Name the town where you grew up (if it's a small one), and see if anyone else

[Redstone]

has been there.

Mine: Lunenburg, Vermont.

(Not discriminating against people who grew up in big cities; it's just that it wouldn't be unusual if other DUers have been to, say, Chicago.

Redstone

[Manifestor_of_Light]

1. Pasadena, TX (Large suburb)

[Redstone]

4. Been there. Lived in Houston for some time in the 1970s. Never went to

Gilleys, though.

Redstone

[liberaldemocrat7]

456. Brooklyn, New York

.

[immoderate]

481. I'm a Brooklyn Tech '63

But I lived in Far Rockaway.

--IMM

[MassLiberal]

660. my niece lives in Brooklyn

and we visit fairly often, as we live in Connecticut. I love Brooklyn!

[Xipe Totec]

39. Stinkadena

Been there, lived there.

[Redstone]

82. "Stinkadena?" It's a rose garden compared to Beaumont. Yes?

Redstone

[Xipe Totec]

91. Yes, of course

but the name stuck.

I lived in League City for a while, so I got it from Pasadena when the wind blew from the north, and from Texas City, when the wind blew from the south.

Now I live in the Boston Area and my boys, who are asthmatic, hardly need to reach for their inhalers.

It used to be inhalation treatments every 4 hours round-the-clock, for half the year or more.

[Lisa0825]

392. Pasa-GET-DOWN-dena!

I think it was Moby in the morning on KLOL who used to call Pasadena that?

Moby and Matthews... Matthews was arrested a year or two ago on charges of indecency with a minor. I heard recently that he broke the terms of his probation(?).

[Bridget Burke]

687. "Here's a song about living in Pasadena & commuting to Beaumont"....

That's how Townes van Zandt used to introduce one of his songs. No, the lyrics weren't "local"--but the feeling was Deep Blue. (Townes grew up in Houston & spent time here as an adult.)

I grew up south of Pasadena, north of Webster. Attended Genoa Elementary School--although any political entity called "Genoa" had ceased to exist by then. Next: South Houston Jr & Sr High Schools--part of the illustrious Pasadena Independent School District.

[Burma Jones]

611. I lived in Webster, TX a short time

Yes, it smells all over the Gulf Freeway corridor......

[Blue_In_AK]

697. I went one semester to Pasadena High School in 1962

And two years at South Houston. I graduated from South Houston High School in 1964. :)

[greatauntoftriplets]

2. Chicago

Seriously!!!

[QMPMom]

110. Been there many, many times. Home of the World's Best Pizza: Lou Malnati's.

[borlis]

584. We had Lou's last night during the game.

It was yummy!! Best. Pizza. Ever.

[nickgutierrez]

280. Where's that?

:evilgrin:

[madrchsod]

390. florida? that`s right - you bailed out of this wonderful state

come on admit it, you miss the 4 below right now...

[Burma Jones]

612. I was born in Gary, IN

My parents tell me that the first word I ever read out loud was "Chicago" off of an exit sign.....

[graywarrior]

3. Been there

[Redstone]

8. I just KNEW you would have, on your way to St J.

Redstone

[graywarrior]

14. Cruising VT looking for hippies.

I found em, too.

[Redstone]

18. Yeah, they're everywhere, but mostly at Goddard College.

Redstone

[graywarrior]

27. I stayed with some way up in Lincoln. They lived in tee-pees and

ran their tv's off car batteries. Lots of Mary Jane.

[Mojambo]

40. My good buddy works in admissions at Goddard.

He's a DUer, but not around too much anymore. His handle is David_Vincent.

[graywarrior]

59. God damn hippie.

:rofl:

[MoseyWalker]

5. I'll pick Roswell, New Mexico

since I went to high school there.

[ZombieNixon]

13. Been there a few times.

[MoseyWalker]

16. Were you probed by

aliens? You don't have to answer...........

[ZombieNixon]

32. I have no memory of the events.

:tinfoilhat: :P

[Q3JR4]

738. What about

men in black?

:o

[spindrifter]

108. Been there many times.

[blonndee]

136. I'm from Clovis! Heyya Mosey! n/t

[carly denise pt deux]

188. we were neighbors,,,,,Ruidoso here

Carly

[fight4my3sons]

310. I've been there...

beautiful. I lived in Timberon as a kid.

Born in Poughkeepsie, NY though.

[GenDem]

6. LeRoy, NY

Lovely little town between Rochester and Buffalo.

[Redstone]

10. Near Geneva?

Redstone

[GenDem]

22. Geneva is about 40 miles east.

[Redstone]

49. That Finger Lakes regious sure is purty. (I was born in Geneva.)

Redstone

[GenDem]

60. Geneva is a gem!

We do the wine tours and prefer the west side of Seneca Lake.

[BarenakedLady]

17. It is lovely

I'm sure I've driven through there before. I like to call it LeeeRoy, which of course is wrong. Much like Chili and Avon... WTH is wrong with this area? LOL!!!

Bundle up babe. It's gonna get coooooold the next few days I hear. :scared:

[GenDem]

37. Oh, you better believe it!

We are getting a lake squall off of Erie, and I'll bet an inch is falling every half hour. Is it snowing in Victor?

You keep warm, too, BNL!!!!

I call it LeeeRoy, myself. Only the snooty people call it LeRoy. :hi:

[BarenakedLady]

43. Oh yes...

Snowed pretty much all day. I'm hunkering down for the weekend. Praying the electricity doesn't go off or else we are screwn.

:hi:

[greatauntoftriplets]

46. I once visited a client in LeRoy....

At about this time of year. The temperature never got above freezing. I stayed in a Sheraton in Batavia.

[GenDem]

55. I just came from Batavia

Our principal at the school I work at retired and we had a little party at a restaurant in Batavia. Had to white knuckle it all the way home. We are in a full fledge white out right now.

I know where the Sheraton is. :hi:

[Silver Swan]

229. Batavia--I've been there

I've visited Batavia more than once. When we drive to Boston, or other eastern places, we generally stop overnight in Batavia. There is a restaurant there that has pizza that isn't half bad for being 500+ miles east of Chicago!

[GenDem]

457. I'll bet you went to Pontillo's

or Main Street Pizza. Both have great pizza!

[Silver Swan]

458. You are right.

Yes, it is Pontillo's.

And we always seem to sit in the same booth!

[greatauntoftriplets]

336. I was there in early January...this was the late 1980s....

The temperature never got above freezing during my visit, and the snow was piled high. I wore sweats to sleep in. That Sheraton had a lovely indoor pool and I had brought a swimsuit. But it was too damn cold.

It is now about zero in Chicago. Happy you made it home safely (and I see that you did again just today in a blizzard). We have only a bit of snow, but the wind chill is killer.

Lovely part of New York. Wish I could have visited it during summer.

:hi:

[BuelahWitch]

7. Pulaski, PA until I was 16

Then I moved to West Middlesex, PA to graduate high school...

[Critters2]

Davenport, IA and Kewanee, IL nt

[dropkickpa]

28. My family are originally from the Davenport area

Parents and grandparents, both families lived between there and Muscatine at various times.

[Critters2]

34. I was born there, and lived there to the age of 11,

then moved to Kewanee, about 45 miles east. We lived right on the edge of Davenport, but it's grown A LOT since we lived there! It's a nice area--just the right size city, even with the growth.

[dropkickpa]

45. Yeah, it's really changed

I rememebr in the early '80's when we would go visit it was damn near dead. The difference between then and now is startling. And the downtown looks so beautiful now. The new baseball park is awesome!

[Critters2]

50. That's what's amazing!

We used to go see the Angels play (yeah, they were a farm team for the California Angels back in the day), and the park and the neighborhood around it were downright creepy. I can't get over how shiny new it all is now!!

[DemReadingDU]

473. I have relatives in Davenport

My mom and dad grew up in Clinton, and have relatives there too.

I grew up in Indiana, now I'm a Buckeye.

[DemReadingDU]

472. I have relatives in Davenport

My mom and dad grew up in Clinton, and have relatives there too.

I grew up in Indiana, now I'm a Buckeye.

[emmadoggy]

536. Been to Davenport once.

I'm an Iowan, and was there with a friend once years ago. :hi:

[Cocoa]

540. I've heard they have an escalator in Kewanee

I went to college at ISU in Normal, and I got a kick out of the Good's furniture commercials where that store's escalator was a big attraction. It's (or it was) the only one in the area I guess.

[Burma Jones]

613. Davenport, one of the great "Quad Cities"

I went to Knox College in Galesburg, IL. I played in a band that played Davenport bars from time to time. I fondly remember this song about "Quad Cities USA" with lines like "where you can fly like the Eagle, and be Free"

[donheld]

672. I went to and extremely rightwing bible college there

The area was great, the college not so much.

[BarenakedLady]

9. Warwick, Rhode Island

Which isn't actually small per se....but RI is about the size of a postage stamp compared to the rest of the country. LoL.

[Redstone]

12. Been there for Gaggas more than once.

Redstone

[BarenakedLady]

20. What is a Gagga?

[Redstone]

29. What, you're a Rhodie and you don't know what a Gagga is? "New York System Weiners."

Those little hotdogs with the odd meat sauce, onions, and mustard?

Redstone

[BarenakedLady]

35. I don't remember them being called that....

However, since I've been a vegetarian for the past 15 years, I may have blocked it out. LoL

Though I do remember snarfing a few of those down back in the day...hold the onions.

[mainegreen]

23. Went to a wedding there two years ago!

[BarenakedLady]

26. Coolio

And don't let them fool you, the airport is not in Providence...it is in Warwick!

[Katherine Brengle]

212. My brother-in-law just moved to Warwick --

we live in Fall River MA, not far from th RI line.

The drive out there is treacherous though - we've only braved it once in the past few months lol.

[mcscajun]

721. Been there for "Cajun/Bluegrass Festivals" on Labor Day and

another held in June. Haven't been through there since the festival moved.

[ZombieNixon]

11. Farmington, NM. Or Greenbelt, MD, but that's really just DC suburbs.

:P

[SPKrazy]

61. Been To Farmington Several Times

had two different friends that lived there at different times, and they weren't friends of each other.

Farmington always seemed like kind of well, it was close to Wolf Creek and not far from Durango.

The road from Albuquerque to Farmington always gave me the creeps, especially at night.

[ZombieNixon]

65. The surrounding area is nice, but the town itself is a bit dull.

A year ago, I'd have called it a shitpit, but now there are times that I miss it ever so slightly. :P

And yeah, 550 (or 516, or whatever it's called now...everyone still calls it 550) is not something you want to break down on.

[SPKrazy]

I Remember Driving Down That Road

and coming across a car sitting in the road, not moving, with a bunch of drunks in it.

Some little town, Cuba? I think along that road always seemed okay in the daytime, but at night it seemed like a place where you might just disappear if you hung around too long. My friend was in a store there with me when we got gas, and he yells "all I got is $20's, you got anything smaller?"

I'm like, "shiddap!" trying to get us killed I guess.

:shrug:

My other friend liked living there. He just lived there a while working on a pipeline that was being put in near there.

[ZombieNixon]

79. Yes, Cuba is infamous for its speed traps,

and hardassed cops. :P

[Redstone]

85. Cuba? You must mean Concord. And yes, there's an oil pipeline that runs

from Montreal to Boston, and it goes through a corner of the town.

Redstone

[SPKrazy]

89. This Is New Mexico Where Cuba Is

mebbe there is a Concord, but I'm thinking of Cuba. It's a little town on a long stretch of road that goes from Albuquerque to Farmington New Mexico.

There's just nothing out there!

[raptor_rider]

94. Cuba can be scary

The famous El Bruno's burnt down this past summer, everyone here was bummed. Great food. Hyw 44 (now 550) is better traveling since they made it 4 lane. I was on it for a week straight going back and forth everyday from Farmington to Albuquerque. Night time on that hwy can be quite unnerving at times.

[SPKrazy]

101. It Reminded Me Of Some Kind Of Place

that changed personalities at night

it seemed okay in the day

but at night it is unnerving, or was. I haven't been that way in a loooong time.

[Redstone]

99. Oops. I thought you were talking about Vermont.

Redstone

[SPKrazy]

103. Thought so

Unfortunately I've never been to Vermont.

The northeast is somewhere I'd like to put on my not too distant future plans. I've been everywhere else, well not "everywhere" but a lot of places, but not the northeast.

:hi:

[raptor_rider]

92. San Juan Regional born

and still live here. It was interesting growing up here. It keeps growing though. If it moves anymore eastward, it will bump into Flora Vista. Only can go west, which is what it is doing. Not a bad place though, haven't had the urge to move in the past 31 years.

[ZombieNixon]

128. You know, I probably know you.

I'm that kid who wrote snarky anti-Bush editorials in the Daily Times in 2003-04. People still stop my mom in the supermarket asking her how I'm doing. :crazy: :P

[distantearlywarning]

154. I also grew up in Farmington, NM.

I seem to recall that you also lived in Flagstaff, AZ, where I went to high school. I wonder if we know one another in real life?

[ZombieNixon]

207. No, I never lived in Flagstaff.

Though I have been there a few times. :)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

413. I know Greenbelt well...

I'm in Riverdale. :-)

[Ms_Dem_Meanor]

563. Greenbelt, MD

You are right, it is a DC suburb! Was there overnight for a ball a couple of years ago. :)

[ThomCat]

15. Cherry Point Marine Corps. Air Base.

[Ptah]

19. I can do that.

Conrad, Montana.

Hi swag, Wetzelbill, havocmom and all others from
the last best place.

:hi:

[mainegreen]

21. Paris, Maine.

[Redstone]

52. Been through there. But it was about 25 years ago, so I don't remember it well.

Redstone

[mainegreen]

56. It's a town people tend to go through, but not stop in.

It's 'on the way to Sunday River' and that's about it.

[YankeyMCC]

183. Hey that's where they just had that big pot bust :)

I know the area we go camping in North Waterford every year. Papoose Pond.

[WritingIsMyReligion]

209. I've been there!

I've also been to China and Mexico.

