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This came up in another thread, I think it was about Pittsburgh, but the point is, I wanted to know if people felt a special way about their home town. I know some people hate their home town, some end up loving it after a while, and some people feel like there's no place as wonderful as one's home town.

I guess my home town is okay, but it's actually a suburb outside of the city and I'd like to get out and into the city itself.

It's a shit hole.

It kicks ass.

Hint: It's where Ernest Hemingway is from.

I love it, wouldn't live anywhere else.

Do you mean the one I was born in or the one I live in?

Do you mean the one I was born in or the one I live in?

I assumed the one we live in now. I was born in London, which I like.

Hated it when I arrived in York, learned to love it.

Love it. But then, I'm lucky to have a pretty nice home town. I suppose there is something universal about familiarity and childhood. People are very much attached to places generally.

Do you mean the one I was born in or the one I live in?

I'd say, the one you spent the most childhood time in. Frankly, though I'd like to claim Glasshouses in Yorkshire, UK my hometown, as I spent several years there as a child. However, I'm not a citizen and we did come back in time for me to go to most of my school here in the states, so I call Columbia Maryland my hometown.

I assumed the one we live in now. I was born in London, which I like.
I live in Billericay, which is a bit crap, to be honest. I was born in Edinburgh, which I remember as being a lot nicer.

I'm not really bothered.
I'd prefer to live in London, though. Greatest city in the world.

I'd love to see London again now that I'm not 10 years old anymore. I bet I'd have more fun.

I'm not really bothered.
I'd prefer to live in London, though. Greatest city in the world.

www.llandudno.com

I appreciate it alot more now I dont live there :)

www.llandudno.com

I appreciate it alot more now I dont live there :)

Funny how that works. ;) I would like a chance to appreciate my home town...from afar.

I'd say, the one you spent the most childhood time in. Frankly, though I'd like to claim Glasshouses in Yorkshire, UK my hometown, as I spent several years there as a child. However, I'm not a citizen and we did come back in time for me to go to most of my school here in the states, so I call Columbia Maryland my hometown.
Well, I only spent my first few years in Edinburgh and have spent longer in England than Scotland, but I still feel more for Edinburgh than Billericay. I suppose, like everything, it boils down to definition, like my nationality.

Well, I only spent my first few years in Edinburgh and have spent longer in England than Scotland, but I still feel more for Edinburgh than Billericay. I suppose, like everything, it boils down to definition, like my nationality.

One's home town is such a vague, personal thing, I figured people would just go with whatever they feel is correct for them.

I used to hate Jersey where i grew up, but now i've moved away and the place has become much more attractive, particularly as a sort of safe haven. i couldn't bear to move back though, not while my parents are still about, there's far too much drama to deal with. Edinburgh i love, but i am becoming somewhat dissollusioned with it as i face the realities of a limited job market and a decidedly uncertain future in the area regarding living arrangements.

I totally love my home town, and i feel really lucky to live there :)

There are 22 miles of costline and 19 beaches here, and it's just chilled out :cool:

http://www.torquay.com

Let me tell you a joke about my hometown:

So, Kim Jong-Il decides to nuke a city in the world. He first goes to *insert first city name here*, looks at the city, and suddenly feels bad. His advisor asked him why he looks so sad, and he says, "this city is too pretty to be nuked." So, they go to find another city. After arriving at *insert second city name here*, he once again looks sad. His advisor asked him the same question, to which he responded, "this city is too technologically advanced to be bombed. " So, they leave, to find a third city, which just happens to be my lovely hometown. Kim Jong-Il took one look at the city, and said, "let's go home." His advisor asked him why, and he replied, "this city has already been nuked."

Yep, that my lovely hometown. It looks like it's been nuked. Seriously.

Let me tell you a joke about my hometown:

So, Kim Jong-Il decides to nuke a city in the world. He first goes to *insert first city name here*, looks at the city, and suddenly feels bad. His advisor asked him why he looks so sad, and he says, "this city is too pretty to be nuked." So, they go to find another city. After arriving at *insert second city name here*, he once again looks sad. His advisor asked him the same question, to which he responded, "this city is too technologically advanced to be bombed. " So, they leave, to find a third city, which just happens to be my lovely hometown. Kim Jong-Il took one look at the city, and said, "let's go home." His advisor asked him why, and he replied, "this city has already been nuked."

Yep, that my lovely hometown. It looks like it's been nuked. Seriously.

So did he ever nuke a town? ...what a nice guy.

I live in Billericay, which is a bit crap, to be honest. I was born in Edinburgh, which I remember as being a lot nicer.

always first with the results :) At least Billericay is famous for something...

