Where Did You Grow Up?
Whenever you ask people where they are FROM, there is always some followup statement that sounds something like…
“Oh, but I grew up in LA” or “Oh but I grew up in New York”.
Like they somehow must right the wrong in their lives that has led them to Des Moines, IA.
So.
In order to cut down on the banter…
Where did you “grow up” and was your childhood culdesac as rad as the kids on E.T. had it?
Mine was amazing and it was here…
1564 Country Squire Ct. Decatur GA, 30033
Spill it…
Where did you grow up?
Los
Wenatchee, WA
I just would like to say that name over and over…
WenatcheeWenatcheeWenatcheeWenatcheeWenatchee
qwhat i think is you're mocking it. lol!
WA state rocks, that's why I reside there.
I'm with Los on that one- what a fun town to say over and over
I grew up in Washington Court House, Ohio. Small Rural town in South West Ohio.
My wife's family is from Washington Court House originally.
I knew a couple from that town/area i think- Dan and Ellen Raike
My cousins live there & it's where we have our family Thanksgiving every year – small world!
Atlanta…. American by Birth, Southern by the Grace of God.
82 Barberry Heights, Brevard, North Carolina…a "country" subdivision (1 acre lots) surrounded by lots of woods, and a river. I had a very idyllic childhood…very idyllic.
Oh, and we rocked our big wheels and bikes too!
i'm jealous. but my kids are idyllic and they get idyllic missionary living, "you'll get what Jesus gives ya!"
Yep…my adulthood has been somewhat of a contrast to my childhood but Jesus still has been good to me. I do, however, long for those carefree childhood days!
i thank God for leading me to my wife, Sharon. She was a MK/PK born in Nigeria and raised in SoCal. But her parents gave her principles and practiced what they preached. So the nomad marries the girl who's out of his range…Praise God.
Born and raised and grew up in Wichita Kansas…. and did even more growing up in Illinois over the last 10 years at the age of 52
Shreve Ohio, North East Ohio
And did you like it?
Austin, TX
New York City
What part of NYC?
u left nyc for ohio? sorry, i just have to ask for the story behind that one!
The quick version since I get asked often. I worked in the WTC, fell apart ,lost nearly everything, met an amazing woman (she's from Ohio), moved, married and here I am.
OK. You need a blog post on that one
Los, I have started that post 34784729 times. Still trying.
Has Austin always been that cool?
yes, Austin has always been that cool
and can you believe I graduated from college and moved to Houston
and Houston……well, it just isn't as cool as Austin
LOL – you got that right. 'Course, there's money in Houston that isn't available in Austin…
grew up in Houston, hated it. Went to school near Austin – loved it. Moved back to Houston, hated it. Moved away and still think about moving back to Austin!
I need to go down to TX, I've only had the distinct pleasure of driving through while moving cross-country. So many cows, how'd I miss Austin?
Newnan , Georgia, where we pretend we're from Atlanta
I went to Creekside High School…Where did you go?
Good old Newnan High School. I used to work for GA Baptist Children's Home, our high schooler kids went to Creekside.
I am familiar with the GA Baptist Children's Home! Nice to meet you! What year did you come out?
We worked at GBCH in . . .04 and 05. Moved to FL for a bit after than and now we're back in good old Newnan. We've actually tossed around returning to GBCH. It's a difficult but rewarding place to work.
Awesome.
I grew up in… California, Virginia, Alabama, New York, New Jersey, Florida, Texas, California, Texas, Kentucky, Alabama, North Carolina, Texas, Nevada, Texas, Colorado, Alabama… in just about that order
Uh, how come?Military? or Gypsies?
actually both… early on, military family, then my wife and I traveled around the country doing conventions in our motor home for 5 years (I also worked for the airlines and moved quite a bit then too). Today I hardly travel at all but have always loved it
Planet Earth. Military brat.
North Carolina, Florida, Alaska, Maine, New Hampshire, England, Georgia, South Korea.
peace|dewde
I love the NE, where's your favorite place in the world, other than this blog?
haha! Gotta say I love Atlanta, Georgia. It's the closest place to "home" I have. As a city, it is both historic and up-and-coming. It is both sophisticated and dirty. It is high tech and redneck. It is a home town destination and an International destination.
Most of the cool of a larger city, half the expense.
Second choice, London
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How about you? What part of the NE? Most of my family is in New Hampshire.
peace|dewde
After we got married we lived in La Crescenta, CA and then moved to Richmond,VA for four years. I love VA and my favorite place in the South is Savannah,GA. But we traveled all over the NE. I love Boston and NY. I live about an hour south of Seattle now and it's a toss up for me between Portland and Seattle. Portland is a smaller city, and if you can't get enough there, we head to Seattle.
