How many of you

[PRSKY71 0]

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not much culture other than beaches

What do you mean??? Florida Redneck is a Culture all its on!!

That's right, them big wheel trucks and the gator restling out in the country!!!

Character cannot be made except by a steady, long continued process. -- Phillips Brooks

[PRSKY71 0]

I think it's funny, 'cause some guy asked me the other day if I was a Floridian and since I've been here since 1985, I HAD to say (yes)!! He laughed!! There are beautiful places indeed, but like you said, the heat is just overwhelming!!

Character cannot be made except by a steady, long continued process. -- Phillips Brooks

[SkydiveStMarys 0]

Carol,

Why does you eye look different in your avatar??


Is it me? Or is it a different shot?


Bobbi

A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

[SkydiveStMarys 0]

So those of you that go back for a visit, does it seem like "home" or not?

I live about 850 miles away from where I grew up. I visit the family and friends back "home" about 4x's a year. I miss it. Couldn't afford to live there and it is sooooo congested that I would go crazy!! I guess when I say I miss it, I miss the friends and family and the "familiarity" of it all, though I have lived where I am at now for 10 yrs. I enjoy where I live because I love the weather.

Bobbi

A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

[irisheyes 0]

Bobbi,

Nope, same shot. I noticed there is a small white fleck on it recently for some reason, I never noticed before though. Is that what you are seeing?

Carol

[irisheyes 0]

My initial few days back don't seem quite like home, think that is the jet lag though. After that it is like I was never gone.

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still live in the same area that you grew up in? Just curious. If you moved away, why? Work? Relationship? School?

Bobbi

Still live in the same country.

Left for school, because I wanted a decent education that didn't require living amongst farm fields, let me snowboard in the winter, and didn't mean living with 90+ degree summer days with 90% humidity.

[Darius11 12]

I am not even on the same continent

I'd rather be hated for who I am, than loved for who I am not." - Kurt Cobain

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I am not even on the same continent

Ditto

[Kimblair13 0]

I still live in the same house AND am still growing up!

...but I'm about to move far far away, I think.

[PLFXpert 0]

Same state, new city.

I've traveled to 42 states and enjoyed each one. They all have their pros and cons.

But, I'm a Florida girl. I LOVE it here. I would most definitely consider a summer home somewhere else and a winter home here when I'm old and full of hot flashes. In that case, my summer home would most definitely have to be in NC.
I really, really, could never see myself living anyplace else.

Wait...

I lied. I'd DEFINITELY consider Hawaii. But, Billy's too much of a "family" guy to be that far from the rest of the peeps.

Alaska is really beautiful, too---but I've only been there in the summer. I don't think I'd like the winter much.

Yes, Florida. Crazy Beautiful Florida. Love it!

Paint me in a corner, but my color comes back.

[chaoskitty 0]

I have moved so much in my lifetime that I can't comprehend the concept of staying put. The only house I've known my whole life is my grandmother's house in Texas. We call it "The Homestead".

[Icon134 0]

um... for the time being I happen to be close to where I grew up... but only because of where I'm stationed at the moment. in another 3-5 years I'll likely be somewhere else.

And that doesn't bother me in the least.

Livin' on the Edge... sleeping with my rigger's wife...

[freeflir29 0]

I've been back off and on. Left in 1991 for the Air Force and haven't been back for more than 2 years at once since. Work keeps taking me away. Georgia is an OK place but other places must be visited like Montana and Florida.

[angrypeppers 1]

I was born and raised in Pennsylvania, and lived in NH, VA, and now CO since then. New Hampshire feels most like home to me, even though I only lived there for eight years. I'm not sure why; I just kinda feel like that's where I'm from. Most of my friends from PA have moved away, but almost all of our parents still live there (at least half the year - snowbirds), so we keep in touch or see each other occasionally. I get back to PA about once a year, but while it's familiar and I know where everything is, it just doesn't feel like home to me. NH does...

Chris

Burn the land and boil the sea,
You can't take the sky from me.

[SkydiveStMarys 0]

No the last one seemed more up close.

Bobbi

A miracle is not defined by an event. A miracle is defined by gratitude.

[irisheyes 0]

Ah...may have to play around with it now. Probably time for a new one anyway.

[Muenkel 0]

My parents first made the move from Long Island to Massachusetts. They sold the home I grew up in. Not long after, my job offered me a promotion and I could pick the location. One was near my parents, so that was the one I picked. Now in addition to my parents and myself, I have 4 other siblings living in a 5 mile radius.

Chris

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[countzero 7]

grew up in ok., moved to co. when parents got divorced, moved to tx. to go to the art institute.

diamonds are a dawgs best friend

[d_squared431 0]

No I live in a different state. I am always down in the Bay visiting my family who still live there.

TPM Sister#130ONTIG#1
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You having a clean thought is like billyvance having a clean post.iluvtofly

[matt1215 0]

I'm clear on the other side of the country. Grew up CA, now in FL. Since I've been in the Air Force, I've also been stationed in CO and S Korea, with a couple months in AK and TX.

My folks moved to WA a couple years ago to be near my sister and honestly, the town I grew up in doesn't feel like home at all. It used to, until my folks sold the house I grew up in.

I'm far more inclined to spend time in WA with my folks, tho I've only been there a few times.

[slug 1]

Born and raised in Bronx NY. Left for god and country (draft) and only went back for a lookie 3 days n 40 yr's. Lived in Texa, Ks, Missouri and a western state I won't mention.

Now we're retired and live in Paradise Have no plan to leave alive or dead. Sorry everyone has to find their own paradise everyone has their own criteria, not telling you mine.

R.I.P.

R.I.P.

[normiss 805]

historically they say we never stray beyond the 50 mile averager....i did...but came back!

fucking humans are entertaining as hell aren't we?????