No, he didn't end up nuking a town. :p

Well, good for him. :p But, do YOU like your home town?

So did he ever nuke a town? ...what a nice guy.
No, he didn't end up nuking a town. :p

Well, good for him. :p But, do YOU like your home town?
Well, it DOES look like it's been nuked, and along with seasonal dust storms, overpopulation, poverty, rude people, and mean relatives who STILL pinch my cheeks, I can't help but try to avoid that place. It's not a bad city...I just try to avoid it.

My home town is pretty interesting if you don't live there. It's old, has some very cool buildings, and was home to Mr Wroe and the Christian Israelites. It also had (about 20 years ago) more pubs per square mile than anywhere else in England. The Brooke Bond Tea company came from there, as did Margaret Beckett. Engels visited and compared it favourably with neighbouring towns, for whatever that's worth.

I like my hometown reasonably well, but I'd rather live somewhere else, just the same. I miss New England...

This came up in another thread, I think it was about Pittsburgh, but the point is, I wanted to know if people felt a special way about their home town. I know some people hate their home town, some end up loving it after a while, and some people feel like there's no place as wonderful as one's home town.

I guess my home town is okay, but it's actually a suburb outside of the city and I'd like to get out and into the city itself.

My home town is a shit hole. It has a population of 3000-4000, and it's basically just a bedroom community for a larger city a 30-minute drive away, which means it's boring as hell.

By the way, just out of curiosity ... I've noticed that all your posts have lightbulbs. Every one. Why?

Perth and my suburb are just fine

The people are a bunch of assholish hicks, but what do you expect beings so close to Abottsford?

My home town is a shit hole. It has a population of 3000-4000, and it's basically just a bedroom community for a larger city a 30-minute drive away, which means it's boring as hell.

By the way, just out of curiosity ... I've noticed that all your posts have lightbulbs. Every one. Why?

You only just noticed that now? She's being doing it since she joined, I think :p

You only just noticed that now? She's being doing it since she joined, I think :p

I'm not always around. I don't post very much, as you can see from the disparity between my join date and post count.

I'm tired of my hometown.

Not to say it's a bad place, I like my hometown pretty well. The roads may be kind of tricky and the center of town may be a pain in the ass during rush hour, but it's nice place.

I'm just flat out bored of it...if that makes any sense whatsoever.

I wouldn't say love, but I like some parts of my hometown. Its a very good area for education and music, decent motorway/train access (London 40mins away), but there's some places in it you just wouldn't want to be near.

This came up in another thread, I think it was about Pittsburgh, but the point is, I wanted to know if people felt a special way about their home town. I know some people hate their home town, some end up loving it after a while, and some people feel like there's no place as wonderful as one's home town.

I guess my home town is okay, but it's actually a suburb outside of the city and I'd like to get out and into the city itself.
I like going home, but once I moved to my university city I realized that nothing special is going on over there.

(But I have a nation that has my hometown's theme :D)

I'm not always around. I don't post very much, as you can see from the disparity between my join date and post count.

Laziness is no excuse :p

I hated the place I lived in during my childhood.... every place I would love to be at was so far away from it... I really hated the bus, which made a really long s-curve instead of directly going to the actual city. I always HATED being stuck in that bus with pea-brained retards.

Let's put it this way - I live in this wonderful part of the United States called the Bible Belt. You know, the part of the country with all the intolerant redneck theocons, where the only social activities are church and high school football.

Fuck my hometown. I say we nuke the place from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Let's put it this way - I live in this wonderful part of the United States called the Bible Belt. You know, the part of the country with all the intolerant redneck theocons, where the only social activities are church and high school football.

Fuck my hometown. I say we nuke the place from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

It's really the fault of leftists. They won't let people like me make fun of religious people on the specious pretext of "tolerance". This allows the god botherers to proceed unhindered.

Personally, I think teh radical left actually likes the bible belt. It needs it in the same way the communists need robber barons.

One I was born in: Okay.
One I lvie in now: I hate it. I truly, truly hate it. The last eight years have SUCKED. :mad:

Port Aransas was, and still is, excellent. It has the flair of a New England fishing town with a near-tropical climate and a hell of a beach. Not only that, most of the people are actually from New England (and the Midwest), so southern accents in the town (not to mention Corpus Christi) aren't all that common. Above all other things, it was the people that really made it special.

I'd like to go back, sure. But live there again? Nah, maybe during the summer... I'd rather live in the Northeast.

By the way, just out of curiosity ... I've noticed that all your posts have lightbulbs. Every one. Why?

Haha! I've been doing that since I joined, for crying out loud.