Peace Out!
We moved every year… Not military just unstable family life.
Aurora, Longmont (x3), Loveland, Ft. Collins, Colorado; Riverside, Hesperia, Redding, Long Beach, Fullerton, Bakersfield, California
Zoiks. I hereby induct you into the honorary military brat society. I can do that because I just made up the society. And all the rules. Welcome! We've been looking for members just like you!
peace|dewde
Seoul?
A bit more rural than Seoul (http://tinyurl.com/czatr4).But close enough to visit. My family lived there while I was in college so I "lived" there in the summers.
peace|dewde
Grew up in Wichita, KS. Left for 15 years and now I'm back.
Along beautiful Lake Hartwell in the small town of Lavonia in Northeast Georgia.
Fenton, Michigan – wasn't really a neighborhood. Not a culdesac in sight for miles!
on the internet.
Hahah! That's great
true,true.I was raised on cable tv
Show Low, Arizona! Named after a card game that two drunk cowboys played to decide who gets to name the town… the winner picked the name of the card game. Had a farm, some horses and goats and all that… then I moved to the city and got the black lung.
Ha! My town was named as the result of a poker game, too.
Clinton Twp, MI
Just west of Rochester, NY a small college town called Brockport, NY
I, in fact, did grow up in Des Moines, IA. And I loved it–so much so that it's where I live now!
HA!!! Awesome!!! I knew someone would catch my mini slap to what I am sure is a fantastic town.
Dangit.
So sell me.
Dude. I'm so there. Peep this: http://tinyurl.com/loswhitchallenge
Jackson, Ohio and OC, Cali : )
what part of the OC?
I lived in Tustin/Santa Ana… loved it. Huge change from Ohio
I grew up in Redlands, CA. 45 mins or less from everything I could ever want or need.
i lived there a few yrs ago for my job! back in ATL now though.
Cheddar ( pronounced shedder) South Carolina
I grew up in Cross Lanes, West Virginia, the largest unincorporated town in the United States (population: 40,000 – nearly a fourth of Charleston)
Sweet! I grew up in Nitro, WV. Tons of amazing chemical plants. Can't believe my body hasn't shut down at 34.
where do you live now?
Nitro is insane. The Chemical Valley, my friend!
ha
Asheville, NC. We go back about once a year to visit family.
ahh thats cool! thats a really nice area, great choice in a place to move!
well, who knows, maybe we will see each other… that would be cool!
I grew up in Maryville, TN! I recently did a similar post and my question was "Where you From?" its was more about who or what made you who you are than where you were born or spent most of your time growing up… interesting how all of it plays into where you go in life!
Hey there Andy, from Townsend! My hubby works in Murvyl….
I grew up in Alcoa, TN right between Maryville and Knoxville. Cherry St in a house with a lot backed up to a cow field and a tire swing in the back yard!
I have a friend who grew up on Cherry Street. Did you know the McCulloughs?
Deer Lodge, MT… originally named "Home of the White Tail Deer"
Inverallochy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Newberry, IN a giant town of 200 people.
I'm a PK, so…
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Madison, WI – I'm a born and bread Cheesehead and Badger fan, but didn't go to the UW. The neighborhood even had backyard sidewalks to multiple parks, so we had early bike FREEDOM!
sweetness!
I'm a PK so…
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Amish Country, Pennsylvania. Seriously. No, I'm not Amish. Yes, I had a phone, running water and power. Then I moved to the South. Ironically, I still have to answer the same questions.
HA HA HA. <sarcastic, insincere laugh>
The other night when we were all leaving the bookstore, I only asked you about the indoor plumbing because y'all moved to Mississippi!
wow, what was that like, did you have any Amish friends?
Born and raised in Huntington Beach, CA
Strabane, Northern Ireland.
Early childhood, Leavenworth, KS (Army brat) 5th-college was several places all in east TN, God's country. Knoxville is home.
Vegas baby, Vegas!
Sterling Heights, MI & loved every minute of it!
Derby, Kansas.
Burb of Wichita. I loved it! My parents still live in the house where I grew up and I love to get back home whenever I can.
http://tinyurl.com/atmvzm
Auburn, AL (yes, there is actually a city around the university)
Los, you know we have to represent the "NO". Fresno by landmark, but Clovis, CA by address and claim. Dang, I miss a good cheese steak from Full O'Bull.
* I was actually born in East Texas (Tyler), but thats not where I grew up.
