married. Then we moved to an apartment in Anaheim, lived in our first house in Fullerton for 4 years, then moved to our present home in Anaheim that we have lived in for 23+ years! Someday we would like to move... but where would we move to? Despite all the traveling we have done all over the U.S., we have never seriously looked at other places to live. That could be a new reason to travel even more!
Quote from: chasd60Born in 1960 in Frankfurt Germany while my dad was stationed there in the Army.
8-9 Richmond, ME (dad went to VietNam)
11 Richmond, ME (dad went back to VietNam)
Raymond was one of those that went twice to Viet Nam, his ex and a son live in Germany. Lucky for me that she did not like it here and he cme back with the kids after his divorce.
I was born in Louisville KY
When I was 6 weeks old we moved next door to my grandparents in St. Pete Fla. I Graduated Mid-term and moved to Southern Indiana at 17. Lived and work between Louisville KY and Sellersburg Indiana. I met Raymond when I was 30, we moved to Ferdinand Indiana for "Work" (there was none), then headed off to Boston during Spring Break (Dukakis was Governor and MA was going great guns then) to look for Raymond a job, got as far as Wilmingon DE where Raymond got an accounting job with no local address or phone numbers. I went back to Indiana for the kids (both his (he had gotten custody of his children in Germany because of things his ex did )and mine) to finish the school year. Then moved to Delaware where I have been since 1988. I do plan on retiring back to St. Pete where I can go camping year round (like we did when I was a kid), but since I am only 48, that will be quite a while.
Raymond was born in Bristow Indiana. Moved to the Detroit MI area during WWII where his mother was one of the "Rosie the riveters" and his father was in Germany fighting the furor. They moved back to Bristow and bought a farm with a farmhouse from the 1850's, no electricity or running water, when full shell shock hit Elvis (yes Raymond's dad's name was Elvis) then he ahd a car accident with brain damage, leaving Raymond the man of the house at a young age. There was no work, Raymond carried milk and eggs to twon on his way to school and brought necessities back to the farm on his way home from school. Spent summers working in the fields at St. Meinrad (AKA Abbey Press, but this was before the presses) and other farms in the area, so he could get clothes for school for him self and his sister. Joined the Army in 1954 ( a year before I was born :eek: ). He was all over the place, TX, Baltimore, Selinas Calif (twice), Ft. Wauchuca (sp??) and viet nam twice. but most of his career was in Germany as his ex is German. After his divorce he stayed around Stutgart working until the German Government took the kids away from his ex, he went to the Ramstein area then came here in 1979 :U
Moved to Tell City Indiana, then back to Bristow a couple of years later, then Moved to Louisville temporarily where we met in 1985, Married in 1986 and the last 17 years have been the same as mine.
Born in Hollywood,Ca. Lived in the San Franando Valley about 20 years.Moved to the Thousand Oaks area for a while.We've been in the Santa Cruz area the last several years.True California natives.
Born in Berkeley, CA.
Lived in Pleasanton for the first 18 years of my life. Then moved to Chico to go to college. Met Mrs. Sacto there, and we moved to the Santa Cruz area where we lived for 3 years. Got married, then moved to the Sacramento area.
A native Northern Californian!;) :)
Born in beautiful Brooklyn NY. Moved to NJ when I was a kid. Went into the USAF and ended up in Montana for four years and lived there for a year after I got out and then moved by to NJ. Moved to TX 14 years ago when I was transferred. Best thing that ever happened. Now I can camp and play golf all year round.
Add another to the native Californian tally.
Born in Los Angeles, moved to OC (Costa Mesa) when I was in 3rd grade. In 6th grade, moved to El Toro (now Lake Forest) and lived there until I graduated from high school (ETHS GO FIGHT WIN!). Went back to LA for college and grad school, then onto Dana Point for 1 year, San Clemente for 7 years, Laguna Beach for 1 year, and now Foothill Ranch, about 6 miles from where I grew up in El Toro. Don't see us moving again.