I figured I needed some kind of "trademark" if anybody was going to listen to a lowly n00b, so I chose to do that thing with the lightbulb. I suppose the underlying idea is that everything I say is inherently pure genius. ;)

I love my hometown, but it's one of the most bland in the area.

You only just noticed that now? She's being doing it since she joined, I think :p

Good noticing! I guess my strategy worked.

I'm tired of my hometown.

Not to say it's a bad place, I like my hometown pretty well. The roads may be kind of tricky and the center of town may be a pain in the ass during rush hour, but it's nice place.

I'm just flat out bored of it...if that makes any sense whatsoever.

I can definitely identify with that.

I like going home, but once I moved to my university city I realized that nothing special is going on over there.

(But I have a nation that has my hometown's theme :D)

Oh really...puppet alert.

You know, I have no puppets. Does everybody have at least one?

Oh really...puppet alert.

You know, I have no puppets. Does everybody have at least one?

I don't...

Let's put it this way - I live in this wonderful part of the United States called the Bible Belt. You know, the part of the country with all the intolerant redneck theocons, where the only social activities are church and high school football.

Fuck my hometown. I say we nuke the place from orbit. It's the only way to be sure.

Wow, good for you. I would gladly join your nuke campaign if it was real.

I don't...

...or is this one of those questions that nobody is supposed to say yes to?

...or is this one of those questions that nobody is supposed to say yes to?

Hmm... You'll have to ask Kanobia.

Hmm... You'll have to ask Kanobia.

Kanobia? Or Kanabia?

Kanobia? Or Kanabia?

Who's this "Kanabia" of which you speak...?

Who's this "Kanabia" of which you speak...?

If this is an inside joke, I don't get it.

If this is an inside joke, I don't get it.

:D

Oh really...puppet alert.

You know, I have no puppets. Does everybody have at least one?

I have one. Actually, I have three. I rarely post with them though, and when I do I always say it's me. :D

Who's this "Kanabia" of which you speak...?
*smacks*

stop being an ass, pot.

*smacks*

stop being an ass, pot.

Nevar!

*smacks*

stop being an ass, pot.

What's he doing? Help, Ladame. :(

*smacks*

stop being an ass, pot.

Ass pot? Do you shit in it, or smoke it?

Ass pot? Do you shit in it, or smoke it?

Wow, if your ass can smoke, I want photos.

...On second thought, never mind...

I see, I see. Well, I don't know Potarius very well, so I guess he's been messing with me a lot recently and I don't know how to take it.

Nevar!
Then I'll smack some sense into you. *beats with a spatula*
What's he doing? Help, Ladame. :(
He meant Kanabia. It was probably just a typo.
Ass pot? Do you shit in it, or smoke it?
Neither, you smack it. *keeps on smacking Pot*

Then I'll smack some sense into you. *beats with a spatula*

He meant Kanabia. I was probably just a typo.

Neither, you smack it. *keeps on smacking Pot*

No, there really is a Kanobia.

*nods*

No, there really is a Kanobia.

*nods*
And there's also a Patarius.

And there's also a Patarius.

Well, there was a Kanobia...

Well, there was a Kanobia...
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure, and there was a Potaria...

:p

Oh really...puppet alert.

You know, I have no puppets. Does everybody have at least one?

got four

Neither, you smack it. *keeps on smacking Pot*

Kinky..

Meh. My home city is a suburb with all the useless morons that come with living in a suburb. On the other hand, the local climate kicks ass, the schools are good, the traffic ain't bad, and the Library kicks ass. Meh.

Although it bothers me that we get tourists just to see Microshaft and have their picture taken in front of the stupid flowerbeds there.

I'm not really bothered.
I'd prefer to live in London, though. Greatest city in the world.

I used to live in Stevenage, which is a short train ride from London (in my memory anyway). I loved London... now that I'm not 5 years old I might be able to love it even more...

Oh really...puppet alert.

You know, I have no puppets. Does everybody have at least one?

i have 4 puppets. one of them has now been identified as me to anyone that was paying attention during the defense of the DCS region, actually i revealed the identity of two of my puppets during that but one was more obvious than the other. i think only WYTYG knows of 1 of the others. and only i know about the last one which is a very new one, i'm training it to replace me someday if i get deleted and i don't wish to use a continuation of this nation which one of the other puppets is.

Swings and roundabouts. I probably like it more than people would from a more objective viewpoint, since I've lived there for about 10 years.

i have 4 puppets. one of them has now been identified as me to anyone that was paying attention during the defense of the DCS region, actually i revealed the identity of two of my puppets during that but one was more obvious than the other. i think only WYTYG knows of 1 of the others. and only i know about the last one which is a very new one, i'm training it to replace me someday if i get deleted and i don't wish to use a continuation of this nation which one of the other puppets is.

