Where were you born?

[NewWaveChick1981]

I know this has been done before, but it's time we do it again! :)

I was born in Atlanta, GA!

NEXT....

[Crazy Dave]

1. Ft. Walton Beach, FL

:hi:

[Mutley]

2. El Paso, TX

[Xipe Totec]

87. No Kidding!

Half my family is from El Paso!

Got about 20 some-odd first cousins there, assorted aunts, & uncles.

[Orsino]

3. Alabama, near Auburn. n/t

[bridgit]

4. sacramento...

[WritingIsMyReligion]

5. Portland, Maine.

Next question.

:D

[ceile]

6. Houston, TX

Please no dogging on my hometown today.

[City Lights]

7. Chicago, Illinois. n/t

[huskerlaw]

8. Lincoln, Nebraska

Go Huskers. ;)

[Crazy Dave]

32. I graduated high school in Omaha

:hi:

[huskerlaw]

33. I grew up about

15 miles south of Omaha.

Howdy former neighbor! :hi:

[scarlet_owl]

9. St. Louis, MO.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

10. Secaucus, NJ

Spent my formative years living in Union City, NJ getting fucked up by nuns.

[Virginia Dare]

11. Washington D.C.

the den of iniquity.

[Digit]

72. Me, too

[Virginia Dare]

74. Cool, I was born at G.W., how about you?...n/t

[Digit]

91. Sibley...although I don't know if it is still standing

[In_The_Wind]

12. Atlanta, GA

[NewWaveChick1981]

13. Yay!

:) That's why we get along so well! :pals:

[In_The_Wind]

45. I'm sure that does have a lot to do with it.

:pals:

[Virginia Dare]

75. OT, but I love your handle...

is that the year you were born?

[NewWaveChick1981]

108. Thanks, Virginia Dare! Sadly, it's not the year I was born...

...It's the year I started college and actually got into New Wave on a very large scale. :) That was a great time to be in college! Lots of good (and I mean GOOD) concerts for $5 or less (student rate)... :)

[Virginia Dare]

124. Wasn't it?

I graduated from college in 1984. The only thing that sucked is that it was right in the middle of the Reagan years and there were no jobs that paid.

Fun music and fun times, though.

:toast:

[arwalden]

14. Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Deutschland

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stuttgart

[Bossy Monkey]

82. So we should pronounce that arValden?

:P

[arwalden]

127. Ja, vielleicht.

[Ariana Celeste]

15. Bellevue, WA

:woohoo:

[Ohio Joe]

16. Closter, NJ

[NJ Democrats]

154. Closter

My grandparents lived there for years and my mom grow up there...

[NewWaveChick1981]

17. We're a geographically diverse bunch of lefties, aren't we?

:applause: :hi:

[StellaBlue]

18. Paris, Texas, baby!

Yes, really.

[Droopy]

19. Landstuhl, Germany on an American military base 10/4/72

It is because of me and my mom that my dad didn't have to go to Vietnam.

[ThomCat]

20. Cherry Point Marine Air Base

in North Carolina

[SteppingRazor]

21. Newbury Park, CA n/t

[RebelOne]

22. Philadelphia, PA

[1gobluedem]

23. Ann Arbor, Michigan

Where I live again although I didn't grow up here. Best place in the USA!

[Oeditpus Rex]

24. Walnut Creek, Kollyforniya

Kaiser Hospital.

I don't remember the room number.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

49. Hey! My oldest daughter was born there .......

In 1966!

We were living in Livermore at the time, where my husband had his post-doc fellowship at the Radiation Lab!

I think you're older than she is, though.....

PM me if you feel like it.....with your birth year.....

:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

50. Ain't no big secret

1956. April 4, to be specific.

Walnut Creek was a little bitty town then. Now it's part of the East Bay sprawl and a mecca for the upwardly mobile. :eyes:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

55. Thanks!

So you have a decade on her then.....

When I was there giving birth, Walnut Creek was pretty big......

I don't know if it was a mecca for the upwardly mobile then, though!

Interstate 680 had JUST been finished....

I remember wondering if my daughter or the hwy would be done first!

:hi:

[Oeditpus Rex]

59. I remember when there *was* no 680

Just that little highway that went through Dublin and San Ramon and Danville.

We'd get there by going to Oakland, then taking 24 east through the Caldecott Tunnel. I always loved that part. :D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

60. That highway still existed in the sixties!

Oh, and the Caldecott Tunnel! I loved it!