:P

:hi:

[Mojambo]

24. Fall City, Washington. n/t

[XemaSab]

214. Been there!

Right outside Snoqualmie, right? :bounce:

[Ariana Celeste]

228. I miss Fall City.

It's gonna be one of the first places I visit when I can finally leave the state again. :loveya:

Fall City, Snoqualmie, Tacoma, Kent, and Kirkland are on my list for my next trip to Washington.

[cloudbase]

25. Pittsburgh, PA

But then SOMEBODY has to be from there. I've been in Houston for the last 26 years.

[mainegreen]

30. Dude, who hasn't been there? And been to the big O?

"Going din-tin!"

I can't take that accent!
:rofl:

[dropkickpa]

41. The correct pronunciation is "Dahn Tahn"

:rofl:

[cloudbase]

47. I grew up in the Oakland section

left to go to college in NY in '73, and never really went back. It was a great town to grow up in, but nothing to stay for. I still miss some of the great eats, though.

[dropkickpa]

66. Can you even get a pierogi in TX?

I'd never had (or heard of) them until I moved here.

[cloudbase]

140. Absolutely

I initially thought that Houston was pretty much "white bread," but there is a whole lot of ethnic diversity here. You can get just about anything.

[dropkickpa]

36. Lived in Houston for 7 years

Have been here in Pittsburgh for the last 18, I love it here.

[itsmesgd]

83. I spent some time in Butler/ Annandale PA.

It was for work, but I ran away to Pittsburgh for the weekends. Kinda dirty with a good hockey team. That's my thing.

[China_cat]

152. Then you would know my town.

Mars.

[flvegan]

31. Manomet, MA

Just outside Plymouth.

[Redstone]

74. You KNOW I've bee through there. It's in New England, after all, and my hobby is to go

to places I've never been to before.

How's that big ol' three-legged pooch doing? Once again, tell him that Crazy Uncle Redstone sends his best wishes.

Redstone

[flvegan]

157. It's a nice little town.

Unfortunately, like most oceanside real estate, it's getting over-developed now.

The big boy is doing quite well. He's spending lots of time in his new front yard, and loving it. I'll forward your regards.

[Cobalt Violet]

174. Been through there looking for a beach.

I don't remember if I found one there or not. I had no idea you are from MA.

[flvegan]

236. White Horse Beach

probably. Only really good one in that immediate area.

Yup, MA until I was 17.

[edbermac]

618. The family vacationed there once or twice.

Was very young, as I recall there was some sort of camp next to our cottage. But that was about forty years ago, probably all condos now.

[Xipe Totec]

33. Reynosa

there's only two of them in the world.

The full name of mine is 'Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Reynosa "La Vieja"'

[scarlet_owl]

38. I have family in Reynosa.

It's where my grandfather was born.

[Xipe Totec]

42. Half my family lives there still!

Hello, Prima!

:hi:

[emmadoggy]

541. Been there!!!

My grandparents used to winter in Mission, TX and my mom took my siblings and I down to visit them once. While there, my grandparents took us to Reynosa one day. I was in 7th grade and remember it well.

:hi:

[Xipe Totec]

641. I hope you got to see the good spots

especially the eateries.

I do miss the seafood and the cabrito :bounce:

[femmocrat]

44. Johnstown PA

I know there are other DU'ers from the area.

[The Gunslinger]

734. Me too.

From Westmont.

[spacelady]

48. Fairbury, Nebraska n/t

[SPKrazy]

63. Where's That Spacelady?

I guess it is a small town.

My grandfather was from a small town in Nebraska, Nebraska City.- Actually he grew up in Paul Nebraska which seems to be a group of houses with a bar now. But it was a town that was apparently named after his father.

[spacelady]

240. Fairbury is in the southeast corner of NE, pop. about 5000.

Nebraska City is the home of Arbor Day!

[SPKrazy]

262. Home Of Arbor Day

only been there a couple of times

Have no family there that I know of, could be wrong about that.

[hfojvt]

250. close, I have been to Beatrice

and a cousin used to work in Pawnee City so I visited him there. I have been to Morrowville, Ks - the parallel city on the Kansas side.

[huskerlaw]

578. Been there!

We had to drive through Fairbury to go to my grandparents house when I was a kid. They used to live in Deshler.

[Control-Z]

51. Coventry, Connecticut n/t

Edit: typo

[Redstone]

54. That was where we got our new puppy, last December. What a charming little

downtown you have there. I'm going to go back when it's warmer and wander around and have lunch.

Redstone

[Control-Z]

68. Wow, I'm surprised you've

been there or even heard of it for that matter. It's a pretty small town.

I still have family there. It's been a few years since I've visited.
I miss it.

[Redstone]

80. We like to drive around and explore on weekends. One of the things I really like

to do is to go somewhere I haven't been to before, and eat lunch there. And eastern Connecticut and all of Rhode Island are targets for us, because they're a nice day's drive from and to our house.

We'd have gone to Coventry sooner or later, even if we hadn't gone there to buy the puppy.

Redstone

[Control-Z]

255. You live in Connecticut?

My family has spread out so much since I was young and lived there. They've moved to Mass and New Hampshire but for the most part I think most of them are still in Ct. Weird, though, that I don't really know. My mom was one of 15 children so the family is pretty large at this point. Reunions have well over 100 attendees. (could be more than 200 - it's hard to say - I've only gone to one and only knew about 20 people.)

One of my biggest regrets is not moving back and raising my children there.

[Redstone]

296. We're on Old Saybrook. Say, "one of 15 kids?" Irish? Catholic? So is my mother's side.

And they all have a passle of kids.

Redstone

[NewJeffCT]

496. Coventry was one of my high school's rivals...

I grew up in Cromwell.

[Control-Z]

529. How long ago was that? n/t

[NewJeffCT]

558. early to mid 80s

Graduated high school in '85.

[Sisaruus]

631. next-town neighbors

I lived in Mansfield for 16 years.

[skippysmom]

715. Spent the first six years of my life just nearby...

...in Tolland, CT.

Now I just go through there on the way to UConn games! Such a pretty area.

[Shakespeare]

53. I'm an Air Force brat....

...which makes me a nomad. :-)

Or, to paraphrase Eddie Izzard: "She was from everywhere!"

[Liberal Jesus Freak]

177. Me, too!

Never overseas, but California, Indiana, Minnesota, Virginia, Texas. . .my first husband was Navy, and we got to spend two years in Italy. Now I've been in landlocked Kentucky for 15 years. I actually miss moving every few years :)

[Catchawave]

733. Marine Brat here

and lived everywhere!

[MissB]

57. Lakewood, Washington

(And not the one by Tacoma. The one north of Everett/Marysville.)

[stuntcat]

58. Lumberton NC

I wish I could glow with the pride of being from Lumberton.. I think I'm lucky I made it out.
The movie Blue Velvet was set in Lumberton but it was filmed in Wilmington and just named after my town.
It's on I-95 so anyone who's been up and down 95 has driven through it, it's 10 miles from South of the Border.
(do not hold this against me)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

409. I remember driving through Lumberton when I was a kid...

On trips to my grandparents' house in FL. I remember my mom griping about it. I think it may have been while 95 was still under construction, and there were all sorts of confusing detours we had to take just to get through town.

[racaulk]

516. Hi neighbor! We were high school rivals!

I grew up in Hamlet, NC. I'm with you, I feel lucky that I made it out with my life and my sanity. I only get home once or twice a year to see family, and that's fine with me. Living in Atlanta now and things are great!

:hi:

[stuntcat]

521. Good job!,

busting out of there. It's beautiful, the foothills and forests and all, but the people could get so scary!
For a while I lived in Smyrna, and we Loved Atlanta.. but now we're in the capital beltway, woohoo party all the time :puke:

[SPKrazy]

62. Logan Utah

was about 30K when I lived there.

[hfojvt]

251. I used to live in Layton

but not much reason to go north of Ogden. I went to SLC regularly. I probably should have taken a trip up there. Utah was a place where you could take a 50 mile road trip for a couple bucks in bus fare.

[SPKrazy]

263. Logan Is A Beautiful Area

Cache Valley, because of Jim Bridger's Cache of fur

Bridgerland it was called as well.

Been to Layton, Ogden, all points south I'm pretty sure

[bluethruandthru]

279. I grew up in Tooele, Utah.

Many moons ago!

[SPKrazy]

412. Land Of Nerve Gas Storage

I remember as a child hearing about nerve gas escaping and killing some sheep around Toole

:hi:

[bluethruandthru]

453. That's right...

It happened when I was a kid.


:scared:




:hi:

[SPKrazy]

489. Must Have Lived There (Utah) About The Same Time

I remember we went to some town on the weekends around that time for some reason? :shrug: It wasn't far from Toole and I remember when it happened being near there.

I can't for the life of me remember what town or why we were there?

[The Traveler]

64. Warner Robins, Ga

Air Force town. Yuck.

[Shakespeare]

86. OMG--we were stationed there for six years when I was growing up!

Don't run into folks from Warner Robins very often!! :hi:

[The Traveler]

106. Oh yeah? What years

So I'm not the only one! I left in '74.

:hi:

[Shakespeare]

138. Ah, that's the year we moved there.

Lived there 74-80, then moved to Dallas when my dad retired.

[Goblinmonger]

67. Minto, ND

I will be frickin amazed if anyone chimes in with having been there.

[Left Is Write]

71. Is that a typo? Do you mean Minot, or is there a Minto, ND?

[Goblinmonger]

76. No, it's not a typo

Minto is on the side of the state that doesn't suck :P Well, OK, sucks less than the west side.

Back in the day before computers sorted mail. Minto and Minot swapped mail a lot and there was often a couple days added on to delivery time. Minto is about 40 miles north of Grand Forks.

[Left Is Write]

113. I do agree that the east side sucks less than the west side.

;)

Thanks for the info! I have never been to Minto, but I've been to Minot several times.

[Goblinmonger]

115. Between university, jobs, and grad school

I spent as much time in Grand Forks/East Grand Forks.

So what brought you to Minot?

[Left Is Write]

123. My aunt and uncle lived there in the 70s.

[blockhead]

196. I live in Minot but I think

the east side of the state sucks worse. Nothing but black dirt and a few tree rows, plus the people in the west are more friendly.:-)

[Left Is Write]

205. I hope you'll forgive me...

for disparaging the west side, but I'm a Minnesotan living in Idaho. Having made that drive many, many times, by the time we get to the west side of North Dakota, I am so tired of the terrain of eastern Montana! Eastern North Dakota means I'm close to home.

[blockhead]

213. all is forgiven.

I do love Minnesota though. I have a sister that lives around St.Francis. Nice area.:toast:

[Goblinmonger]

286. Oh, yeah

barely hills and dying grass are sooooooo beautiful :P At least our fields are green in the summer. Of course there's the fact that, um, we actually have people, too. It's pretty easy to be friendly when there are only 5 of you and you are related. :evilgrin:

[yellowdogmi]

358. You obviously have never met my relatives.

:hi:

[blockhead]

442. aaah yes, Grand Forks....

drive by the Simplot plant and it even smells like the armpit of NoDak.:evilgrin: (love the Parrots Cay food though)

[Goblinmonger]

505. Well, if Grand Forks

is the armpit, you know what that makes Minot.

Minot is not bad in and of itself, but getting there sure sucks.

[hfojvt]

252. well, I have taken I-29 to Winnipeg

which puts me within ten miles.

[Goblinmonger]

287. Damn skippy

Where were you coming from? I went to Winnipeg a lot when I lived in North Dakota. Closer than Minneapolis, I actually like the city better than the twin cities, and the drinking age was 18. All that and a favorable exchange rate.

[hfojvt]

305. came from Twintown

our band trip in my Freshman year was a trip to Winnipeg to play at a CFL game and a concert at a H.S.

[itsmesgd]

69. Savannah, GA born and raised, went away but came back again

Other places I've recently lived:
New Orleans (pre hurricanes)- too much fun loved the atmosphere
Atlanta- too crowded and hectic

[femmocrat]

I've been to Savannah twice. Beautiful city.

[itsmesgd]

78. where from?

how long did you stay? you cant get the Savannah feel unless you give it a week, and a drinking holiday

[femmocrat]

96. Just day trips while on vacation.

Just sight-seeing, no drinking or settling in. LOL

[Redstone]

77. I really do WANT to visit Savannah. And Charleston. But haven't yet.

Redstone

[itsmesgd]

81. Charleston wins awards for hospitality because the are more "proper than we are.

We have our share of weirdos and crazies, but I think that it just makes us more entertaining. Plus, we have much better drag queens, pirate stories, and ghost stories.

[Redstone]

87. I, for one, will take "weirdos and crazies" over "proper" any day.

OK, Savannah is first on the list. Much more interesting.

Redstone

[itsmesgd]

90. Same here, straight people frighten me.

I prefer to see people's issues on the surface, not so surpressed like everywhere else.
If anyone is thinking of coming down, March 17 St. Patrick's Day. We get ripped drunk and have a parade. Everything is green for a week. It's a twisted blast.

[Redstone]

95. Whoa, yes. I'd sure like to to that. But probably won't.

Maybe next year. You know, your city sounds like the fun of New Orleans without the danger of New Orleans crime.

I absolutely MUST go there sometime.

Redstone

[itsmesgd]

112. I lived in New Orleans and never had problems with crime

They kept most of it in the 9th ward. NOLA was one of the most segregated cities- not by race, but by socioeconomic class. I felt fine walking around downtown and the garden district late at night, but I was usually drunk and heavilly armed. ( a good combination)

[conscious evolution]

117. Speaking of wierdos and crazies

Does George still hang out in Johnson Square?

[itsmesgd]

118. George who?

[conscious evolution]

131. He probable has passed away by now

George was a guy that at first glance seemed like a mentally ill homeless person.Actually he came from one of the richest families in town.Apparently,so the story goes,he got his brains scrambled by a the concussion from a near miss in the Korean War.
He used to hang in Jonhson Square at the fountain.He had a red bicycle withe a basket on front that he carried a suitcase in.He would sit in the there making cast nets,eatonionsandwitches and brush his teeth using the fountain water.
Occasionally he would take a rowboat and travel down the intracoastal waterway to florida.There the cops would pick him up,call the SPD,who would send someone to bring him home.
He may have been mentioned in the book,but I'm not too sure.I never was able to finish reading that pack of lies.

