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Well, I was listening to the radio, and whadya know, Sweet Home Alabama by Lynyrd Skynyrd comes on. It got me thinking about my own southern roots, South Carolinian rather than Alabamian, but I guess I'm just feeling nostalgic for 'home'.
I live in North Carolina, but I was born in Irmo, South Carolina. I've moved a few times, first from SC to Chicago and then from Chicago to NC, but South Carolina remains the place that I feel most at home. I really love it there. The people, the climate, it's the best place in the world. I want to see as much of the world as I can, but when the time comes to settle down (hopefully not anytime soon!) it's going to be in SC. And out of all the places I could live in SC I'd choose Charleston. Best. City. Ever.
But enough about me, what are your 'roots', dakkaites? Where are you from?
And if you live somewhere other than where you were born, do you miss it, or are you glad to be out of there?
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Born and raised in New Orleans,Louisiana,but spent some time traveling in my late teens and early twenties, living in San Francisco,Calf, Houston,TX and Biloxi,Ms.
Currently I live right outside of Atlanta,Ga...but,New Orleans will always be "Home."
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I am both selfish and chaotic. I value self-gratification and control; I want to have things my way, preferably now. At best, I'm entertaining and surprising; at worst, I'm hedonistic and violent.
Born in NH, also lived in NC, PA, and Seattle as a kid, moved back to NH in the 90s and still happy with it.
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Born in New York City (proud to be from Flushing, NY! Queens>Other Boroughs)lived their until I was in the 8th grade (my dad still lives there, so I went back to visit a lot, its only a 45 min drive), currently live in Sparta, New Jersey (northwestern Jersey), although I go to school in Troy, New York (near Albany) so I suppose you could say I live in upstate New York as well. I don't really miss it, since I went through my teenage years in NJ, I consider myself to be a New Jerseyian more than I do a New Yorker, and I'm proud of that (especially for the extreme hatred this state seems to incite in people).
CoALabaer wrote: Wargamers hate two things: the state of the game and change.
I have been to New Jersey and a lot of it is very nice. If you would like to improve the image of the state you should find these people and... well... tactfully persuade them to not go on television any more.
Drink deeply and lustily from the foamy draught of evil.
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Born in Ireland (county wexford in the south east) and now living in Essex in the south east of england. Lived in or around Dublin for seven years before this.
Monster Rain wrote:I have been to New Jersey and a lot of it is very nice. If you would like to improve the image of the state you should find these people and... well... tactfully persuade them to not go on television any more.
Only one of those people is actually from the state of New Jersey. It's a great state, and like any great place, lots of really dumb people come here in droves.
CoALabaer wrote: Wargamers hate two things: the state of the game and change.
Monster Rain wrote:I have been to New Jersey and a lot of it is very nice. If you would like to improve the image of the state you should find these people and... well... tactfully persuade them to not go on television any more.
Every Normal Man Must Be Tempted At Times To Spit On His Hands, Hoist That Black Flag, And Begin Slitting Throats.
Monster Rain wrote:I have been to New Jersey and a lot of it is very nice. If you would like to improve the image of the state you should find these people and... well... tactfully persuade them to not go on television any more.
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metallifan wrote:Maybe it's not the ROFLSTOMP that Americans are used to...
chaos0xomega wrote:Only one of those people is actually from the state of New Jersey. It's a great state, and like any great place, lots of really dumb people come here in droves.
See, I just learned something there.
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Minnesota, land of 10,000 Lakes and 10,000,000,000 Mosquitos
Born and raised in the great town of Maple Grove, Minnesota. We're hearty folk, us Minnesotans - 5 degrees below zero, snow falling outside at 8 AM? Hell, that's a brisk spring day for us. We'll go out and do our morning jog around the lake.
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Born, and have lived in the city of Glasgow all of my life-barely even been out of Scotland for that matter. Uh...I don't like other cities...far too noisy and pernickity with their street layouts; just gimme grid iron- Liverpool is hell for me.¬¬
Born in the Chicago suburbs, raised in the same area. Have since lived all over the United States, and several places abroad. Usually when I'm asked where I'm from I say "Earth."
Life does not cease to be funny when people die any more than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.
dogma wrote:Born in the Chicago suburbs, raised in the same area. Have since lived all over the United States, and several places abroad. Usually when I'm asked where I'm from I say "Earth."
When I was a teenager and a huge nerd (I'm still a huge nerd, but I have social skills now), I would quote Connor Mcleod from Highlander. "Lots of places."
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I'm both chaotic and orderly. I value my own principles, and am willing to go to extreme lengths to enforce them, often trampling on the very same principles in the process. At best, I'm heroic and principled; at worst, I'm hypocritical and disorderly.
dogma wrote:Born in the Chicago suburbs, raised in the same area. Have since lived all over the United States, and several places abroad. Usually when I'm asked where I'm from I say "Earth."
I just stare at them, and in the creepiet voice I have, I say
From the abyssal planes, found outside the gates of HELL ITSELF
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I live in Nottingham, in the East Midlands of England.
Originally from Leicester, just south of here.
But my family are from Cornwall, in the very. very South West of England and that's where I feel my roots.
Another mission, the powers have called me away. Another chance to carry the colours again. My motivation, an oath I've sworn to defend. To win the honour of coming back home again.
From Chester(ish), now in Leeds - not arsed where I live, it's all the same.
Wyrmalla wrote:Born, and have lived in the city of Glasgow all of my life-barely even been out of Scotland for that matter. Uh...I don't like other cities...far too noisy and pernickity with their street layouts; just gimme grid iron- Liverpool is hell for me.¬¬
Glasgow's a beautiful city, apart from the one way system. Although, being (mostly) English I don't like opening my mouth when I go there.
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