Where are you from? Where do you live?

March 14, 2004 12:13 PM

How international are we? Where are you from? Where do you live?
posted by timeistight to MetaFilter-related at 12:13 PM (74 comments total)

Canada, then and now for me.
posted by timeistight at 12:14 PM on March 14, 2004

Where are you from? Where do you live?

Stockholm, Sweden.
posted by soundofsuburbia at 12:23 PM on March 14, 2004

Delft, The Netherlands, but moving to Pasadena soon.
posted by swordfishtrombones at 12:33 PM on March 14, 2004

and most importantly, what did you have for breakfast?

Miguel, why did you hack poor timeistight's account?
posted by matteo at 12:45 PM on March 14, 2004

New Yorkistan
posted by bshort at 12:46 PM on March 14, 2004

I am living in Switzerland, started out in the Netherlands.

All other people live in these threads:

http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/2352
http://metatalk.metafilter.com/mefi/3503
posted by sebas at 1:18 PM on March 14, 2004

I'm posting from the computer upstairs.
posted by eyeballkid at 1:22 PM on March 14, 2004

I'm posting from the computer upstairs.

Get out of my house!
posted by filmgoerjuan at 1:52 PM on March 14, 2004

Western Canada.
posted by five fresh fish at 2:10 PM on March 14, 2004

I'm posting from the 20th Century.
posted by Smart Dalek at 2:12 PM on March 14, 2004

I live on an island off the coast of America, to quote Spalding Gray, my former neighbor.
posted by Slagman at 2:23 PM on March 14, 2004

Is this something I'd have to have a computer to know about?
posted by Steve_at_Linnwood at 2:24 PM on March 14, 2004

The fourth level of Hell, in a nice apt. next to the Styx. Before that, the 9th level. (Ypsilanti)
posted by JohnR at 2:40 PM on March 14, 2004

im hungry and desperately need sex. wooohoooooo!!!!
posted by poopy at 2:56 PM on March 14, 2004

Pittsburgh. London.
posted by cbrody at 3:18 PM on March 14, 2004

Maine. Boston.
posted by Mayor Curley at 3:40 PM on March 14, 2004

at the moment, my kitchen in boston.
posted by jerseygirl at 3:47 PM on March 14, 2004

The Bronx. Manhattan. How provincial am i? : >
posted by amberglow at 3:53 PM on March 14, 2004

I think I've already lived here before.
posted by dabitch at 4:03 PM on March 14, 2004

International? We're interplanetary! Lovetron, Mountain View, not necessarily in that order.
posted by billsaysthis at 4:11 PM on March 14, 2004

Utah, USA. "Crash Country", as they say here.
posted by weston at 5:16 PM on March 14, 2004

Haven't we done this before?

I don't much care, really, I just don't ever want to see that line about "your true home is wherever you've had your heart broken most" again.
posted by languagehat at 5:22 PM on March 14, 2004

I'm posting from the computer upstairs.
MetaFilter has an upstairs?

From here, live here.
posted by dg at 5:39 PM on March 14, 2004

From Indiana. Now a grad student in Brighton, UK
posted by leotrotsky at 6:07 PM on March 14, 2004

Born here, live here, will probably die here.
posted by Jimbob at 6:09 PM on March 14, 2004

I sleep in a drawer.
posted by jonmc at 6:15 PM on March 14, 2004

By the way; this is my house according to a satellite.


posted by soundofsuburbia at 6:19 PM on March 14, 2004

MetaFilter has an upstairs?

You've got to use the rope to pull down the ceiling ladder in the hallway. From the loungeroom:

E, E, look drawer, open draw, get rope, W, W, N, look up, tie rope, pull rope, U

Watch out for the "Evanizer" skeleton when you get up there, though. It can take 50 hit points.
posted by Jimbob at 6:22 PM on March 14, 2004

Southern Alberta.
posted by Quartermass at 6:27 PM on March 14, 2004

Does "from" mean where you were born? Or where you mostly grew up? It makes a difference to my answer.
posted by JanetLand at 6:47 PM on March 14, 2004

E, E, look drawer, open draw, get rope, W, W, N, look up, tie rope, pull rope, U
Wow, Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards flashback, there. Plus, if we are getting specific, I was born here.
posted by dg at 7:20 PM on March 14, 2004

Belmont Ave, Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington, USA.