My husband grew up in Berkeley...and we used to go through that all the time....

Ah, good times, good times! :D

[Arugula Latte]

145. ... nevermind... nt

[lizziegrace]

25. Ft Rucker, Alabama (Enterprise) n/t

[supernova]

26. Durham, NC

The building is now the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics.

http://www.ncssm.edu/VirtualTour/virtualtour.html

[texas1928]

27. In a Hospital.

Where else???

[maveric]

135. Because you wanted to be close to your mother?

[YankeyMCC]

28. Hub of the Universe of course

Sometimes called Boston
:)

[Aristus]

29. San Antonio, Texas.

Brooke Army Medical Center.

[Momgonepostal]

30. Modesto, CA

[miss_american_pie]

31. Pittsburgh, PA

:hi:

[Fleshdancer]

34. Ft. Hood. Killeen, TX

:hi:

[swag]

35. Glasgow, MT

The government knows this already.

[sarge43]

36. Bay City MI

(Holding up left hand, it's right here between the thumb and index finger. All Michiganders and geese do this)

[5thGenDemocrat]

129. Saginaw, MI -- three blocks from where I live now

And sarge43 probably changed my diapers at some point. Um, I should explain here that sarge is my aunt (dad's sister).
Bay City and Saginaw are about 13 miles apart, so those directions apply to us Saginawians, too.
John
It is now six days, 19 hours and 39 minutes to FUNDAY.

[blue neen]

37. Warren, Ohio

Moved to PA when I was three.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

38. Denver, CO

My parents lived in Golden. But we moved to this area when I was about 2, so I don't remember anything about it. :hi:

[Burma Jones]

39. Gary, Indiana

[tjwmason]

40. Ipswich

which is in the fair county of Suffolk.

[WoodyTobiasJr]

41. Fort Saint John, BC - waaaaaay up there!

[LisaM]

42. Ann Arbor, Michigan

Go Blue!

[gratuitous]

43. In a log cabin I helped my father build

We wuz poor: My mother died before I was born, and we had to struggle all our lives.

Sorry in advance for not taking this very seriously.

[swimboy]

44. Richmond, VA

Home of


among other less aromatic things.

[Saphire]

46. Groves, Texas

[Starbucks Anarchist]

47. Brooklyn, NY!

:D

[CaliforniaPeggy]

48. Ripon, Wisconsin.......N/T

[vikegirl]

51. Minneapolis! n/t

[LaraMN]

57. Ditto!

:D

[sendero]

52. Stafford Springs Connecticutt...

.... but I've lived in Texas 95% of my life.

[Aiptasia]

53. Wilmington, Delaware

Nobody was born in Delaware.....

Hehehe I remember when I had to submit my birth certificate when I applied for my passport at the county courthouse. They were like, "hey... everyone... lookie here... you won't ever see another one of these ever again!!"

Delaware. Home of Joe Biden and all things DuPont.

[dysfunctional press]

54. Elgin, IL

1961

[CaliforniaPeggy]

61. So was my brother....in 1945!......N/T

[azmouse]

56. Reading, PA

[Magrittes Pipe]

58. "Born?"

I always was and always will be. :thumbsup:

[Neoma]

62. I was born..

Into the world, just like everyone else. :P

[bertha katzenengel]

63. Santa Monica

We love it!



For the record: I'm not "from L.A.," but when one makes the drive up to Griffith Park Observatory, this view is mighty nice.

[rug]

64. NY, NY

New York Hospital, York Avenue and 70th Street.

[bluethruandthru]

65. Tacoma, WA

[Just Me]

66. I BELIEVE THIS IS INAPPROPRIATE COLLECTION OF INFORMATION.

Where were you born?
What's your birthday?
What's your dog's name?
Where are you living?
Are you brave enough to post a picture?
What do you do for a living?
What is your favorite movie?
Take this politics "test" and post.
If a family member were guilty of a crime, would you turn him/her in?
Etc.
Etc.
Etc.

Nothing PERSONAL, "NewWaveChick1981",...I'm sure you understand.

I see this stuff, now, and just,...creep out at what's going on in this UN-free, verily controlled and pacified and brainwashed nation. Creeps me out!!!

On edit: I'll be very curious if this post gets deleted.

[dysfunctional press]

77. just you, is right...

