so other than western Michigan....Where's everyone from?

[notadmblnd]

Auburn Hills here:hi:

[bif]

1. Grosse Pointe

[TahitiNut]

16. ... Blank?

:silly:

[bif]

17. Park

[Auntie Bush]

2. I'm from the beautiful Green Mountain State of VERMONT!

Home of Dean, Leahy, Sanders and Jeffords.
84 degrees here yeterday and daffodils blooming...all the windows open and lots of breeze. Truly heaven!

Bummer! I'm leaving all this beautiful planting weather for Florida tomorrow. Going to miss DU something awful. See you all again end of April.

[NWHarkness]

3. Fabulous Ferndale

[LisaM]

4. Born in Ann Arbor, moved to Mt. Clemens....

then grew up in the Lansing area. Back to Ann Arbor for school. I do get back to Ann Arbor often; it's still as great as ever!

My family had been in the Detroit area since about 1801. So when we were in Mt. Clemens, we considered ourselves 8th generation Detroiters.

[cirrocco]

5. Clinton Township

Grew up in Royal Oak but who can afford to live there?

[newyawker99]

21. Hi cirrocco!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[nonconformist]

6. I'm from Michigan, Pontiac/Waterford to be exact

Born and raised. I live in KY now, moved there almost 2 yrs ago - but I still visit MI often and my entire family still lives there so I keep up with local politics somewhat (both Oakland and Genesee counties, since I most recently lived in Davison).

[LisaM]

34. Are you Madonna???

Hey, everyone! Madonna posts at DU!!!

[nonconformist]

41. Ha, I wish - I could use the money! n/t

[susanna]

61. Waterford! Wooo-hooo...

I was born/raised in Pontiac/Waterford too. Moved to Detroit a while ago, then kept moving downriver. I'll be in KY before you know it! ;-)

edited subject line for clarity

[Susang]

7. Detroit

But I went to college in Western Michigan (University to be precise).

Now I live in Chicago, though the majority of my family still live in the greater Detroit area, so I visit every couple of months. I grew up on the Northwest side, on Hartwell between McNichols & Outer Drive.

[fujiyama]

8. Canton

or as one person put it, one big strip mall. Been living in MI most of my life. I'm a student at Wayne State.

[MSchreader]

9. Detroit

Northwest side -- Lahser & Grand River area.

Martin

[TahitiNut]

15. How do you pronounce "Lahser"?

:evilgrin:

[bif]

18. Lasher...if you're from the East Side

But I've worked on the west side for so long, I pronounce it correctly now.

[TahitiNut]

37. Well, I'm a west-sider and hear it both ways.

Growing up I heard 'lasher' more than 'lahser' -- all people from northwest side (Oak Park, Berkley, Royal Oak, Troy, and Farmington).

[notadmblnd]

53. Maybe I'm getting old but

I don't under this east/west thing. It's always been about the mile roads to me.

[Lefty48197]

55. Get with it!

The east and west sides are like different PLANETS! 8 mile is just an international border.

[ScreamingMeemie]

49. I'm from the East side and that's not how I pronounce it.

:shrug: Nor do any of my neighbors. I wish we could all ditch the East side/West side Crap.

:hi:

[Lefty48197]

56. Well at least we can agree on football

Go Packers!

[MSchreader]

31. Like it's spelled

Lah-sir. (OK, maybe not EXACTLY how it's spelled.) :hi:

Will I be seeing you at FUNDAY? How about May Day at Belle Isle?

Martin

[bif]

32. I'm going to try to make Belle Isle for sure.

Not sure about Funday. What's the date again?

[MSchreader]

38. June 19

It's a Saturday.

Martin

[TahitiNut]

36. I'm gonna try to get to FunDay ... can't make Belle Isle.

[ben_thayer]

10. Davisburg...

North Oakland County near Holly.

:hi:

[Lalena]

11. Lansing (actually in Haslett - east of Lansing)

[1gobluedem]

20. Haslett High -- class of 1978! n/t

[LisaM]

23. I'm from Haslett too!

PM me.

[GiovanniC]

12. Jackson...

Situated south of Lansing, west of Ann Arbor, and east of Battle Creek.

[liberalcapitalist]

40. have we met?

Jason Seagraves

[gasperc]

13. Rochester Hills

anyone here going to the Kerry meetup? I think I'm going to get one started in Rochester!