[itsmesgd]

143. The shrimp net guy.

He used to show up all the time at the sandgnats games. I heard that he did pass a few years ago. He was a nice guy, but a bit messed up. Most everybody knew his story and would help him repair his bike or help him in any other way that they could. He was a cool old dude who had his way with Savannah. Everyone looked out for him. He will be missed. It's people like George who give the town it's flavor. He was a blast to see at the ball games. He'd walk back and forth in the stands wearing his yellow boots with a bucket of popcorn or a mini helmet full of icecream. I remember one time he stood up on the front row of the stands, turned to the crowd and said "I ordered butter pecan and they gave me vanilla". He then slumped down into his seat (wearing his popcorn tub as a hat). A few minutes later a sandgnat usher showed up with his butterpecan. He then proclaimed "victory!".

Ahh good times.
thanks for the reminder.

[conscious evolution]

159. Yellow boots lol

Yep thats the guy.
A savannah institution.
Sorry to hear he passed.

Always remember,he got like that from WAR.

[China_cat]

153. Well if you come to Charleston, let me know.

I'll be happy to play tourguide for you.

[Redstone]

330. Thank you for the offer. I ever get down there, I'll take you up on it.

If you're ever in the lower Connecticut River Valley, I'll so the same.

Redstone

[conscious evolution]

100. my hometown also

Got the fuck out as soon as possible.
Nice place to visit though.And I will say I had some damn good times running around downtown when I was young.Downtown is a great place for tripping.
But there is no way I would ever try to make a living there again.People in that town expect you to work for slave wages and to be grateful that they did you a favor by giving you a job.

[itsmesgd]

114. A definitely great place for drugs and alcohol

You can carry your drinks with you as you walk around downtown, take a nap in a park when needed and stumble back home

[conscious evolution]

137. It is good for that

The town was made famous by a drug deal gone bad.
The walking around in public with a drink in my hand nearly got me in trouble after I left.I thought everyone everywhere did that.
Boy oh boy was I wrong.LOL!

[Hosnon]

102. I love Savannah. I'm from Augusta, live in Jackson, MS and visit NOLA. Haven't

yet lived in Atlanta...too "Northern" for me (snark).

But I do love Savannah...

[YDogg]

193. One of my grandfathers lived in Savannah around 1900

And a handful of relatives are buried in Bonaventure Cemetery. I enjoy Savannah, but haven't been for a couple of years.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

414. One of my favorite cities...

:D

[Left Is Write]

70. Burnsville, MN. Not exactly a small town, but I will be surprised...

if someone I might know responded.

[Goblinmonger]

116. My brother used to live in Burnsville.

Off of Pilot Knob Road. Or was that when he lived in Roseville? He lived in Burnsville for a stint, anyway.

[Left Is Write]

122. Lakeville, perhaps? Pilot Knob runs through Eagan, Lakeville, Farmington...

Apple Valley, but not Burnsville.

Roseville is an northeast side suburb of St. Paul.

Lots of "villes" in that suburban area!

[Goblinmonger]

125. Isn't there a Rose something

down in the Eagan area. Oh, hell it's been a long frickin time. It was right near Farmington Rosemont? I can see the big rose on the water tower. Maybe it's the drugs ;)

[Left Is Write]

126. Yes. Rosemount is in the Eagan/Farmington area.

:)

[Goblinmonger]

129. That was it, then

Thanks for helping think I'm not completely crazy.

I really miss Minneapolis. Got there a lot when I lived in Grand Forks. Now the nearest metro area is Milwaukee which just sucks compared to Minneapolis. Of course, Chicago is only 3 hours away from me so that is a plus. Plus I have to put up with the damn Packers. But all is happy in cheesehead land since Favre is coming back next year.

[Generic Brad]

149. I have been there often

Do you ski at Buck Hill? My time there has been limited to Mills Fleet Farm and the Dairy Queen off of I35.

[hfojvt]

254. I think my 4th grade science teacher

moved to Burnsville. IIRC the legendary Denise Johnson was from there as well. Hate to use a real name on the internets, but it's a pretty generic name.

[Worst Username Ever]

716. Minneapolis

So I've been to Burnsville a number of times :-)

[Left Is Write]

72. Oh - and a shout out to the DUer in Wirt, MN, if he's reading tonight!

:hi:

[1gobluedem]

73. Haslett, MI

I know that one other DUer grew up there but she's my sister so it doesn't count.

[Silver Swan]

231. I've been to Haslett, MI.

But I grew up in Michigan and attended MSU, just a few miles from Haslett.

[City Lights]

295. My husband grew up in Michigan and went to MSU.

He's from Traverse City.

[knitter4democracy]

363. Now, there's a place I could move to.

I loooooove T.C. and that whole area. *sigh* So very nice in all times of year.

[City Lights]

391. My in-laws still live there, but we usually only visit in the summer.

It is really nice. My in-laws live within walking distance of downtown. I also love going to Sleeping Bear Dunes. The absolute worst time to visit is during the Cherry Festival. Been there, done that. Never again. :-)

[knitter4democracy]

460. *shudder* That is a bad time.

Too dang many people. Good cherries, though. I like driving to Pentwater and getting them in that area--closer and gorgeous drive. :)

[knitter4democracy]

362. Good friend of mine grew up there.

Her dad worked with my dad at MSU's cyclotron lab.

I grew up in Mason down the road. We used to drive there for games and such, but my favorite was that great bagel deli by the pet shop in that plaza south of the lake.

[1gobluedem]

483. My father taught at Haslett High for 36 years

And coached football and tennis. My mother taught at MSU. But we all went to Michigan.

[knitter4democracy]

561. My dad would've disowned me if I went there, I think.

My stepmom's family definitely would have. Her dad played for State back in the thirties or forties and was an All-American and went on to play for the Lions. No one is proud he played for the Lions, but they all are proud he played for MSU. :)

[yellowdogmi]

367. I have been there a few times.

I grew up in Charlotte Mi. I spent many fun afternoons on Lake Lansing. I also attended MSU for awhile. Now I am living in Chicago.

[Silver Swan]

459. Charlotte, MI

I remember going roller skating in Charlotte back in the late 1950's! Our whole seventh grade class went for a skating party.

[1gobluedem]

482. Haslett plays Charlotte in sports

And we know how to pronounce it too: CharLOTT.

We always passed by there on the way to our grandparents' house in Marshall.

[knitter4democracy]

562. Grrrrr. Mason Bulldog over here.

My step-brothers played you guys in high school. Bad games, those Charlotte games. I remember when we won the district in basketball, though, because the key player didn't actually live in the district and had put down the coach's address instead. :)

[cmkramer]

75. Glen Burnie, Maryland

In Anne Arundel County.

[Redstone]

88. Been though there now and again. On business.

Redstone

[ZombieNixon]

133. I've probably been there at some point.

I went all over Maryland in my first 10 years on the planet. :P

[Pendrench]

167. My wife grew up in Ferndale, MD....I grew up in Catonsville (we now live in Severn) n/t

[Rhythm]

173. i've got an old friend who lives there... haven't seen her in years.

know anyone who collects resin horse models?

[cmkramer]

219. No

I did have a couple of freinds who were into riding though, but no collectors.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

411. I had to go to the MVA there a couple of times...

before they had decent branch offices in Prince Georges County.
My in-laws lived just south, in Arnold.

[Pierre.Suave]

84. St. Cloud, MN

anyone been there?

[1gobluedem]

105. I had lunch there once

On the way to my brother's wedding in Sauk Centre. Well Elrosa, really. The reception was in Sauk Centre. Elrosa makes Sauk Centre look cosmopolitan!

[Pierre.Suave]

120. Interesting

cause I went to school at the University of Michigan.

[1gobluedem]

170. Really?

Me too. LSA Class of 1982.

[Pierre.Suave]

179. yes, really

class of 2006

[1gobluedem]

221. Good for you

And go blue! I still live in Ann Arbor (have since graduation); about a half block from the Arb between Hill and Geddes.

[Pierre.Suave]

235. You live in the student area still?

I lived most of my time on Walnut St.

[1gobluedem]

249. No, no...

I live in Ann Arbor Hills, the neighborhood just east of the student area. I'm about eight blocks from Walnut.

In college I lived in West Quad for two years then the apartment building at the corner of South U and Washtenaw with the little drive through under it.

[Pierre.Suave]

285. Ah, ok

I have saught shelter in that parking area during rain fall.

[1gobluedem]

397. That apartment was great for parties

We had some doozies.

[Pierre.Suave]

443. I can imagine it was

[Goblinmonger]

119. Go Huskies

Too bad the hockey team will never be as good as UND :evilgrin: I spent two summers in Monticello working at my uncle's flea market so I went to St. Cloud semi-frequently.

[Pierre.Suave]

121. God

i hate that school. The only thing they are good at is getting in trouble.

[Goblinmonger]

127. St. Cloud is a pretty cool town

Which school do you hate? UND or SCSU? Or both?

There was a really good Mexican restaurant on the southeast side of town right on that main highway coming in. It was 20+ years ago so the building has probably rotted.

[Pierre.Suave]

146. SCSU

That entire side of town has rotted away.

[Left Is Write]

139. Many, many, many, times.

I am EXTREMELY close to some people who live there. :)

[Pierre.Suave]

444. Me too

lol...

[emmadoggy]

544. Been past it on my way to visit relatives in North Dakota. nt

[Kixel]

737. Royalton, MN

I lived in St. Cloud for a spell as well.

[sakabatou]

93. San Jose, CA

for 1 week. Or at least some town near it. Can't remember.

[LeftyMom]

97. That's not a small town.

I'm not from there, but my Dad was a student deferment major at San Jose State.

[RegimeChange2008]

225. It's not a small town, but....

These days it's hard to know exactly where San Jose is. Seems like everything from SF down to Gilroy is one big massive super-city with no discernible breaks in between.

Except for the fact that San Jose still uses the blue street signs. That's the only way I recognized it, last time I was driving through.

[Oeditpus Rex]

245. There's still that big buncha nothin'

along 101 from about 85 down to Mortgage Hill. But that'll change, especially now that they've widened 101.

When I was a kid in the '60s, "they" said by the year 2000 you could drive from Salinas to SF and never be out of a city limit. Ain't happened yet. :P

[Redstone]

104. Been there more times than I can remember, on business trips when I

was in the electronics business.

Redstone

[MsKandice01]

132. I work there and live about 5 miles away in Campbell

[MsKandice01]

134. Oops

[CaliforniaPeggy]

144. I did a lot of my growing up in San Jose....Went to high school in

Campbell!

Del Mar High School......I was in the second graduating class, back in 1961!

:hi:

[fudge stripe cookays]

342. I stay at the Larkspur Landing there

when I go out for business.

:hi:

[bertha katzenengel]

161. I know the way . . . I've been away so long

:hi:

[Corgigal]

98. Ossining New York (Sing Sing prison fame)

I'm happy I grew up in Westchester. Can't afford Westchester now though.

[Scarlett17]

107. Muncie, Indiana

Muncie and an even smaller town on the outskirts, Yorktown, IN

[Nikia]

260. I went to an academic camp at Ball State

And got a tour of the town running through it because I continued to train for cross country while I was there.

[Scarlett17]

433. I went to Journalism Camp at BSU n/t

[Bzzzz]

274. I currently live in Sulphur Springs, In...

just a few miles away. :) Was in Muncie today shopping!

[Bzzzz]

276. Shirley, Indiana...

smalltown USA.

[Scarlett17]

426. Is the Copper Kettle still there?

Years ago I went to a festival in Sulphur Springs (I think it was in the fall--maybe a Homecoming?) with a friend of mine whose mother was from there.

[Bzzzz]

476. It's called the Iron Kettle now...

I can finally go down there and eat. It just turned smoke free. :)

[LostInAnomie]

277. Believe it or not...

... I've been in Yorktown many times. My ex was from one of those little towns on the outskirts of Muncie.

[Scarlett17]

427. Really. . .

which one? Did you drive through Yorktown on 32 from 69 into Muncie? Passing through beautiful, scenic Daleville on the way? If you did, you drove right past my house.

[LostInAnomie]

435. Geez, it's been years. Let me think...

I know I used to take 69 on my way up there. I can't remember the name of the little town she lived in. I want to say that it started with a "M" or "W", but I can't remember. I know I actually had to drive past Muncie to get to the exit to her house. I know there was a drag racing track not far from her house. I want to say that she went to Delta high school, I could be wrong though.

I know I passed through Yorktown though, because that is where her drunk uncle lived. :P

[DrDan]

372. I did a year post-grad at Ball State

long time ago

[DrDan]

373. St Paul Nebraska

Not sure why I took the time to post that - No one has been to St Paul

[Jokerman]

595. I put decals on Marsh trucks in Yorktown.

Temp job while attending Ball State.

[PVnRT]

676. I got a college journalism award at a conference at Ball State

Other than that, it appeared that Muncie wasn't a whole hell of a lot to look at...

[QMPMom]

109. Owensville, Indiana. Just north of Evansville.

It's a sleepy little town that I miss like the Dickens.

[LostInAnomie]

275. Hey!

I'm from Princeton. We're damn near neighbors!

[QMPMom]

309. Wow! Are you still in Princeton?

I miss "home" so much! Both sides of my family has been in Gibson County since before forever - over 200 years - so it's really in my blood.

[LostInAnomie]

314. Yep

Well, I bet not much has changed since you left. Nothing ever does. When did you leave Owensville?

[QMPMom]

319. Got married and moved up here in 1985.

I hate it up here. Hate it. Hate it. Hate it.

[gemdem]

635. My sister lives in Princeton!

Foster sister, really -- but I love her just the same. Used to go visit her and her family all the time before I got married and got caught up with my own family.

[LostInAnomie]

645. Cool

I figured no one had heard of Princeton.

[yellowdogintexas]

509. been there! Lived in Evansville 7 years, my daughter was born

there.

[QMPMom]

510. Cool! Southern Indiana is the belly button of the world.

Can you tell I am homesick??

[PVnRT]

677. Owentucky?

:hide:

[QMPMom]

710. LOL! It's NORTH of the River, thank you very much!

[gemdem]

111. Bellbrook, Ohio

A suburb of Dayton (now). When I was a kid it was out in the sticks.