:eyes:

[ronnykmarshall]

67. In a trunk in the Princess Theater ..

[MrsMatt]

68. Sleepy Eye Minnesota n/t

[Meshuga]

69. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

But grew up in the US.

[Deja Q]

70. In a mangy manger, surrounded by tasty farm animals...

:wow:

[scoey1953]

Hatched in Petaluma..

I say Hatched cause it once was called the "Chicken capital of the world"...now its the
"arm wrestling capital of the world"...you can bet nights are exciting in Petaluma California.

[qnr]

156. lol - I went to RM "A" school there, at the CG Training Center n/t

[qnr]

157. self-delete n/t

[leeroysphitz]

71. I was born in East L.A.

Greencard? I was born in East L.A.

[tinfoilinfor2005]

73. Augsburg Germany. N/T

[Maestro]

76. Brunswick, GA

But I was born there for reason completely out of my control. ;) All of my family is from Texas.

[OhioBlue]

78. Oberlin, Ohio n/t

[kiraboo]

79. Toronto, Ontario.

But I've been in the States since I was fifteen.

[u4ic]

97. Born in Oakville, ON

grew up in Mississauga (terrorist central). :hi:

[kiraboo]

102. Hey, u4ic!

Teeny tiny world, isn't it? I knew there was something fantastic about you!

[u4ic]

104. Well, it's not because

I look like Diana Krall. :D

A few years back, I met 2 different (ie didn't know each other) people who lived on the same street in Port Colbourne as some relatives of mine. That was in Ft McMurray, AB.

Now what are those chances? I shoulda bought a lottery ticket. :rofl:

[ornotna]

80. Ankara, Turkey n/t

[Sonora Nora]

81. Moscow ID!!!

[aePrime]

94. I love Moscow

I'm a University of Idaho alumnus. I went there for undergraduate and graduate work, living there for many years.

[Kire]

103. Home of Josh Ritter

awesome singer/songwriter

[Bossy Monkey]

83. Chaaaaawlst'n, Sout' Ca'liiiiiiiiiiina

(Charleston, South Carolina, for you English-speakers. I don't know where Cowlina or Cackalacky come from.:))

[nicktom]

84. Hollywood, CA, n/t

[Blue_Tires]

85. Norfolk, VA

[GRLMGC]

86. Managua, Nicaragua nt

[greatauntoftriplets]

88. Evanston, IL.

n/t

[Skittles]

167. I'm sure you've heard my Evanston story

I got lost going to the USAF recruiting office and was driving around in circles....there was a guy just standing in the middle of the road so I stopped and asked HEY WHAT TOWN IS THIS and he replied I DON'T KNOW (turns out it was Evanston)!!!!!

[bumblebee1]

89. Pottsville, PA

in a hospital

[TK421]

90. Philadelphia, P.A

[jadedconformist]

92. San Diego, CA

Went to Joy Bright Hancock Elementary school.

[maveric]

136. Were you born at Balboa?

Many navy dependants I know were born there.

[Guava Jelly]

138. I was born in the army navy Hospital in san diego..probably

Balboa?? i was pretty young when i was born so it's hard to remember.

[jadedconformist]

148. Yes!

I was. :)

[WeRQ4U]

93. Dickinson, North Dakota

Two steps from Nowhere.

[blockhead]

150. Minot, ND

I'm going to work in Dickinson tuesday. Got a couple weeks worth of brick at Murphy hall.

[WeRQ4U]

155. Nice to meet you.

I came back following law school to do a clerkship and I'm currently a public defender downtown in Dickinson. I feel for you though. It's supposed to rain all week.

[trackfan]

95. Glendale, CA

[alcibiades_mystery]

96. Paris, France

[Madrone]

98. Kalamazoo, MI

:hi:

[retrospective66]

99. Trenton, New Jersey

You give me PTSD~! It's of some woman in Brussels, Belgium asking me over and over where I was born. Everytime I told her Trenton, New Jersey USA... she continued to say "NO... vere ver you vorn"? :crazy: You are not blonde with a bun I hope.....

[redwitch]

122. me too!

:hi:

[liberaltrucker]

100. Jasper, Alabama 3/11/1954

American by birth,
Southern by the Grace of God!

(flamers please reserve nasty comments
for another thread, OK?).

[Wetzelbill]

101. Kalispel, Montana

:)

[njdemocrat106]

105. Belleville, New Jersey

The hospital was (and is) right on the border with Newark.