Well, I just created a fourth puppet. You might see it around the forums... you might not. You'll have to check the sig. ;)

I don't normally post with my pupets though...

Wow, a whole lot of you guys hate where you live, I never would have guessed the majority of you NSers lived in Camden, East St. Louis, Dall-ass, or Waco.

I guess I can be wrong sometimes.

:D

Haha! I've been doing that since I joined, for crying out loud.

I figured I needed some kind of "trademark" if anybody was going to listen to a lowly n00b, so I chose to do that thing with the lightbulb. I suppose the underlying idea is that everything I say is inherently pure genius. ;)

That's a good idea. From now on, all my posts will be prefaced with a :D because everything I say is hilarious.

That's a good idea. From now on, all my posts will be prefaced with a :D because everything I say is hilarious.

Sorry, you didn't do it from the very beginning. Maybe you should start over with a new nation.

Sorry, you didn't do it from the very beginning. Maybe you should start over with a new nation.

Screw that. It took two years for me to get this post count. I can change my posting style whenever I want, dammit. And it will still be funny, because I have the little green dude grinning above my post. See?

Screw that. It took two years for me to get this post count. I can change my posting style whenever I want, dammit. And it will still be funny, because I have the little green dude grinning above my post. See?

blue, that dude is blue. this :p is green :p

Well, I just created a fourth puppet. You might see it around the forums... you might not. You'll have to check the sig. ;)

I don't normally post with my pupets though...

nor i, i don't think i've accumulated more than 100 posts on even the most used one.

Oh really...puppet alert.

You know, I have no puppets. Does everybody have at least one?
I don't know. I haven't used any of my other nations to post here. There's only me. :D

But I do have 12 nations altogether.
...or is this one of those questions that nobody is supposed to say yes to?
I believe you're asking the right questions!

blue, that dude is blue. this :p is green :p

It's sort of a blue-green.

It's sort of a blue-green.

greenish-blue i reckon. i seem to seem blue and green differently from everyone else though.

Argh! Give it up, please.

greenish-blue i reckon. i seem to seem blue and green differently from everyone else though.

I wouldn't go that far. Blue-green or maybe even Bluish-green. Greenish-blue is too much.

Wow, a whole lot of you guys hate where you live, I never would have guessed the majority of you NSers lived in Camden, East St. Louis, Dall-ass, or Waco.

I guess I can be wrong sometimes.

:D

I live in Jackass Redneck Arseface County, North Carolina.

:p green
:( blue
:D turquoise

Not that hard.

:p green
:( blue
:D turquoise

Not that hard.

Hey, nice!

:p green
:( blue
:D turquoise

Not that hard.

:D is greenish blue. But :fluffle: is yellow, and so is ;), but what color would :) be? not orange...

:p green
:( blue
:D turquoise

Not that hard.

Turquoise. That's it. I like that.

I live in Jackass Redneck Arseface County, North Carolina.

Gee, that sounds remarkably familiar. In fact, that sounds exactly like where I live, except it's on North Carolina instead of Texas.

Want to join the "I vote we nuke this place from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." bandwagon? :)

German Nightmare - you forgot :gundge: ... :p

:D is greenish blue. But :fluffle: is yellow, and so is ;), but what color would :) be? not orange...

Gold?

Turquoise. That's it. I like that.

i'd say turqoise was greenish blue :p

ok i'll stop now :p

I live in Jackass Redneck Arseface County, North Carolina.

Must be embarrassing to write all that when you fill out forms.

I live in Jackass Redneck Arseface County, North Carolina.

I live in Haha, we're all a bunch of fucking liberals and there's nothing Bush can do, Massachusetts.

Hey, nice!
Turquoise. That's it. I like that.
;)

You know, if you guys feel like you need to ask a question about smileys... Just ask me: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/king.gif

;)

You know, if you guys feel like you need to ask a question about smileys... Just ask me: http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/king.gif

Yes, you are the king. Somebody should make a motivational poster about you. Where's Gravlen when you need him?!

I live in Haha, we're all a bunch of fucking liberals and there's nothing Bush can do, Massachusetts.

Sweet! I do like that state.

Must be embarrassing to write all that when you fill out forms.

It's even more embarassing to say that I live in Asshat Township.

i'd say turqoise was greenish blue :p

ok i'll stop now :p

According to Wikipedia:

Color: Blue, blue-green, green

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turquoise

But enough spilling hairs. Turquoise sounds much cooler.