[bedpanartist]

246. I lived in the old Pennewit Blacksmith Shop

right down in the old town when I was newly married to my ex. It was right down the street from the downtown area, on the corner of Maple if I believe. It is an apartment now, but the giant old fireplace from the blacksmith shop still remained.

[DemReadingDU]

495. I know Bellbrook

it's a yuppy community now

[gemdem]

629. Sad, but true.

Was a great place to grow up -- once upon a time.

[u4ic]

124. Mississauga, ON

Anyone from the Toronto area would have been there...

[Rhythm]

172. i've been through there... in route to Toronto and to London OT

I used to play ice hockey, and would go above-border for tourneys and such.

Or just to 'kiss the cup' for luck...

[u4ic]

357. Yes, you would have

I didn't read the OP correctly - it's definitely not a small town, though it was a small city when I was growing up.


:hi:

[auntAgonist]

130. Elmira Ontario.

not too far from where u4ic grew up :

hi:

aA

[u4ic]

364. I've been there

I love that area of southern Ontario. :hug: :loveya:

[auntAgonist]

398. did you go for the Maple Syrup Festival?

I love it there, I miss it terribly.

:hug:
:loveya:


how long ago were you there?

[u4ic]

399. Sorry, auntieA, I should have clarified

passed through Elmira. :loveya: :hi:


edit: remember how much I love maple syrup? x(

[auntAgonist]

410. oh yeah

hmmm we'll have to see what we can do about that. y'know I used to hate the real stuff having only ever had the fake 'maple syrup' like old tyme and aunt jemima brands. After trying the real stuff a few times there was just no going back.

well at least you like my friend Harvey Poutine :rofl:

:loveya:

aA

[u4ic]

416. I find Harvey Poutine a bit...

over the top...


But I could just gobble Harvey Burger all up! :* :loveya:

[auntAgonist]

419. only when he acts cheesy though

:rofl: you're a hoot!

:loveya:

aA

[MsKandice01]

135. Carson, CA

[bertha katzenengel]

160. Home of the Goodyear Eagle

I used to drive through Carson every day, Long Beach to Torrance and back, for work. I loved watching the blimp ascend or descend. Too bad it stopped traffic.

:hi:

[MsKandice01]

217. I used to see it all the time too!!

My dad and I used to drive right past the field everyday on the way to the school I went to in Torrance.

[NMDemDist2]

450. I've been to Carson several times n/t

[thefool_wa]

627. I grew up on 29th st in Long Beach

It is just on the other side of the Exxon refinery from Carson. My mom's best friend lived over by the Jack In The Box on Pacific Hiway

[zonkers]

727. Didn't grow up there. But I know where that is, sort of. Ever go back?

[grace0418]

141. Crystal Lake, Illinois

Snooze....

[City Lights]

178. I've been there.

:hi:

[grace0418]

187. I'm sorry. Did you survive it?

;)

Nah, it was okay I guess. Just really white and really suburban and really boring. Plus I was the poor kid at the rich high school. That always sucks hard.

[City Lights]

189. I considered moving there and looked at houses.

I ended up in Lake County. I've lived in Gurnee, Lindenhurst, Fox Lake, Libertyville, and Wadsworth.

[Silver Swan]

244. Gurnee, Lindenhurst, Fox Lake, Libertyville, Wadsworth

I've been in all those places..

But then, I live in Lake County.

[City Lights]

293. Hi Amber Waves.

:hi:

Nice to meet another Lake County resident.

[borlis]

589. Gee, you sure seem to move a lot....are you a gypsy or something?

:evilgrin: just kidding sis. :hug:

[City Lights]

593. I'm no ordinary gypsy. I am the Gypsy Queen.

:P

[borlis]

597. LOL

No arguing from me. :rofl::rofl::rofl:

[Goblinmonger]

288. My sister-in-law lives in Antioch

so I've been to Crystal Lake. Her husband is an engineer for the county. I think he works in Crystal Lake. Speaking of richy rich area my neice goes to Carmel which just seems like I would puke if I went there.

[grace0418]

378. Yeah, Crystal Lake is where there was the big flap about the Gay Games.

It's a place I couldn't wait to leave when I went off to college. I guess I'm just a city girl in my bones.

[Bjornsdotter]

526. Hey!

...My daughter attends Carmel....and you're right it is a snooty school, but our local HS wasn't an option....way too hicksville. Only 42% of seniors take the ACT and only 24% of them go on to college...not an option.

BTW.....my daughter's best friend lives in Antioch and attends Carmel.

Cheers

[borlis]

588. I've been there many times.

We have good friends who live there.

[bridgit]

142. sacramento, ca...

[MsKandice01]

145. You poor thing...

LOL...j/k. I went to UC Davis and spent a lot of time in Sacramento.

[bridgit]

151. oh we used to be a sleepy little delta town, but now we're a two horse town...

i'm UCLA alum...you poor thing :rofl: we were just up in UCD today :hi:

[montanto]

630. Born there, lived there 'til I was ten. been back a few times. nt

[Katherine Brengle]

147. Yarmouth/Hyannis MA

[MassLiberal]

268. I love Hyannis!

We had close friends there when I was a kid and visited every summer for years. Their house sat overlooking the harbor, and we'd watch the boats to Nantucket and the Vineyard come and go.

[Katherine Brengle]

657. I lived just up the street from the harbor :D

[gr8dane_daddy]

148. Crane Texas...south of Odessa.

Home of the Crane Golden Cranes!

[fight4my3sons]

311. We must have been neighbors, I lived in Midland.

Born in NY, but lived in Midland for some of my childhood.

[gr8dane_daddy]

446. Spent some time in Midland...

Grew up in Crane, went to undergrad school in San Angelo....

[Flaxbee]

150. Two: San Juan Capistrano, CA until middle of grade school,

then Redlands, CA through high school.

[huskerlaw]

182. I've been through San Juan Capistrano

Gorgeous town.

At least, it is from what you can see from the 5. ;)

[maveric]

317. San Juan Capistrano is a prety little town. Near my favorite beach.

Doheny State Beach.

[Flaxbee]

337. oh boy. Now I'm reeling with memories.

Yes, Doheny. Love it. Many happy times there.

[VenusRising]

155. Bryan, Ohio and Wichita Falls, Texas.

I would much rather go back to a small town than live in the monstrosity that is Columbus any day.

[jakefrep]

163. Hey! I've been to Bryan - home of the Etch-A-Sketch....

...I grew up and live in Napoleon.

[VenusRising]

198. And Dum-Dum suckers!

I also can't see a candy cane without thinking of Spanglers. I went to high school with the Spangler kids.

[knitter4democracy]

366. My cousin lived in Witchia Falls for awhile.

He was stationed at the air base there. We visited him once--great trip. Tons of churches.

[VenusRising]

436. You're not kidding there.

They also have as many Sonics as the do churches. I guess that's why a Rt 44 is a religion to me. :evilgrin:

[NewWaveChick1981]

156. Atlanta (specifically Decatur), GA.

I was born in Atlanta and lived in Decatur until I was 12. :)

[av8rdave]

232. I feel like I live in Atlanta

Don't live there, but am based there. I'm there waaay too much! (Nice town, but being there means I'm at work)

[NewWaveChick1981]

447. I totally understand!

:hi: For me, being in Atlanta these days means I'm NOT at work...:P

[av8rdave]

577. Not a bad place to be...unless, of course,

your time in Atlanta is at the airport or any of the fine hotels in that neighborhood. When we had a Dallas base, I enjoyed Atlanta a lot more, since we would get layovers there and usually stay in midtown or Buckhead areas.

[Ms_Dem_Meanor]

565. I stayed in Clarkston, GA for about 6 months. n/t

[calico1]

158. Bronx, NY

Not exactly a small town. But it seemed that way to me when I was growing up there.

[MassLiberal]

665. I've been to the Bronx

Most recently we went to the Bronx Zoo for my birthday (I live in Connecticut).

[mcscajun]

720. The Bronx, NY

Born in Bronx Hospital (long defunct) and raised there. Lived in The Bronx until 1975.
Small? no. But distinctive. :)

[bertha katzenengel]

162. Huntington Beach, CA (not too small, but certainly not a metropolis)

Hi, Redstone :)

[haf216]

166. My Aunt and I was there

about 25 years ago, so I really don't remember.

[bertha katzenengel]

181. Downtown was better 25 years ago.

They razed The Golden Bear and other landmarks to make way for ugly mall-type buildings, crass materialistic money-grubbing consumerism. Makes me sick.

But it's still home.

[haf216]

261. I was young so I don"t remember all.

I know my Aunt lives on the water. I know it was a pretty view, so the whole place will aways be that for me.

[Control-Z]

301. I guess if I include my older childhood years

it would be Balboa/Costa Mesa. My sister and I spent a lot of time at the beach on the peninsula.

I was still hanging out down there with my kids; at the Fun Zone, taking day trips to Catalina on the Flyer, until just a few years ago when the old Pavilion and Tale of the Whale Restaurant was sold. (My husband was their house musician for more than twenty years.) The owner decided it was time to retire after having quadruple bi-pass surgery.

I guess part of the Fun Zone has been phased out since then too, although I haven't been down there since I heard about it. I'm afraid it would make me very sad to see.

[haf216]

168. My Aunt and I was there

about 25 years ago, so I really don't remember.

[femmocrat]

315. Been there.

We took the kids to CA on vacation long time ago. Drove through Huntington, Redondo, etc. It's kind of a blur though.

[jakefrep]

164. Napoleon, Ohio nt

[VenusRising]

197. Been there.

Went there for my sisters' basketball games.

[coffeenap]

395. My MOM was born there--left when she was 2 weeks old--1920.

Never met anyone from there! Wow.

[haf216]

165. Bowling Green, Oh n/t

[VenusRising]

199. I got drunk my very first time visiting a friend at BGSU.

I was so sick and hungover I thought getting my ears pierced again was a good idea. I drive through BG all the time on the way to visit my dad.

[haf216]

258. My Dad got his PhD. at BGSU.

[Silver Swan]

230. I visited Bowling Green Ohio.

My daughter attended one semester at Bowling Green U.

She hated it, so she transferred to a place closer to home.

[Nikia]

247. I am been there several times

My mother has a graduate degree from BGSU.

[Pendrench]

169. Is that anywhere near Winooski, VT? That's where my mom grew up. n/t

[Redstone]

298. Winooski is about straight across the state...figure 70 miles?

Redstone

[Rhythm]

171. Anyone been to Hialeah, FL???

That's where we lived when i was born. My dad was stationed at Homestead AFB.

We moved to Charlotte NC by the time i started school, though.

[YDogg]

192. I've been through it ... same weekend JFK Jr died

We were on a trip to the Keys.

[CharmCity]

326. Si!

One of my best friends from college's dad taught math -- Mr. Siry.
Also, Hialeah is where I learned how to make real black bean soup.

[RebelOne]

564. Yes, I lived right across the canal in Miami Springs.

And my sister's husband was in the Air Force. They were stationed at Homestead and lived on base.

[rockedthevoteinMA]

175. Rockport, Massachusetts

On the north shore of Boston (at the tip of the other cape.) :hi: Way out in the middle of nowhere, but the ocean is out our back door.

[mainegreen]

180. Stayed there once in a nice B&B.

[MassLiberal]

266. went there with my family when I was little

but I don't really remember it, except for the beach.

[Redstone]

299. That's a big-bux town these days. Mrs R absolutely LOVES going there.

Redstone

[City Lights]

176. Niles, Illinois.

Chicago suburb.

[grace0418]

184. I work in Lincolnwood!

Just a hop skip and a jump!

:hi:

[City Lights]

190. Lincolnwood was in my high school district (Niles West).

I met Al Franken at the Lincolnwood Hyatt. Haven't been there in awhile - is it still there and is it still purple?

[grace0418]

242. I work a few doors north of the Purple Ho!

Actually, it became a few different chains after Hyatt before becoming an independent (literally called The Purple Hotel). But just about a week ago it closed its doors for good. Too many health code violations. I don't know what it's going to become but I hope they sell the purple bricks (I am assuming they'll tear down the structure).

[City Lights]

290. Thanks for the update on the hotel.

:hi:

I had no idea it was literally named The Purple Hotel. I used to spend lots of time there doing training classes for visiting clients.

[Silver Swan]

463. Purple hotel

My daughter and friends used to go to the bar at the Purple Hotel after volleyball. She says they are tearing it down.

[RetroLounge]

253. Hey you!

Another Niles, Illinois person here... :hi:

RL

[City Lights]

291. Hiya RL!

:hi:

borlis is Niles, IL DUer #3, and BobMorr is Niles, IL DUer #4.

[borlis]

591. Me too!

What a coincidence! :evilgrin: Home of Booby's Restaurant. Best skirt steak sandwich ever.

[Whoa_Nelly]

185. Spent summers growing up in Nisswa, Minnesota

[Left Is Write]

203. Whee! I'm very close to some people who live there too.

They used to have just a cabin on the lake, but they tore it down and built a year-round home.

[Whoa_Nelly]

204. I grew up on Gull Lake north shore...

just to the west of/down the road from Grand View Lodge.

You familiar with that area?

[Left Is Write]

206. Reasonably so.

It's my aunt and uncle who live there. Last time I was in that neck of the woods was 4th of July, 2005.

[Whoa_Nelly]

216. Hey!

Sent you a PM! :hi:

[Beausoir]

706. I presently live in Brainerd! It's beautiful up here!

[Whoa_Nelly]

730. Want a visitor this summer?

I do so miss the Lakes area in the summer. Love the velvet summer nights, the bonfires on the beach, the eagles flying, the sailboats skimming along. :::sigh:::

Gotta say, Nisswa sure has grown since I was a kid!..and the Schaefer's Market...used to be where we went when my mom didn't want to go all the way in to the Safeway.

Also, used to spend a lot of time in the old library before it closed.
The old days...listening to Nordica Thabes and polka music on the radio...lol Did you ever know Elsa Stensrud? She was a good friend of our family.

[YankeyMCC]

186. Brockton, MA

City of Champions ;)

[flvegan]

238. Our high school rivals.

Spent the junior high/high school years in Middleborough. Used to head to the ole Brockton Mall quite a bit.

