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ccharles000 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 01:26 PM
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Where is your hometown?
I was born in Greensboro, NC
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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 01:30 PM
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1. I'm ancient. I've been loved and welcomed in a few towns
Edited on Sat Nov-22-08 01:30 PM by Heidi
over the years in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska, Colorado and Switzerland. It would be difficult to single out one as a "hometown." :hi:
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Crazy Dave Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 01:32 PM
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2. I was born in Ft. Walton Beach, FL
But growing up as an Air Force brat and being in the military myself I've moved around a lot and have even lived in different countries where I'd rather be right now.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 01:36 PM
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3. My hometown is Brattleboro, Vermont
Famed for being both the place that has (or rather had, until it became national news and naked people flocked there from far and wide) no nudity ordinance and the place that put out an arrest warrant on Bush and Cheney if they ever set foot there. :patriot:
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SoxFan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 02:34 PM
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4. Born in Portsmouth, Virginia
Born at the Naval Hospital while my father was home ported at Norfolk. My mother and I moved back to Massachusetts when my father was sent to Vietnam, and I grew up in Wilmington, Mass and Kingston, NH, both in the greater Boston area.
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RetroLounge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 02:39 PM
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5. Born in Chicago
but I call Niles, Illinois my hometown...



RL
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lizziegrace Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 02:45 PM
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6. I've lived in 11 states and had 22 addresses
I have no idea how to answer this. I was born at Ft Rucker Army base in Alabama.
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rainbow4321 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 06:16 PM
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7. Hillsborough, NJ n/t
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sniffa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 06:17 PM
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8. Cambridge, Ma.
:woohoo:
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femmocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 06:40 PM
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9. I was born in Johnstown, PA, but haven't lived there in years.
Many years.
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evlbstrd Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 06:45 PM
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10. Up yonder a piece.
I reckon.
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TZ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 06:50 PM
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11. Born in Cincinnati, Ohio
Only place I've lived outside of metro DC where I reside now.
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PM7nj Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 06:57 PM
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12. Born in Camden, NJ
Grew up and still live in another SJ city, though.
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trof Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 07:15 PM
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13. The Cradle of the Confederacy. Montgomery, Alabama.
:hide:
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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 07:19 PM
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14. Born in Ellsworth, ME but raised on Deer Isle. (See link inside)
http://deerisle.com/ Check out the four season tour.
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Xipe Totec Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 07:43 PM
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15. Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Reynosa
(modern day Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico)

Was officially founded on March 14, 1749, and was under the command of Capt. Carlos Cantu, with 40 families, mainly from Nuevo Leon, and 11 soldiers.
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XemaSab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-23-08 12:46 AM
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42. Oakland, California
:bounce:
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redqueen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 07:46 PM
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16. Dallas TX
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 09:42 PM
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17. I've got 3.
I was born in Middlebury, VT. Left before I could walk, grew up until 1st grade where I am now, just south of Rochester, NY. Then I moved to Orlando, FL and lived there from 1st grade on. Just moved back here to Rochester last year.
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 10:13 PM
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24. How do you like the change,
weatherwise etc?
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DarkTirade Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 10:27 PM
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29. I have four seasons now!
Four! I only had two in Florida. Summer, and not-quite-summer. :P
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elleng Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 10:55 PM
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31. Sounds like you're happy about that!
I grew up in NE, and spent last 7 months in FL with elderly parents. I'm back north now, just 1 week, DC area, adjusting to cold! I missed spring and much of autumn up here, so looking forward!
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tabbycat31 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 09:43 PM
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18. near the clinton's current residence
One mile south to be precise. Pleasantville, NY.

I now live in an even smaller town in NJ.
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Roon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 09:46 PM
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19. Born and raised in Denver,Colorado
Still living here after 41 years.
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Droopy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 09:51 PM
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20. I grew up in Miamisburg, Ohio
It used to be it's own independent, little, hillbilly town until urban sprawl turned it into a suburb of Dayton and the rich folks moved in.

