Im in Adelaide Australia like beeblebrox. Been here since I was three years old. Born in Rotterdam, my parents did the looking for a better life thing and it was a choice between Australia and Canada. I was a sick little bugger and doctors suggested Adelaide on the strength of its childrens hospital. So here we are.
Adelaide is the butt of many east coast jokes. It's considered a backwater and has a curious habit of producing bizarre and/or unsolved murders. But we locals grow to love it regardless. We have great food, wines, and beaches and it takes around twenty minutes to leave the city and be surrounded by nature.
About half of the last ten years Ive actually spent working in various pubs around the Australian outback, where you live in places with popultations around 10-15 and the nearest neighbours are around 50 kilometres away.

I was born and raised in a village in Southern Germany. When I was a kid the population of that village was around 1600, now it's almost up to 2000. It is in the middle of a holiday region with lots of lakes, so it is great for walking, riding a bike, swimming etc.

The largest town in our area is Nuremberg. Most people remember it as the city where the World War II trials were held. But it is a really beautiful city and well worth a visit. It has beautiful architecture, parks, good museums, one of the world's most famous Christmas markets and a not very successful but still hugely popular football (soccer) team.

After studying in Erlangen (a university town close to Nuremberg) for three years, I moved to Melbourne 2 years ago, which also is an amazing and beautiful city (although the weather can be really nasty and just plain annoying with its sudden changes)

Is it true that Adelaide is a planned early Victorian city with a rather grandiose layout, as I vaguely remember reading or hearing?

Adelaide is a planned city it's true. Its based around five public squares, formed kinda like he five on a dice with one central square and four outer squares. The city is also totally surrounded by a ring of parlkands. The roads are all north-south and east-west oriented so its a pretty square city. And the streets were designed wide enuogh to be able to turn a horse drawn cannon in, or something like that.

Thanks, especially for the detail. Adelaide sounds a most attractive city. If I ever visit Australia I'll try to include a stay there.

Gosh, my town is so boring compared to the others I'm reading here. I was raised, and now once again live, in Louisville, Ohio (pronounced 'Lewis-ville'). It is a very little place (don't know the population at present, but it's small and not drastically changed in the decades I can remember). Initially it was settled by French immigrants, I think, who farmed the fertile land here. Farming is still quite the thing (wheats and corn - no cattle or anything). There are no malls, no notable historical sites or four-star restaurants. No museums, movie theaters or concert halls, either [which makes me often feel liked I'm exiled to Siberia]. The big plus is that the education system here is quite good and the crime rate is very low. I live in a place that doesn't grow, though. The opportunities here are mostly limitted so once the youth come of age they leave. I sure did, but eventually came back. Louisville is also known, around here, as "The Constitution Town". Whatever that really means. Big (or at least big in scale for the town) celebrations occur in September each year. The parade is right out of an Americana movie. One expects Robert Preston to come marching through chortling "76 Trombones". There is one thing I really dislike about it here. It's a very racist place and I don't cozy up to that at all. I had just read about burning crosses on people's lawns but I actually saw one as a teenager. 30 years later that pitiful mentality remains. We're pretty close to Cleveland and Akron. You mostly have to drive a bit to see anything of much interest

A little town that's basically full of take-away parlours and you have venture to nearby towns for any decent nightlife.. but I quite like living here.

Gats, your 'little' town is about twice the size of the place I live. I was born and brought up in Edmonton Alberta, a city which is famous for having the biggest shopping mall in the world, though it is far from being the most interesting thing about the place! It's a newish city, in the middle of nowhere, and so has developed a pretty healthy theatre and festival scene for a place its size, just to keep the inhabitants from going crazy!
I now live in a small town about two hours away, not far from the Saskatchewan border. Our claim to fame is that we were the place where the remains of the wild bison (the northern herd) were kept from extinction, at the turn of the last century. There is still a town bison herd, kept in a paddock just outside of town, on the grounds of the military base. That's our other claim to fame - one of the largest military training bases in North America. Troops come from all over the Commonwealth (and the US) for training. On any given weekend in the summer, there will be hundreds of foreign troops let loose on our bars and stores, in a town of less than five thousand!
This is the Canadian prairies, so it's very cold in the winter, hot and dry in the summer ( -35 C in January, +35 C in July). The colour scheme is shades of brown and gold, it's flat and open with dramatic river valleys. Most of the time there's a clear deep blue sky overhead.

I was born and raised in Columbus, Georgia, which is about an hour and a half south of Atlanta, Georgia, in the United States. Columbus is currently the fourth-largest city in the state of Georgia, yet it still has a "small town" type of feeling. I also work in Columbus, but I live right across the Chattahoochee River in Phenix City, Alabama (because property taxes are MUCH cheaper in Alabama). However, Columbus and Phenix City are really like one large city separated by a river.

