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tania:
i grew up in markham, which is just north of toronto and looks like this:



now i live in guelph. the downtown area looks like this:



my university looks like this:





the other 90% is a whole bunch of barns and trees.

it's pretty neat in that it's actually a pretty heavily populated university town but because of the way the streets and buildings and etc are laid out, it retains the appearance of being tiny. it's a pretty nice place to live for school. there's a lot of independent businesses, the excellent public transit system is provided unlimited to students at just $10 a semester, the music scene is alright and everyone is really incredibly nice to each other for some reason. before moving to guelph, i did a lot of drugs cos that was the thing everyone in markham did to escape smothering suburbia. i do not miss markham a whole lot.

Liz:

--- Quote from: Aimless on 28 Jul 2008, 11:14 ---Misonception, I've heard that Minnesota is really nice in the winter, at least once you get out into the wild :) the only impressions I have of it are from SG-1, however.

--- End quote ---

That depends on your definition of nice, I guess. If you mean pretty, then yes, it's pretty nice. But it's cold as all get out and impossible to travel in, which makes it not so nice.

Lines:
I live a bit north of Cincinnati which looks like this:



I'm currently living in North College Hill, which has parades like this, (I grew up here):





And this is U.C., where I went to school:



This is the building I was in mostly:



Right now, the weather is pretty nice. It's been raining every few days, which is good, because it keeps the heat and humidity at bay. The magnolia tree in our front yard is about to bloom, which makes me happy, and when I'm stuck at home, I go outside and play with this cute stray cat that hangs around with the other cats on my street.

Elizzybeth:
I live in Monrovia, CA, which is a suburb in Los Angeles county about forty-five minutes from Downtown L.A.  It was founded in 1886, and is famous for being the home of Upton Sinclair from 1942-1966.  Because of its Anytown, USA appearance and proximity to Hollywood, it's frequently used as a filming location.  If you've seen Mask, A Cinderella Story, American Pie, Beethoven, Never Been Kissed, Georgia Rule, Legally Blonde, Not Another Teen Movie, CBS' "Picket Fences," and so on ad nauseum, you've seen Monrovia (IMDB lists 55 titles).

Mostly, it's a bedroom community with a cute "old town" section, where the main street is closed off for a farmer's market / family fair every Friday evening.   It looked like this before the road was paved,



like this in the 1930s,



and like this in modern times.  Except we haven't had snow on the mountains like that in a couple of years--I'd be ashamed to post any pictures of it from the summer months, because the smog is so bad that sometimes you can barely make out the outline of the mountains.

yelley:
tania, that picture of markham is one of the scariest things i have ever seen.

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