Where Are You From?
 

Maybe this is dumb, but I'd think it's nice, and maybe we can find people close to us who we get together with or something....

I have been noticing in posts some of us are discussing where we are located. And I know it shows in the top right corner where we area, but it's so spread out, if you didn't happen to be in that post you would never know.

But if anyone would like to post where they are, I think it'd be a great way for us to make some good friends!

Starting with me:

Just outside of Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

Waterford, bulls eye of Oakland County, Michigan, US

As my id says....AR, Arkansas

Orange County, CA here, near Disneyland.

wow, thanks for posting ladies.

Hopefully some more will post.

It's neat to think how we all seem to be so close talking daily, or fighting like cats and dogs, but realizing how far apart we truly are. Thank goodness for technology.

Memphis, TN

Midland, MI

In Southern Ohio, near Cincinnati

from Michigan originally, there are a lot of Michiganders on here...

Deep/Dirty South, US ;)

Originally Posted by Catherder:
Deep/Dirty South, US ;)

lol. funny stuff:lol:

Near Barrie, Ontario, Canada (Canuck to the core!!)

Where I am....
 

...near Rochester, MN

outside of Cooperstown NY (home of the Baseball hall of fame)

Kansas City on the Kansas side. I don't post very often, but I'm here every day. Love this forum!

Originally Posted by Baybee0585:
Maybe this is dumb, but I'd think it's nice, and maybe we can find people close to us who we get together with or something....

I have been noticing in posts some of us are discussing where we are located. And I know it shows in the top right corner where we area, but it's so spread out, if you didn't happen to be in that post you would never know.

But if anyone would like to post where they are, I think it'd be a great way for us to make some good friends!

Starting with me:

Just outside of Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada

I have a first cousin originally from Iowa that has lived in Winnepeg for a number of yrs. now. She married a Canadian, and she was divorced, and they had a child together, so she really couldn't move back to the states. Now she is happily married to another Canadian.

Originally Posted by Iowa daycare:
I have a first cousin originally from Iowa that has lived in Winnepeg for a number of yrs. now. She married a Canadian, and she was divorced, and they had a child together, so she really couldn't move back to the states. Now she is happily married to another Canadian.

HAHA NO DISRESPECT HERE, but CANADA ROCKS! hahaha sorry I love my country.

Indianapolis

Des Moines Iowa
The armpit of civilization. :lol:

Originally Posted by nannyde:
Des Moines Iowa
The armpit of civilization. :lol:

Oh is that what smells around here? :lol:JK

Originally Posted by Catherder:
Deep/Dirty South, US ;)

So are you saying you don't have free ranging moose?

If not then I'm not going to move next door to you after all.

Originally Posted by nannyde:
Des Moines Iowa
The armpit of civilization. :lol:

LOL...my husband and his friend grew up calling Ohio the armpit of America (we grew up in Michigan). He really had to eat his words when we moved to Ohio.

About 30 minutes from Philadelphia In New Jersey.

MN....where we do have free range moose....and raise Olympic hockey players...LOL!!!

i think it would be neat if somehow the computer could calculate how many mins/hrs we are all away from each other.

I am from good ole Iowa as well. I was born and raised here!! I really don't plan on retiring here though!! lol!!! It's too dang cold and snowy here!!

Originally Posted by nannyde:
So are you saying you don't have free ranging moose?

If not then I'm not going to move next door to you after all.

Sadly, no. BUT we do have 6 species of snakes and 3 species of spiders that are highly venomous :p

Originally Posted by Catherder:
Sadly, no. BUT we do have 6 species of snakes and 3 species of spiders that are highly venomous :p

catherder, you need to move!

OMG worst we have is mosquitos and wasps.

Illinois, but might as well be Iowa. (Quad cities-for you other Iowans wondering)

Originally Posted by Catherder:
Sadly, no. BUT we do have 6 species of snakes and 3 species of spiders that are highly venomous :p

:eek:

I draw the line at snake.

ewwwwwwwwwwwwwwww I can't stand snakes.

big shudder :eek:

Originally Posted by Iowa daycare:
I am from good ole Iowa as well. I was born and raised here!! I really don't plan on retiring here though!! lol!!! It's too dang cold and snowy here!!