My youngest bro was born there. I was actually born in OKC, Ok. lived there a whole year of my life and grew up in Tyler until I was 13 y/o and family moved to Dallas.
http://hangingcurve.wordpress.com/2009/01/29/wher…
My mailing address was Stockbridge, GA but we were one street over from Ellenwood, GA. Our little community was called Fairview.
Arkansas – Searcy through 3rd grade, Little Rock for a few, then all of high school years until present in the ATL area. I don't have a house that I can say I grew up, cause we moved a lot.
I've moved 33 times in my 35 years!
Sheridan Avenue, Pittsburgh, PA – a great dead end street where everyone and I mean everyone, knew everyone else.
Wilmington, NC… the Hollywood fo the East
Zwolle, the Netherlands
http://www.travelguide2holland.com/i1_Netherlands-CIA_WF...target=”_blank”>http://http://www.travelguide2holland.com/i1_Netherlands-CIA_WF...
In Valencia, CA. Lived in the same house my whole life, my parents still live there in fact! I had a great Cul de Sac! And I even worked at Six Flags Magic Mountain. I know you remember six flags!
5545 Sturbridge Way, College Park, GA 30349…then moved to 551 Mary Erna Dr, Fairburn, Ga 30213. Interesting fact: my parents sold the College Park home to the family of my NOW husband! Isn't God GRAND?!?!?
Concord Drive, Decatur, Georgia 30033
& you(Carlos) grew up across da street from my BFF!!
So cal… everywhere from pomona, yucaipa, barstow, and lots of places in between.
Greenwood, SC along the Savannah River valley. Biggest little town in South Carolina. Only place I know of with a Cracker Barrel and no interstate for 30 miles. Live in Charleston, SC after a spell in Virginia Beach.
Annapolis, MD. 1147 Mermaid Drive, Annapolis MD 21401. My Cul-De-Sac rocked cause it was at the top of a big long winding hill. Check it out on google maps and let your envy rise….
Envy rising…
another shout out for IOWA! not des moines, but woolstock, population 201. and it was awesome! i heart iowa!!!
Off E. 116th St. on the east side of Cleveland, Ohio. It was 80s ghetto fabulous: the corner store, winos, Now & Laters, candy cigarettes, Huffy bikes and dudes who walked the street w/ the boom box up to their ears — until I almost got shot on my street and we moved to the 'burbs when I was 13.
Wow. I dreamt of your street when I was a kid
candy cigarettes. man. i can almost taste them just thinking about it. extra saliva and double strong jaw muscles required.
7304 142nd St Surrey, BC Canada
It was awesome playing street hockey every day and get the occasional stick thrown at me from my brother.
good times.
Am I the only Canadian here? Whats up with that?
Represent
I AM CANADIAN!
Too.
IN the booming metropolis of Mebane, NC. <a href="http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=mebane+nc&sll=35.743059,-78.670258&sspn=0.011721,0.019312&g=2425+Valley+Haven+Dr,+Raleigh,+NC+27603&ie=UTF8&ll=36.112796,-79.274586&spn=0.023333,0.038624&z=15&layer=c&cbll=36.112842,-79.274491&panoid=JqKAfb8NvHrcVm8_AhcDQw&cbp=12,336.81387703318876,,0,9.154402043339388">This house looks nothing like it did when we lived there. Our neighborhood had about twenty kids all the same age. So, all we did was play outside. It was an awesome place to grow up.
I guess IntenseDebate did not like my URL. Let's try it again. Here is where I grew up.
Deer Park, New York; Belfonte, Pennsylvania; Geneva, Ohio; and finally Rochester, Indiana.
I wish we'd have stayed in New York.
San Antonio, Texas. Not the greatest part of town, but the greatest breakfast tacos in the world. I miss it) :
mmmmmmmmmmmmmm
The hospital I was born in in this small Minnesota town, is 2 blocks from my house right now. I left for only 3 years, and came back. Even though I spent my whole life plotting how to get away. Knowing I wanted to raise a family, my perspective really changed.
I was born in Vegas, but grew up in Corpus Christi. That's how I tell it. 'Course, that leaves out Morehead, KY, Princeton, IL, Pahrump, NV and Dublin, CA…
down yonder in the bootheel of missouri.
in the midst of cows & cotton fields. the closest starbucks is even to this day 3 hours away.
LOL – my MIL lives on the Arkansas side of the St. Francis river. Closest Wal-Mart is in Kennett…
30 Ford Drive, ROME, GA!!!!!!!!!!!!
Best town to grow up in on the planet! Loved it and love going back. Since then I've lived in big cities, small towns and the in-between…but there is nothing like home.
Columbus, OH
Been there.
Terre Haute, IN — Midwest represent!
Jacksonville, FL – The Bold New City of the South. Does anybody else remember that? Loved being 1 hr from my front door to the sand in St Augustine. Ahhh, memories!