[Katherine Brengle]

658. Small world -

I live in Fall River, 'bout 15 minutes from Middleborough :D.

[mzteris]

191. Enterprise, AL and Elizabethtown, KY

both small towns....

I also lived in Geneva, OH and Painesville, OH for a few years as an adult. I worked at the Perry Nuke construction site.

Also - in no particular order - some small, some not -

Macon, GA
Lexington, KY
Mobile, AL
Charleston, SC (worked in Summerville, SC)
Goose Creek, SC (can't get much smaller than that!)
Durham, NC
Raleigh, NC
Wake Forest, NC
now - Madison, WI

oops - left out a town. :)

[Bzzzz]

281. I love Elizabethtown. KY...

I lived there for a few years while my ex was in the Army. Met some of the nicest people I've ever known. Loved the town and the people, but hated that it was a dry county. :( My friend and I use to go to the Blue Grass Barn Dance in Vine Grove! memories....awwwww

[JohnnyLib2]

642. Great news, E'town is "moist" now!

About 3 years back, bars-in-restaurants-seating-more-than-100 were voted in. There are quite a few now. Radcliff, too. Whodathunkit?

[yellowdogintexas]

511. I know Elizabethtown well, passed through it a zillion times

on my way to and or from Nashville /Louisville areas.

Nice little town.

[emmadoggy]

542. Madison is great. I'm only a couple hours from there.

:hi:

[mzteris]

608. I thought so, too -

until the last couple of days. . .

it's freakin' COLD here!!!!!!

:rofl:



:hi: welcome to DU.

[emmadoggy]

615. Yeah, given the other places on your list I bet you are freezing your

rear-end off in this cold!! :P Don't worry, it won't last forever! But yeah, it's been nasty the last few days.

We just took our kids to the Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison last summer. It was wonderful. Perfect zoo for younger children (not so big and so much walking). Other than that, we have been to Madison for a concert or two and for Stars on Ice a couple of times. We love it, it's a cool town.

[crim son]

194. Thunder Bay, Ontario.

It's not where I grew up - equal time spent in Toronto and Vancouver, but it's where my relatives all grew up. Anybody else?

[SPKrazy]

345. I Never

grew up

:shrug:

[Zookeeper]

377. We've gone up there on vacation quite often...

when the Minnesota North Shore started feeling too crowded and gentrified (Golf courses! Ack!) we found a very remote spot that rents cottages south of Thunder Bay. It's so beautiful around there. The palisades are very striking. (I like Toronto, also!)

[Cabcere]

195. Staunton, VA

I still consider it my "hometown," although I wasn't born there and I only lived there for about eight years. It's a nice place though. :)

Oh, and mega bonus points to anyone who has been to (or even heard of!) my current hometown of Fishersville, VA! :rofl:

[fight4my3sons]

313. My college roommate was from Staunton!

I went to Radford at the time.

[Cabcere]

379. Very cool!

:hi: A couple of people from my high school went to Radford, too.

[LostinVA]

338. I've been to Fishersville -- home of Maven

And, I've ben to Staunton many times.

So, where are my mega bomus points???

[Cabcere]

381. Awesome!

:hi: I'm pretty sure Maven came back to my high school to give the commencement address a few years ago (although I must admit, I had to Google the name because I didn't remember it right away :blush: ). So yeah, you win teh internetz...although it appears the tubes are being blocked at the moment by a cute kitty. ;)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

415. I've driven through Fishersville!

I used to stay in Waynesboro now and then; and would pass through Fishersville en route to Staunton. :)

[Cabcere]

461. Yay!

:) It always makes me ridiculously happy when people have heard of my little hometown(s). :loveya: :hi:

[mcscajun]

723. I spent a night in a hotel in Staunton on my way to Nashville.

This was about 12 years ago...and I was traveling solo from NJ to Louisiana. :)

[zanne]

200. Manchester, NH nt

[WritingIsMyReligion]

210. Been there, to the Verizon Center for a concert.

That city was, er, interesting. :P Driving from P-Town southwest was a mess.

[XemaSab]

215. Went to a Democratic Primary riot there in 2004

:D

I also flew in and out of there on my trip to Maine in 2005.

[zanne]

271. It is fun during the Primary campaigns.

You can usually manage to meet all the candidates without having to dish out $$$$$.

[MassLiberal]

267. we have good friends in Manchester

and have been there a few times to visit.

[knitter4democracy]

368. Going there to the national knitting guild convention this July.

I'm hoping to meet up with one of our favorite priests and his family while I'm there. He was at one of the Greek Orthodox cathedrals a few years back, went to Greece for awhile, and now they're back in Boston. I'm looking forward to it. :)

[mcscajun]

725. Used to spend a fair amount of time there.

Had friends who lived in town right near the freight tracks, yet.

This was in the late 70s, early 80s; I remember the parking meters took pennies, and a jaywalking ticket was $2.00. I bought a big brown paper grocery bag of books (for $5.00) at some odd kind of sale on Columbus Day. Problem was, I didn't know the buses in town didn't RUN on Columbus Day! Lucky me, some old guy saw me walking with this big heavy grocery back and offered me a ride. :)

I remember it as a nice town.

[joneschick]

201. Germantown, WI

my parents built their first home in one of the first subdivisions. We were still surrounded by corn fields. We could see Holy Hill from the kitchen window.

[hfojvt]

257. my brother used to work there

I am not sure I ever even drove through on the way to either of his homes.

[mikeiddy]

202. Hamilton MT

[mikeiddy]

624. Confirmed - this town incapable of spawning progressives

[Wetzelbill]

ahh yes....

I know I've been through there. When I was little. Didn't make it up that way much, no relatives or anything around there.

[Mz Pip]

208. Benedict, NE

I was there until I was 7. It's a rural farming community.

Mz Pip
:dem:

[huskerlaw]

318. I've totally been there!

My sister lives in Stromsburg, so my niece actually goes to school in Benedict since they recently consolidated schools.

Small world! ;)

[Mz Pip]

359. Small world, indeed!

I haven't been back in over 35 years so I have no idea how much the town has changed. I know the two farmhouses I lived in are long gone but the house when I lived in town might still be there.

I went to Kindergarten and 1st grade in Benedict. The school was a K-12. Probably still is.


Do you know of a region called the sand pits? It's not far from there, lots of little lakes and streams in a very sandy region. My dad would go fishing there.


Mz Pip
:dem:

[huskerlaw]

420. The town probably hasn't changed much

...those little towns out in the bumbles rarely do. ;)

The school actually merged with Stromsburg & Osceola to form um...I think it's called Tri-County or something like that. Anyway, I believe the Benedict school is mid-elementary now.

I've never been to the sand pits. My trips up there are usually pretty limited to my sister's house and then whatever the kids are doing. My brother-in-law loves to fish though, I bet he's been there!

[Canadian Socialist]

211. I didn't grow up anywhere (heeee)

Army brat, ya see.
However, in chronological order:
Kentville, N.S.
Oakville, Ontario
Oromocto, N.B.
Werl, Germany
Montreal, P.Q.
Oromocto, N.B. (again!)
Tel Aviv, Isreal (don't ask)
Winnipeg, MB
Calgary, AB
Lima, Peru
Calgary, AB (presently)

[u4ic]

361. I was born in Oakville

been to Montreal, Winnipeg and Calgary on your list.

Passing through Oromocto may have been a possibility. :hi:

[immoderate]

218. Far Rockaway, New York

Yeah, it's in New York City, but it's still a small town, being out on a peninsula.

--IMM

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

430. My mom grew up there

In the late 30's - early 40's. It was kind of a resort back then.

I grew up in Jamaica.

[immoderate]

480. I took a summer course at Jamaica High.

And there was that great library there.

--IMM

[Wapsie B]

220. Oelwein, Iowa

Actually, the Oelwein-Fairbank metroplex.

[hfojvt]

264. that's a little out of the way

unless one is going to Dubuque. Waverly is as close as I got.

[Wapsie B]

278. Yes it is.

But I'm quite familiar with Waverly too. I even worked there awhile.

[emmadoggy]

538. Just drove through Oelwein today!

:hi:

[Wapsie B]

551. Hey cool!

:hi:

[skygazer]

222. I know you've been there, Redstone

And I've been to Lunenburg (my dad lived in Granby at one point which gave me a chance to explore that neck of the woods).

West Brattleboro, Vermont. :hi:

[Redstone]

300. Granby is great, isn't it? Did you know that someone actually opened a STORE

there six years ago? First one the town has ever had.

Other tidbits: Did you know that the church in Granby is never locked? Or that the town has never had less than seventy or more than 100 residents, for almost 200 years?

I like to go through there every couple of years, and look up my old entries in the church's guestbook, which go back about 35 years now.

Redstone

[Kerrytravelers]

223. Vanceburg, KY and Vacaville, CA

Kentucky is where my family is from. California is where I grew up.

And Vacaville is where Cindy Sheehan is from, although now she lives in Berkeley.

[yellowdogintexas]

512. what region is Vanceburg? I am from the Pennyrile. nt

[Madspirit]

224. Alvin

I was born in Alvin, Texas...the only town in the world named after a chipmunk but left home at 15 and moved to Austin and have lived there ever since, other than the 1 1/2 I spent on the East Coast in the late 60s and early 70s.
Madspirit

[redwitch]

226. Hamilton Square, NJ

It used to be small, now it's Hamilton, with it's own zip code. We just called it the square.

[Reverend_Smitty]

323. Still live there...

and you're right about it not being small any more. If they start building any more developments, I think I'm gonna lose it. It's funny because Hamilton now has more residents than the city it is supposed to be a suburb of, go figure.

[redwitch]

354. every time I go back to visit I am astounded.

It's like they GROW developments. Use to be small family farms that grew veggies. Sigh.

[Reverend_Smitty]

425. My dad and I were just discussing that today...

as we drove past 2 new developments that are sprouting up in a quarter mile stretch of road between Route 33 and Steinert HS. He remembers the days when he could smell the rotting cabbage late in the season from some of the local farms, that certainly doesn't happen any more. Not that I would welcome the smell of rotting produce but I would welcome less traffic

[redwitch]

467. The cabbage farm!

I was thinking of that one in particular when I made the last post! I didn't think you would know what I was talking about. Did your parents go to Steinert? When did they graduate? I graduated in '74.

[Reverend_Smitty]

502. They went to St. Anthony's

but his grandparents lived out in Hamilton so I guess he's remembers it when he went to visit them. I went to Steinert, but I graduated 5 years ago and that place was long gone by then.

[redwitch]

525. My cousins went to St Anthony's.

Perhaps they knew each other. It is really a small world.

[Reverend_Smitty]

549. My dad graduated in 75 and my mom would have graduated in 82

so it is possible that their paths would have crossed at some point

[ptvet]

227. Vancouver, Washington

Back in the Lucky Lager brewery days

[av8rdave]

233. Jamestown, NY (until 12) then Poland, Ohio

[CharmCity]

328. yes! Home of Lucille Ball.

[av8rdave]

334. That's right...and Natalie Merchant...Spent my last year before college in Baltimore

Edgar Allen Poe!

[CharmCity]

387. John Waters! Divine!

[femmocrat]

469. Been there. I remember all the Lucille Ball stuff in the windows.

I think we were through there right after the Lucy-fest. Had lunch at a nice litte restaurant on a side street, but I don't remember the name. It was maybe ... 1992?

[TheProphetess]

534. I've been to Poland many times

I'm from Hubbard, Ohio. :hi:

[av8rdave]

569. Almost a neighbor!

I haven't been back in many years. I lived there from 1970 - 1975, when I was a kid. It's been a long time since I've been back to visit.

[AzDar]

234. Mariemont, Ohio.... n/t

[MissMillie]

237. Baldwinville, MA

technically, it's not a town, it's a precinct of a town.

[General Zod]

239. Clarksburg, West Virginia

Birthplace of former Secretary of State Cyrus Vance.

[bearfan454]

241. Merrillville In

Back in the day of course.

[Bzzzz]

283. Been there many times...

for high school wrestling tournaments. The Maldonado's use to tear us up. Great family of wrestlers. :D

[PVnRT]

678. Hated driving through there on 41

Too many stoplights through there and St. John's before you hit 94.

[dysfunctional press]

243. Elgin, IL

just recently moved back, after a 20-year abscence.

they make these there, maybe you've seen one...?

http://www.obenaufauctions.com/Oct28,2006-1999ElginPelicanStreetSweeper__1_L.jpg

[ChoralScholar]

439. I've definitely been to Elgin -

but my earliest memory is watching WGN as a kid and hearing:

"For our customers in Waukegan, Elgin, and Aurora, we'll be there right on time

One eight hundred, five eight eight, two three hundred, em PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIRE!"

:)

[dysfunctional press]

455. i remember when they didn't need the "1" before 800...

growing up, we used to refer to the town as "hell-gin".

and now i'm back?...:shrug:

[Dogmudgeon]

555. It's the same here in Pennsylvania

Everywhere they are, Empire carpet-bombs the late-night TV programming.

--p!

[HereSince1628]

492. I was born there before the watch industry was sent to Carolina

I can remember as a kid peeking through my father's legs to see Soap Box Derby racers zipping down hill and past the front gates.

Ya know, you can go back but you really can't ever go back. The old memory is better than the present reality.

[borlis]

596. I've been to Elgin many times.

We have good friends who live there. :hi:

[bedpanartist]

248. Corbin, and Campton Kentucky

it don't get more backwoods than them thar two hollers disguised as towns!

[Scarlett17]

432. My dad is from Haldeman. . .

I've never been to Corbin or Campton. Are they more backwoods than Haldeman? Love the Bible & Tire store. Revolutionary marketing idea.

[yellowdogintexas]

513. oh yeah that is way out there. Far Southeastern KY

Been there, manymoons ago. Allensville is definitely smaller

[bedpanartist]

533. Campton, Ky. - population 600

I think all of Wolfe County has maybe a population of 1200.

Wolfe is also among the poorest of the Eastern Kentucky counties, or at least was when I lived there.

It was a great place to be a boy in the 1970s though.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

256. South Beach...1950/60's...left Florida just at the right time 69/70......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wr1hbKupDoY

[RebelOne]

695. I lived on South Beach.

In fact, all I had to do was step out the back door and I was on the beach.

