I'm from Houston, Texas where it can be 80 degreesF(26C) one moment and when the cold front comes, usually the first one is in November, drop to 30F(-2C) in a matter of minutes. And if you love saunas, Houston's summers can't be beat.

I've also lived and traveled in many other places as well, having been an army brat and now due my husband's job. As a child I lived in Germany and Alaska. Presently we have been posted to Kazakhstan which was once tied to the Soviet Union. Except for the river that is starting to thaw, the snow has finally disappeared. One week here the temps. were down to minus 36. We've also lived in Cairo, Egypt, Trinidad, and Mumbai, India. Great experiences all the way around. I guess the most important advantage that I have gained from this is realizing no matter where you go people are basically the same. You bring a part of their lives with you and you leave a part of yours with them.

I have never left the continental US in my 28 years.

I grew up in Southern NJ (and its important to say southern.. picture sleepy towns and pine trees, although New Jersey is the only state in America where every county is deemed industrial). Then, in college for five years, I lived right outside of Atlantic City, or as we say, "down the shore." And when I got married, I moved across the Delaware River to PA.

I now live in a suburb of Philadelphia. We live in a row home in a family oriented neighborhood. The houses are 1-2 and you can hear your neighbor sneeze sometimes through the walls. We also enjoy all four seasons here. It can be 105F. in the summer and -5F. in the winter. And right now, I am staring out the window at the azalia bushes I planted yesterday in our small plot of back yard across the alley. All the flowers will bloom in a week or two.

There is a LOT to do around here. I can grab a bus at the top of the street and take it into the city at any time of day. There is also a lot of commerce that I can walk to in minutes at my finger tips. The people are very nice here, also. And everyone routes for the Philadelphia Eagles and Phillies. Besides a great cheesesteak, Philadelphia is also known for its fans.

A nice side note is that my parents still live in Southwest New Jersey and they have their boat docked on the Delaware River. At a moment's notice, you can plan to spend the day touring Penns Landing or the Chesapeke Bay from their boat. In the winter, the Pocono mountains are an hour away for some skiing. Or a day trip to NYC or Washington DC is only 1 1/2 hour trip by car.

I really like this thread. Its nice to read everyone's posts and descriptions.

Hmmmm, Beeblebrox sells her/his city short, Adelaide is leading and has always led Australia in many areas, the arts, humanitarian matters and reforms of all kinds. I have been there many times, I found the people to be among the friendliest in Australia, And all this within a couple hours of the wonderful Barossa valley, Yum!!!

I'm from a suburb of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, called West Chester.

West Chester is the county seat for Chester County, and its claim to fame is in three parts:

1. QVC headquarters & TV studios are just up the road

2. Chester County was the first location in the state to permit condominium construction, and I live in the first community built, Summit House.

3. West Chester, until the 1970s, was mostly farmland. These acres have been taken over by developers who have constructed some homes in the $3 million range for the QVC bigshots. Other single homes are in the $500000 to 1 million range. One single home was constructred in 1720, this has been moved to a secure location while construction continues.

As you can see, West Chester is a melange of modern and colonial, overly expensive and innovative in home construction, and cognizant of how the community looks. For example, the QVC operation is enormous with several huge buildings. All is completely out of site back in an industrial park.

The wonderfull historical collections of Philadelohia are 1/2 hour away where you can visit Christ Church and sit in Benjamin Franklin's pew. Betsy Ross' house where the first flag was made, the new Constitution Center and so on.

Another Pennsylvanian! I lived in West Chester the first year I moved to PA.

I too live in a small suburb outside of Philadelphia called Glenolden. We are approximately 15 minutes SW. I have lived here for 5 years. Prior to that I lived in Seattle WA. A beautiful area, but you pay for that beauty. Imagine waking up everyday to lush trees, mountains surrounding you, the Puget Sound to the west and every single car on one major highway. No wonder we had to open Starbucks! Something needed to be drunk while sitting in traffic.

If you can overcome the humidity, Pennsylvania is a lovely place to live. You are a car or train ride away from New York, Boston, Baltimore and DC. A few more hours and you are at Niagara Falls. I used to work in Philly and walked by a church that had a plaque stating "famous site where Benjamin Franklin flew his kite." You don't get to see signs like that everyday. Visit us for our manic sports fans and nummy cheesesteaks.

OK, you asked for it... I've already posted a lengthy answer to another thread asking the same question. I felt like I had done a book report by the end of that post - now I know it was well-worth the time to look up all the interesting info I found relating to my Burg!

