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I often wonder, where do you call home?? I read a political thread such as the responses to "change one thing about your country's history" but alot of posters (like myself) don't say their actual place of residence due to their in character play. I am listing as many as it would let me, but please respond with your home country...

You mean that despite the common knowledge that General is usually out of character?

In before complaints that England =\= Britain.

The Semi-Sovereign nation of Planet Earth.

St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America here.....reporting for duty

I felt at home in Berlin, Munich, Charlottesville... Meh. Home is where the heart is.

England, although I would have prefered United Kingdom. People often get those two mixed up, bizarrely.

If the OP did mean England, I apologise.

And I imagine that someone else would have prefered something else to UK.

You mean that despite the common knowledge that General is usually out of character?

Given General is usually out of character, HOWEVER my location still reads "There was once a dream that is Danmarc" regardless of which thread I am posting on... thanks for your input..

Home is where the heart is.


Now if I could only remember where I buried that thing.

Given General is usually out of character, HOWEVER my location still reads "There was once a dream that is Danmarc" regardless of which thread I am posting on... thanks for your input..

Uh...considering that many people posting in General have otherworldly, fantastical or theoretical places listed as their particular plane of existence, I fail to see your point. But hey, that happens a lot, and probably isn't your fault.

I live in the town with the world's largest resort and casino (Foxwoods). That's located in Ledyard, Connecticut, USA.

In before somebody else makes it a charm: Home is where the heart is.


In other news, I call quite some places in several countries my home (but, note the subtle difference, I don't call any country in and of itself my home). My own flat, my best friend's flat and my parents' house are all homes in Germany; my USAian mother's place I still consider my home, too, and a certain spot in Spain will probably for a long time remain 'home' to my mind even though I haven't been living there for quite some years now.

In before somebody else makes it a charm: Home is where the heart is.

Sorry, but Intangelon beat you to it.

You forgot... um... most of Europe actually.

Denmark.... in some backwater provincial town called Aars :(

Home is where the heart is.

Home is where the heart is.



In before somebody else makes it a charm: Home is where the heart is.



I thought that's where the groove was...

Scotland.

England. I've never really felt any great affection for England beyond the home counties, perhaps Somerset, Cornwall and Northumbria, but it does beat that vacuous notion of "Britain" the likes of Brown seem to love.

Sorry, but Intangelon beat you to it.

The ESL beats the native speaker? I believe that Intangelon was only the second to say that.. ;P

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Depends what we're talking about. If we're talking about where I reside most of the time, Boston, MA. If we're talking about where I go on holidays, when I go "home" from Boston, it's Berlin, CT

It's hardly a "vacuous notion", what with it existing for the last 300 years. I'd probably have said "UK" were it an option on the poll.

It is now. There is little value or merit to the United Kingdom now; it exists only because nobody has sufficient spine to fully dismember it.

England. I've never really felt any great affection for England beyond the home counties, perhaps Somerset, Cornwall and Northumbria, but it does beat that vacuous notion of "Britain" the likes of Brown seem to love.
It's hardly a "vacuous notion", what with it existing for the last 300 years. I'd probably have said "UK" were it an option on the poll.

The jolly old US of A, of course.

It is now. There is little value or merit to the United Kingdom now; it exists only because nobody has sufficient spine to fully dismember it.
I can't say I really agree with that being true. A few Scottish members of this forum have stated recently that there isn't much will in Scotland to go independent.

I can’t say I really agree with that being true. A few Scottish members of this forum have stated recently that there isn’t much will in Scotland to go independent.
And I’d be one of those Scottish members who said just that.

It’s safe to say that in Wales and Scotland, there is only a very small minority of people who want complete independence from the UK. NI is obviously a different matter, though I doubt there’s many there who want NI to be a sovereign nation separate from both the UK and Ireland.

Denmark.... in some backwater provincial town called Aars :(

Hehe, that's a funny name :D It means 'anus' in Dutch :D

Alright, my home is the Netherlands. But besides that I wouldn't mind to live in: Spain, Austria, Flanders and Brussels, German-speaking Switzerland. Maybe some more countries but I guess I haven't been in those yet, or didn't start to appreciate them yet.

Hehe, that’s a funny name :D It means ‘anus’ in Dutch :D
And it’s pronounced just like ‘arse’ in English. :p

Ahh, punnery. Surely humanity’s crowning achievement.

This little blue-green planet in some backward spiral in the Western Milky Way Galaxy

Austin, Texas

Kewlest, Greenest, Most Eclectic place in Texas
And yes, I do own a Gun
But alas, no horse

My flat.

Holland, Europe!