But not in YOUR universe.
posted by Hildago at 7:37 PM on March 14, 2004

Fairly international. Szczecin, Poland. Mississauga, Ontario.
posted by mkn at 7:42 PM on March 14, 2004

British Columbia.
posted by The God Complex at 7:55 PM on March 14, 2004

I've from over there

*points*
posted by Stynxno at 7:55 PM on March 14, 2004

The Okanagan
posted by five fresh fish at 7:58 PM on March 14, 2004

Edinburgh , Scotland. (note castle in background)
posted by sgt.serenity at 8:08 PM on March 14, 2004

The Okanagan

I lived up around there as a young kid (until I was eleven) in a little town called Armstrong, which was semi-famous for it's delectable cheesees.

The best part about the Okanagan is the various fresh fruit you can get in the summer months, not to mention the weather.
posted by The God Complex at 8:11 PM on March 14, 2004

cheeses, even, if you're a stickler for common sense.
posted by The God Complex at 8:12 PM on March 14, 2004

Pennsylvania T --> Noo Yawk --> BROOKLYN! --> West Philthy.
posted by The Michael The at 8:32 PM on March 14, 2004

Cardiff, Wales->Colorado, USA, via some interesting places.
posted by carter at 8:35 PM on March 14, 2004

14/f/down the street
posted by PrinceValium at 10:44 PM on March 14, 2004

Born: Niagara Falls, NY
Live: Colonial Beach, VA
posted by SuzySmith at 11:14 PM on March 14, 2004

Does "from" mean where you were born? Or where you mostly grew up?

Why not both?
posted by timeistight at 1:07 AM on March 15, 2004

why not both

coz some of us grew up lots of places (for example, see languagehat's answer in the previous thread).

Born in London, still live in Manchester (the longest time I've been settled in many a year).
posted by davehat at 1:22 AM on March 15, 2004

I was born in Enköping and spent a total of two days in that town in my life. So I'm not really from there, it just happened to be the closest hospital at the time.
posted by dabitch at 1:29 AM on March 15, 2004

Copenhagen, Denmark
posted by Eirixon at 1:51 AM on March 15, 2004

hvordan går det? skal vi ta en øl nån dag? jag befinner mig i København jag med.
posted by dabitch at 5:08 AM on March 15, 2004

Born in the Bronx. Live in Budapest (Zuglo, in Pest.) Spend several months a year in Romania. Eat leftovers for breakfast.
posted by zaelic at 5:21 AM on March 15, 2004

Born in Papua New Guinea, living in London, about to move to Sydney.
posted by arha at 5:34 AM on March 15, 2004

Living in Korea now (after wandering around and spending anywhere from 6 months to 4 years each in Australia, New Zealand, Mexico, Greece, and the UK, and stints shorter than 6 months in a bunch of other places over the last 15 years), from Canada (Ontario (born) to Northern BC (grew up) to Vancouver (university) to Whistler (party on dude)).
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:58 AM on March 15, 2004

Bumfuck, Egypt: Earth
posted by Witty at 6:15 AM on March 15, 2004

Born in Bridgeport, CT. Reside in Astoria, NY. I'm a fuckin' globetrotter.
posted by jonmc at 6:51 AM on March 15, 2004

Caput mundi. I have plans to TP my neighbour's colonnade this weekend.
posted by romakimmy at 7:15 AM on March 15, 2004

Hmmmm... I'm a Canadian citizen, born in Malaysia, grew up in India, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and Malaysia and am currently in Toronto.

I don't know where I'm from, really.
posted by dazed_one at 7:58 AM on March 15, 2004

Born, NYC. Currently, Tokyo.
posted by gen at 8:07 AM on March 15, 2004

Belmont Ave, Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Yikes. This is exactly true for me as well.
posted by Skot at 8:47 AM on March 15, 2004

Nee: Hamilton, ON, Canada.

