how many places are you from?
By jb78000
@jb78000 (15139)
January 31, 2010 6:20am CST
depending who is asking you could answer with the area of a city, the city, the area, the country, in my case another country, part of the continent, the continent or an even bigger area.
for example - the south side, glasgow, west of scotand, scotland, the UK, western europe, europe, 'the west'. which do you use, which do you prefer and why?
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@GardenGerty (160721)
• United States
31 Jan 10
I tell people that I am from Kansas, and I live right in the middle of it, so I am very near the center of the United States. The fun questions on Kansas have to do with Dorothy and Toto and tornados. I do not think many people have heard of Greensburg, the Kansas town that was leveled a year or two ago and is building back with green technology. Most people just expected Greensburg to vanish from the face of the earth, it was so devastated by a tornado.
@GardenGerty (160721)
• United States
1 Feb 10
Biggest agricultural product in Kansas is wheat. State flower is sunflower, state bird is the Western Meadowlark. State song is Home on the Range. My particular town has lots of manufacturing of fiberglass,and plastic, there is chrome plating of things like motorcycle parts, and factories that make the tools to do the chrome plating. People will tell you that Kansas is flat, but we have some very pretty hills. If I tell the whole truth, I was born in Oklahoma, but I have lived in Kansas more than half of my life. Yes, I am a very small smidgen Native American (Indian) but more of lots of other Western European lineage. No, there are no longer cowboys and Indians riding the prairie.
@thea09 (18305)
• Greece
31 Jan 10
Hi jb, I'm between 2 villages but if I say Agious which means saint and is the first part of most village names it keeps people from knowing where. If I say the actual postal village then people have usually heard of it so I don't say it. But as you probably know I don't have the burden of having an address anyway.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
31 Jan 10
I have got to the point where I am English from Italy - period!
If anyone wants to know more they ask and then I go on to tell them the rest and it makes for a lot of conversation
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
31 Jan 10
I got a different perspective on the whole situation of 'where are your from?' once I moved out of UK. Standing in a different place and seeing things from a different angle is an eye-opener. I did not appreciate the factthat we are Europeans untl I moved to a country which emphasises it more.
Once my sister moved to US I also realised something else. We are all citizens of the world and globalisation is altering many, many things.
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@jb78000 (15139)
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31 Jan 10
depending where i am i usually use britain or scotland, usually depending on whether or not i want to answer the question 'is it true the men wear skirts?' or from racier women 'what do the men wear under their kilts?'. i have noticed that in france it is better to use 'scotland' and in greece definitely NOT to use scotand, and preferably not 'britain' either. in south america i was described as european but i find that i bit too vague to use myself.
@purplealabaster (22091)
• United States
31 Jan 10
I know what men wear under their kilts. In fact, my dad used to have a bumper sticker that summed it up perfectly: "Nothing is worn under my kilt - all the parts work just fine."
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
1 Feb 10
I currently reside in El Dorado Hills, just outside of Sacramento county in northern California, USA, North America, Western Hemisphere. I'm "from" the San Fernando Valley area of Los Angeles. When somebody from around here asks, I name the city I live in. If somebody foreign or from another state asks, I usually say I'm from California.
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@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
2 Feb 10
No, no, El Dorado is three towns over in the direction of Lake Tahoe. Actually, there are a lot of towns named El Dorado in the US...
@purplealabaster (22091)
• United States
31 Jan 10
As far as I know, I am from my mommy, although I have been told that my daddy had a minor part in where I am from, too.
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@purplealabaster (22091)
• United States
31 Jan 10
You just had to know that answer was coming, right? It seemed perfectly obvious to me, and since both rabbits and purples are smart@arses, I am sure you thought it yourself.
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@jb78000 (15139)
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31 Jan 10
maybe. but having researched* this topic exhaustively** i have discovered it is to do with inventions. you know how morse code was named after inspector morse? well zip codes are named after either mr zip or zippy from rainbow.
*for 'researched' read 'made up drivel'
**for 'exhaustively' read 'not at all'
@marguicha (223297)
• Chile
31 Jan 10
I love inspector Morse though. When I first saw the series I thought he was rather old. Now, in the reruns, I think he´s just the right age and VERY handsome.
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@polachicago (18716)
• United States
31 Jan 10
Universe
Milky Way
Solar System
Planet Earth
Sea Side Over the Rainbow
Lake side in Windy City or Second City
@zed_k4 (17589)
• Singapore
1 Feb 10
I'll just say..oh Singapore, you know..the red dot on the map.
It's just a tiny island.. not so down under but somewhere a bit up..
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Jan 10
hijb ye old blue bunny. Well all my places are in the United States but we are a large country. I was born and raised in South Dakota on a farm outside Newell. s.D. I moved to Tempe Arizona when I was in my mid twenties and worked in St lukes Hospital. there I met the man I was destined to marry. After we married we lived in Tempe then when my son was four and my little girl was three we moved to NewPort Beach then to Costa Mesa, Westminister ca, now I am in Garden Grove. we were In Tustin for a long time, all here in Southern California, orange county. Tustin is the nicest of all the towns I havelived in and would love to see my son get that job, accumulate some money and find an apartment back in Tustin. dont know when or if this will happen but can pray for it. lol lol
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@donnakristel (1704)
• Philippines
1 Feb 10
i am from Davao City, Philippines.
born and raised here.
i wanted to change my address but my family and job is here.