Jealous
Wynnewood, Okla. (pron. win-e-wood)
3.5 miles east of the stoplight
State Highway 29
This is where I grew up … http://www.dalebest.com/2009/01/where-i-grew-up.html“target=”_blank”>http://www.dalebest.com/2009/01/where-i-grew-up.h…
Greensboro, NC. And I parked my "green machine" at the next door's house because Rosemary and Charlie had the steepest driveway and we would hurl ourselves down it until our big wheels dumped us into the woods. My parents even cut a trail between our house and the neighbors'.
This is where I grew up … http://www.dalebest.com/2009/01/where-i-grew-up.html“target=”_blank”>“” target=”_blank”>http://www.dalebest.com/2009/01/where-i-grew-up.html“target=”_blank”>http://http://www.dalebest.com/2009/01/where-i-grew-up.html
Sorry about the double post.
I grew up in a lot of parsonages in Alabama… all over. My favorite was in Gadsden. I've also lived in Georgia for ten years, and have lived in Tennessee (now) for almost ten!
Semiahmoo, WA
Augusta, GA
Moved 13 times in 17 years within the same city, so when we had a culdesac, it was the place to be!
Was born in my parents bedroom in Turley (north Tulsa), Oklahoma, sand springs, Muskogee, Stilwell, Blackwell, Tulsa, Ponca City, Catoosa, now live in Joplin, MO as a college/youth pastor.
Fuquay-Varina, NC. A small town 20min south of Raleigh. Pronounced Few-qway-Vureenuh
Bridgeport, Texas. I was born IN MY HOUSE in Bridgeport. I've moved a mile from that house, but I'm still here. We don't even have a Walmart. But, I love it nonetheless. However, graduation is in May, and I'm ready for a change of atmosphere!
I went to elementary school in Justin
We went to Bridgeport camp all the time!! And you have a Walmart within 20 minutes, don't hate
haha, I love it! I'm used to driving 15 minutes to get to Walmart. We just recently got a McDonalds. Momentous occasion in the life of Bridgeport!
Detroit MI, 48224. No culdesac. The city is basically a grid. That being said lots of sweet old growth elm trees, which are now all gone.
i did have a rad neighborhood. I grew up in Pulaski VA. Not glamorous at all. Our neighborhood kids played all day everyday though. Basketball, football, baseball, spotlight, you name it, we played it. Good times!
God's country in Oklahoma with ponds, a creek, rattlesnakes, cows, horses, cats, dogs, tree houses and a barn loft full of hay to play in. I'd love to be there again even though I really, really don't like snakes!!!
Little town in southwest V.A. Oakwood. Very rural, no supermarkets,movie theaters, police office, etc. The houses in the hollow (pronounced holler) weren't even numbered. You went to the desk at the P.O.
Jenison, MI… on Baldwin – when it was a 2 lane road (now its a 5 lane road). My best friend lived right behind me on a culd-a-sac and it was a slow road. We had huge back yards, sand boxes, bikes… the works. I had the best childhood ever.
Azores, Portugal
Air Force Brat. I have recordings of me speaking fluent Portuguese. Can't remember any of it.
Portland, Indiana…Wauchula, Florida…Cincinnati, Ohio (westside, none of that eastside stuff)
I also grew up in Des Moines, IA. Really love it here. Thanks for the recognition, Los! Haha
A little borough called Pennside just outside of Reading, PA. Lazy suburb with farm country 10 minutes away. It was idyllic except for the small town feel to the school district (you know, where everyone knows your business all the time). We now live in Manassas, VA – a pretty bustling suburb of DC. It was a bit of culture shock when we first moved down here, even after living near Philly for 5 years.
I didn't grow up, and I don't plan to, but I guess you mean where I lived? Well, that'd be Vero Beach FL, Ypsilanti MI, Memphis TN, Baxley GA, Glen Burnie/Millersville MD… I guess that covers them all.
Born in Tallahassee, Florida at a very young age. Moved to Troy, Alabama before I was a year old. We lived there for the next nine years or so before moving thirty minutes down the road to Enterprise, Alabama, where I stayed until moving back to Troy ten years later to finish college.
Riggins, Idaho. It doesn't get any more po-dunk than that and I loved it!
alamogordo new mexico… home of white sands and transformers 1 and 2
Norman, OK, home of the Sooners!
Waynesville, NC and we had a Big Wheel AND a Green Machine! I love that pic of the kids on the Big Wheels!
born in Portsmouth ohio, then near ravenswood wva, clearwater FL , st. petersburg FL , Pinellas Park FL,East point GA, then Atlanta ga.. finished my hs days in Savannah GA… at least 12 different addresses in that time.. we were keeping one move ahead of the Repo man.