Edited to add: For those of you who aren't familiar with the southern U.S. but have heard about the stereotypes, let me say this: Stereotypes DO exist (that's why we call them stereotypes), but the southern U.S. is no different from any other part of the country in most ways. In fact, many people refer to the southern U.S. as the friendliest part of the country.

Well, since we're doing all over, no matter where it is, I'm from the good ol' US of A also. I was born in Santa Clara, CA, but moved up to the Sacramento, CA area when I was 4. I've lived in the greater Sacramento area ever since. The greater Sacramento area is very nice when you get out of the city, and even some parts of the city are nice. For those of you who are familiar with the Sacramento area, I'm actually living in Roseville right now (which is about 30-40 minutes away from Sacramento). It's one of those cities that has grown a lot in a very short amount of time. I really like it here though.

I was conceived in Brazil and born in Uruguay (both countries are in South America). I moved to Toronto, Canada when I was just a little girl, and here I am still.

Hi everyone! I'm from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I'm still living here and it's a great big city. We have great cultural events and of course we are home to Tango music and dancing.

Here are some links with more information about Buenos Aires and Argentina
Information on Buenos Aires
Information on Argentina

Im from Washington State

I'm from New York City. The city consists of 5 boroughsm 4 of them are islands - Mahattan, Brooklyn, Queens & Staten Island. I was born on the mainland, The Bronx. I lived there until I was 22, then moved to Manhattan. I've lived in Brooklyn and Queens also.
I moved to Albuquerque, New Mexico in September, 2002. I moved back to New York in May, 2004 and am once again a resident of Queens.

I'm from Buenos Aires, Argentina. Great country, great people, great landscape and great mix of cultures. (Well, not exactly cultures -with all that it involves- but many people from different nationalities came here at the begining of the 20th century, so we kept several characteristics from each one)
If you have the chance to come down here, don't hesitate! You won't regret it!

Born in Beijing, China, but grew up in Birmingham, Alabama.

I was Born and Bred in Northern Ireland in the county of Tyrone. I lived all my life on the shore of Lough Neagh, The largest fresh water lake in the British Isles.
Where I lived was 10 miles away from the nearest town and two miles away from the nearest built up area.

The area is steeped in history with "Dug-out" Canoes being found just up the shore from home dating back to 5510 – 5310 BC and 5480 – 5310 BC.

http://www.ulstermuseum.com/meso2005/strangford_fieldtrip_smc.html
(Search the page for “Lough Neagh”)

There is the remains of a monastery dating back to the 9th century, which has a remarkable largely intact high cross.

http://radiocarbon.pa.qub.ac.uk/local/tyrone/Ardboe/

The local built up area was founded by the Vikings; who navigated into Lough Neagh via the Bann River
http://www.geocities.com/amuse_amenace/scandia.htm .
(Search the page for “Lough Neagh”)

Surprisingly enough the main employment in the area is Fishing for Eels.

http://www.answers.com/topic/lough-neagh

Hard to say that I'm from any one place. I was born in Adelaide, SA (hi beeblebrox and quogequox!) but was rudely uprooted and transplanted to America when I was but a wee lad of 5. I'm pretty sure I didn't have a say in the matter but what's a knee-biter to do? We moved to my mom's hometown of St. Louis, Missouri because her stepmother was dying. Since then I have spent time in New Jersey (hi SilverMoonsong!), Alaska (hi boringkid14, yes it does count as Alaska is probably more foreign to most Americans than is the UK or Australia) and a few weeks in Sudbury, Ontario with the intention of moving (that didn't work out so well).

So after all of that I'm back in St. Louis with a wife, daughter, dog and a mortgage so I guess I'm settled for a while. The good news though is that I'm finally returning to Adelaide in September for the first time in 35 years! I guess the old town has probably changed a bit. But I've got a lot of family to catch up with so we'll have a great time. If I can ever get past my revulsion of a "floater."

I'm from the Republic of Ireland. I was born in it's capital city, Dublin, where I lived until I was 30. I now live on the West coast of Ireland in County Clare. I t is a beautiful place to live. If you have ever been to Ireland for a holiday you may have taken a trip to the Cliffs of Moher. I live about 30 minutes drive from there.

I live in Horwich, which is part of Bolton which is in England! The population is about 21000 I think, although it is a small place and there doesn't seem that many people living here!
Horwich is mainly made up of the town, and the countryside. I live right next to a massive part of the country called Rivington where you can walk for hours and never get bored. Most people visiting England tend to stick to London and the surrounding areas, try going up north for a change, visiting Manchester, the Lake District and the North West, you wont be dissapointed!
I have lived here all my life, but I am at university now, (Edge Hill in Ormskirk) but I don't think I could ever move away.

Rivington Pike brings back memories, lovely walks. My ex-husband lived in Heaton and went to the Bolton School!

I live in North Leeds, between Alwoodley and Seacroft. So halfway between the nice bit and the scabby bit. Used to live in Pannal, but I was born in Marsaxlokk, Malta.