Just curious...

[EPHahn]

It has occurred to me that I am living on a completely different continent than most of you. Which I LOVE. But I am curious as to where everyone hails from... if you want to share, obviously. No stalking allowed.

I am from a nice-sized, granola-type college town in Michigan, USA... the kind that has a serious melting pot of cultures and ethnicities and where Obama 2012 bumper sticker exist and are actually encouraged. The "writer" culture is alive and booming around here.

 

[Jennifer Stone]

Leicester U.K. not a terribly cultural place but flowers can grow in the direst mud

 

[Katie-Ellen]

I was a student in Leicester; the museum there has a dinosaur, the Rutland dinosaur. Or did have, back in the day.

I'm in north west England, in Lytham, a pretty sea side town with a great estuary, and Blackpool six miles along the road.

 

[Jennifer Stone]

Ah yes, New Walk museum hasn't changed much at all since I was a kid.

 

[Karen Gray]

West Central Scotland here, namely Greenock, officially the rainiest place ever, bar none. I need not say anything about culture, as I have already mentioned I'm in Scotland and our culture quirks are many, varied and world renowned. Hoping our independence comes sooner rather than later. We will definitely have it by 2020, of this I have no doubt. After which time, I fully expect, Wales, Cornwall, Newcastle, Liverpool, Manchester and several others to place their own bids for Independence from Westmonster, because lets face it... The old boy's club from Eaton only look out for themselves.

AAANYWAY...

Yeah Scotland over here *waves biggest saltire she can find*

 

[1408]

I'm from the West Midlands, England! Good ol' Black Country. We're very proud of our alphabet and our flag.

 

[Alistair Roberts]

Well I'm of no fixed abode! Would love to stay in the UK, and whilst I could apply to do so, my partner is American and its nearly impossible for her to get permission to remain. So sometime in the next month or two, looks like we will be heading to the USA. She is from Oregon and it's not hard for me to get permission to stay. So, born New Zealand, lived in Australia (37 years) and 6 months (by the time we leave) in the UK. Meanwhile, back to editing! lol

 

[AgentPete]

London now, formerly of Norfolk and Cumberland, which always sounds nicer to me than Cumbria...

 

[EPHahn]

*makes a mental note to dig out her world atlas this evening and try to find all of these places*

*forgets that she probably hasn't read a real atlas since the Soviet Union collapsed*

*makes mental note to google all of these places later this evening*

 

[Steven McC]

Dumfries in South West Scotland. My last flat was literally within a stone's throw of the grave of Robert Burns.

I didn't throw any stones though.

 

[Diamond]

I'm your neighbor from Ohio.

 

[tabby3]

I am from a nice-sized, granola-type college town in Michigan, USA... the kind that has a serious melting pot of cultures and ethnicities and where Obama 2012 bumper sticker exist and are actually encouraged. The "writer" culture is alive and booming around here.

I live near Michigan. About five minutes south of Detroit. In Canada.

 

[Carol Rose]

Indianapolis, Indiana!

 

[EPHahn]

I live near Michigan. About five minutes south of Detroit. In Canada.

Psh. Ann Arbor! I'm practically your neighbor!

True story: when I was in college, my friends and I decided to road trip to Toronto. I went to school in Marquette, MI, but lived outside Chicago, IL... since this was summer, I was at home. My friends and I literally drove from Chicago to Marquette. Then drove from Marquette to Toronto. A 12 hour drive or something crazy like that. Then, I moved to Ann Arbor last spring and we decided to take our kids to a Tigers game. I saw a bunch of signs for Toronto and all of a sudden I had one of those complete FALCEPALM moments realizing that I very likely could have taken a straight trip from Chicago to Toronto in about 6 hours. Tops.

All I can say in our defense is that we were 19.

 

[EPHahn]

Love Indy! I have lots of family there!

Indianapolis, Indiana!

 

[tabby3]

Psh. Ann Arbor! I'm practically your neighbor!

True story: when I was in college, my friends and I decided to road trip to Toronto. I went to school in Marquette, MI, but lived outside Chicago, IL... since this was summer, I was at home. My friends and I literally drove from Chicago to Marquette. Then drove from Marquette to Toronto. A 12 hour drive or something crazy like that. Then, I moved to Ann Arbor last spring and we decided to take our kids to a Tigers game. I saw a bunch of signs for Toronto and all of a sudden I had one of those complete FALCEPALM moments realizing that I very likely could have taken a straight trip from Chicago to Toronto in about 6 hours. Tops.

All I can say in our defense is that we were 19.

From your description of your home town, I would have guessed Ann Arbor. I was there last summer for the big art festival. As for your trip, I think more like 8 hours, because Windsor (where I live) is right in the middle of the two, about four hours or 200 miles to either, once you've made a couple of stops.

 

[AliG]

England, south coast. Very pretty, weather generally pretty mild, sea, sand, forest. No room in garden for horses though, so I envy Karen Gray.

 

[Island Writer]

This is when I never hear from any of you ever again....

I live on a tiny island in the Caribbean. I'm a Brit, married to an American and we left London, bound for paradise in 2004!

 

[Katie-Ellen]

I'd love to know more about what it's like to live there, not only to visit. I hate the process of travel, but I love to see new places, the full on brilliance of the Med in the heat, a full moon over black cypresses and a mediavel citadel, and the sound of cicadas. The thought of anything else seems so drear. But when the plane lands home, I see the soft greys and greens coming up, I see dark dotted woods and smokey hills, something pulls at me: I hardly even know why I'm so happy to see it, but I am.

 

[Frances Gow]

London and absolutely love it! Such a diverse and interesting city, historically, in literature, architecture… originally from Hertfordshire (Homes Counties, just outside London - so I haven't really gone very far!)

 

[booknut77]

Cody Wyoming

 

[Island Writer]

Katie - I've written about 70,000 words about the realities of life on a tropical island here:
www.writerlot.net

They are listed in reverse order but are numbered, so just scroll down.

I know what you mean about going home - there's nothing quite good old' Blighty!

 

[Katie-Ellen]

Thanks for that link...I'll mosey over there, later.

 

[Alistair Roberts]

Error 404 page not found??

 

[Island Writer]

Not sure why the link doesn't work! Just type www.writerlot.net into your browser and go to Island Writer - hope you enjoy the tale!

 

[Alistair Roberts]

Oddly, previously the first W was a capital. Now that it isn't it works fine thanks

 

[Richard Sutton]

Noo Yawk here. Actually, Lawn-guyland to be specific.

 

[Marc Joan]

Noo Yawk here. Actually, Lawn-guyland to be specific.

A beautiful part of the world. I went to one of the Cold Spring Harbor conferences once. An enduring memory is the sight of Jim Watson, co-discoverer of the structure of DNA, vacantly masticating his cornflakes [or something] at breakfast one day, a couple of tables away from me. I got the impression that he is not a morning person.

 

[Katie-Ellen]

Or a person person, or so the word goes.

 

[Cynde Route]

I live just south of Buffalo, NY, in what is referred to in these parts as the Snow Belt. Yes, we get more snow than Buffalo, but it's hardly a bragging point.