It's hotter than hades here in the summer. Fair Time... oh lord :mad:

Originally Posted by KEG123:
Illinois, but might as well be Iowa. (Quad cities-for you other Iowans wondering)

We fly out of the Quad Cities every other yr.

in a little town outside windsor ontario. I'm so close to the michigan border that I shop for my groceries every two weeks

Minneapolis, Minnesota

very near St. Paul, MN (I can see the state Capitol if I walk 1 block away) but I'm actually in a suburb.

Western WI but still a "suburb" of Mpls/St Paul MN.

Originally Posted by marniewon:
Midland, MI

We went to Midland for spring break one year (we were pretty poor then!)...you have a cool tridge!
I'm from Grand Rapids MI

Originally Posted by catherder:
sadly, no. But we do have 6 species of snakes and 3 species of spiders that are highly venomous :p

eww!! Yuck!!!

Originally Posted by Missani:
very near St. Paul, MN (I can see the state Capitol if I walk 1 block away) but I'm actually in a suburb.

Really? I can see St Paul from our neighborhood park, I'd say we are pretty close together :)

I am in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Originally Posted by momofsix:
We went to Midland for spring break one year (we were pretty poor then!)...you have a cool tridge!
I'm from Grand Rapids MI

Cool! I have family in GR :).

Originally Posted by marniewon:
Midland, MI

I have family that live near Midland, MI in Sanford.

Andover, MN (northern twin cities suburb)

Long Beach Ca. very close to the Beach!
20 min. to Knotts Berry Farm and 25 min. to Disneyland...:lol::lol:

Originally Posted by littlesunshinesdaycare:
I am in Fort Wayne, Indiana

Hi Sunshinedaycare,
Small world. My son and his wife live in Fort Wayne. My daughter-in-law is a nurse at the Lutheran Hospital there. She went to St Francis college there for her RN and also is currently taking classes to get her Master's in nursing, Their name is Jason & Katie Becker. Jas works at the Heritage food and restaurant supply company there. We were just there in Fort Wayne for Thanksgiving with them.

Hey Michelle, My husband used to be a manager at the Trader Joe's in Long Beach, the one on 7th and PCH. We were married on the Queen Mary.

I live in the pacific northwest. I have free range chickens.

Originally Posted by Live and Learn:
I have free range chickens.

hahahahaha that was funny.

Originally Posted by Baybee0585:
hahahahaha that was funny.

I really do have free range chickens!:lol:
No poisonous spiders or snakes here, no hurricanes or tornadoes....but I can see a volcano :eek: at my back window! (Mount St. Helens)

Northeast MS

Originally Posted by Live and Learn:
I really do have free range chickens!:lol:
No poisonous spiders or snakes here, no hurricanes or tornadoes....but I can see a volcano :eek: at my back window! (Mount St. Helens)

on a trip to BC this summer we got to see mt. st. helens. pretty cool

Originally Posted by kendallina:
In Southern Ohio, near Cincinnati.

Im near Cincy too, right down the road from those nice new outlets in Monroe. My husband and I are from Buffalo NY though and we were stationed here for the last duration of his military career. We were also stationed in Shreveport LA before our move to Ohio 7 yrs ago. We'd love to move home but my husband got a really good job at doing computer crap at GE and we really cant stand all the snow they get in buffalo anymore. LOL :lol:

Originally Posted by kendallina:
LOL...my husband and his friend grew up calling Ohio the armpit of America (we grew up in Michigan). He really had to eat his words when we moved to Ohio.

And I agree on the armpit of America! We arent what you would call fans of this place really. If you ever see a blue dodge journey hightailing it down I75 in a fit of rage thats probably me trying to get away from the horrible drivers and/or food.

yay now 2 pages! i was worried this thread wasn't going to get any attention

I am from Northern Ontario Canada BRRRRRRR!!!

ditto the brrrrrrrr.......are you getting dumped on for the last few days straight too?

Not snowing. Too cold! I wish I could move where it is warmer as I hate the cold but it sure is pretty! Especially where I live out in the country! :-)

OOPs post twice LOL

definitely is pretty too until they sand salt and plow, then it's looks horrible. The trees look beautiful with the snow on top, quite like some of the avatars on here. I gave hubby crap for knocking it all off of the trees/shrubs yesterday. he got mad cause as he was shovelling it was falling off, and he'd have to reshovel. Now it's all back though LOL :):D

Originally Posted by countrymom:
in a little town outside windsor ontario. I'm so close to the michigan border that I shop for my groceries every two weeks

Really - I lived in Windsor for 4 years for school :lol:

I'm in the East Kootenays of BC.

