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Spent most of my life and am now back in Mass, but have lived in New York, New Jersey, Illinois, and was in Ohio for school.
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Southern California!
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I've lived in New York, Connecticut and Arkansas. Now I live in Arizona!
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Born and raised in Michigan. Current residence is in Ohio. :)
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NORTHERN CALIFORNIA HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Hooray for Georgia!
http://www.50states.com/flag/image/nunst090.gif From Stone Mountain http://www.stonemountainpark.org/ass...opGraphic2.jpg to MLK http://thekingcenter.com/images/misc/mlk.jpg to the 96 olympics http://images.google.com/images?q=tb...s/b61c1vwq.jpg True Famous Born and Bred Georgians". Some names listed multiple times in different catagories. Music Industry: Atlanta Rhythum Section (band)-Doraville, Georgia B52's (band)-Athens, Georgia Black Crows (band)-Atlanta, Georgia R.E.M. (band)-Athens, Georgia Widespread Panic (band)-Athens, Georgia Wendy Lee Bagwell (singer,soldier)-Chamblee, Georgia T. Graham Brown (singer)-Athens, Georgia Ray Charles (musician, singer)-Albany, Georgia Mattiwilda Dobbs (soprano)-Atlanta, Georgia Pete Drake (musician,record producer)-Augusta, Georgia Amy Grant (singer)-Augusta, Georgia Roland Hayes (singer)-Curyville, Georgia Fletcher Henderson (musician, songwriter)-Cuthbert, Georgia Alan Jackson (singer)-Newnan, Georgia Harry James (trumpeter)-Albany, Georgia Gladys Knight (from Gladys Knight and the Pips) (singer)-Atlanta, Georgia Brenda Lee (singer)-Atlanta, Georgia Johnny Mercer (songwriter)-Savannah, Georgia Blind Willie McTell (blues pioneer)-Thomson, Georgia Jessye Norman (singer)-Augusta, Georgia Jerry Reed (singer,actor)-Atlanta, Georgia Otis Redding (singer)-Dawson, Georgia Little Richard (musician,singer)-Macon, Georgia Tommy Roe (singer,songwriter)-Atlanta, Georgia Billy Joe Royal (singer)-Valdosta, Georgia Ray Stevens (singer,songwriter)-Clarksdale, Georgia Travis Tritt (singer)-Marietta, Georgia Mark Wills (singer)-Blue Ridge, Georgia Trisha Yearwood (singer)-Monticello, Georgia Sports Industry: Baseball Players (Ty Cobb, Jackie Robinson, etc.)-Born In Georgia Jim Brown (football athlete, actor)-St. Simons Island, Georgia Bill Elliot (racecar driver)-Dawsonville, Georgia Walt Frazier (basketball hall of fame)-Atlanta, Georgia Hulk Hogan (Terry Bollea) (wrestler, actor)-Augusta, Georgia Larry Holmes (boxer)-Cuthert, Georgia Bobby Jones (golfer)-Atlanta, Georgia Products & Industries: Chick-fil-A Dwarf House -Hapeville, Georgia Coca~Cola (Coke)-Atlanta, Georgia Indian Springs (Oldest State Park in United States)-Flovilla, Georgia The Varsity- Atlanta, Georgia Waffle House -Atlanta, Georgia Actors & Actresses: Claude Akins (actor)-Nelson, Georgia Kim Basinger (actress)-Athens, Georgia Jim Brown (football athlete,actor)-St. Simons Island, Georgia Charles Coburn (actor)-Savannah, Georgia Ossie Davis (actor,writer)-Cogdell, Georgia Melvyn Douglas (actor)-Macon, Georgia Jeff Foxworthy (comedian,actor)-Hapeville, Georgia Lawrence Fishburne III (actor,playwright)-Atlanta, Georgia Oliver Hardy (actor,comedian)-Harlem, Georgia Miriam Hopkins (actress)-Bainbridge, Georgia Stacy Keach (actor)-Savannah, Georgia DeForest Kelley (actor)-Atlanta, Georgia Jerry Reed (actor,singer)-Atlanta, Georgia Burt Reynolds (actor)-Waycross, Georgia Julia Roberts (actress)-Atlanta, Georgia Nipsey Russell (actor, comedian)-Atlanta, Georgia Joanne Woodward (actress,former Miss Georgia)-Thomasville, Georgia Celebrities & Notables: Robert Houstoun Anderson (brigadier general )-Savannah, Georgia Henry Lewis Benning (jurist, statesman, soldier)-Columbia County, Georgia Martha Berry (founder of Berry College)-Rome, Georgia James Bowie (soldier)-Burke County, Georgia Lucius D. Clay (general)-Marietta, Georgia John Fremont (explorer)-Savannah, Georgia Dr. John Henry "Doc" Holliday (gunslinger)-Griffin, Georgia Jasper Johns (painter,sculptor)-Augusta, Georgia Martin Luther King Jr. (civil rights leader)-Atlanta, Georgia Spike Lee (director, producer)-Atlanta, Georgia Crawford Long (doctor,founder of anesthesia)-Danielsville, Georgia Juliette Gordon Low (founder of U.S. girl scouts)-Savannah, Georgia Bert Parks (host of Miss America Pagent)-Atlanta, Georgia Authors, Writers, & Poets: Conrad Aiken (poet)-Savannah, Georgia Erskine Caldwell (writer)-Moreland, Georgia Ossie Davis (actor,writer)-Cogdell, Georgia James Dickey (poet)-Atlanta, Georgia Henry W. Grady (journalist)-Athens, Georgia Lewis Grizzard (comedian,writer)-Fort Benning, Georgia Joel Chandler Harris (writer,journalist)-Eatonton, Georgia Sydney Lanier (writer,poet)-Macon, Georgia Carson McCullers (author)-Columbus, Georgia Margaret Mitchell (author of Gone With The Wind)-Atlanta, Georgia Janelle Taylor (romance novelist)-Athens, Georgia Alice Walker (author)-Eatonton, Georgia Political Industry: James (Jimmy) E. Carter & wife Rosalyn (39th president,nobel prize winner)-Plains, Georgia Rebecca Latimer Felton (1st woman appointed U.S.senator)-Decatur, Georgia Joseph Rucker Lamar (secretary of state)-Cherokee County, Georgia Zell Miller (governor,senator)-Young Harris, Georgia Dean Rusk (U.S. Supreme Court)-Elbert, Georgia Clarence Thomas (supreme court associate justice)-Pin Point (Savannah), Georgia Georgia is definately on my mind! |
States...