I still live close to there.
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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 09:55 PM
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21. Manhattan.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 10:09 PM
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22. I grew up on a farm
in the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palouse">Palouse.
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littlebit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 10:11 PM
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23. Born in Canyon TX
Raised in Amarillo.
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triguy46 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 10:14 PM
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25. Fairway, Kansas
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Mutley Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 10:16 PM
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26. Depends on how you define hometown.
I was born in El Paso, TX. I lived for the longest period of time in Baltimore, MD. Now I live in Delaware.

:P
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Road Scholar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 10:17 PM
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27. Fayetteville, NC originally, now Clinton NC. nt
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TX Screwball Donating Member (246 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 10:21 PM
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28. Clute, TX
Home of The Great Texas Mosquito Festival.

http://www.mosquitofestival.com/
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 10:28 PM
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30. Ulen, Minnesota. Population 532.
It's about an hour's drive NE of Fargo. Fairly typical little rural town, in ways both good and bad. Nobody locks thier doors and cars and everyone knows everyone and everyone helps each other when in need. There is also the dysfunctional families, the rural poverty, the pervasive alcoholism, and the "social conservative" bigotry, especially against gays (though that has been changing ever since there was a huge commotion when the hip, cool, and popular high school math teacher came out as a lesbian).
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IndianaJones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 10:59 PM
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32. Lexington VA. nt.
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JoePhilly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 11:08 PM
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33. My in-laws are in Jamestown, NC.
My wife and I married in High Point.

But, as my ID indicates, I'm from Philly.
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CaliforniaPeggy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 11:11 PM
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34. I was born in Ripon, Wisconsin...a college town...nt
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HarukaTheTrophyWife Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 11:12 PM
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35. Union City, NJ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_City,_New_Jersey

I lived right down the block from St. Michael's Monastery, and I used to go see HS football games at Roosevelt Stadium all the time with my dad, as a kid. I was really sad when I found out it was torn down.
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harmonicon Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 11:17 PM
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36. Grand Rapids, Michigan
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mwdem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 11:18 PM
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37. Greensboro, N.C.
Still have family there.
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Capn Sunshine Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Nov-22-08 11:57 PM
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38. I was born in Hollywood, CA
but my hometown is old-school horse ranch Hidden Hills 91302
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nytemare Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-23-08 12:07 AM
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39. Born in Washington, D.C, lived in Silver Spring, MD
How I miss it.
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Sugarcoated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-23-08 12:45 AM
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40. The Village of Endicott in upstate New York, just outside of Binghamton.
Endicott is also the hometown of IBM, though it's a sad shadow of what it once was there.

My family moved to Cherry Hill, New Jersey when I was 8 until I graduated, then I moved just across the river to Philadelphia for college. I met my husband there and settled down just outside of the city. My brother moved back to Endicott almost 20 years ago and we have relatives there, so we visit a few times a year.
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PaddyBlueEyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-23-08 12:47 AM
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43. Hey
sort of neighbor...
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Sugarcoated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-23-08 01:18 AM
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45. Made me chuckle
:hi:
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PaddyBlueEyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-23-08 01:21 AM
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46. about a 2 hr drive for
me..although in the Philly burbs, you might be closer.
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Sugarcoated Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-23-08 01:26 AM
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47. Two blocks from the city line, actually
I thought you were referring the New York connection.
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PaddyBlueEyes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-23-08 12:46 AM
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41. Hells Kitchen, NYC
baby...
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iamincali83 Donating Member (70 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-23-08 12:56 AM
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44. San Francisco, CA
:smoke:
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Left Is Write Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-23-08 01:32 AM
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48. Burnsville, MN
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yellowdogintexas Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Nov-23-08 05:03 AM
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49. Allensville, Kentucky, pop 200 . But I was actually born in Tennessee
because that is where the hospital was.

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