Oh, what the heck. I'll jump aboard.
Originally Franklin, MA
High school in Poplar Bluff MO (any former Mules out there? I'll break into the fight song.)
Undergrad college in Santa Fe NM
Live now in maybe the fifth or sixth nicest inner ring suburb of St.Louis MO

I was born in Los Angeles and now live in Provo, Utah until I graduate college. However, I'm going to Europe (11-country amazing summer vacation) and I just may never come back!

No, really, I'm serious. If Europe offers me something better than what I've got here, ciao Utah.

Hi everyone - such a long post, but fun to read where everyone has spent their years!!

I was born in England, Welwyn Garden City, and then grew up in Brookmans Park/Potters Bar area. We moved to California when I was 15 and have remained here.

I am excited to be taking my husband and children to England this coming December so they can experience it all!!

wow, this began a long time ago. How fun that it's still going!
born in Chicago
lived on Long Island until 12 yrs. old
moved to Camarillo, Ca and have been a CA girl ever since! I currently live on the central coast and love it :)

born in Kansas,lived in New Jersey now St Louis.

Born in New South Wales, Australia. Live in Wollongong (80km south of Sydney where I work).

Born in Lakeland, FL

Moved to Charlotte, NC

Now divide my time between Moscow, Russia and Charlotte.

I was born in San Antonio Texas, USA. I lived in France for 2 years and Belgium for 2 years as a child. I now live in St. Louis Missouri USA.

Born in Benton Harbor, MI (love that Lake Michigan). Moved to Goshen, Indiana; then Kent, Ohio; on to Topeka, Kansas and now reside in River Falls, Wisconsin

You are all new names, so I hope you will stay at fodors and give us your breath of fresh air. We love to help and we hope you will too
WELCOME!!

Yes, welcome to our madhouse :)

I grew up in Mazomanie( means "iron horse"- was a railroad town) in Wisconsin. My husband and I lived on Saipan, an island in the Pacific, for 4 years. I also lived in Argentina and spent time in Taiwan. We now live in Greenfield (Milwaukee) WI.

I live in Watertown Connecticut

Born and Raised in Detroit.
Live in Oakland Township
Hearts in Cancun

after reading (most of) this post I thought I would join in...
I grew up in Washington State a small town on the Peninsula then moved to Seattle for 4 years while in college.
Now I live in Arizona (Scottsdale then Tempe)
All of the sunshine makes me nervous and
I will be moving back to Seattle this December.
HAHA, but seriously, I can't wait!!!
I found this board while planning my 2 month trip to Europe coming up this summer.

Ditto to RMS882 - I, too, just discovered this (5 YEAR ??) posting and wanted to join it.

As you can obviously tell from my name, I was born and raised in the Bronx, went to college in Waltham, MA (outside of Boston) and then moved back to NYC. I now live in Hartsdale, NY, about 30 minutes north of Manhattan.

Have travelled all over the world but my heart would be in London - have always wanted to live there and settled for visiting it more than any other city in the world.

I love that there are so many different cultures represented on this thread.
Born in San Francisco, CA
Raised in Petaluma,CA
Travelled all over, but still haven't experiencd enough!!!
Lived in London, San Fran again, London, Leiden, Netherlands, Paris, France and now in San Francisco again. Desperately missing life in Europe!!! Hope to live in London again or Ireland someday....

Susan Mac.....another chicken rancher? Wife was raised in Petaluma, too..lived on a large chicken ranch and went to PHS..we still visit occasionally.
Stu T.

Still Cardiff Wales...(trying for 1000 posts here on this thread)

:-)

Muck

Happy Easter , everyone, tout de monde
mimi

Doing my bit to get this thread to 1000. I live in the desert in Tucson, AZ, but would love to live in the Pacific Northwest.

Born in Jefferson, Texas
Live in Carthage, Texas
But I spend much of my time in France, Germany, and Italy

I don't know if I have responded to this thread previously or not! I now live in the southern end of the Sacramento Valley, CA. Born and raised in the SF/Bay Area. Maternal side of the family came to SF from Bath, NH a year or so after the Civil War. Other family ancestors are from Europe and NZ/Austrailia and the Maritime Islands of Canada.

