Where were you born?

[rednekrubbrduck]

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).

[debbiedee1957]

Shut Up!!!!!!!!

LOL Lucky Duck to be where the weather is soooooo nice

Born in Detriot Michigan.  Moved in 1976 to Panama City Florida and loving every minute of it!

[labontefan]

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.

[Gone-Camping]

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!

[PI]

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?

[Acts 2:38 girl]

"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?!

[Danusmom]

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.

[cam]

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.

[Sltrawick]

Shut 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!

[YesDear]

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!

[SheBantam]

Born 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.

[forestwalker]

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.

[SactoCampers]

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!;)

[Trlrboy]

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.

[griffsmom]

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.