Originally Posted by AmandasFCC:
I'm in the East Kootenays of BC.

we drove from Manitoba to BC and back in a motor home. It was pretty scary through mountains. My cousin lives near Duncan, and we went through a few different places including victoria, sidney, vancouver, etc.

Originally Posted by alyssyn:
Northeast MS

Corinth is straight south of me, is that near you?

Originally Posted by Baybee0585:
i think it would be neat if somehow the computer could calculate how many mins/hrs we are all away from each other.

That's what the person who started mapquest thought I bet!

Originally Posted by QualiTcare:
That's what the person who started mapquest thought I bet!

mapquest? are you telling me this idea of mine is already taken? lol, jk.

i just meant in the top corner where it says our location, it would be neat if it said how many miles apart we are too

i was just messin' around - i know that gets dangerous! :lol:

I`m in Cheyenne WY (F.E.Warren AFB) were its cold and windy,the first 22years I was in Germany until I got merried to my Air Force man :lol:.

Baton Rouge, LA

Originally Posted by Children First:
I am from Northern Ontario Canada BRRRRRRR!!!

Where abouts? Farther north than Sudbury?

Another Canookian here, right on the frosty shores of Lake Ontario :)

so far 2 from ontario? am I the only manitoban? doesn't seem to be many from canada. I know it is an american website, but still an awesome resource for anyone.

Originally Posted by Angels:
Baton Rouge, LA

My husband was stationed at Barksdale AFB in shreveport years ago and I can say that until we lived there I never knew what hot as H3LL meant. Especially since we are Western New Yorkers (almost Canadian really lol). Id take LA winters over anything else though. Im getting cabin fever!

Chicago - gotta love the high cost of living and having the highest state tax in the us. :)

Originally Posted by sahm1225:
Chicago - gotta love the high cost of living and having the highest state tax in the us. :)

Actually, there are several states that have a higher income tax rate than Illinois. They should have tried to cut spending first, though, before they approved such a large tax increase.

Houston, Texas

New Berlin, WI which is a (Milwaukee suburb)
also known as Packer Country!!:D

I'm at the beautiful New Jersey shore!

Lower Hudson Valley New York

Originally Posted by Unregistered:
Houston, Texas

I have a brother that lives in CHannelview. He has for about 20 yrs. now.

I live in a small town by Ann Arbor, Mi. :D

Originally Posted by marniewon:
Midland, MI

I have family that lives in Midland. We just visited there when Midland got hit really bad with that nasty snow storm in the beginning of December.

Originally Posted by MyAngels:
Actually, there are several states that have a higher income tax rate than Illinois. They should have tried to cut spending first, though, before they approved such a large tax increase.

Oops, I meant sales tax not income tax... :)

and i agree about the cutting spending first....

Not dumb at all. Im in Reno, Nevada

Originally Posted by missnikki:
Hey Michelle, My husband used to be a manager at the Trader Joe's in Long Beach, the one on 7th and PCH. We were married on the Queen Mary.

Cool!
We love this area, we are close to everything, and can't beat the weather!

Minnesota SW Suburb of the Twin Cities.

Originally Posted by sahm1225:
Oops, I meant sales tax not income tax... :)

and i agree about the cutting spending first....

Now I'm curious - what's your sales tax rate up there? We're at 7.75% here, and I think that's high, too. I wonder if our state will ever get its act together to get its bills paid without bankrupting the middle class in the process :rolleyes:.

Kincheloe, MI ~ about 25 miles north of the Mackinac Bridge in the Upper Peninsula. I'm new to the forum and very happy I found this site. :)

Originally Posted by MyAngels:
Now I'm curious - what's your sales tax rate up there? We're at 7.75% here, and I think that's high, too. I wonder if our state will ever get its act together to get its bills paid without bankrupting the middle class in the process :rolleyes:.

We have 2 sales tax rates,
Food 7.750%
Regular 9.250%

30 minutes south of the twin cities in Minnesota. And it is very cold today!!!