Topic: Region Roll Call (Read 145270 times)

Timemaster · « **Reply #200 on:** 05 May 2015, 13:14 »

I´m from Itzehoe, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
It´s about 100km distance from Eckernförde. The world is small.

TM

mandyk89 · « **Reply #201 on:** 09 Feb 2016, 17:14 »

Long time lurker! Western Ohio near the Indiana border... if I said what town I was in, the other 3 people here would know who I was...

Rhodderz · « **Reply #202 on:** 16 Feb 2016, 06:01 »

Reading area,
UK

i actually live close but aint gonna say due to erm........reasons for said area. so mentioned where i work and spend most of my days.

pwhodges · « **Reply #203 on:** 16 Feb 2016, 09:08 »

Welcome! I was born and bred in central Reading (and don't live that far away even now - in fact I was in Tilehurst last Saturday).

Rhodderz · « **Reply #204 on:** 22 Feb 2016, 00:07 »

Thank you, I was originally born in oxford but moved alot

ischaemia · « **Reply #205 on:** 23 Feb 2016, 06:42 »

Currently in the glorious PNW (USA), headed to Korea, I was born in Frankfurt, DE. W-where should I say I'm from...?

Tova · « **Reply #206 on:** 25 Feb 2016, 01:33 »

I finally found this thread.

I was born in Sydney, Australia. I currently live in Sydney. And I am sitting typing this message... in Sydney.

Yes, what an adventurous soul.

Detachable Felix · « **Reply #207 on:** 25 Feb 2016, 14:09 »

Figured you'd be an Aussie. Hola from Adelaide!

Gyrre · « **Reply #208 on:** 15 May 2016, 04:34 »

North America
USA
Kansas, Flint Hills region

Fun fact: Kansas is the 7th flattest state in the union. Florida is topographically the flattest.

JacoboBlandonPineda · « **Reply #209 on:** 12 Jun 2016, 14:29 »

I'm from:

South America,
Colombia,
Risaralda,
Pereira,
Comuna Oriente.

JamesB · « **Reply #210 on:** 28 Jun 2016, 19:32 »

Originally from Brisbane, Australia.

Moved to Newfoundland, Canada in early 2008. Relocated to Nova Scotia, Canada in late 2012.

Case · « **Reply #211 on:** 08 Nov 2016, 05:10 »

Born in (mid-)western Germany (back when there still was an eastern edition); back in the old homestead after some interludes in Arnhem and Antwerp (Netherlands and Belgium, respectively).

TheEvilDog · « **Reply #212 on:** 08 Nov 2016, 16:17 »

I thought I had done this before, but I guess not...

Anyways: Cork, Ireland

East Cork if you want to be specific.

thedevilissix · « **Reply #213 on:** 17 Nov 2016, 04:10 »

I am from the UK and an honorary mmmmmmmmmMidlander!

I'm in Birmingham, the land of the oft-misunderstood comedy accent here in the UK. (The comedy accent in question is actually from the rural Black Country area.)

I'm originally though from near Chester/Manchester, just didn't fancy returning to my teeny tiny village when I graduated from Uni

pwhodges · « **Reply #214 on:** 17 Nov 2016, 13:26 »

Hi! from just down the road (Oxford)!

thedevilissix · « **Reply #215 on:** 21 Nov 2016, 15:03 »

Oh wow! Hi PW! *waves*
I have cousins down in Wantage too, so I have a lot of love for your fine town and county!

Firozaki · « **Reply #216 on:** 20 Jan 2017, 06:03 »

I'm one of 3 SouthEast Asians it looks like. Specifically, Singaporean here

Tawdry Quirks · « **Reply #217 on:** 14 Feb 2017, 01:07 »

North America
United States
Kansas
Lawrence

Long, uninteresting story about why I ended up where I am now. I've lived in the Austin area for the largest percentage of my life, but I'm originally from Lincoln, Nebraska. Desperately want to move out of this column of states at some point.

JoeCovenant · « **Reply #218 on:** 14 Feb 2017, 04:27 »

Dundee,
Scotland,
UK (for the moment)

shanejayell · « **Reply #219 on:** 15 Feb 2017, 16:50 »

North America
Canada
British Columbia
Vancouver

~~DuneCanid~~ · « **Reply #220 on:** 05 Mar 2017, 09:36 »

Las Vegas.