[Sisaruus]

106. Norwich, CT

[Lumily]

107. Burlington, North Carolina.

[Random_Australian]

109. The moon. It isn't like anyone reads it when it gets this far down the

list.

[NewWaveChick1981]

111. Hey, I read it! :)

Never known anyone born on the moon! Cool! :P

[Random_Australian]

112. AAAAA, AAAAAAAAAA, AAAAAA, AAAAAAGH!

I was trying to beat my record of 23 unanswered posts till you did that!

[NewWaveChick1981]

113. Sorry to make trouble.

I'm such an idiot.. :P

[Random_Australian]

115. In fact, my evil atheist posse friends are sending over a black helicopter

right now.

[NewWaveChick1981]

116. Noooo, not the evil atheist posse!

So THAT'S why that helicopter keeps flying over my house. :tinfoilhat: I'm glad I know now...

[Random_Australian]

117. We are the ones who do the mind control Flourine too. But chemtrails

are the work of the evil atheist conspiracy.

[mdmc]

110. Albany

[Left_Winger]

114. Columbia, SC

[Vidar]

118. Lansing, MI

[NC_Nurse]

119. Mt. Sinai hospital, downtown Manhattan

Only lived in NYC 'til I was 2. B-)

[wildhorses]

120. me too!!! what about that?!?!

:)next...

[NC_Nurse]

123. Cool!

[wildhorses]

125. sorry about the mixup...

I was answering the original post...
born in Atlanta like the newwavechick
however you and I have other things in common
so...Yeah it's cool
:hi:

[txwhitedove]

121. Santa Monica, California.

My mom had same GYN as Esther Williams, glam swim champ/movie
star.

[catbert836]

126. Des Moines, IA

n/t

[XOKCowboy]

128. Tulsa Oklahoma

St. John's Hospital.

[Penndems]

130. Arlington, Virginia 51 years ago today

:hi:

[billyskank]

131. Leicester, UK

UK being the 51st of the union, of course. We don't have any college votes and nor do we have any representatives or senators. Bum deal, huh? :P

[u4ic]

149. Hey billy!

One of my favourite playwrights was from Leicester - Joe Orton. :hi:

[Rob H.]

132. Rota, Spain

I was a Navy brat. :)

[Joey Liberal]

133. In the Bush Brothers Banana Republic n/t

[maveric]

134. Methuen MA

Bon Secours Hospital.

[Guava Jelly]

137. San Diego, California

left there in 1976.
Ended up in Kansas..WTF!!!!!!!!

[ashling]

139. Henrietta, Texas

:)

[Eaglesnest]

140. Tallahassee Memorial Regional Medical Center

:hi:

[Blue Belle]

141. Roseburg, OR

[SethInUpstateNY]

142. Muncie, Indiana

Parents and I moved up to Rochester, New York, when I was a couple weeks old.

[flamingyouth]

143. Seattle

[Zhade]

144. Amersfoort, The Netherlands.

Left when I was 14 months old, though.

[reyd reid reed]

146. Southgate, California

But we didn't live there for very long. Moved to Washington and then to Ft. Hood and then to Heidelberg and then to Aberdeen then Bel Air then Anniston and Frankfurt and Colorado after that. THEN back to LA. Not quite Southgate but close...Huntington Park, right next door. My oldest son started school at the same elementary school that my mother went to...and #2 son was born in the same hospital my mother was born in.

[MikeH]

147. Saratoga Springs, New York

[chieftain]

151. Kansas City, Missouri

[smtpgirl]

152. Cheverly, MD

about 8 miles away from WDC

[NJ Democrats]

153. Englewood, NJ

[Homer Wells]

158. Oak Park, Illinois

[qnr]

159. Buffalo, NY n/t

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

160. Port Jervis NY

not that I'm proud of it or anything

[u4ic]

161. Welcome to DU, siouxsiecreamcheese!

:hi:

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

164. thank you!!

[qnr]

163. Welcome to DU :) n/t

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

165. thank you too!

[Mz Pip]

162. Chicago!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[MarianJack]

166. Born in the Philadelphia Suburbs,...

...but will live in Maine until the day I die!

[Mojorabbit]

168. Bermuda

[shanti]

169. so cal

.

[tibbir]

170. Houston, Texas

[noonwitch]

171. Indianapolis

But I mostly grew up in Grand Rapids, MI.

[nickinSTL]

172. Morris, IL

n/t