Sweet! I do like that state.

Sometimes I think it should be called Passachusetts. The government at large passes over it and doesn't care that it's there.

Yes, you are the king. Somebody should make a motivational poster about you. Where's Gravlen when you need him?!
Don't tell me you've missed the awesomeness of my own (de)motivational posters? http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=526096&page=3
According to Wikipedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turquoise

But enough spilling hairs. Turquoise sounds much cooler.
See? :D
Gold?
Sun-tanned. :cool: comes right after it!

Don't tell me you've missed the awesomeness of my own (de)motivational posters? http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=526096&page=3


Whoa, I never even looked at that thread. It seemed boring from the title!

Whoa, I never even looked at that thread. It seemed boring from the title!
Glad I could help.

Sun-tanned. :cool: comes right after it!

It does seem appropriate ... but I never saw that color in the crayon box, so I'm suspicious.

It does seem appropriate ... but I never saw that color in the crayon box, so I'm suspicious.
But it's there!!!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Crayons.jpg
Oh, let me guess - you only got the B/W one? :D

It's awesome. The phrase "wrong side of the tracks" really applies to B'field. The West side is beautiful. The East side is shit and filled with crap-ass apartments.

But it's there!!!
http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/Crayons.jpg
Oh, let me guess - you only got the B/W one? :D

I don't think my box had them all :(. But I'm pretty sure it's not here ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Crayola_crayon_colors

God damn, Wikipedia has everything.

Dandelion, maybe? Or Goldenrod?

Like It, It's a big city, but not huge....I can't stand really Huge or really small cities...

Want to join the "I vote we nuke this place from orbit. It's the only way to be sure." bandwagon? :)
Sure! http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/GigerAlienSmiley.jpg (I just knew I had heard that before!)
German Nightmare - you forgot :gundge: ... :p
That one's easy: Snotgreen. ;)
I don't think my box had them all :(. But I'm pretty sure it's not here ... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Crayola_crayon_colors
God damn, Wikipedia has everything.
Dandelion, maybe? Or Goldenrod?
I'd say Goldenrod.

*is totally amazed by Wikipedia yet again!!!*

I like it here *Points to location*.

I was born in Oakland, California and grew up in Fresno, California. I now live in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Fresno used to be a great place to live, now it's a gang and drug-infested pest hole. I'll never go back.

I love it, I reckon Melbourne's great.

I like it. At least it's not Adelaide. :rolleyes:

i do like it here :)

its a small-ish city of about 300,000 people, so it has some good amenities, restaurants and a great shopping centre, but the city is divided in two by an estuary meaning the place seems a lot smaller and nicer than it is... less traffic and congestion (and pollution and crime) than there could be, for example :)

there's also neighbouring Portsmouth 20 minutes down the motorway, and its built up in-between, meaning this area is pretty much a conurbation of about 1.4 million. hence there's more good stuff around.

there's great rail links and a motorway that goes straight up to London, a massive 400 acre park in the middle of the city, a UK-top-10 university, and the New Forest right on our doorstep. its also pretty easy to get across to France from here.


all in all i like it here :)
probably the best part (for me) is its a working class city and far less posh than most of the rest of Hampshire. possibly as a result property prices here are a fair bit lower than in the rest of the south-east region, which is good for little old me trying to buy first time!
the fact that the city is also a major port also gives the city a lifesblood of its own, meaning the city isn't quite so affected by changes in the economy as other places might be.

Despite the pollution, love.

Adelaide isn't too bad. Bit boring but thats about it.
I actually found Hobart worse when I went travelled there (the cold, brrrr).

I've never really liked my hometown, and when you see it you'll understand why.

Riverdale, Michigan (http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&hl=fr&q=riverdale,+Michigan&ie=UTF8&ll=43.384622,-84.827371&spn=0.013598,0.040169&z=15&om=1)

I currently live here, which I love, but I have to move away in about a month or so.

Angers, France (http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&hl=fr&q=angers,+france&ie=UTF8&ll=47.478232,-0.528717&spn=0.10117,0.32135&z=12&om=1)

This is the town I'm moving back to. It's the closest thing I have to a "home" at the moment. Over the last year or so I was there I began to appreciate it, and since I've been here I've begun to appreciate how much less stressful it is to live in a small town.

Mount Pleasant, Michigan (http://maps.google.fr/maps?f=q&hl=fr&q=mount+pleasant,+michigan&ie=UTF8&ll=43.610725,-84.768105&spn=0.108381,0.32135&z=12&om=1)

I like it. I dare say it could be much worse.