Nevada, not New Mexico or Texas.

DC, l5ls.

Tlaloc · « **Reply #221 on:** 25 Aug 2017, 05:45 »

I selected 'Eastern Europe' though any self-respecting Moravian will tell you we're in 'Central Europe'.

Piscador · « **Reply #222 on:** 01 Feb 2018, 01:31 »

I'm from:
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Binh Dinh Province
Quy Nhon City

[Technically I'm Australian, but inasmuch as I've spent nearly 20 years in Vietnam, 7 years in Quy Nhon and I'm likely to retire here I figure this will do]

Storel · « **Reply #223 on:** 03 Mar 2018, 17:39 »

Hmm, apparently I've voted in the poll but never posted in this thread. I've spent most of my life in Northern California, and most of that in San Francisco, so I was reading the comments above about climates and temperatures with amusement. For San Franciscans, anything over 80 F is a heat wave, and anything under 60 F is a cold snap.

My wife and I moved to Southern California last August -- a fair bit inland, near the desert. So the local temperatures have been... quite an adjustment. The first week we were here, temps were in the 90s. The second week we were here, it was in the 100s. Within the last month, my car windows have frosted over twice. I had to ask my wife (who's from Milwaukee) whether "ice" or "frost" was the proper term.

I miss my old weather...

SordidEuphemism · « **Reply #224 on:** 16 May 2018, 05:31 »

VA/FL/HI/VA/MS with minor stops in NY, TX & CA, and now FL again.

TANkGiRL · « **Reply #225 on:** 29 Jun 2018, 10:49 »

North America
Canada
Quebec
Montreal
(Since 2011)

But originally from Mexico City where I started reading the webcomin in 2005

cybersmurf · « **Reply #226 on:** 30 Jun 2018, 08:34 »

Where do you draw the line between western and Eastern Europe? Usually I'd say central Europe, but that doesn't exist here.

I think usually the line was drawn by the iron curtain, but that doesn't exist anymore.

Anyways, I'm from Terminator country.

Case · « **Reply #227 on:** 05 Aug 2018, 14:05 »

Quote from: Tlaloc on 25 Aug 2017, 05:45

I selected 'Eastern Europe' though any self-respecting Moravian will tell you we're in 'Central Europe'.

Well, because you are? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Central_Europe

A large, unhappy, dysfunctional family, sure, but family nonetheless?

Case · « **Reply #228 on:** 06 Aug 2018, 04:03 »

Quote from: cybersmurf on 30 Jun 2018, 08:34

Where do you draw the line between western and Eastern Europe? Usually I'd say central Europe, but that doesn't exist here.

I think usually the line was drawn by the iron curtain, but that doesn't exist anymore.

Good point - historically and culturally, Eastern Europe would be Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, and Western Europe roughly "everything west of the respective German & Austrian Borders"

Dividing Europe into East and West is a Cold War relic that would draw the line straight through Germany and completely ignores Southern-, and Northern Europe as distinct cultural entities.

I chose "Western Europe" mostly because as someone born & raised in Cold-Wat Western Germany, it still feels natural to me to identify with "the West" - but that's more of a politcal/economical/philosophical category than a cultural one. In cultural terms, I'm clearly a Central European... well, a Central European with strong affinity to the Netherlands & Belgium...

Otoh, Many Eastern Germans would insist they are Central-, and not Western Europeans, despite living in a country that largely has the same alliances and political system as the former Western Germany. So CE is the only regional category that makes sense for us.

Methinks it would be better to offer Western-/Eastern-/Northern-/Southern-/Southeastern-/Central Europe as categories, or just "Europe" for the lot of us.

cybersmurf · « **Reply #229 on:** 06 Aug 2018, 14:19 »

To quote the Wikipedia entry about how to classifiy Central Europe:

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for instance Austria can be referred to as Central European, as well as Eastern European or Western European.

I do understand, especially towards northern europe, Austria might be considered part of the Balkan region.
We Austrians often see our country as the "gate to the east", so it's basically central europe.

Case · « **Reply #230 on:** 06 Aug 2018, 15:26 »

Quote from: cybersmurf on 06 Aug 2018, 14:19

We Austrians ...