Pennsylvania sits on the east coast of the United States; my husband and I both were born in Pittsburgh. Situated in the southwest corner of the state, closer to Ohio and West Virginia it's home to about 1.5 million people. Our city sits where the Allegheny and Monongahela rivers converge to make the Ohio River. It's at this place simply known as "The Point" where the famed Three Rivers Stadium stood for thirty years until 2001. This playing field housed both our beloved Steelers and Pirates for many years and we are proud to have won 5 Superbowls (American Football championships) and 5 World Series (Baseball). The Pittsburgh Pirates actually played in the very first World Series in 1903 against the Boston Americans (aka Red Sox - we lost 5-3) Pittsburgh's also the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins, currently owned by former player/team captain Mario LeMieux, himself a transplant from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Due to the unique landscape we have loads of bridges of which there are about 27 just on the Three Rivers. We also have two functional funiculars (cable cars that operate on inclines) left over from the original fifteen that once serviced the city. The Duquesne and Monongahela 'Inclines' provide quick transportation from the downtown area up the side of the mountain to Mount Washington. In a matter of minutes you can be at the top overlooking the city without ever needing to sit in traffic.

Pittsburgh, for many decades, was affectionately known as the "Steel City" due to the many steelmaking plants along the rivers. It was definitely a blue-collar town with the majority of its men being steelworkers up until the 1980s. Since the decline of the steel industry our city has experienced a technological and cultural renaissance. We've even added an FBI branch right on Carson Street in South Side where steel mills once stood.

Andrew Carnegie, who emigrated from Scotland grew up on the North Side from age 13. As a captain of the steel industry he opened his first American "free library" in this city so that children could have a place to read, learn and even wash up if need be. Today his philanthropy is known world-wide through his libraries, museums, schools and Carnegie Hall in New York City.

Our fair town and vicinity boasts many well-known cultural and pop icons. Mary Cassatt, Martha Graham, Honus Wagner (transplanted from Mansfield, PA), David O. Selznick, George Romero, Gene Kelly, Jimmy Stewart, Michael Keaton and Jeff Goldblum to name a few. More notably we claim Fred Rogers and Andy Warhol as beloved native Pittsburghers. The impact these two men have had on the world cannot be denied. 'Mr. Rogers Neighborhood' is still shown on PBS today and items from the orginal set are located in the Children's Museum of Pittsburgh on the North Side. The Andy Warhol Museum also sits just over the newly renamed Andy Warhol Bridge (4th Street Bridge) on the historic North Side of Pittsburgh. I'd strongly recommend a visit to anyone who finds themself in the city; it's a wealth of personal and artistic history featuring his works in painting, photography and silkscreening. The exhibits are ever-changing as they do tour but while I was there I was able to see the Silver Clouds exhibit - a mainstay, a personally autographed photo of Shirley Temple to Andy and a pair of Clark Gable's shoes donated for another exhibit.

There have been a plethora of movies filmed here. Some of the better-known ones (or ones that weren't so great but showed a lot of the city) were Silence of the Lambs, The Deer Hunter, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Flashdance, Dominick & Eugene, Money For Nothing, Wonder Boys, Innocent Blood, Mothman Prophecies, Gung Ho and Inspector Gadget. Keep it in mind if you find yourself watching any of these.

The beautiful architechtural landmarks Fallingwater and Kentuck Knob, both designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, can be found if one wishes to travel, about an hour south of the city. This is the area I now occupy while waiting for my husband's deployment to end.

Lastly we are the home to multiple big-name colleges and universities. The University of Pittsburgh (aka Pitt - home of the Panthers), Carlow College, Duquesne University, Carnegie-Mellon University (Formerly Carnegie-Tech), Chatham and Penn State-McKeesport are all within miles of each other around the booming Oakland area.

I am proud to call Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania home but I had to get away from it to appreciate it. Since marrying, my husband and I have lived in central Tennessee, upstate New York (where we again reside) and my favorite place - Brussels, Belgium. I'll save that for another thread.

Besides the last city I lived in in France, and of course California where I grew up, I've lived the longest outside of Philadelphia in a small place called Secane. In fact, I had to laugh as when I heard Glenolden it brought me back to those days of taking the train back and forth with my toddler on there and she'd call out all the stations with a solomn look on her little face and everyone's eyes were on us. One time around Christmas, the conductor said hello to her, picked her up and let her have the microphone! I've told her this story and she thinks I'm telling a lie. I'm not. Glenolden was very graceful and had beautiful trees amongst the suburbs. Each suburban area had its own character which is something I miss here.

The main claim to fame of Secane was an enormous old house built by Quakers in 1881 called the Friendly Acres. It had been a children's home then the Y came in and took over the direction then they tore it down and put in a modern building shortly before we left that area.