Parma Heights – Ohio. Fun growing up in the snow – spoiled now living in the Cali
Parma. Pink flamingos!
HA! I had forgotten about pink flamingos and tall white socks!!
I'm from and grew up in lawrenceville, ga…and my culdesac was awesome…except it was downhill…which meant a lot of balls ended up in the sewer…that's what she said.
Louisville, AL 30 miles from the nearest Wal-Mart lol
I had a fraternity brother that was a youth minister at a Baptist church there. Did you go to church there?
Yes I have since around 2001
He was a youth minister at Louisville Baptist Church, but that was back in the early / mid-nineties.
I would probably know the name but that's before my time there lol
Thanks for making me feel old.
Louisville, Colorado
Home of The Blue Parrot – best spaghetti on the planet
I grew up in Des Moines Iowa, where on our block we had a Big Wheel gang and a Green Machine gang – it was brutal!
Cheyenne, Wyoming, represent!
Georgetown, IL/Riley, IN Nothing particularly cool about either place.
duluth, minnesota! and i loved it until i realized that i hate winter. then i moved to arizona… problem solved!
Nacogdoches, TX – Born and raised, went to college and never to return… i think…
Fayetteville, NC or Fayettenam as it's known to those from there.
I grew up in Southern California in a perfectly Norman Rockwell-esque town called Glendora. Everyone said hello to each other, and most of the time you actually knew them from somewhere. I did live on a cul-de-sac. The neighbor kids, my brother and I used to walk to "down-town Glendora" to buy candy. I am still friends with my bestie from Myrtle Avenue. I'm travelling to Virginia for her wedding in a few months.
Lubbock, Texas – the best place to raise a family because they can't get into a lot of trouble, but the worst place to grow up because . . . you can't get into a lot of trouble. :0) GOOOO RAIDERS!
I grew up at 1015 Fairwood Lane, Acworth, GA 30101. That's in Brookstone II subdivision in Cobb County. Right on the cul-de-sac. We had the only flat driveway, so all the kids came over to our house to play. It was pretty much awesome. I have the best memories from there. Miss it a lot. I live in NJ now, but definitely claim GA as home.
Daytona Beach, FL….MTV Spring Break, Nascar, and Bike Week, all in the same place. What more could I ask for?
Lincoln, Nebraska – Go Big Red!!!
The other side of the world; Durban South Africa (Durbs, ekse)
Naperville, IL! Still Here! When people don't know where it is we just say Chicago… Fun fact… Naperville is the 3rd best place to live in the U.S. right now! Hoot!
Ultimately, Marietta, NY which is about 20-30 minutes outside of Syracuse (10 acres of land, 500 foot drive-way up a hill, woods behind the house, a sweet basement) and far enough away where it would be snowing at my house and RAINING closer to town…
I grew up in Simi Valley California.
224 Marguerite Avenue, Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio. Pronouced Ki-a-hoe-gah. Or just "The Falls" if you are from there.
Every four years my box of stuff was put on a truck and moved to another location from the time I was 7 until I was 18. My old man had been married 4 x's by the time I finished high school. So we were nomads(sojourners) I graduated high school from Mt. Shasta HS in Mt.Shasta,CA. Went to Mendocino College for AA and the Master's College/Seminary in L.A. I guess now that I moved from L.A. to WA state, people think I'm from L.A.
I'm from God, He sends me out. He also cuts my hair.
-as a note I praise God that Young Life student ministries was operating at Mt. Shasta,CA. God used them to pull me in into the pool. Praise God.
Eastman GA 31023—Home of Stuckey's Fine Pecan Candies—-Just go to Macon and drive an hour south until you smell it—-Home of the Dodge County Mafia
All around Florida, Dad worked construction: Leesburg, Okeechobee, St. Augustine, Ormond Beach, Kissimmee, St. Cloud
St Augustine is one of my favorite places
I love it, too. I don't remember living there, I was under a year old, but when we lived in Ormond Beach, it was a favorite field trip place.
My wife graduated from HBHS.
in texas (san antonio and houston mainly)…and, yes we lived on a cul-de-sac.
Porterville, CA
I grew up in a teeny tiny town called Cobram in the south eastern part of Australia
haha! Gotta say I love Georgia. It's the closest place to "home" I have. As a city, it is both historic and up-and-coming. It is both sophisticated and dirty. It is high tech and redneck. It is a home town destination and an International destination.
Most of the cool of a larger city, half the expense.