Hehe, that's a funny name :D It means 'anus' in Dutch :D

Alright, my home is the Netherlands. But besides that I wouldn't mind to live in: Spain, Austria, Flanders and Brussels, German-speaking Switzerland. Maybe some more countries but I guess I haven't been in those yet, or didn't start to appreciate them yet.
Are you one of those Dutch that for some reason love going camping in Interlaken, Switzerland? I don't know why, but the camping grounds there are like 50% Dutch. :p Kinda cool.

Anyway, home for me is South Florida, Southern California, my university (which will remain undisclosed) Switzerland and maybe a bit of Bavaria.

my university (which will remain undisclosed)
For embarrassment or safety’s sake? :p

Scotland.

And I’d be one of those Scottish members who said just that.

It’s safe to say that in Wales and Scotland, there is only a very small minority of people who want complete independence from the UK.
I think you're probably right, but then I also think that the numbers are skewed because such a large slice of the population simply doesn't give a shit, as long as their soaps schedule doesn't get messed up.

It'd be very interesting to know just what percentage of the politically-aware population were in favour of full independence and, of course, why.:p

I think I only feel truly ‘at home’ in certain places in Scotland (especially Glasgow and up north, around Speyside) as, sadly, I haven’t managed to wangle lengthy stays in foreign climes.

That said, I certainly felt I was in a place I could happily call home when I visited Berlin, but I’d have to stay there longer to be sure.

And brush up on me Deutsch.

I think you’re probably right, but then I also think that the numbers are skewed because such a large slice of the population simply doesn’t give a shit, as long as their soaps schedule doesn’t get messed up.

It’d be very interesting to know just what percentage of the politically-aware population were in favour of full independence and, of course, why.:p
I think the amount of people who are completely politically apathetic is a lot smaller than what’s usually envisioned.

Yes, a lot of people don’t give two hoots about what’s happening in Westminster or Holyrood, but I think you’d find it hard to come across an individual who has no opinions or interest in politics whatsoever. Most, I’d wager, have opinions on general political topics, even if those opinions are rather vague and/or uninformed to a large degree.

As too what ‘politically aware’ folks would think about independence, I’d say the same trend applies; pro-independence folks are in the minority.

The only two places I've ever really felt at home are Michigan and France. Of course, I've only lived in two other places, Colorado and Germany (Hessen).

I feel at home in a broad swath of northeast Ohio, sweeping up from Columbus through to near Cleveland, in the United States, of course.

You forgot... um... most of Europe actually.

No one cares about Poland.

I live in Western Australia, and probably will for the rest of my life now. But home...I think that will always be the Pacific Northwest of North America.

I feel the need to correct a glaring error that many seem to be spouting forth.

Home is where the hearth is.

None of this philosophical 'heart' pish posh.

Pfft.

No one cares about Poland.
Have to agree. History will prove us right.
For embarrassment or safety’s sake? :p
Neither. Both! No, wait! Uh...what was the question again?:p

I like my university very much...though if they found out that Atlantian Islands goes there, THEY might be the ones embarrassed, heh :P

Toronto, ON, Canada

Where is home?

where you hang your hat?

I consider the United States home. I've overstayed my welcome in my parents' house by about four months; it's really time for me to go back to college now, which is 75 miles away from here.

Toronto, ON, Canada

Ew, Canada. Tastes like burning.

Are you one of those Dutch that for some reason love going camping in Interlaken, Switzerland? I don't know why, but the camping grounds there are like 50% Dutch. :p Kinda cool.

Anyway, home for me is South Florida, Southern California, my university (which will remain undisclosed) Switzerland and maybe a bit of Bavaria.

No, I tend to visit my uncle whenever I'm in Switzerland. Safe to say, I haven't been in Switzerland for more than 5 years now.

And we tend to dutchify certain areas in some countries. I remember Salou and other places in Spain, very nice :p

Home is with my friends and family. I care not for geography.

Los Angeles, CA USA.

I live in the US. But England will always be home, for better or worse.

No one cares about Poland.

So? What about Germany? Or Spain? Or Switzerland? Or the Netherlands? Or Portugal? Those are just a few countries he forgot.

Others include: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Norway, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, and Ukraine.

Home is where the heart is.


Now if I could only remember where I buried that thing.

Some remote island in the Caribbean perhaps?

Lame poll.
New Zealand.

So? What about Germany? Or Spain? Or Switzerland? Or the Netherlands? Or Portugal? Those are just a few countries he forgot.

Others include: Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Georgia, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Norway, Romania, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, and Ukraine.

You only have 10 poll choices.

You only have 10 poll choices.

Exactly. So since the whole world is even larger, the idea of making a poll aboiut what countries people are from makes absolutely no sense. Even if you take out the microstates and internet blackholes, you'll still have well over 10 countries.

Seinäjoki, Southern Ostrobothnia, Finland.

I currently live in the Helsinki area, though.