[AlCzervik]

259. Medford Mass.

[maveric]

265. Lawrence MA ( pop-100,000)

Once the textile capital of the world. Now a burned out hellhole.

[MassLiberal]

269. we drive through Lawrence on our way to Maine

from Connecticut.

[maveric]

284. Scary, isnt it?

The auto-insurance-fraud capital of the nation.

[MassLiberal]

270. Longmeadow, Mass.

a 'burb of Springfield. Western Mass. rules.
:thumbsup:

[Redstone]

302. Right next to poor, sad Springfield. Down the road from poor, sad Holyoke.

Those cities must have been great when their manufacturing base was in full swing. Wish they could be like that again.

Redstone

[MassLiberal]

304. Yep

Springfield had a bit of a revival in the '70s, but then it faded again. Baystate Medical Center has brought a bit of life back, but it still isn't enough.

Redstone, you get around. :-)

[Redstone]

307. I lived in Holyoke for two years in the early 1960s. And I do get around, because

one of my very favorite things to do is to go to somewhere I've never been to before.

And if I can have lunch there, that's a big bonus.

Redstone

[Redstone]

332. Do you remember Mountain Park? I sure do.

Actually, we lived in South Hadley Falls, and I went to two horrible Catholic schools in Holyoke.

Redstone

[MassLiberal]

407. I do remember Mountain Park!

And have you ever eaten at The Fort in Springfield? Great German food. And how about the White Hut in West Springfield, for hot dogs?

[Redstone]

554. No, but now that you've told me about them, I will.

Redstone

[MassLiberal]

653. They're both the real McCoy

http://www.whitehut.com/index.html

http://www.studentprince.com/

My dad loved both of these places and used to take us there when we were kids in the '60s and '70s. If you go to The Fort (Student Prince), be sure to sit in the bar.

[blondeatlast]

272. Winfield KS, Pueblo CO (home of a TSed DUer and spouse), and Boulder, MT. Any takers?

[fishwax]

661. I'm Three for Three

Well, I don't know if I ever actually got into Winfield, but I drove near it on I-35 a buncha times :) I've been to Pueblo several times (but more frequently I've been *through* Pueblo), and have been to Boulder at least a couple of times, though most of them were when I was very young :)

[LostInAnomie]

273. Prineton, IN

I'll be SHOCKED if anyone has heard of it, been here, or is from here.

[QMPMom]

312. Princeton!!! Heard of it? Been there?

I'm from Owensville! Go look for my great-something grandfather's name on the dedication thing (or whatever they call it) at the Courthouse!

Were you a Tiger?

I was first a Kickapoo at Owensville School and then became a Titan at Gibson Southern in its first year of existence (1974-75).

I have been to Princeton several thousand times.

Hey, could you go to the Sonic for me and enjoy a Pineapple Sundae and telepathically send it to me?

There is so much I miss about 'home'.

[LostInAnomie]

316. I was indeed a Tiger.

My family's roots are in South Gibson though. My Dad owns the "See Rock City" barn along Hwy. 41.

[QMPMom]

322. Wow! That is cool!

My family used to own the big grain elevator by the cloverleaf in Princeton. We built it back in the 1960's and then sold it a while later.

[PVnRT]

679. Passed through many times

When my family drove back from visiting relatives in Georgia, we stopped at a Dairy Queen on 41 near there (at a turnoff for Ft. Something-or-Other). When I was a kid and first noticed the sign, I though that was where Princeton University was. And Princeton is where the Toyota plant is.

[QMPMom]

711. Ft. Branch is where the DQ is.

[Maddy McCall]

282. Port Arthur-Groves, TX

[Left_Winger]

289. Canadys, SC

This was, and still is, only a crossroads with a four-way stop sign (US 15 and SC 61). I grew up in a house on a small bluff over the Edisto River until the local utility company wanted the land to build a power plant. A transformer yard now stands where our home used to be.

[lizziegrace]

292. Mt Healthy, OH n/t

[1gobluedem]

485. I have a friend who's from Mt. Healthy!

That name always cracks me up. She lives in Florida now.

[lizziegrace]

634. Seriously??

I lived there through 6th grade. At the time, my mom's cousin was the HS principal (formerly the football coach). It's changed so much since the 60's.

[1gobluedem]

693. Yep

She's around 50 years old now.

[bif]

294. Grosse Pointe, MI

[tinfoilinfor2005]

297. I am the gal from Kalamazoo zoo zoo zoo zoo zoo

Not such a little place anymore.

[Left Is Write]

303. I was there a couple of times in the 70s. Long drive from Minneapolis!

[UrbScotty]

306. Been there (nt)

[knitter4democracy]

369. We moved to Battle Creek from there almost two years ago.

I'm taking a class at Western now, so I get to go back every week to D&W and Sawall's for groceries. K'Zoo is great!

[tinfoilinfor2005]

383. Raised in Kazoo but moved to (talk about a small town), TAVERNIER, FL

in the Florida Keys about thirty years ago.

A bit of culture shock for a few years, but now we don't even remember snow and the grandkid is truly a Keys kid. He's never seen a cow, but he knows all about manatees and sharks and scorpions and iguanas and manta rays.

Life goes on!

[City Lights]

401. My husband's grandma lived in Kalamazoo.

Visited her a number of times. She lived to be 102.

[Scarlett17]

431. My sister-in-law lives in the 'Zoo

Actually just outside in Comstock.

[knitter4democracy]

462. Nice town, good schools.

Used to be a decent yarn shop not far from there. *sigh* It's a darn shame it closed.

[Silver Swan]

464. Kalamazoo, Portage, Mattawan

I have relatives in Kalamazoo and the surrounding area.

In fact, you cannot be the gal from Kalamazoo, because my niece is.

[noonwitch]

686. I went to college in Kalamazoo, to WMU

I had a lot of fun there from 1982-86, back when Coral Gables ran their underage drinking racket.

[emmadoggy]

543. My hubby had a job interview there once, back in the 90's and we had

friends who had moved there. The job was at the tv station where our friends worked. The tv station there was a sister-station to the one my hubby and I both worked at in Eau Claire, WI.
My one and only visit to Michigan.

[PVnRT]

681. I used to live there

Nice town, except for the fucking lake effect snow.

[UrbScotty]

308. Kentwood, MI (nt)

[MichiganVote]

385. I lived in GR

[UrbScotty]

437. Well, you still live near GR

...so I imagine you've been to Kentwood more than once. ;-)

[huskerlaw]

320. Murray, Nebraska

about halfway between Lincoln and Omaha, but it's tiny and you would have to either have a purpose for being there, or you were completely lost.

[SPKrazy]

348. My Grandfather Grew Up Near Nebraska City

in a tiny place called Paul which is nothing but a bar and a few houses from what I can tell now

:pals:

[huskerlaw]

421. Wow, you stumped me

I've never heard of Paul, Nebraska. LOL

And I'm fairly familiar with the "one house and 2 bars" towns around there. Crazy!

[hippywife]

321. Westerville, Ohio.

For my formative teenage years until adulthood, anyway.

[lizziegrace]

324. Been there!

;)

Remember the story of the naked student who ran through the cafeteria covered in oil a week ago or so? That was at Westerville North HS

:hi:

[hippywife]

331. Hi, Lizzie!

Not surprised that you have considering where you live and our discussions about your sister and my sister. LOL :hi:

Just saw your thread about the possible job! I hope it works out for you and is everything you want it to be.

[lizziegrace]

352. Great smilie!

Thank you so much.

My BIL's car was hit the morning of the first storm after the holidays. Apparently my sister was driving the same car and someone slid into her, driving the same car this past week. Now two insurance claims, one for the driver's side and one for the rear. :wow: Y'all have had a helluva winter so far.

:hi:

[hippywife]

374. We didn't go anywhere!

There was a good three inches of ice on the roads and they don't come out to our rural area to do anything and we were 6-8 miles from the nearest "cleared" road. It was a nice little mini-vacation.

[VenusRising]

347. I live 10 minutes from Westerville.

There is an italian restaurant that I want to try there that supposedly makes the best friend ravioli ever!

[hippywife]

349. What's it called?

I've lived in Oklahoma now for almost ten years so I'm not sure I'd even know it. I do miss the food in the old Grandview Hts. neighborhood where my granparents lived and my dad grew up. :hi:

[VenusRising]

365. I can't remember, but it's pretty new.

I'll let you know when If I find out.

:hi:

[knitter4democracy]

371. Hubby and I went to Mt. Vernon Nazarene College up the road.

We used to drive to Westerville for the coffee shop (Mt. Vernon didn't have one) and the movie theatre (Mt. Vernon had a two-screener at the time that didn't show the movies we liked). I have fond memories of Westerville. :)

[Habibi]

474. Get the hell out!!!

I grew up there, 1958 (or so) until 1969. Went back in the 80s and could not *believe* how it had grown. Great little place to grow up!

[Rockit]

325. Kinnelon NJ

Still no post office...

[ulysses]

327. Claremore, OK, but I already know

that Heidi's been there. :)

[Art_from_Ark]

402. Home of Will Rogers!

He was married in my home town, but the town isn't named after him (although a lot of people think it is). Sadly, his wife's house (where he was married) was torn down a few years ago (you'd think they could have turned it into a mini Will Rogers museum or something) :banghead:

[ulysses]

468. yup.

The WR Memorial is on top of the one hill of any size in town, and we grew up sledding down it in the winter. Good times. :)

That sucks to hear about Betty's house. I know they had to move the house he was born in out at Oologah when they created that lake.

[Art_from_Ark]

524. What sucks even more is that Betty Blake's nice old Victorian house

is now a gravelled parking lot :banghead:

[TheMightyFavog]

329. Coleman, WI

Little town, Hwy 141 used to run through it.

[Silver Swan]

465. Yes, I've been to Coleman several times.

Coleman? We used to go through there when traveling from Chicago to Houghton, MI when my daughter attended Michigan Tech.

We always stopped at a little bar/restaurant called Barnstormers. Good Friday fish fry and Sunday Bloody Marys, so we usually stopped going both north and south.

[TheMightyFavog]

520. Yeah, Barnstormers is still there.

They still have good fish fry, too.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

606. Have to check it out...

I go up once or twice a year on the way to Iron Mountain.

[Shine]

333. Ojai, CA

small valley town, east of Ventura. Close to Santa Barbara.

:hi:

[huskerlaw]

335. I was just there a few weeks ago.

I absolutely love it...such a cute, clean little town. And gorgeous views!

[Shine]

343. Hi huskerlaw!! That's cool that you got to see it. My sister still lives there.

Yeah, it's gotten a lot more boutique-y over the years, imo. Still gorgeous, though. My hubby and I got married out in the east end, in fact, at a place called Meditation Mount. Talk about gorgeous views....http://www.meditation.com/

Did you know that one of Ojai's many claims to Fame is that it was used in the 30's as the mythical valley of Shangrila, during the filming of the movie "Lost Horizon"? Cool, huh? :D

Another interesting factoid: It is geographically very unique, as a valley, in that it runs East/West, in other words, perpendicular to the coast line....as opposed to North/South, which is how most valleys tend to be.

"Ojai" is the Chumash word for "moon" and they considered the valley to be a magical, spiritual place...which it most definitely is.

:hi:

[huskerlaw]

346. Oh, wow!

Meditation Mount is AMAZING!

Very interesting factoids, as well. I love that it means "moon". Very fitting. It is indeed very magical and spiritual.

I've been there twice in a year and half, but it's less than 2 hours away from me, I really should go more often.

[Shine]

350. As a kid, we would walk from our house to hear Krishnamurti speak

in the oak tree meadows. Pretty amazing guy. People literally came from ALL over the world to sit at his feet and we could walk there from our house! Of course, at the time, I was some young kid who didn't really get what he was talking about...spirituality, God, blah, blah, blah....but in retrospect, I definitely feel as if I was blessed to have been there. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiddu_Krishnamurti

He set up a school in Ojai.

Also the Theosophical Society has a development there.

Yes, it's a very spiritual place, indeed. Next time you're in the valley, you should drive out to see Meditation Mount. It's incredibly beautiful and is generally open to the public.

:hi:

[LostinVA]

339. Bridgeton, NJ -- actually, Hopewell Township

[KayLaw]

340. Homestead, Florida

We used to call it Deadstead.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

417. Wow!

Were you there when Andrew hit?

[KayLaw]

445. Yes.

We were living in Key Largo but evacuated to my parents house in Homestead. The eye passed right over the house but it was well-prepared and suffered minimal damage.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

532. I'm glad you made it through okay...

It must have been terrifying, though! :toast: Congrats for hanging in there!

[RebelOne]

566. Lived in Miami Springs, just north of Miami.

I would go quite often to Homestead to the farms and pick vegetables.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

341. Amarillo, TX

From grade 4 thru HS. After college in LBK I moved to FL for 32 years, then back here 4 years ago. Known for: the Cadillac Ranch, the Big Texan, and Eau de Cow when the wind is wrong. Plus, it's very red and very fundy and I love it 'cause there are so may people to mess with.

[City Lights]

403. I've been to Amarillo.

A friend from high school married a guy from Pampa. I visited her a couple of times after she moved there. Her cousin happened to marry a guy from Amarillo, and we always met up with her cousin when I came to town.

[terrya]

344. Decatur, Illinois

"crickets chirping"

[lizziegrace]

353. Which university is there?

Begins with a B? Ex and I lived in Champaign. He got his masters and PhD there. Now it's the halfway point between here and where he lives.

One of his former student's teaches in Decatur. It could be worse, it could be Peoria. ;)

[terrya]

355. Millikin University is in Decatur

It's a small liberal arts university.

I lived in Champaign for about 8 years. It's not a bad place to live. :-)

Well, Peoria isn't any better than Decatur, I agree with you there.

[lizziegrace]

356. It's Millikin. You're right

I don't know where the B came from. :shrug:

:)

[City Lights]

382. I've been there.

I visited a friend at Milliken during Greek Week.

[WildEyedLiberal]

625. Been there millions of times

I'm from central IL, though. :) I live in Champaign now.

[Caution]

351. Nahant, MA

Very small 1 square mile town. about 15 miles north of Boston.