Born in CT, Lived in CA and WA State and now reside in ME!!!!
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I'll be the first to say that I am born and raised in INDIANA! Go Hoosiers!
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Living in northern CA.:)
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born in the VA
lived in beautiful ala-freakin-bama (WAR EAGLE) and now in the KY *edited to add pics of-- lexington horse farm: http://www.visitlex.com/grafix/003.jpg beautiful mobile bay: http://www.crowwilkinson.com/images/...ope%20Pier.jpg and i'd post a pic of where i was born, but i don't remember anything about it. oh, what the heck: downtown lynchburg, VA: http://www.lynchburgonline.com/lbdowntn.jpg |
Right now, Gauteng Province.
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out in the west texas town of el paso....
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how about Province roll call
I will be the first Canadian to interject into this thread ;).
I was born and bred in Beautiful British Columbia http://www.herenthere.com/cards/Canada/bc.gif http://www.kanada-british-columbia.de/pics/bc_5s.jpg and am (more or less) a native Vancouverite http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/dayart...ancouver06.jpg |
AlphaGamDiva, I adore that Lexington picture, but it makes me SO homesick!
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NEW YORK! :)
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Lawn Guyland, Noo Yawk!!!!!!!!!! (Long Island, New York :) )
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FLORIDA :)
Way down here in Miami, Florida (where it always feels like a completely different COUNTRY!) |
Boring ol' Maryland here:cool:
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Woot!
Philadelphia PA!!
http://www.slickflicks.com/images/philadelphia.jpg http://www.mardi-gras-beads.com/nhl-...iladelphia.jpg http://www.nestofdeath.com/philadelphia/Santa/Big3.jpg And what we're really known for! http://www.markshields.com/images/20...ia-pa-3231.jpg Nothing like a cheesesteak from Pat's Steaks on South Street after a night out at the bars! |
I'm also from PA (Harrisburg).
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Like all the other really cool people on GC, I'm from Wisconsin. :p
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and not to make it worse, but here are some more! ;) http://www.visitlex.com/grafix/004.jpg boo UcK, but here is some mildcat pride for ya at rupp arena ;) http://www.visitlex.com/grafix/027.jpg and i forgot to post pics from bowling green....where i went to school: cherry hall.....the top of our hill (lifesaver, we are called hilltoppers b/c campus goes uphill....both ways... ;)....hence, my big "GO TOPS!") is home to this building, and at 8am in the winter time, it's not exactly the best motivation to get up. :p http://www.bgky.org/images/cherryhl.jpg the ol BG is home to the nat'l corvet museum: http://www.bgky.org/images/corvmuse.jpg fountain square park, downtown: http://www.bgky.org/images/fspark3.jpg all the pics seeing where ppl are from are nice, y'all! :) |
NEW YORK!!! THE EMPIRE STATE!!!
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San Diego and Orange County :o California. OC for the job. SD is HOME.
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New York is my home.....
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Diva, where's pictures of the infamous BG white squirrels??;) :D
Still haven't learned to post actual pictures yet, ilovemyglo tried but I flunked;) :p |
OHIO , the heart of it all , baby!!!!!!!!:D
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Born and raised in Virginia Beach
http://www.photostogo.com/store/chub...eNumber=277415Bay Bridge at sunset http://www.photostogo.com/store/chub...eNumber=277417 Humongous, the gorilla, guarding the entrance to Ocean Breeze water park and Motorworld...believe it or not, this several-ton gorilla was stolen years and years ago and has also been burned Moved to Chesapeake where I went to high school... the upcoming trial of John Lee Malvo (the Beltway Sniper kid, for those who knew about the shooting rampage that went on here in the DC metro area) has been moved from Fairfax to there in hopes of having an unbiased jury. I know none of us are looking forward to the media zoo, but what can ya do? Worked on Ft. Story for a while http://www.photostogo.com/store/chub...eNumber=103820The old Cape Henry Lighthouse http://www.photostogo.com/store/chub...eNumber=103819The Cape Henry Lighthouse that's still in operation Now live in Fairfax http://www.photostogo.com/store/chub...Number=420031BI-395 at night in Fairfax *I don't have any pictures on me of all these places, so I had to snag them from this website* |
Yet another person from Harrisburg, Pa.!!!
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The great state of Arkansas.
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Born and raised in Michigan
Lived in New Orleans Now in the Great State of Texas |
Yeah, Jersey!!! Although I love my adopted school home of North Carolina (nothing quite like Carolina blue skies) I will never outgrow the shoebie or the piney in me!
...That'd be SOUTHERN New Jersey, to be specific. :) Right by the City of Brotherly Love. And cheesesteaks. But I think that was already covered in this thread. :) |
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