Second choice, London
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How about you? What part of the NE? Most of my family is in New Hampshire.
peace|dewde
Cottage Grove Oregon. It's a small logging community of 8000. It's the covered bridge capital of Oregon. It used to be a great place to live. It's since turned into one of the largest areas in Oregon for meth labs & pot fields.
Well, not "friends", per se, but I worked with several Amish girls. I actually went to a Mennonite church growing up, but we were "progressive". We had a band and did praise choruses. And we could sit next to boys.
I was not born into a Mennonite faily, and never wore a head covering, but some girls did.
Let me tell you, though. Those folks can COOK! WOW!
I had a lot of Mennonite friends from Fresno,CA. One of my favorite commentary writers was DE Hiebert. He taught at the Mennonite Brethren Seminary in Fresno,Ca.
533 Kearney Place Meridian, ID 83642
the cul-de-sac was sweat… maybe not ET great, but great. It's ID, so it snows. And my dad had an excavation business. In the winters he would plow the streets of the neighborhood and bring the snow to our street and make a big snow pile for us. That was fun. So was watching it melt and being able to sled until mid-April! Our property backed up to some empty lots and to a drainage ditch. Tons of fun year round! Thanks
Baltimore, MD – still here and loving it
Grew up in Des Moines, IA… moved to Minneapolis, MN… then back to Des Moines, IA because it is SO cool here! (I'm not kidding). We're launching a new church downtown Des Moines this fall. Come check us out!
Jonesboro, GA. Graduated from a highschool in the county that has currently lost its accreditation (first time that has happened in the country in over 30 years), and more specifically, from the highschool whose dance team performed a strip tease of sorts at the halftime of the basketball game. It makes me proud. http://www.wsbtv.com/news/18582335/detail.html“target=”_blank”>http://http://www.wsbtv.com/news/18582335/detail.html
Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada… or as I like to term it: The frozen tundra.
Been there, almost moved there. Phew!
Batesburg-Leesville, SC home of the SC Poultry Festival. haha
after leaving the Gilbert, SC home of the Peach Festival (get the gist?)
Born on Ramey Air Force Base in Puerto Rico. Grew up in Arlington Virginia, Springfield Massachusetts, and Tampa Florida.
466 West Honeybee Circle Farmington Utah. I long way from OK. I had the most fun there.
dirty (central) jersey. i tried to escape to NYC for a little while, then to the UK, but neither stuck. i'm back now for who knows how long…?!
Gibsons British Columbia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibsons,_British_Col…
(Home of the Beach Combers!)
Mackenzie, B. C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mackenzie,_British_C…
(Home of the world's largest Tree Crusher!)
Prince George, B.C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_George,_Briti…
(Home of… nothing really… stinky logging town. It is the home of my parents still, that's something!)
Current digs: Ventura, CA http://www.ventura-usa.com/“target=”_blank”>http://http://www.ventura-usa.com/-The Real California-
Glad to see a fellow BC reader on ragamuffin!
Marion, North Carolina Oh my goodness. Small town in mountains of western NC — rode my bike on Main Street after five, worked at [the] Winn Dixie, ordered double barrel hamburgers from The Harvest, never locked a door. Got out alive.
Long Island, NY and i'm literally the ONLY person in my ENTIRE family that does not live there now. Seriously, cousins, aunts, uncles, second cousins, they all live within 40 minutes of each other. I live in Centreville, VA now and would probably go back in a heartbeat if i could.
Centerpoint, Alabama. For a center point we didn't have jack anywhere around us!
Port-Au-Prince Haiti for the first half of my childhood…then toledo ohio….how does that work????
Is your reference to Des Moines similar to someone else tweeting, “True confession but I’m in one of those towns where I scratch my head and say, ‘I would die if I had to live here.'”?
I grew up in Fridley, MN and have moved all the way to MPLS (6 whole miles).
I grew up in Fayetteville, AR (home of the University of Arkansas) and now live in…….wait for it……….Fayetteville, AR. I just turned thirty and my wife is finishing up her dual master's in counseling and marriage and family therapy and then we. are. out. of. here.
don't get me wrong, I do love it here, but I'm so ready to eat at a restaurant and not know at least three people eating, the names of the previous restaurants that were there before it reopened, and be waited on by a kid who I used to teach sunday school to
just ready to do some exploring.
You inspired me to do a post of my own – so here's where I grew up: http://betterthanblank.org/where-did-you-grow-up/
Along the banks of the TN River in Knoxville.
Stockbridge Ga, then moved to Columbus GA when I was 12
Goffstown, NH, on a deadend street. I grew up, moved four houses away from my folks ,and so, I have lived on the same street my entire life. I have been able to watch my children play where I played, sledding down the same hill, playing in the same woods, walking the same trails, picking blueberries from the same patch, etc.. It has been awesome! I can not wait until I have grandchildren so I can go and revisit all the same haunts with them by the hand. God has been so good to me!