[MassLiberal]

408. I was in Nahant, maybe 20 years ago

Is there a beach there? My memory fades...

[Caution]

574. There are a bunch of them. Nahant is almost one big beach

surrounded on all sides by water, connected to the mainland via a causeway.

Pretty town. Sometimes I miss living there, but if you want to do anything remotely interesting you have to leave town. There isn't much there other than the beaches.

[knitter4democracy]

360. Mason and Dansville, MI

Mom lived in Dansville but taught in Mason, and Dad lives in Mason, so I went to Mason schools.

[1gobluedem]

616. Dansville....home of the Burning Bed

Been there!

[Saphire]

370. Groves, TX

[Meshuga]

375. Eatontown, NJ n/t

[ccinamon]

504. I was there in 1969-1971

My dad was stationed at Fort Monmouth.

[cathandler]

376. Independence, Kansas

A right-wing mecca.

[Dinger]

644. Isn't That Where "Little Hosue On The Prairie" Was?

I love Laura Ingalls Wilder books.

[XNASA]

380. Posen IL

If you've ever been on I-57, about 22 miles south of the Chicago Loop, then you've been to Posen.

[stanwyck]

605. Don't know Posen. I'm from Watseka

farther downstate than you, south of Kankakee.
My father and brother still live there. Great place to grow up.
Illinois is a beautiful blue state. I love the prairie. And whenever I go back to visit, I'm so impressed with how friendly the people are. From O'Hare airport all the way downstate.

[buddysmellgood]

384. Baraboo, Wisconsin

[madrchsod]

394. been thru there many times...love the area

i`ve been in two tornado warnings in baraboo ...is that a sign?

[buddysmellgood]

452. No, it's a regular occurrance in the spring. Not exactly common but it is expected.

[cmkramer]

404. Have you ever been to the Circus Museum? n/t

[buddysmellgood]

451. Oh yeah. We used to sneak around the fence at the river line and then sneak into the big top

for the show. High adventure.

[Fox Mulder]

423. Been there.

I went there for a geology class of mine. We were looking at formations in the quartzite.

[Nikia]

537. We drove through there on the way to Wisconsin Dells

Pretty area.

[PVnRT]

682. My fiancee is from Reedsburg

So I've been to Baraboo many times. I like getting shoes from The Shoe Box there, the prices are nice and cheap. Fishing on Lake Delton (which isn't Baraboo, but nearby) is great if you want a nice lunch of panfish.

[Lumily]

386. Graham, North Carolina n/t.

[smtpgirl]

388. Landover, MD

home of FedEx field and crime

My mailing address was Hyattsville, MD.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

418. I grew up in Hyattsville...

Some parts of Landover are pretty nice...but I guess they call them things like "Lake Arbor" to avoid being associated with a high crime district.

[Lisa0825]

389. Coast Guard brat here... multiple "growing up" places...

I was born in Bethesda Maryland, and lived in Falls Church, MD, New Bedford, Mass, Honolulu HI, and Texas City, TX by the time I was 12.

Red Hill was the 'burb of Honolulu in which we lived for 3.5 years, the most memorable of my childhood.

Texas City was my pre-teen and teen years, and then I returned years later to take care of my mom and stayed in the house after she passed.

[Skittles]

393. no can do, darling

when I was 22 years old I had never lived anywhere longer than 22 months

[madrchsod]

396. dixon illinois---- the home town of ronny raygun

the only thing good about dixon is the houses are cheap

[PVnRT]

683. I stopped there to get food once

I seriously considered blasting a dookie in the front yard of his boyhood home as a side trip.

[Sabriel]

400. Phelps, WI

Home to almost 200 people.

[unsavedtrash]

405. Tuscaloosa, AL n/t

[piedmont]

528. Me too.

Well, actually grew up in Duncanville, just down Hwy 82. But heck we went to town pretty much every day. My parents and family still live there.

[unsavedtrash]

550. I grew up in Duncanville too.

My family is still there.
Howdy neighbor.
:hi:

[piedmont]

552. Small world indeed!

I bet you went to Maxwell and Hillcrest sometime around when I was there. I graduated from Hillcrest in 95-- god I hated that school.

[unsavedtrash]

556. yep

I went to both. I finished Hillcrest in 1987.

[piedmont]

580. Ah. It was still the old building while you were there.

I kinda wish Peak Oil hits before Duncanville gets over-run by Tuscaloosa's sprawl. They're building two new schools down the road from my parents. The developers gave the land to the county so that the land they own around it would be worth a fortune. I love Tuscaloosa, and I hate Tuscaloosa.

[piedmont]

553. self-delete double post

[SharonRB]

406. Oak Park, Michigan

A surburb just north of Detroit

[Fox Mulder]

422. Osakis, Minnesota.

Population: 1,283

I highly doubt anyone else here has ever been there.

[Left Is Write]

517. I have. My godparents once owned a resort there.

They have since retired.

[liberaltrucker]

424. Carbon Hill, Alabama

On Highway 78 between Memphis and Birmingham.

Don't blink, you'll miss it!

:hug:

[ChoralScholar]

440. I been there. I've been all up and down 78.

did they ever get 78 finished to B-ham? Last time I was down, you had to get off the freeway at Harrison.

[Missy Vixen]

428. Mountlake Terrace, WA

Mountlake Terrace had a population of 40,000 when I was in high school, but I lived there from age two to age twenty-three.

Anyone else?
Julie

[Presidentcokedupfratboy]

429. Jamaica, NY

In the mighty borough of Queens!!!!

[anti-everything]

434. Eden Prairie, MN

[Left Is Write]

519. That's not a small town.

:)

Of course, neither is Burnsville, and I posted it. :)

[emmadoggy]

545. Been there.

My sister lived there once - years ago. I grew up about three hours away, so have been in and around the Twin Cities several times (though not for a long time now.)

[ChoralScholar]

438. Atkins, AR

Probably no one's been there, but I'll bet there are many of you who have eaten Atkins Pickles - or its other co-brands (Kraft, IGA, Shur-Fine, Peter Piper)

[shanti]

441. santa ana, ca

now doesn't even resemble the same city i grew up in.

[NMDemDist2]

448. Elk Grove CA

it's now a suburb of Sacramento and I know at least one DUer lives there

[AlCzervik]

470. me.

still live here, 7 years to go and then bye bye Elk Grove.

[NMDemDist2]

522. i knew there was a EGer on DU

:hi:

[KatyaR]

449. Here's mine--Meridian, Oklahoma.

South of Langston and Coyle, and north of Arcadia and Luther.

Meridian's only claim to fame is that it sits directly on the Indian Meridian; hence its name.

That and George Washington slept there once.

[EnviroBat]

454. Sheffield Lake Ohio...

Walk any further north in Ohio and you'll be swimmin.

http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=Sheffield+Lake+Ohio&ie=UTF8&z=12&om=1

[alfredo]

466. Shively Kentucky

Sure glad I left. What a hell-hole. It was full of corrupt cops and KKK when I lived there.

It's a suburb of Louisville Ky.

[Kerrytravelers]

475. I've been through there. We have family is Louisville and Station Valley.

[alfredo]

484. Valley Station was our big football rival.

There used to be mutual vandalism of the schools, taunts and fights. Valley Station has a reputation for being very right wing.

[Kerrytravelers]

488. I don't know how my family stand it. We are all Democrats.

[alfredo]

490. The whole region was very right wing and violent.

It was a typical southern town, churches and liquor stores.

[yellowdogintexas]

514. I have heard Shively referred to as the armpit of Louisville

I haven't been through there in over 25 years but it did have that redneck veneer about it, way back when.

[alfredo]

609. It had/has the ugliest downtown, and it

gets worse as you head south into the suburban blight of Dixie Highway. I haven't been there for many years, maybe the dozed it down and rebuilt it, but I doubt it.

Saying armpit means their aim is too high.

[Bake]

620. Lively Shively!

I used to manage a bank branch there in the Southland Terrace Shopping Center. Down Dixie Hwy just a bit was a drive-through liquor store where you could get a killer Long Island Iced Tea TO GO.

Bake

[DemReadingDU]

471. Hoosier!

grew up in Columbus, Madison, and Seymour, Indiana

P.S. I went to the same high school as John Mellancamp.

[Bzzzz]

478. For all you HOOSIERS...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bnQOY65_SsA

GO BLUE!!!

[DemReadingDU]

479. Yep, Small Town!

I love watching the Small Town video, it's like watching old home movies

:)

[Scarlett17]

491. My ex-step-grandparents live in Gnaw Bone. . .

did you follow that?

[salin]

560. I went to camp in Gnaw Bone

[QMPMom]

493. Hey! Owensville, Indiana here - until I got married and moved.

Go Colts!

[salin]

559. have family in the first.

went to the Regatta in the second
and my fmr congressman is from Seymour.

I grew up in B-ton

[DemReadingDU]

572. Congressman from Seymour

Baron Hill?

He's a friend of my family. I still have family living in both Seymour and Brownstown.

Small world, isn't it?

[LostInAnomie]

667. I have a ton of friends from Columbus.

For some reason that whole city seems to go to college at USI.

[PVnRT]

684. I love southern Indiana

The geography and the open spaces are fantastic. I'd live down there if I could find a job (other than Evansville. Ewwwwwww).

[azmouse]

477. Boyertown, PA

It's nickname should be 'the armpit of PA'. I hated it there.

[Redstone]

638. Yup. I used to live in Skippack, so drove through Boyertown once or twice. Didn't stop.

Redstone

[GoneOffShore]

486. Wilmington, Delaware

And not the suburbs. Although in the 1950's it felt like it. Pretty small town feel back then.

[Ms_Dem_Meanor]

568. Born and raised. Still live here.

Glad to someone has at least been here and know where it is. :)

[GoneOffShore]

694. My Dad lived in the same house from 1914

to 1999 - I sold the house after my Mom died in 2001. And then we had to clean out all the stuff.

Ah, Wilmington, so changed and so still the same. I live in Philadelphia now, and consider myself a Philadelphian (But I want to live in Paris).

[mcscajun]

728. Been there... got married there in 1970.

(The license requirements suited a couple from NYC with one partner technically Underage).
It was still small town; I remember there wasn't a whole lot of main street to it before the banks came in.

Twenty years later, I did a two-week stint there for my employer. Almost threw everything over to move there, I liked Wilmington so much.

[GoneOffShore]

729. I left in 1971

moved to England to avoid the draft.

Came back in 81 and then almost immediately moved to Philadelphia. Wilmington is interesting in a 1970's sort of way.

[TransitJohn]

487. Lyman, Wyoming

High school in Green River.

[fishwax]

656. I've been to Lyman

Well, through Lyman, or around Lyman :) :hi:

(I grew up in Sheridan, mostly)

[TransitJohn]

692. Hey fishwax!

We should get together sometime.

[fishwax]

696. Are you still in Lyman?

We should get together sometime.

That would be cool. :toast: I don't get back to Wyoming much anymore :( but one of these days ...

[TransitJohn]

712. No, I've been in Laramie for 17 yrs

with a approximately 6 year stint in Grateful Dead Land. If you get back anytime soon, look me up. We'll have a Pabst at the Buckhorn.

[Tektonik]

494. Palmdale + Lancaster CA (grew up in the Antelope Valley)

desert community an hour away from LA (if traffic on the 14 isn't too bad =P)

not small but in comparison to LA i felt like a hick

[NewJeffCT]

497. Cromwell, CT

Still have relatives there, but I spent from around 1971 or 1972 there until the early 1990s.

[MassLiberal]

655. I live about 20 minutes from Cromwell!

Outside of New Haven. Used to go to a nice fabric store there, but it's closed now.

[NewJeffCT]

691. Fabric Place?

I think that was the name - we used to joke with my mom when it first opened that it was "Fabric Palace" because she went there several times.

Most of my relatives grew up in Middletown - the town just south of Cromwell.

I currently live about 35 minutes Northeast of Cromwell, but will be moving to 25 minutes NW of Cromwell next month.

[ashling]

498. I was born in Henrietta, Texas .... moved

to Galveston when I was 5, then to Houston in 1960 where I lived through High School.

[momophile]

499. don't have one real hometown but here's a few in WI

I did live in Brule, Honey Creek, and Camp Lake, WI, for short periods of time as a kid.

[Coloradan4Truth]

701. Hi Sis - I missed you up here

I guess no one else is from these burgs we called home. Take care.

by the way, I have Ana'drawal, you should invite us over for hot tub.

[Scooter24]

500. Auerbach, Germany

[nykiera]

501. Haviland, Ohio

[ccinamon]

503. Copperas Cove, TX

As an Army brat, I lived in alot of places -- we were stationed at Fort Hood 3 times,,,, so I'd have to pick it over: Los Angeles, CA; Lawton, OK; Eatontown, NJ; Lakewood, WA; Augusta, GA; Redwood Falls, MN; Bangkok, Thailand; White Sands Missile Range, NM

[texas1928]

598. Been there.

Bought some rabbits at the Rabbit show they have.

[Arkansas Granny]

600. I lived in Copperas Cove for about 16 months after I got married

to a man who was stationed at Killeen Base, TX. My first child was born at Darnall Army hospital at Fort Hood.

[Lethe]

506. Waxahachie, TX

small town 30 mins south of Dallas on I-35

lived there till i was 15 then moved to Austin

[yellowdogintexas]

515. home of Scarborough Faire and Scream Fest.!!!

Love driving over to Waxahachie during the early weekends of Faire..before it gets HOT, which it does very quickly that time of year.

[Lethe]

523. used to go to Scarbourough Faire a lot as a kid

:hi:

[texas1928]

602. Parents lived there for a few years.

[yellowdogintexas]

507. Allensville, Kentucky I defy any of you to know where it is

If you do I probably know you or your parents

[pagandem4justice]

508. Girard, Ohio, and McAllen, Texas

Born in Girard, OH (near Youngstown), moved to McAllen, TX (near the border) 15 years ago.

[TheProphetess]

539. Hey, Girard! I'm from Hubbad, Ohio!

I love Costello's chocolates (now owned by Daffin's) and my best friend used to work at Berlin's World of Travel in Girard.
:hi:

[emmadoggy]

546. Been to McAllen once.

My grandparents used to winter in Mission and we went down to visit them once.