It adjoined our condominium complex and one day I applied to work there and they took my child in as a fringe benefit for her first school experience. She was proud. We'd just skip through the shortcut in the hedge. I earned minimum wage that summer, but it was worth it to keep that kid out of my hair.
I learned that this house had served as a stop for slaves escaping on the Underground Railroad. I know that hot summer I worked there, my kid and I had to immediately take a shower to get the moldy school smell off of us! It was a beautiful old place and the seniors had a room downstairs and the little kids went up and down that porch and you felt like it was a family setting. This is what the founder wanted for the orphans.

My son's first place was there in Secane as well.
I really enjoyed that area though, usually had to take the train or the car when I got one later to take the kids out to play in neighboring Swarthmore.
What I loved about Pennsylvania is the history all around you.

During a genealogy binge last year when I really wanted to find out the mysterious branch of my dad's family, I finally cracked the code and found out that, a few of my ancestors died and were buried there in Chester and around West Chester, where I in fact worked for several years.
Someone had even reproduced the weddings and membership procedures of the Quaker meeting house for one of their weddings. I wouldn't mind going back and seeing where this is...another ancestor allegedly worked as a printer's apprentice for Benjamin Franklin. That was going up one of my Dad's maternal ancestor's lines.
When I studied genealogy though I found that I'd actually lived in several places where ancestors had been born or died, including Tennessee (Bull's Gap), Indiana (several towns and greatgrandparents married there) and Pennsylvania. If I'd known, I could have photographed things for the people into genealogy.

Philadelphia does have some heavy duty humidity and fortunately, we had a really efficient little apt and did double windows to save energy. I remember being unable to work on my computer or play the piano because their fans didn't work and my brain would not work!

I miss Philly and mainly the friends we left there. I would love to take the kids there to see where they'd lived.

Maybe some day.

I'm from Alexandroupolis, Greece. I was born there but I lived in Wuppertal, Germany, until I was 5. Then my family moved back to my hometown, which is growing amazingly fast. Its population was less than 40,000 fifteen years ago, but now it's 60,000.
I love Alex/polis but I had to move again I few moths ago (I went to university) to Samos, an island in the Aegean Sea. The city I live in now is called Karlovasi and it's a small town (about 10,000 people, 2,000 of them are uni students).
The weather here is good all the time (it only rained some times during the winter). Karlovasi is by the sea (just like Alex/polis), which is really useful now that it's awfully hot around here.

kalosorisete!

My parents are from Patras, the other end of Greece. We visited your hometown back in 1978, during a 3 month holiday.
I was born in Wollongong, 50 miles south of here. We moved to Sydney in '68, and been here ever since.

I'm in England and live in a small town just outside Sunderland (North East england) called Washington. Has some sort of link to the American capital, I think the ancestors of George Washington lived here back in the day! Anyway, it's an awful place that needs regenerating and I can't wait to leave once I stump up the cash for somewhere nicer.

I'm from California, USA. Lived pretty much all over the state. Right now I'm in Santa Barbara and will be moving back down to San Diego in August.

I've only been out of the country once. That was to London for my Senior class trip. That was a blast. I would love to travel more. The three countries I want to see most are Australia, New Zealand, and Italy.

Wey-ell, Aaahm from Austin, Tey-xas, ayand...I actually don't speak with a Texas accent. Texas is a big place. The eastern part has thick forests, pine forests, and lush farmland. The western part has thin soil and scrubby grass and juniper (and cactus, of course!), which thins out to bare soil as you travel further west. In Austin, I sit right on top of the boundary between the two. The dividing line is the Balcones Fault, which runs right through Austin and right under a major highway (Mopac), actually! Luckily the fault's not active any more! So Austin is a very diverse place. The American South meets the American West, and the high tech industry and the University of Texas bring in a lot of diversity. There is a slogan around here, "Keep Austin Weird," and I love it!

That's a very good question. I was born an arrow shot from Bosworth Field, site of the last battle of the Wars of the Roses, Richard III and all that. My mum was born in Germany and came over here not very long after WWII. I always thought that my family, on my fathers side, originated in Yorkshire because of the way we speak. However, after looking into my family history it appears that my ancestors all lived within a ten mile radius of where I was born, and I've managed to get as far back as the late 1600's. So, I am Leicestershire born and bred, and very proud of it, but I now live in Oxfordshire.

I'm a Londoner born and bred and so very proud of the fact!

Hello,

I was born in a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean called Madeira which belongs to Portugal, I have lived there until I was 13, then moved to London where I have lived since (I am 24 now) and had short spell in Brisbane/Australia (want to return once university is over).

Regards.