You may have heard of Foothill Ranch in the news today--it is in the foothills of Orange County (by Irvine and mission Viejo) and home to Whiting Ranch, where yesterday a mountain biker was attacked and another was killed by a mountain lion. Before we adopted my 3 y/o, I used to be a serious mountain biker, and I can't tell you how many times I have ridden in that park, oftentimes alone! I have seen bobcats, skunks, possums, mule deer, raccoons, rattlesnakes, tarantulas, and once, even a mountain lion (from about 100 yds and he was moving away from me) while riding, but never had any bad experiences with the wildlife. I didn't personally know the cyclists who were attacked and killed, but it has really affected me. :(
I was born in Atlantic City, New Jersey as were my children and my grandfather was born there in 1898. Still live in the area about 20 miles from A.C.
I love living where all my family and friends that I grew up with are. My husband is also from the area. It is getting a little crowded but always
something to do.
Kathy & Don
I was born in Delmenhorst,Germany and lived for 5 years in Walsrode,Germany during my teenage years,then moved back to Delmenhorst.Thats where I met my wife,also born there. Our son was born there as well.In 1986 we moved to Dover NJ,where we still are to this day.
Interesting tread.
Andy
everyone's stories are so interesting to read, I'm so happy so many have responded and shared their great histories!!! It's always fascinating to know a little something about others lives because it is really interesting to learn where one started out and the route they took to get to where they are!!
I was born in Newburgh NY (orange county 60 mi. north of NYC) we moved 2 miles down the road to Town of Montgomery to change school districts about 2 minutes from where American Chopper (love that show BTW) is filmed if anybody watches that. Just recently Jay and I moved to Ulster County by Kingston NY to a little town named Rifton. Rents are a lot cheaper up here and it is so nice. If anybody ever saw The Road to Wellville it was filmed near where we are (Mohonk Mountain House). We are 15 minutes from a super walmart but I have deer, squirrels, bunnies etc and even a bald eagle that flies over all the time. When the kids are grown Jay and I plan to retire to the adirondacks where he will open a fixit shop.
Quote from: forestwalkerBorn in Hollywood,Ca. Lived in the San Franando Valley about 20 years.Moved to the Thousand Oaks area for a while.We've been in the Santa Cruz area the last several years.True California natives.
Do you know where Stevenson CA is?
Quote from: tlhdocDo you know where Stevenson CA is?
Sorry,I don't.Any clues ?
Columbus, Ohio
I still am a Buckeye Girl - although I now live in Connecticut - my wish is to someday move back - it always feels like home!
Born in Pittsburgh Pa.
Lived in Rhode Island, New York, Connecticut, before the age of 17. Dad's job kept us moving. He got transferred to Toronto when I was 17. They left again after 3 years, but by that time I was in university and stayed in Canada, and have never regretted that decision. Except when it is -20 and i have to go shovel the !@#$%^& snow. :C
I was born in Pittsburgh, PA when I was 10 my father was going through maybe a midlife crisis and quit his job as a chemist researcher and ventured into the Plastics industry. He and 2 other men bought an old empty brewery and moved us up to Mankato, MN. The business is still there in Mankato, it is now called Atlantis Plastics. That is where I called home. I did attend college in Rensselaer IN for three years and met my ex-husband and moved to Mesa, AZ. I divorced my ex after 2 and half yrs. I stayed in Mesa because I had a good job and raised my son there until marrying my DH in 1998 and moved to Scottsdale, AZ.
DH was born in Palermo, Sicily and moved to Brooklyn NY when he was about 6 was left there in the care of his uncle and aunt until he was 7 and returned to Sicily. The economy and school systems were so bad there he and his mother came back and and bought a dairy farm in Goshen NY where he graduated HS and then went onto community college then to NYU in Utica. He then returned to the farm and his parents decided to move to Islip on Long Island, NY. By then DH was working for GE in Connecticut and took a transfer to Charleston SC where he lived for a couple of yrs then he was transfered to Scottland. He lived there for 1 and half years. Then onto Virginia Beach, VA and back to SC. His parents in the mean time decided they would like to retire in AZ but not sure where. DH helped them choose and purchased them the home in Scottsdale. DH's father took on a massive heart attack in 1996 and his mother could not take care of him. So DH left his job in SC and moved to AZ to take care of his father until he died. He had promised his father he would take care of his mother. We met 1 and half years later on a blind date and I am sure glad we did. And for now this is where we call home.
Mary Romeo