@PeacefulWmn9 (10420)
• United States
31 Jan 10
Hello bunny person :)
I am originally from God, via my mother and my father. I am from both the city and the country, from North America, from the United States, from Michigan, from a small city in a particular county in said state. :D
or...maybe I am from outer space and just do not know it lol.
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@PeacefulWmn9 (10420)
• United States
31 Jan 10
Um...sorry, I missed the last part of the question.
What I say depends on who is asking. If it is someone from a different country, I say I am from the USA or from America. If it is someone in America asking, I name the state I'm in, and if it is someone in the same state, I will tell the city.
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@marguicha (223297)
• Chile
31 Jan 10
I come from Santiago, the capital of Chile. I thought I was chilean until about 25 years ago. Then we went camping with my family to the south of Chile. When we were very far from Santiago I got this splitting ache in my belly. It was my gall bladder and I needed surgery. Then I discovered, many hours from Santiago, that my country was Santiago and not Chile. I wanted to reach home to die, like wounded animals do. Fortunatly, unlike wounded animals, the witch is still here.
So I say I´m santiaguina except here as noone would know what I´m talking about.
Take care!
@Sandra1952 (6047)
• Spain
31 Jan 10
Hello, Judith. I usually say, 'I live in Algorfa, near Torrevieja,' because our village is very small, and lots of people have never heard of it, but they can identify with Torrevieja. Then, if they're interested, I'll go on to say we live between the mountains and the orange groves.
Because of my dark colouring, and because I speak Spanish with more confidence than accuracy, I often get mistaken for a Spanish lady, and then I put people right, as I don't want anyone finding out how bad my Spanish is. Once people have done a few classes, they think they're experts.
As somebody else beat me to the 'worn under the kilt' joke, how about this? I was walking around Altea - about 60 miles away - the other day, and somebody came up and said,'Excuse me, are you local?' I replied in the only way possible: 'I am when I'm home.'
@Sandra1952 (6047)
• Spain
31 Jan 10
Naughty bunny - I'll keep that one in mind for the next time an obnoxious Brit starts complaining about not being able to find anywhere. They were British, so they asked in English. The first thing we always do when we visit a new place is go to the Tourist Office and get a street plan, but it was probably too simple a concept for them to understand.
@hexeduser22 (7419)
• Philippines
31 Jan 10
I am somewhere from the archipelago of the country Philippines. I'm located in one of the Metro Areas in the northern large Island called Luzon. Philippines is in Asia but not connected by any land of the Continent itself
@mommyboo (13174)
• United States
31 Jan 10
Generally speaking, I am probably only 'from' two places. I lived the majority of my life in Washington state and since then I have lived the rest of it in California. I am therefore from two places, anything else has never been considered a real 'home' and it was also prior to when I can remember since I was probably four years old when we ended up in Washington. I have spent most of my time on the west coast, and although I did go from the rainy and cold northwest to the hot and sunny southwest, I still claim west and think it is better than east. I have lived in pacific standard time for most of my life, barring the time I was in Germany - but again I was super little so I don't remember that at all.
I guess that would be it. Of course, dumb people who ask me often think I'm going to say another country but..... notice I put that adjective in front of the word people.
When I lived up north I'd usually say 'south of Seattle' because people from out of state don't really associate anything else with Washington. Here in Cali I usually say 'near LA' or 'inland empire' or 'high desert', depending on who is asking. Locals understand the second two, out of staters usually relate more to 'near LA'.
@izzienessenrile (1)
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1 Feb 10
Hello! I am Izzie from the Philippines. I was born in the United States, in Baltimore County Maryland. I stayed in the US for 5 years, stayed in the Nueva Ecija Philippines for 7 more years. Went to Richmond Virginia for 1 year, to New Jersey for another year and Towson Maryland for 6 months and went back to the Philippines and stayed in Ortigas, Cagayan De Oro, Bulacan and finally Metropolitan Manila. so technically I came from 9 places.
When I was born, I stayed in Baltimore until I was old enough to walk and talk a little. In Baltimore, we live in Stevenson. The village where I stayed had like one house per street. It was a really nice village though, the people are very nice and during Halloween's, each and every house had a really nice design, they maximize the space that they have in their yard. Living in Baltimore was peaceful. It was near the National Aquarium, I remember seeing lots of crabs there when I was little. They were walking in the streets like humans. There were so many of them. We usually eat near the National Aquarium and search for crab cakes during weekends. Maryland has the best crab cakes.
In the Philippines it was very different, the people were very hospitable and I am staying here until now. Nueva Ecija is in Luzon so this is the northside of the Philippines. We are near lots of rice fields and etc.
When I moved back to Richmond, there were a lot of museum and the place was very into their ART. It inspired me to do some designs of my own in clothes, try painting and sculpting. The place was a "city" city, meaning it was sort of like New York for me.
I would like to continue writing this some other time :D but I really have to go now, maybe I'll finish this tonight. I prefer living in the Philippines.