[racaulk]

518. Hamlet, North Carolina

Anyone ever been there?

:crickets:

Thought so. ;)

[Bjornsdotter]

527. Chicago & Malmo, Sweden

Chicago during the school year....Malmo during the summers.

Cheers

[jobycom]

530. Gulfport, MS (Also, Bay St. Louis, MS and Saucier, MS)

[HeeBGBz]

567. Living in Biloxi now

Used to live in Gulfport and Lyman.

[jobycom]

570. I lived in Lyman, went to Lyman, and was just there Saturday visiting

my parents, who live in Saucier.

[TOhioLiberal]

531. Toledo Ohio....

...I'm such a silly...:crazy::silly:

[Nikia]

535. Of course I have been to Toledo

I grew up in Northwest Ohio.
We visited there many times. We even had a membership to the zoo.
My aunt also teaches in Toledo public schools.

[VenusRising]

633. I was born in Toledo.

at St. Vincent's.

[TOhioLiberal]

668. Wow, small world...

...:hi: VenusRising!

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

547. Union City, NJ.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_City%2C_NJ

[emmadoggy]

548. Riceville, Iowa.

pop. 919.

[sfdiva]

557. 45 Minutes west of Pittsburgh called West Aliquippa ...

I hated that town they never believed in privacy down there.

[Puglover]

571. Marion Iowa

n/t

[emmadoggy]

617. Lived there for 6 months in 1995.

:hi:

[Puglover]

619. Some of my family are still there. Outside of Marion.

It is lovely. I left 3 days after I graduated from H/S and never have lived there since. More a big city boy here.

[Deep13]

573. Leicester, MA

[MissMillie]

581. Yep... in fact I'm moving to that town (from the next one over) in a couple of weeks

:hi:

[Deep13]

582. Yes, Rochdale, I remember.

Where in Leicester are you going?

[MissMillie]

583. Rochdale is not a town

it's a hamlet made up of parts of both Oxford and Leicester. I lived on the Oxford side for the last year and a half.

Technically, I'm in Rochdale and I'm staying in Rochdale, I'm just moving to the Leicester side of Rochdale.

[Deep13]

585. Yeah, I know. Does it still have its own Post Office?

I know Cherry Valley did. It had one employee and when she wasn't there the post office was closed. So you are moving closer to Stafford St?

[MissMillie]

587. yes it still has it's own post office

And yes, I am moving closer to Stafford, but I won't post the address on a discussion board.

Interestingly enough I was only a house or 2 away from the Leicester town line before the move, and I'm only moving about 2/10 mile.

[MassLiberal]

659. I've been through Leicester

When I was a kid, we used to drive from Western Mass. to Worcester to visit my grandparents, and sometimes my parents took the "old road" instead of the Mass. pike (not sure which route this "old road" would have been). My sister and I were always antsy to get to Worcester, as the car ride seemed long, and my mother would announce when we got to Spencer because we knew we were almost there: she'd say, "Spencer, Leicester, Worcester"--it became our mantra on those trips. :-)

[Deep13]

685. "...not sure which route this 'old road' would have been..."

State Rt. 9.

The means you must have driven through the town with the most amusing name to juveniles since the discovery of Uranus: Belchertown.

[Arkansas Granny]

575. Hornet, MO.

Very small town.

[Zavulon]

576. Laval, Quebec

It's not actually where I was born, but my first memories took place in Laval.

[Zavulon]

604. Of course, it's not all that small of a town, but

I'm trying to escape the 700 Club.

[Redstone]

639. Mrs R's cousin lived in Laval for a long time. She's in Terrebonne now.

Redstone

[Zavulon]

688. I don't remember enjoying the place much, but I'm missing it as of late.

Especially since, oh, about January of 2001.

Regards to Mrs R's cousin.

[Bassic]

579. Hull, Québec. (now called Gatineau) nt

[u4ic]

731. Was there

many moons ago...:hi:

[seemunkee]

586. Peoria Heights, Il

Separate township from Peoria proper.

[Tuesday_Morning]

648. Hi neighbor!

Peoria here. Haven't lived there in a long time though.

[seemunkee]

680. I moved pretty young

but have a soft spot for it considering my family history there. 5 generations are buried at the Mt Hawley cemetary.

You ever go to Lou's drive in for rootbeer? I loved that place and would get a gallon to take home any time I was in town.

[michreject]

590. Jonesboro, Tennessee

States first capital.

[radfringe]

592. PITTSFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS

until I was 16, family moved to Greenfield MA, and 2 years later to Northampton MA

I'm in PA now

[MassLiberal]

662. Yay for western Mass.!

I've been to Pittsfield, have cousins in Greenfield and LOVE Northampton. I grew up in Longmeadow, just south of Springfield.

[ThoughtCriminal]

594. Huntsville, AL

It was not quite so big then (1960s).

[Hobarticus]

599. Ankeny, IA...just north of Des Moines eom

[ileus]

601. Athens, WV

[texas1928]

603. Ballinger, TX

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

607. Savanna, IL

Widely considered the garden spot of Carroll County...

[Silver Swan]

622. Been to Savanna, IL

I've been to Savanna while wandering around northwestern Illinois.

Savanna was the birthplace of Wayne King--I saw the sign when we were there. I'm showing my age by even knowing who Wayne King was!

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

669. I damned near met him...

He played in town once during my lifetime, but I missed him. I played big band jazz and would have loved an opportunity to meet the guy face-to-face, but I missed out.

[Burma Jones]

610. Olney, MD, Gary, IN, Chapel Hill NC, Metarie, LA and Troy, TN

I attended a different Elementary School each year.......

[seemunkee]

626. Are you in Olney now?

HI neighbor:hi:

[Burma Jones]

671. Further West....by Germantown....

Hi-diddly-ho Neighborino

[Shell Beau]

614. Greenville, MS right on the river!

[Bake]

621. Jackson, TN

The "happy hub" of W. Tenn., they used to call it.

Bake

[pdx_prog]

623. You moved from Jackson to Jackson?

I worked in Milan for 15 years. I hung out in Jackson quite a bit!

[Bake]

700. Yeah, after a long detour in KY!

Now working in Jackson, MS (live in Madison). Which makes it confusing given that my folks still live in Jackson -- TN, that is. One other note of confusion, I live in Madison, which is in Madison County, MS, while Jackson, TN is in Madison County, TN. The heck with it, I need to go back to KY just to get un-confused!

:rofl:

Bake

[pdx_prog]

714. I have bad memories of Jx Ms...

I Was driving from Memphis to New Orleans one night and my car started screwing up about 50 miles north of Jx (near Yazoo City). I pulled into Jx and the guy at the station I stopped at recommended I call Aamco transmission to come tow it. I did so, and the next day the guy calls and tells me one of my lifters blew out. He had sent my car down to another small shop about two blocks away and I went down to get it. He tightened my rocker arm down enough so that the blown lifter would at least work long enough to get me to New Orleans. He told me that I needed to go up to Aamco to pay the tow truck bill so I went up there and pulled into their drive way. I got out of the car, went in and paid my bill. When I went back out to my car I noticed a big puddle of transmission fluid under the car and it was running out to the street. He recommended I let them "take a look at it". I told him no, that I was going to get a friend from New Orleans to come tow me down there. The car was a 69 LeMans and the guy offered to buy it from me right there. He said it would probably cost more to fix the tranny than the car was worth.

I got the car to New Orleans and my friend (a very good mechanic) and I put it up on the rack. These fuckers had loosened my tranny pan bolts so that the fluid would run out. We took the tranny out and busted it open and found metal shavings inside of it. We took the fill tube out and found shavings in it where they has poured them down the fill tube.

We took it apart, cleaned it good and put everything back together and it worked perfectly until I sold the car about 5 years later.

On a lighter note, I was in a band in New Orleans at the time and we used to travel up to Yazoo City to play some. Yazoo is one cool little town. We left the club one night and went to this small lake right outside of town. There was a major party going on there with lots of hooch, booze and skinny dipping. The town cops were there sitting on the hood of their car drinking beer and watching the girls swim. I met a couple of girls there and always stopped by to see them on my way back and forth from Memphis to New Orleans.

This was in 1983 probably so I don't know if the same guy owns Aamco, but he was young at the time and there is a good chance he still owns the place.

[Sisaruus]

628. Brooklyn, CT

[BikeWriter]

632. Texas City, Texas.

[Chan790]

636. Burlington, CT

Largest town-by-area in the state of CT (I think New England, as well)...of course, 97% of town is state and federal forest, or watershed around the reservoir meaning it belongs to the water company.

Translation: Almost nobody lives here.

[mvd]

637. Grew up in Germantown, MD

I still remember the townhouse. Lots of kids around for me! It was pretty small then, but is now a pretty large suburb of DC. I then moved to Frederick, MD, which was bigger.

[MassLiberal]

664. I've been to Germantown

Maybe 18 years ago? We lived in Gaithersburg, MD, for one year while my husband was in grad school at U. Maryland, and I remember driving up to Germantown one day to see what it was like. (Sadly, I can barely remember it now!)

[hellbound-liberal]

724. I lived in Germantown for 11 years from 1995-2006

Things sure did change in those years. Our condo nearly tripled in price. I live in Virginia now, right outside Richmond. Yes, I was one of the ones that helped turn Virginia and the U.S. Senate BLUE!

[Penndems]

640. Arlington, Virginia

It was a much smaller place when I was born there in 1955 than it is now. :)

[femmocrat]

646. I lived there, 1968-69. And I did my student teaching in Arlington

at Gunston Middle School. I had an apartment in Westover (?).... I think it was off the Lee Highway. It was a long time ago, but it was a nice neighborhood.

[Penndems]

647. I attended Kenmore Intermediate from 1968-November 1969

Lived off of Columbia Pike (South Arlington Mill Road). You lived in Westover? It's still there. :hi:

[Dinger]

643. Wausau, Wisconsin

Till I was 5, then Milwaukee

[emmadoggy]

652. Been to Wausau once, for a friend's wedding.

:)

[Left Is Write]

689. Been to Wausau several times. I worked at a radio station in Stevens Point.

[Nikia]

718. I had a job interview in Wausau

I wish that I had landed that job because Wausau seemed like a nice place and I think that job would have paid more and been less stressful.

[Coloradan4Truth]

649. Anyone from Brule, WI circa 1981, or Burlington WI, circa 1978 ???

Momophile and I remember successfully making our rural route bus driver put us in the ditch on the roads between home and Brule by everyone rushing to one side of the bus around a curve.

In Burlington, I remember Burlington Jr. High, and Miss Sullivan, who told me to "stay gold" after we read the Outsiders and I got suspended from school for X.

[momophile]

670. hi sister!

did you see me above? what's up?

[smitty]

650. Westbury, NY, the garden spot of Nassau County. A boy who

grew up to be an infamous Fox News egomaniac lived a few blocks from me. Ya never know.

[JohnnyLib2]

651. Fallon, the Oasis of Nevada

where Reno is considered the big, bad city.

[Wetzelbill]

654. Cut Bank, Montana

Home of the Penguin!!!!

[fishwax]

663. I've been there

I was pretty small, though, on a visit to Glacier NP.

[catabryna]

732. Yep, I've been there, too!

Lived in Whitefish, Montana for a while and used to really enjoy taking Hwy. 2 through Cut Bank and then make the trek north on I-15/Hwy. 4 to Lethbridge, and then back west to Hwy. 93. I even have a picture of the Penguin somewhere!

[Glorfindel]

666. Ellijay, Georgia...it doesn't get any more obscure than that!

n/t

[RebelOne]

673. I know of Ellijay. It's just up the road from me.

My sister lives there. It's a nice town.

[donheld]

674. Arvada Colorado

It was 47,000 when I was growing up, It is now 103,966

[PVnRT]

675. Terre Haute, IN

n/t

[myrna minx]

690. Janesville Wisconsin.

:hi: My friends and I use to sneak out of the house and invade Madison.

[Blue_In_AK]

698. I spent my early years on a farm between Wilmington and Xenia

O-hi-o.

[dolo amber]

703. Were you around Xenia in '74?

:scared:

[Blue_In_AK]

704. No, but my grandparents' house that we used to visit

when I was a kid, blew completely away. It was a beautiful big old 1920s house, completely gone. Thankfully, they had moved on to Florida by that time. I lived in the area from 1946 to 1955.

[hopein08]

699. Wesleyville, PA

[dolo amber]

702. El Cajon/Poway/Escondido CA

Ooooh...a three-fer! :D

[MazeRat7]

705. Abilene, Tx. -nt

[Beausoir]

707. What? No one else is from The Birth Place Of America? Alexandria, MN.

http://www.runestonemuseum.org/runestone.cfm


Very lovely little town surrounded by hundreds of glacier formed lakes.

It was a wonderful place to grow up.

[MikeH]

708. Naperville, Illinois

That is the town where I spent most of my growing up, from later childhood through two years at North Central College.

Naperville was a very small suburb of Chicago just starting its growth when I first moved there; it is now a pretty big town and one of the major suburbs of Chicago.

Other places I lived before Naperville, for a shorter time, and which I remember, are Schenectady, New York; Scotia, New York; and LaGrange, Illinois.

[Auggie]

709. Kirtland, OH

25 miles east of Cleveland

[ballabosh]

713. Preemption, Illinois

I'd bet no one has ever been there.

[Release The Hounds]

717. Two Rivers, WI

[Nikia]

719. I grew up briefly in Sandusky, Ohio

The town that I grew up most in was about an hour away.

[FVZA_Colonel]

722. Kirkland, Washington

It might not count given its proximity to Seattle (making it more of a "suburb" town than one in its own right), but I'll throw it out there nonetheless.

[patricia92243]

726. Asheville, NC

[MedleyMisty]

735. Mount Airy, NC

And I've been to Asheville quite a few times. Mostly on trips to the Biltmore Estate.

Oh, and yes, Mount Airy is the town where Andy Griffith grew up and was the basis for Mayberry and actually has Snappy Lunch and Floyd's Barbershop on Main Street if that jogs anyone's memory about being there.

[Mick Knox]

736. Newark, CA

[Q3JR4]

739. Burley, Idaho.

Can't get much more piss ant than that me thinks.

:bounce: