Tell Something About Where You Live

[bama45]

I live in Mobile, Alabama.

Mobile is well known for its antebellum homes. It's beautiful Oak trees. Many of these fine oaks hang over Government Blvd where most of our old homes are.

Fishing is great around here. Dauphin Island which is 25 miles away has some great saltwater fishing. Tons of Redfish, Flounders, Groupers and Spanish Mackeral are caught right off the piers.

Also in Dauphin Island is old Fort Gaines a Confederate fort back in the 1860's.

We also have some great lakes and creeks to fish in. Catfish and Brim are plentiful.

Mobile is home of the Mobile Baybears a AA team now affliated with the Arizona Diamondbacks.

Bellingrath Gardens is one of the most beautiful gardens I have ever seen.

The U.S.S. Alabama(battleship) is on displayed in Mobile Bay. The Alabama fought many successful campaigns against the Japanese in World War II.

We have Bayfest every October here. A lot of entertainers come to Mobile to play in the event like Lynard Skynard.

Mobile was once the rainest city in America. But we've had a drought this year. We are 20 inches below normal so far this year.

Most people are very friendly here. Now crime is a problem as it is in most port cities.

Mobile also host a cruise ship and we have several shipbuilding companies.

Mobile also has a lot of woods and great hunting(deers and turkeys).

[Durango53]

It is windy here.

[bama45]

Thanks for that very informative answer Durango.:clap:

[PopTop]

It is windy here.:laff: You could be living in Wichita Falls, Texas, or Aberdeen, Scotland, with that description, Shad!

Let's see, I ilve in what I lovingly refer to as The In-Law Compound. My wife's entire family - - Mom, Dad, two sisters and brother - - and their families all live within about an 8-minute bike ride from our house.

About a 5-minute car ride from our driveway is one of the many boat ramps on Canyon Lake, which I believe is the most popular recreational lake in Texas.

It's hot in the summer, and the winters are fairly mild though we usually get an ice storm or small snowfall once a year.

We're close to the center of Texas (Brady is about dead center), an hour NE of San Antonio, 75 minutes SW of Austin, 200 miles WNW to the ballpark in Houston and 20 minutes NW of Gruene Hall where I like to spend the occasional Saturday or Sunday afternoon listening to bands from local garage types to bigger names trying to get even bigger on the charts.

Where I live now is the farthest North and West I've ever lived in my life, and at 1080' elevation, it's the highest point on the map I've ever lived. We're in what is known as the Texas Hill Country, lots of cedar, oak and pecan trees. Peach country is just to the west and northwest of us.

We live in a 1-light community of a few thousand and the liquor store is conveniently located so that I don't have to mess with all of the 'traffic' at the one signal light when I go pay my respects to the owner :D

[rockin500]

Chicago - its big, loud and busy. and lots of crazy weather year round.

[Durango53]

Its cold here when it is windy...........

[Baseball Guru]

Its hot and humid here:barf:

[Royce]

Western Suffolk County, Long Island, New York.
(Huntington Station)
http://www.city-data.com/city/Huntington-Station-New-York.html


-Only an hour from the city.
-So many beaches.
-Too many people :(
-Too much traffic
-Too much construction (every where you look they're building new houses and crap)
-Snow in the winter, heat in the summer. Fall is beautiful.
-Best drinking water..
-Expensive.
-Good pizza and good bagels (Bagels suck everywhere else in the country, IMO, except for a few places I've been, including Boston)
-Diverse...
* White Non-Hispanic (60.8%)
* Hispanic (22.7%)
* Black (11.6%)
* Other race (10.0%)
* Two or more races (3.4%)
* Asian Indian (0.9%)
* American Indian (0.8%)
* Chinese (0.8%)
* Other Asian (0.6%)


Uh yeah all random stuff. :D

[Atlanta Braves Freak]

I live in Lithonia, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. Middle to upper middle class people live in the "City of Granite". According to the 2000 census there were only 2,187 residents, but I'm sure that has increased exponentially. There is one "megachurch", one mall, and two Wal-Marts. I wouldn't consider the city small town, because we're only 15 minutes away from downtown Atlanta.

79.61% African American
16.64% White
2.88% Hispanic or Latino
2.10% Multiracial
1.42% From other races
0.09% Native American
0.09% Asian
0.05% Pacific Islander

[Chisox73]

I live in Munster,Indiana.Nice mid to upper class town in the northwest corner of the state right on the Illinois border.We're Just 20 minutes from Chicago,60 minutes if you're taking the expressway.

Lot of rich doctors live here.Golf and tennis are really big here.We have a Starbucks,a Target,a Jewel,an Applebees,and a Charlie's Ale House here.The best Italian Beef outside Chicago is at Demi K's right down the road from me.:thumbsup:

The biggest industry here is the Pepsi plant about a mile from my house.

The HS boys and girls tennis teams have won like the last 30 sectional championships or some rediculous number like that.They are a traditional state powerhouse in tennis.A bad year is when they only send 1 player to the Indiana State Finals.

[FastballFans]

Attending college in St. Mary's City Maryland

Chock-full of nature... trees and water everywhere. Historic buildings left and right. A bit out of the way and not near anything major (it is on the southern tip of a peninsula-type-thingy. =)

~Dave

[Nanner]

New York City. Smack dab in the middle of Manhattan, for me. That would be Hell's Kitchen. Central Park close by, the neighborhood is becoming very popular. Right near the Theatre District, lots of restaurants, and lots and lots of construction going on in my neighborhood.

Very diverse population around Hell's Kitchen. I've been in this neighborhood for 30 years. Yup. It's home. :D Love the West Side, as opposed to the East Side, but love, love, LOVE NYC overall.

Very busy, NYC. It never sleeps. :D

[redsfan]

I live in Canton, Oh. It is known for only 3 things that I know.

1. Home of the football hall of fame. I live less than 5 miles from it, and have not been there in years.
2.The birthplace of president McKinley. There are monuments and museums all over. His childhood home, places he has stayed, and place he worked.
3. McKinley highscool football. They are perrenial state champions, and a few time country champs. It is the worst week of the year when they play their rivals, Massillon Tigers. Traffic and crime is at an all time high. They go to each others town to vandalize and fight. This feud is so big, ESPN televised the game of their 100th meeting.

I can't think of anything else Canton would be know for.

[bama45]

Love that name Chisox.:thumbsup:

[Special_K19]

3. McKinley highscool football. They are perrenial state champions, and a few time country champs. It is the worst week of the year when they play their rivals, Massillon Tigers. Traffic and crime is at an all time high. They go to each others town to vandalize and fight. This feud is so big, ESPN televised the game of their 100th meeting.

Have you seen Go Tigers! a documentary from a couple seasons ago. It's pretty good, chronicles Massillon's team but has a lot about the rivalry with Canton in it. I believe that game is the only high school game in the country that Vegas has a line on.

How does someone from Canton become a Cincy fan?

[redsfan]

How does someone from Canton become a Cincy fan?
The first baseball game I watched was Reds v Pirates. The Reds won. My dad was explaining the game to me and was telling me about Johnny Bench. While he was telling me how good he was, he hit a home run. They have been my favorites since.

[yagsy]

Great story Scott about being a Redsfan! :thumbsup:

I live in San Diego, CA which is offically labeled "America's Finest City" and quite frankly, IT IS! :D I just moved here about 7 months ago so I am still learning but...

SD is a football town primarily as I've only lived in baseball fanatic towns and cities. So this is a change but people here still :love2: their Padres. I live in central SD so I am literally 4 miles from Mission, Pacific and Ocean beaches. :D I also am about 10 miles from the mountains. I am about 5 miles from the Mexican border and live right next to Qualcomm Stadium.

What is fantastic about SD is you can do just about anything year round. Today our temps reached over 80 and right now is about 75 after the sun went down. No humidity! I just :love2: it here! It's only rained three times here since I've been here. And really we have the most amazing sunsets. La Jolla is "The Jewel" in Spanish for the sunsets over the ocean. La Jolla is located just north of SD, about 7 miles north west of me (mostly north).

There's the main attractions of Sea World, SD Zoo, casinos, Wild Animal Park, Legoland (Carlsbad), Balboa Park (a mixture of every kind of museum indoor and outdoor you can imagine), one of the safest and well defended cities in the world thanks to the Navy and Marine bases here. The Navy is located on Coronado Island which separates the Pacific Ocean directly from downtown SD. The two Marine bases, one in Oceanside (about 1/2 hr drive north) and Mirmar Marine Air base located right across the freeway from where I work. I can't tell you how many times I've been on the phone outside and fighter jets fly over. You can't hear yourself think.

And a point of interest, about 2.5 hrs east and a bit north of here is the only salt Sea that is completely land locked. There's loads of nature things to do, camping, everywhere. It's literally one of the most beautiful cities I've ever seen and now have the fortune to call it home. :clap2:

[Chisox73]

Love that name Chisox.:thumbsup:

Thanks.:thumbsup: Actually,the town of Munster will celebrate ther 100th anniversary next year.

The big highlight will be the opening of the new Centennial Park currently under construction on a former landfill.It will have a 3,000 seat open air amphitheater.The new park will have a lookout pint at the top of the hill where you can get spectacular views of US Steel in Gary,the BP/Amoco refinery in Whiting,Lake Michigan,and the Chicago skyline.

[GraphingAddict]

Well, I like in a city named Kitchener in Ontario Canada. It's a part of 3 cities known as the "tri cities" and the area is home to such companies like RIM, Bauer (Nike now), Hespler hockey equipement.

Crowded, bottleneck traffic jams because our area has grown 10 times its size in about 5 years.

Lots of great scenary, menonites, great fishing, great eating....friendly people....bad police force lol...couldn't catch a cold....