Where Do You Live?, If you want to share...

I live in Ottawa, Ontario, capital of Canada. Home of 308 too many federal politicians. In the past, I've lived in Toronto, Ontario; Halifax, Nova Scotia and Houston, Texas. Favourite city that I've lived in so far is definitely Halifax.

I'm in Kansas City, Missouri which is right on the border of Kansas (but I'd never live there! Blech! Chickenhawks). I was born and raised in Independence which is next to Kansas City and the home of Harry S Truman (33rd president of the US).

There's a popular saying that in Missouri if you don't like the weather, wait five minutes and some days it's pretty accurate. I've been wearing shorts one day to shovelling snow the next. I've seen triple digit temperatures and I've seen ... I know I've seen single negative digits but I'm not sure if it's dipped into the negative teens before. Wind chill's been there before, I've felt that when it was in the -30s. About the only constant is the humidity and we have lots of it.

I absolutely love Missouri, it's a nice mix of small and large towns. Granted, we're not Chicago large but we're nearly 2 million in the metro area. About 45 minutes to an hour in any direction and you can be in farm land (mostly wheat and corn). We're supposed to be known for our barbeque, jazz and fat people. For some reason, the tourism board doesn't point that last one out. That study rankled a lot of feathers when it was released. Growing up I never noticed it but I asked a friend from Germany (East Germany if I were to date myself) about it and his comments were ... rather direct but he basically said that yes, lots of overweight and unhealthy habits here. At any rate, come and decide for yourself. I'll be happy to show anyone around.

The rest of the state as I said is wonderful. Plenty of small towns and rural life (friendly people). We'd stopped in at a diner in a small town near Lexington (I think Missouri has the most cities named after famous locations {Lexington, Vienna, Vichy, Lebanon, Nevada, California, Montgomery, etc}) and our son was probably all of 6 weeks and started to pitch a fit when our food arrived. Our waitress asked if she could hold him while we ate since her kids were all grown up and gone. Gal'd never seen us before, we'd never been in the place before but it was just one of those honest places where you just feel at ease. I've been blessed to find lots of places like that in this glorious state. The southern part of the state is referred to as the Ozarks. Lots of waterways, rolling hills, red clay and forests of oak, maple and sycamore trees. The middle to northern parts of the state tend to have more brown to black soil, good for growing crops, still plenty of forested areas. It's less hilly than the southern portion but still has some changes in elevation unlike Kansas (very flat outside of the KC area). Even though the Missouri River flows north and south, it flows east to west from Kansas City to St. Louis (I know two people who have canoed from KC to STL---not recommended). Missouri takes their natural resources and wildlife seriously, I don't recall the figures off the top of my head but it basically amounts to we have more land and money going into our conversation department and deparment of natural resources than any other state in an effort to preserve the beauty for future generations.

And I'll stop now or this post will be miles long and everyone will have lost interest a llong time ago.

I live in Arizona, land of the heat, dust and cacti! Love it here!

Wow, Getting Away, I don't often hear that Yellowknife is someone's dream destination. Nevertheless, for getting away, it really is a dream! We are also home to the best caribou hunting as well! For those of us who like to live off the land as much as possible, that is a real treat.

Maggiemahone1, I'd love to visit WV. I have travelled through the Appalachians before and loved them dearly. In fact, I lived in the northern terminus of the Appalachain chain when I loved in northern Nova Scotia. It is amazing how every part of the world has its own beauty.

Was just through that area week before last! Couldn't get over how beautiful the forests on the mountains were. Quite enjoyable. I think I'll stay in Central Kentucy though. More variety. I can enjoy rolling hills or the hills of Appalacia this way. There has got t obe something sad though for driving up and down 79 in WV, listening to Celtic music. Perticularly songs such as "Both Sides the Tweed" which happened to be playing when I thought of how well it fit. I felt like I was experiencing a little piece of Heaven, and was enjoying myself too much to sleep while mom drove. Beautiful hills there.

As I said though, think I'll stay here in Kentucky. More variety in the scenery

I live in Bel Air...Maryland that is. It's about 20 miles north of Baltimore. I'm much more content now that I've moved there from Baltimore. Can drive about 1-2 miles in any direction from my house and hit farm land and horse ranches. Maryland is not my home state, but I stay here because my mother-in-law lives here and someone has to take care of her... I originally was born in Ohio and then moved to Florida when I was 15. At 18, the Navy stuck me in Maryland and I've been here ever since. My dream is to eventually move to Alaska...hubby's dream is to go to Florida. Guess I might be stuck in Maryland as a compromise.

It sounds beautiful, Gabby. My mother's family came from Germany (family name of Ultsch) so I've always planned on visiting. I've always wanted to learn to speak german too,
Hi nieghbor. I've been through Flusing, a nice town. I haevn't been to Lake Superior though. The furtherest north I have been is Newberry in the U.P. I heard it was beautiful though, I mean it is the largest one, it's has to be special.

Let me know when you will visit my country one day...

As everyone know I'm from Britanny (no, i'm not that much nationalist... ). I live in Brest, a port called "La cité du Ponant" (city of the west, in a more intellectual form ). The city is not very beautiful because it was entirely destroyed by bombing during the second world war. But the bay and the landscapes around are amazing.

If you want to visit the town just follow me (click on the @ on the map on the left to see the place) :

Visit Brest

Celtica that is a beautiful area there on the water. Interesting buildings and archietecture.

Irish Stepper we use to live in Annapolis Maryland. I like that area. We thought we were going to retire in Severna Park, Maryland and I would have been alot happier to stay there than in Hee Haw Hell here in hot Georgia.
Betweent the tornado's, hurricane runners and hot weather and bugs I'd take Md or Ga any day!

Be good. Glad to see you posting girl! Haven't caught up to you in a while!

Annabelle

Well, as aforementioned, I live in Tasmania, an island about the size of the Republic of Ireland with a population of only half a million.

It's a land of natural beauty, of highlands and beaches all so close together.

I absolutely adore all things celtic, especially music and the celtic Christian heritage of Ireland and Scotland.

Greeting from Hampstead New Hampshire home of the first in the nation Presidental Primary.

Hampstead is a small (8,000) community located in Souther NH. I can be in down town Boston in about 45 minutes, to the beach in 1/2 hour or up to one of my favorite ski slops in less than an hour.

Being the first in the nation Presidental Primary has its advantages and disadvantages. I have meet face to face, often over coffee in a small setting almost every president since G. Ford. If you love politics NH, out side of DC is your dream state. The disadvantages non-stop TV Ads that go on for the better part of 3 months.

Prior to relocating back to NH I lived in Kutztwon, PA, East Haven, CT, Rocky Hill, CT and North Kingstown, RI. I grew up in Nashua, NH so when I had an opportunity to return to NH, I jumped at.

I have enjoyed reading everyones replys.

I'm from Serbia!

Well, I think that would be it...

I most definitely will!

Been there, although not that part of the country, and it's been a while. But I'd definately recommend it!