[notadmblnd]

35. Where would we meet?

[TahitiNut]

14. Royal Oak

(Farmington High School and WSU grad)

[1gobluedem]

19. Born in A2....

...grew up in Haslett, came back to A2 for college and never left! In live in Ann Arbor, work in Ypsilanti.

Go Blue!
Go Wings!
Go Pistons!

[LisaM]

24. Go Haslett Vikings! n/t

[U of M Dem 07]

22. Milford for most of my life

but I'm going to school in Ann Arbor right now. (GO BLUE!)
:hi:

[m-jean03]

25. I'm from Marquette, in the UP

But I'm living in WA state now:hi:

[LisaM]

26. I live in Washington, too

Are you in Seattle? Do you like to watch the Wings?

[m-jean03]

28. In Bellingham, actually --

Not a big sports fan, usually, but I can get into a game in the right company! :)

[LisaM]

29. We love Bellingham!

We've been including it in our yearly weeklong driving vacation in February. So, we'll be there the week of President's Day, 2005!

[Scout]

27. Ann Arbor

[shugah]

30. born in detroit

redford, specifically. i've lived several different places in the state.

i am pretty sure i now have the distinction of being the only liberal in livingston county. okay, that's not entirely true. i did see a car at the grocery store one day that had a kucinich bumper sticker on it. i still wonder who it was...

on edit: sanders, like sahnders, and lahser like lah-sher (not lash- er)

[Susang]

42. mmmmm....Sanders hot fudge

My mother's first job was scooping ice cream at Sanders. She still gets a hot fudge ice cream puff jones every now and then. I was miserable when I found out they were closing. :-(

[shugah]

48. sanders closing was a sad day

as kids, we'd get taken out for a sanders hot fudge marshmallow sundae as a treat when we did something especially good.

i also reward my kids with "ice cream out" from time to time, but it's just not the same. *sigh*

[Lefty48197]

57. Shugah, that makes you...

the "Democratic base" in Livingston Co.

[DontBlameMe]

33. East Lansing

Go State!

[liberalcapitalist]

39. Adrian

County seat of Lenawee County; fourth largest city in the 7th C.D.

[U2Shark]

43. Okemos

[Damn Hippie]

44. East Lansing,

Alma, Petoskey and Midland. (HH Dow High class of 1978)

[5thGenDemocrat]

45. Saginaw here

My nephew, Joe Dey, is a wide receiver on the Alma College Scots football team.
I lived in Petoskey from 1977-80 (524 State, apt 1) and attended North Central Michigan College (Go Ferrets!). Also, like MSchreader, I am a graduate of Saginaw Arthur Hill HS (though my second cousins, the Inmans, all went to Dow -- you probably know some of them).
John
Yes, FUNDAY is June 19 at the house here in Saginaw. All are invited.
It is now 54 days, 21 hours and 35 minutes to FUNDAY.

[notadmblnd]

52. I keep seeing your invite here

and I'm thinkin if I can find someone to come with, I just might go for a drive.

on edit: what can we bring?

[debannbull]

46. up north

Kalkaska County: east of Grand Traverse, west of Grayling

Organizing like mad to take back this part of the state from the r's.

[pattyh]

47. From mid-central Michigan...

Gowen is located 45 miles NE of Grand Rapids...I am campaign manager of our next 4th District Congressman and the district encompasses 14 counties...anybody from the 4th?

[ScreamingMeemie]

50. St Clair Shores...

:hi:

[Zookeeper]

51. Currently a Minnesotan...

But born in Detroit, raised in Grosse Pointe, spent some time in Ypsi/Ann Arbor, then fled to San Francisco, where I lived for ten years.

I miss the Great Lakes (although we do have a little bit of Lake Superior). And I was sad to hear about Sanders! I loved their wonderful yellow layer cake with real buttercream frosting and finely chopped nuts around the outside. Why, oh why, did they go out of business?

[Pithlet]

54. I'm from Flint.

I live in Tennessee now, but I still have family there, and in Detroit, so I visit frequently.

[Lefty48197]

58. Ypsi Twp

Belleville, almost.

[Ann Arbor Dem]

59. Born and raised in Petoskey

but living in Ann Arbor since 1979.

[susanna]

60. Downriver...

Rouge. Hi all! :-)

[stavka]

62. Born/Raised in Muskegon; Live/Work in Ann Arbor