Hola,

I'm from Uruguay, a little country in South America.
We've got beautiful beaches in the Atlantic ocean.

I consider myself a citizen of the world because I've moved around so much. I've usually had a pretty stable home base, but my work has allowed me to travel a lot, for which I am grateful.

I was born in NY City and moved to Long Island when I was an infant, and then we moved to New Jersey, where I grew up. So there's a funtrivia Sue in Old Jersey and a funtrivia Sue who hails from the New one.

After going to college in upstate NY (the Fingerlakes Region, which is heaven on earth when the weather is nice), I moved to Colombia, South America. I lived in Bogota for 19 years, and got to travel all over the country, Central and South America (setting one foot in the Northern Hemisphere and the other in the Southern Hemisphere when I visited the Equator in Ecuador). I also covered a lot of North America, with trips to Mexico, Puerto Rico and Canada (from Montreal to Ontario to Alberta--for the Stampede). My work has also taken me to Europe and a tiny bit of Asia (setting one foot in Asia and the other in Europe when I was in Istanbul for the Habitat II Conference sponsored by the UN), while working as a translator and interpreter on a freelance basis. I love England, Ireland (God's country, without a doubt), France, Germany and Turkey. I intend to get to the rest of Europe someday!

I was supposed to have a trip to Bangalore, India, but it got canceled, as did another trip to Nairobi, Kenya. Again, I am determined to go to both of those places and more in the future.

Four years ago, my family decided to come to the US to give our son the chance to live here as a basis of comparison. (It's better to have lived in a place you have a passport for and not just vacation there.) We are in the Atlanta area, and our favorite spots around here are Stone Mountain Park, the Jimmy Carter Center, the MLK Center, Jubilee Partners, Habitat for Humanity Headquarters, the Gone with the Wind museum and the Margaret Mitchell House, and much more.

I agree with those who've said that it is interesting to read about where everyone is from. Any place is foreign to someone who's never been there!

Another Canadian here ) Born and bred.. I live in northern Ontario home of hundreds of small lakes and rivers and pretty as a postcard. Only thing more plentiful than the bodies of water are the mosquitoes and black flies!

Hi I was born just outside of Johannesburg, South Africa and spent all of my childhood here. I got married and moved with my husband to Bahrain. We lived there for 5 years and our firs daughter was born there. From there we went to Greece and lived in Glyfada for almost a year. We then went to the USA and lived in New York for a couple of months while we looked for a place to live. Ended up living in Connecticut for 10 years and our 2nd daughter was born there.
Returned to South Africa in time for the elections after Nelson Mandela was released from 27 years in prison.
Have been here for the past 13 years.

Things you may not know about South Africa.

1. Dr.Chris Barnard performed the first heart transplant at Groote Schuur hospital in Cape Town.

2. South Africa is rich in Gold and Diamonds. We also mine platinum, chromium, vanadium, manganese, uranium, iron ore and coal.

3. The Kreepy-crawly (self cleaning pool mechanism) was invented by a South African.

4. We have amazing wild life parks, the most famous of all is the Kruger National Park. The fencing has been removed and together, Moçambique’s Parque Nacional do Limpopo, South Africa’s Kruger National Park and Zimbabwe’s Gonarezhou National Park form the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, covering a total of 3.3 million hectares - one of the largest wilderness conservation areas in the world.

5. We have great beaches for surfing and swimming.

6. We have a marine sanctuary in Sodwana Bay with some of the best reefs in the world. Come scuba dive with us some time.

I'm from Scotland I was born here and i've never lived anywhere else and to be honest i'm not sure if there's anywhere else i would rather be.

I was also born in Scotland and have lived here all my life. Been on holiday to other places for a week or two, but never away for any length of time. However, within the next 5 to 10 years I hope to be living in Canada or America, the company I work for have offices out there and also better opportunities for the line of work I am in, so I am hoping that in the future I can hopefully be accepted for a transfer to a different office and settle down over there.

I am from a town called Kalamazoo(yes, this really exists) in Michigan-exactly half way between Detroit and Chicago.
1-94 ext 80(dead midway point.) 4 colleges, decent nightlife, tough economic times here because of the auto industry. 100,000 people. But, even with being said, they say home is where the heart is. And this is home.

I was born and raised in China——a great mysterious country.

I was born and bred in Brisbane, Queensland, but my mum was born and bred in Lithgow, New South Wales, and my dad was born and bred in Coburg, Victoria. Dad's family moved to New South Wales in the 60's, and then he and my mum moved to Brisbane in the mid 80's, after my two eldest sisters were born. We've lived in Brisbane ever since, but we all have a very soft spot for all things Victorian, especially the footy