Hättest ja auch was sagen können ...

('Terminator country')

Quote from: cybersmurf on 06 Aug 2018, 14:19

I do understand, especially towards northern europe, Austria might be considered part of the Balkan region.

Dunno about the Scandinavians, but I think that historically and culturally, it's more important having been a part of the Holy Roman Empire? That one lasted quite a while - much longer than everything that came after the breakup.

Quote from: cybersmurf on 06 Aug 2018, 14:19

We Austrians often see our country as the "gate to the east", so it's basically central europe.

Hmmh - I've heard the theory that Austria's neutrality during the cold war played a big role in the divergent evolution of self-images of (the) German(ies) on the one hand and Austria on the other. Adenauer's 'Westbinding' firmly tied the FRG into the concept of 'The West', and the people in the GDR weren't cut off from the eastern part of central Europe like we were - while Austria was free to be ... Austria. I've only realized that we're actually central-, rather than western Europeans when the CEE countries started to join NATO and the EU.

'Gate to the East' - wouldn't 'Gate to Southern and Southeastern Europe' also be true?

dutchrvl · « **Reply #231 on:** 04 Sep 2018, 09:30 »

Nowadays I never know what to answer anymore....

Originally:
Northwestern Europe
Netherlands
Gelderland

Now:
North America
USA
Boston by way of 10 years Chicago

With 2 years Asia, Japan, Honshu, Osaka/Tokyo

JotaTuberPY · « **Reply #232 on:** 21 Nov 2018, 17:24 »

Asunción

Paraguay

South America

oddtail · « **Reply #233 on:** 21 Nov 2018, 17:46 »

What do you know, I don't think I ever ended up writing a post here... so.

Warsaw, Poland.

nathanielballard · « **Reply #234 on:** 10 Mar 2019, 11:10 »

I live in the New Forest in England.

We call it the *New* Forest because it was only designated as such in 1072

We have ponies

Grognard · « **Reply #235 on:** 11 Mar 2019, 18:46 »

I have old family between Guildford and Dorking.
South West of London.
where abouts are you in relation to that?

MrEnglishTeacher · « **Reply #236 on:** 06 Feb 2020, 12:15 »

Greetings! A neophyte user from New Orleans reporting in.

MaiLynn · « **Reply #237 on:** 05 Apr 2020, 13:31 »

North America
USA
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh area

Hope yins are doing good today!

Farideh · « **Reply #238 on:** 19 Jun 2020, 18:44 »

Born and raised in the Netherlands.

Current domicile is Christchurch, New Zealand.

APW · « **Reply #239 on:** 26 Jun 2020, 01:57 »

I'm from Poland. Western or Eastern Europe doesn't seem to fit.

Case · « **Reply #240 on:** 28 Jun 2020, 12:49 »

Quote from: APW on 26 Jun 2020, 01:57

I'm from Poland. Western or Eastern Europe doesn't seem to fit.

Yeah, you're not the first to note that the classification is a bit... outdated.

P. S. Welcome, new person!

pwhodges · « **Reply #241 on:** 29 Jun 2020, 02:17 »

I guess that also means I'm now outdated - which is pretty true, really.

The purpose of that poll is no more than to remind people that this forum has a fairly international user-base, and in particular that assumptions of a US base (which still often happens on the Internet) should be avoided.

But making any serious change to the poll means dumping all the data and starting again, which is not very useful either.

cybersmurf · « **Reply #242 on:** 05 Jul 2020, 06:32 »

Quote from: Case on 28 Jun 2020, 12:49

Yeah, you're not the first to note that the classification is a bit... outdated.

Yeah, feels very... Iron Curtain.

_Islanio · « **Reply #243 on:** 01 Jun 2021, 11:09 »

South America
Brazil

Grognard · « **Reply #244 on:** 01 Jun 2021, 14:48 »

I've moved since last reply to this thread!

Clear across ... the county.

sum total of 16.8 miles.

Now I'm deeper back in the woods.

Fain · « **Reply #245 on:** 26 Nov 2022, 15:47 »

I’m pretty sure I fall under North American but geography isn’t my cup of tea. I’m Canadian. Ontario (that’s pretty much as close to where I am as I can be specific anyways without having to explain where ‘the literal middle of nowhere village’ is)

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