Howdy ladies and gents, Just thought I'd make a thread where we can talk about where we live. One thing I love about the interwebz in meeting people from "all corners of the globe" [stupidist saying ever ] I had already been talking about this in 5punksdad's Caprice 4 sale Thread which I kind of accidentally hijacked, so please, buy his Caprice as compensation. So here is a little about where I live: the land down under, the sunburnt country, Terra Australis I live in Queensland, which is the north east quarter of Oz. Though I am actually in the south east corner of the state, I've travelled plenty up north, or FNQ (far north Queensland) as it be known. The south east corner is a very moderate climate were we only get "cold" for a few days in winter when it drops below 10 degrees...... centigrade....... for a few hours over night. The rest of the time is between 22C in Autumn and upto around 40 in summer. FNQ is always warmer, barely dropping below 20 and in Central Queensland, regularly hitting the mid 40s (around 110F). We also have a Texas (though it's a town rather than a state). Australia is pretty huge, but most of us (about 2/3s) live on the Eastern seaboard and our population is only 22 Million, vs 312million in the US. I originally started talking about this because I want to eventually do a road trip in the US. The main reason for that is you United States seem to be a lot like countries. For example, I am aware of the different accents from Boston to Brooklyn, but in Oz, you couldn't pick an Aussie from western Australia except for their poor taste in beer and a dislike of Rugby League. I've been on an other forum for almost 7 years now (GMInsidenews) and am always amazed/amused by the difference in opinions and even behaviours from what is predominantly North American members. Plus, you guys have a much older history than Aus where our European settlement was only 230 odd years ago. To that end, what can you tell me about where you live? Any history or even just what you like about the location. And feel free to ask each other (and me) about other locales. I love living on the Sunshine Coast (no, not the Canadarian one) because of, well the Sunshine, I'm close to the beach, the weather is great and it is not to crowded. How about where you live? Cheers, mik P.S. What Nambour is most famous for:
Hello, you live on the Sunshine Coast and we retired here in the USA to the Sunshine State. I was born and partially raised in Illinois. That's about at the upper east third of your map below that Great Lake body of water. We retired to Florida, that outcropping beyond your country looking like a Penis sticking out at the lower east corner. Illinois has all four seasons easily noticed as they happen. Right now it is winter, with cold and snow. Florida has basically two seasons: Sort of cool and hot. Right now it is actually cold, sort of. In different parts of the USA people still have different accents and behavior. As time passes, the differences are harder to tell. We all love sports, good food and drink, members of the opposite sex, and cars. Here on the station wagon forum you couldn't find nicer friendlier members. There are members from all corners of the world. How do we get corners on a ball?
We used to have "Queensland- The Sunshine State" on our license plates but some drongo decided that "The Smart State" would dispell the myth that we're all slow round here. It didn't.
We can get license plates with SUNSHINE STATE, or IN GOD WE TRUST, or the county we buy the tag. They automatically give the county tag out so I am stuck with it for a few more years. Aside from that you never know what state you are looking at on many Florida licenses because they must have 100's of them in all colors and patterns. Colleges, different animals, etc. If you get run over you have no idea where they are from.
Not from the U.S.A. Sorry to hear your not planning a trip to Canada...your lose really. Each one of our provinces has a totally different climate as the others will atest too when they chime in. I am from beautiful Nova Scotia! I love it here. We live in the center of the province about 4hrs drive from either the mostly westerly or most easterly tips. And about 1hr drive from Halifax or the New Burnswich boarder...very central. We also have all four noticable seasons with plenty of indoor and out door activities all year round. We have, of course lots of beaches of varying types. Oodles of trails, hiking, biking, skidoo, Atv, cross conutry sking, nature, urban and tourist routes. Shopping from feamarkets to lots of downtown and uptown shopping. Art galleries, museums and theaters and concerts of all types. Sports...most, even some rugby, scuba and surfing. There even a few car enthusists here. O geeze I'm starting to sound like a turism ad...I better stop...but it's to bad your not including us in your road trip. and welcome to the forum.
If we head to the North East, I'm sure Canadia [sic ] will be on the list. My wife wants to go there too. And I follow the Canadian Rugby League on Twitter. I'm just allergic to the cold, though I know a guy over that way was saying it gets in the high 30s (80s) up there. Is that right? I also have some weird fascination of the great lakes. Just looked on a map and never realised that Nova Scotia is a fair bit further south than I thought.
Georgia, USA here...one of our 13 original colonies located in the southeastern part of the country. Temperate climate, we get a nice season change with usually only a little snowfall in the winters. Terrain runs the full range from mountains to sea coast. Atlanta is the capital, home of the 1996 Olympics, site of the country's busiest airport, and home to Stone Mountain, the nation's largest granite outcropping, and Gone With the Wind's Tara. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)
I live in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC. What can I say about Washington, DC that you don't already know? Lots of great museums ( my favorite is the fairly new Smithsonian Udvar Hazy Air and Space Museum at Dulles Airport just 10 minutes from my front door) , but lots more useless polititians (all doing their best to screw things up for the rest of us). http://www.nasm.si.edu/udvarhazy/ http://www.spymuseum.org/ http://www.si.edu/Museums http://www.crimemuseum.org/ On the other hand, a three hour drive gets me to the beach, or a one hour drive in the other direction get me to the mountains and Skyline Drive. Best of all, its less than a two hour drive to the car shows at Carlisle and Hershey. http://www.visitshenandoah.com/vacation-attractions/skyline-drive.aspx http://www.carsatcarlisle.com/ http://hersheyaaca.org/ http://www.aacamuseum.org/ http://www.specialeventpro.com/cruisin.php http://luraycaverns.com/
Hello to Oz I am speaking to you from California, we have more sunshine than florida, more plastic surgeon than the whole of the rest of the world and our education system is 49th in a country of fifty states (we havent siezed Canada yet). One thing we dont have is alot of crimanals here, I know Australia is founded on transplanted crooks but in the US we send all our crooks to the nations capital Washington DC! Welp thats all the bragging I want to do for now, welcome and keep sending the frozen leg-o-lamb and chops .... we all love 'em!!!
I'm from Memphis, TN, the Bluff City; home of the Blues and the birthplace of Rock & Roll. Of course Memphis is most widely known for Elvis and Graceland. Our airport has the distinction of being #1 in the world for moving freight largely due to Fed Ex being based here. Our weather is HOT & HUMID in the summer and confused in the winter. For instance, it was right around 70°F at sunrise this morning yet it's going down to 28°F tonight with a forecast high tomorrow of 42°. Last week a blizzard came out of nowhere with absolute whiteout conditions. The snow was blowing sideways and up. It ended as fast as it started and there was no sign of snow anywhere on the ground. I think at all blew into Alabama.
I'm in Pittsburgh Pa. I call it the bermuda triangle of the north, you move away but you always end up back here. we were the steel making capital of the world untill the late 1970's and are now a cultural and arts hub. There are 11 colleges and universities just within the city limits!!! We have 7 different museums within the city. 3 professional sports teams (baseball, american football, and hockey) due to the fact that this was home to many immigrants during the 1800's and 1900's this is a cultural melting pot with lots of Irish, Italian, Polish, Hungarian, Russian and many many more. this influence can be found in our food, art, people.... we have a very odd climate. in the summer (june - sept) it usually doesnt go higher than 85f and in the winter it doesn't usually drop below 18f. we get a lot of rain here...almost as much as Seattle. I love Pittsburgh, we have been been voted as the most livable city in America numerous times. I love Pittsburgh... its home. but i am more of a sunshine, sand and palm trees type...i know..with me you'd never know.