Tiffin, OH – at least 2 hours away from a real city no matter which way you turn! When asked, I typically just say I'm from the middle of a corn field in Ohio.
It's a nice place to be FROM though!
Seattle, WA and I LOVE the rain!
For the Most part – Solana Court Springwood (Brisbane) Australia
Another navy brat.
Italy, VA, Getmo, Puerto Rico, DE,MD,FL
Calhoun, Georgia.
213 Beverly Road Asheville, NC 28805. Close to Ridgecrest, where my dad worked…
I worked on summer at Camp Ridgecrest when I was in high school. That is a beautiful area.
Miami, FL!
Not really interested in ever moving back there…but it's a neat place…and I really miss being surrounded by hispanics!! Love my culture.
Ocean City, Maryland….
San Marcos, CA
The Bronx as in "I grew up in NYC"
Ft Worth, Texas until upper elementary school that we move to Hamilton, Texas. The town was smaller than our church in Ft Worth
Sand Springs, OK
I grew up in Redding, CA. Not in a culdesac as cool as the kids from ET. But really, I'm just here to comment on the collection of Sweet Rides in the first photograph. Land sakes! Those are some Big Wheels!
Northwood, Iowa!!! Located 5 mins. from the Minnesota border. I also lived for about 2 years in Des Moines, Iowa. Ahhh the memories!
I grew up in Montgomery, Ala., also known as the Gump, Monkeytown, Fungomery; the cradle of the Confederacy and the birthplace of the civil rights movement (hey they're both on the seal: see the city's Wiki page and the bar with maps and various images) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama
I'm a small town girl…the kind of small town with one red light. Carl, GA. Which Northeast GA…30 min. outside of Athens and 40 min. outside of Atl.
Lima, OH in a nice log cabin. Lumber from Michigan, and no internet or cable until high school.
Washington Heights , As in I also grew up in NEW YORK CITY !!!
im now living in Marble Hill,the Bronx.
Jenae im curious where in teh bronx did you grow up in ??
st. louis — parents just sold the house we grew up in…
Orlando, Florida – The City Beautiful
Los you need to boost your Canadian readership eh!
Oneonta, NY (otherwise known as Upstate Long Island)
I split my "growing up" time evenly between Pflugerville, TX (with it's silent P!) and Chesterfield, MO (just outside of STL). Now my fam. lives in Dallas and I'm in South Korea! My Dad has vowed never ever to leave Texas again. I'm super jealous sometimes of those people that grew up in one place for forever!!
I grew up trailer park trash in a rich school district in Mechanicsburg, PA. I didn’t fit in with the school kids so I hung with my aunt and her boyfriend at the time….Richard Ream… aka.. Rikki Rockett… I think I got the good part of being uncool….. LOL
Broken Arrrow, Okiehoma – I'm an Okie and proud of it bro!
http://www.linnybest.com/2009/01/home.html“target=”_blank”>http://http://www.linnybest.com/2009/01/home.html
Decatur, GA till three or so then Stone Mountain, GA
In west Philadelphia born and raised
On the playground was where I spent most of my days
Chillin' out maxin' relaxin' all cool
And all shootin some b-ball outside of the school
When a couple of guys
Who were up to no good
Startin making trouble in my neighborhood
I got in one little fight and my mom got scared
She said 'You're movin' with your auntie and uncle in Bel Air'
……or……
Memphis, TN
Mostly Alabama, with a couple of interesting years outside of Austin, TX in Dripping Springs, TX pop. 699
I have still yet to grow up.
Majority however has taken place right here in Indiana in a small town called Cowan.
Tulsa, Oklahoma
another army brat…from everywhere and nowhere
http://ewbpcb.blogspot.com/2009/01/are-we-home-ye…
Niceville, FL… Yes, it is nice there.
Like any of you will know where this is…but anyway
Born & raised in Moree, NSW, Australia.
Then boarding school and university in Brisbane, Qld, Australia…so from age 12, I lived away from home basically.
Then worked in Brisbane, Sydney, Moree again, back to Sydney…and that's where I is now.
Still not sure if I'm grown up though…
Cincinnasty Ohio – Still holding true. (513)
The Taylors?!!!
Yupperz! Marge was my "Maid of honer" in my wedding. Have you talked to them since they moved from there?
No!!!
I would love to know what they are up to.
Any idea?