Grew up: Waterloo, ON, Canada / Kamloops, BC, Canada / Victoria, BC, Canada (or so I am led to believe) / Kitchener, ON, Canada

Presently: Maryhill, ON, Canada

Does that help someone? I'd list more places, but I can't remember them all (moved at least 9 times during my life).
posted by shepd at 9:14 AM on March 15, 2004

Either Slovakia, Slovenia or Slavonia. I forget.
posted by Ljubljana at 11:23 AM on March 15, 2004

crazy list stavrosthewonderchicken. You must get a little tired of the "Where are you from?" opener at cocktail parties. ;)
posted by dabitch at 12:15 PM on March 15, 2004

Bangalore, India.
posted by madman at 1:14 PM on March 15, 2004

SELKent -> Arizona Bay
posted by inpHilltr8r at 3:10 PM on March 15, 2004

Born and raised in Vancouver, Canada. Despite travelling extensively, everything is "east of the Rockies" to me (even Japan).
posted by antifreez_ at 3:15 PM on March 15, 2004

Bucharest, Romania, now in US.

Good one, Ljubljana!
posted by MzB at 3:19 PM on March 15, 2004

b. Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, UK

l. Brighton, UK

currently in South Island, New Zealand. Tapping away in the frighteningly hippie stronghold of Takaka, Golden Bay.

(I'll leave it there cuz it'll run into Stavros proportions otherwise...)
posted by i_cola at 3:28 PM on March 15, 2004

Born and raised in Leicester, moved 25 miles north to go to University and reside in lovely Nottingham, central England. In other news, I am 28 and have no pets.
posted by boneybaloney at 3:31 PM on March 15, 2004

Belmont Ave, Capitol Hill, Seattle, Washington, USA.

Yikes. This is exactly true for me as well.

We should totally party some time.
posted by Hildago at 3:50 PM on March 15, 2004

oxford, uk/oxford, uk [via bordeaux, beziers, lyons, paris, amsterdam, berlin, cologne, rome, bari, athens, crete, naxos - oh, and calais :)]
posted by dash_slot- at 4:11 PM on March 15, 2004

From Coventry, but now living in the East End of London. As if to prove it, I just passed an inebriated Pearly King pissing through a chain fence next to my flat. I didn't stop to ask where his Queen had got to.
posted by influx at 4:23 PM on March 15, 2004

How international are we?
More than International House of Pancakes that for sure...
posted by thomcatspike at 4:24 PM on March 15, 2004

Haven't we done this before?

I recall doing "what race are you?" a long time ago. Or "how white are we?" whatever the case may have been.

I think this kind of question tends to stimulate the minority, who step forward to represent their interesting, possibly far-flung home, but may mistakenly result in the impression that the MeFi population is largely diverse and interesting (demographically). In other words, if you tally up all the responses in this thread, I bet you get a much more heterogeneous view of this population than represents reality.

I have yet to see a scientific study, but I'm guessing we're over 80% white american guys. That's 3400 people who have to step forward and say I'm wrong before it really proves anything.

Now what would be really interesting is a weight survey. We could cross-reference it with posting volume and see if anything interesting charts.
posted by scarabic at 1:43 AM on March 16, 2004

Limerick Ireland
posted by kenaman at 2:38 AM on March 16, 2004

Parkersburg, WV - > Huntington, WV -> Raleigh, NC -> Wake Forest, NC -> Ithaca, NY -> London, UK -> Ithaca, NY -> Wake Forest NC -> Atlanta, GA -> Astoria, Queens, New York Fuckin' City.

With a pretty good amount of US and European travel, plus the odd trip to Asia.
posted by Vidiot at 6:43 AM on March 16, 2004

born in New Jersey, USA.
live in Sarasota, Florida, USA.

oh man....florida. it's as bad as you think.
posted by taumeson at 7:21 AM on March 16, 2004