Stu T, a family member was involved with the clocktower in downtown Petaluma.

My paternal grandfather had vineyards in Lodi waaaay before Lodi was known for their vineyards and wine.

It is so interesting to read about everyones background.

Born in S California, living in Eugene, Oregon for the past 10 years (with the exception of a few interludes in Austria).
Hopefully headed to Dornach, Switzerland for the next 5 years.

I'm from Columbus,Georgia. No not the one in Ohio the other one the smaller more conservative one. It's about 100 miles southwest of Atlanta.

I saw this and knew I had to represent C-town. It's a midsized army town, we have a couple minor league teams and fairly decent mall. Born and raised here. I will start plotting my escape next year after graduation. But everyone under 25 talks about getting out of Columbus and moving to Atlanta.

This has to be like the longest thread ever. Cool.

Terrence

I was born in Paris (mother American, father French), lived there until I was 13 years old attending French Catholic schools and boarding school. Imagine the culture shock when I landed in a Massachusetts public middle school and had to learn English. Spent high school years in Virginia. Parents moved to Rome (Italy not NY) when I went to college in Vermont. After graduation I settled in central Massachusetts which is where I have been ever since (over 30 years). I don't get to return to France very often (next month will only be my 4th trip), so I cherish every moment because I consider any visit as my last one. I envy the seasoned Fodorites who go over to Europe one or more times a year. Nevertheless, I have fallen in love with the Southwest and within the next decade am SO looking forward to moving somewhere there. New England winters have taken a toll on me.

Great Thread! ((Y))

Live in South Carolina (the Low Country).

Born and raised in New Jersey.

In between I've lived in Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Switzerland. Just got my Irish Citizenship...so maybe Ireland is in my future! %%-

Planning a trip to France and came across this thread. I can't believe its continued for almost five years!

Born in Newark, NJ.
Live in northeastern, PA.

May the thread continue!

born and raised in philadelphia, Pa

live in northeast philly now

I will make my contribution.

I came into this world as an Army brat at Fort Campbell, Tennessee (most of it is in KY, but I was born in TN!)

Lived briefly in Pittsburgh and central New Jersey. Have spent most of my life in Ohio: childhood in Toledo, college in Columbus (GO BUCKS), and interning and soon full-time in Cincinnati.

I was born in D.C., lived there for 5 years, Boston for 5 years, then moved to Cincinnati. Lived there for 23 years until September '05 when we moved to London (Richmond).

Almost at 1000.

I'm a brand new Fodorite so I had to add my contribution.

Born: Hickory, NC
Currently: Karlsruhe, Germany (for a 5 month stint)

In between (for varying time periods): Durham, NC; Breckenridge, CO; Washington DC; Paris; and Columbia, SC.

I still live in southeast Minnesota, but I'm posting again to help this thread get up to 1,000.

I'll add my 2 cents worth...born in Louisville, Ky and lived there all my childhood until after college then lived in Nashville, Tn for 6 years, back to Louisville and now have been here in Atlanta for a almost 16.

Ok this is 996 and I hope mimi taylor
is around to do the 1000 !!

Muck

Born in Lumberton, NC. Live in Columbia, SC. Wish I was somewhere more exotic.:)

I was born in Oklahoma now live in Texas and have lived in California.
My heart to is anywhere on a trip on a trip! I have been to Napa Valley,San Francisco, Sedona, France and England this last year. Plan to go to Tahoe and Yosemite in the Fall. Believe it or not I still work and can fit all this in!

Born in Jamaica
Live 6 months in Florida and 6 months in Ontario

I just wanted to be the 1000 reply to this thread. Do I win anything?

To answer the question, I live in the Seattle area.

Wow!! Am I really 1001?? I like the ring of that number! So, born in Coos Bay, Oregon but last 25 years in San Antonio, Texas--with bits of time in Ky, Tn, Il, Az. Guess thats tells you I'm not as young in numbers as I think I am. Oh well, I'm definitely young at heart and love to travel. 1001!!??