Well Marge's dad (Bob Taylor) sold Taylor Construction, but kept Taylor Commercial. His son-in- law, Marge's hubby, is the President of Taylor Commercial. Bob and Delle Taylor Still live in the house they moved to in Cumming from their Country Squire house back in 1989ish? I just love that whole family!!!
Johannesburg, South Africa. But I am from Cape Town South Africa (the most beautiful city in the world, but then I am biased)
Madawaska(Land Of the Porcupine) , ME
I grew up in Baton Rouge, LA. We ran around until dark, building club houses, spying on "enemy" gangs, looking for coke bottles to turn in for cash and then head to 7-11. My childhood was like Little Rascals meets the ET kids. My home was far from perfect, but I loved being a kid.
I grew up in Winston Salem, North Carolina. It was a beautiful peaceful town. My husband grew up in Siberia town Kurgan, which was then the USSR then moved to Moscow and was there when the iron curtain came down. He remembers seeing the tanks in the street. We lived in COMPLETELY different worlds, but God had a plan to bring us together!
i'm copying this post idea.
i grew up in iowa, minnesota and kansas.
Springfield, Missouri
Fayetteville, GA on 25 acres with horses and a pond and endless hours of playing outside.
It was awesome.
1821 Elmore Downers Grove, IL – About 20 miles west of Chicago, close to Wheaton College
My house no longer exists, a developer bought the property and built new houses.
Iva, SC… very close to starr, SC. They actually put us on the map as starr-iva. Two different towns though. btw, Big wheels are ballin…
I'm a pk so…South America, Florida, Iowa, California, and Illinois – it was fun.
Clovis, California. Tarpey was my stomping grounds. And Sierra Vista Mall was my sanctuary.
Oak Grove Oregon, just outside Portland Or P-town I grew up in a killer 1920's craftsman home on a street that had a neighbors front yard with a 6ft high build up or burm that make for a perfect jump for my bmx. We were close enough that we could ride to the river or the schools or skateboard to the local duncan doughnuts to hit a killer curb for rail-slides and to have some coffee and doughnuts as well.
777 Ring Landing Rd, Casco, Maine- we had it better than the ET kids- we had bikes and ramps, forts and a big 6 foot rock, the lake and 10 kids born within 7 years of each other living within 6 houses- life was good, but now that I think of it we never an ice cream truck
The Atomic City – Oak Ridge, TN. I was an Oak Ridge boy before there were Oak Ridge Boys. I have to go home every so often to get my green glow recharged.
decatur, ga.
MK (MishKid) – San Diego/Dallas/&Kentucky
Asian country…can't say it online think tropical island paradise meets jungle and dirt roads without electricity in remote village
and
Canberra, Australia (High School)
That's the nutshell.
I grew up 50 miles north of Nashville, TN in a tiny town called Bethpage. I've lived her for 28 years and plan to continue living here for the rest of my life barring any midlife crisis.
Carlos, We were practically neighbors growing up. I lived on Allgood Rd in Stone Mountain. We lived on a cul-de-sac and played lots of kickball. Also Allgood was a long straight street with a slight incline that we loved to race on our bikes.
i'm from the one, true "mayberry"
mt. airy, nc
andy griffith's hometown and inspiration for the show
I grew up right here in the ATL. 2810 Castle Dr. even remember the phone number.
learned to ride my bike, welcomed 3 of the five younger brothers adn sister, shared a room with the sistas till i went to college. good memories
Tomball, Texas
Snellville, just a few miles from that big hunk o'granite in the middle of the state.
Although, especially after the Super Bowl, there's parts of me that want to move back to Pittsburgh…but I've been down here for 21 years and was there for 13, so I guess that makes Georgia "home."
Tallahassee, Florida in Leon County. Born in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but Tallaheazy is my home.
South Bend, IN for first 18 years of life. Milwaukee, WI for next 15 years of life (I consider these years my growing up years as well!), with the exception of 7 months in Denver, CO. I've been back in Mishawaka (SB) for almost 2 years now.
Crestline, CA
Just a bit lower than Lake Arrowhead, on the same range as Big Bear
haysville, ks
Hickory Dive, Lilburn, Ga off Five Forks Tricum Road, Near Parkview High School
uhm i think everybody's from america, i see some from canada. I guess i'm different, i mean specially unique coz I grew up in Ozamiz City, Mindanao, The Philippines Zip Code: 6000
lol!
uhm i think everybody's from america, i see some from canada. I guess i'm different, i mean specially unique coz I grew up in Ozamiz City, Mindanao, The Philippines Zip Code: 7200
lol!
Crane, TX until I was 12 then on to what seemed to be the BIG city of Odessa, TX to a 12 year old from a 2 stop light town.
San Marcos, CA..