As the DU World Turns......Geographic Survey of DUers.

[marmar]

Poll question: As the DU World Turns......Geographic Survey of DUers.

I'm holding it down in the Motor City, in the great blue state of Michigan. Where do you reside? (now, not as in where you are from originally).
And yes I know the geographic groupings aren't perfect (western PA & NY are more 'Great Lakes', a lot of Virginia is the South etc) - but humor me.

[GreenTea]

1. We call it - "The Left Coast" - CA, OR, WA & HI, all except Alaska!!

[L. Coyote]

2. You already voted! I live in two regions.

[Lucian]

3. Great Lakes (Minnesota).

[demmiblue]

4. Hello , my fellow Michigander!

:hi:

[Solly Mack]

5. Across the pond

[Hell Hath No Fury]

6. Proud "Left" coaster onboard!

:hi:

[PDittie]

7. Deep-In-The-Hearta

Holding the Bush bastards at bay.

[hamsterjill]

77. I got your back!

And I think we're gaining on the bastards!

[emmadoggy]

8. A Kick and a wave from the "Heartland"!

:hi:

[Ohio Joe]

9. Ohio

But I'll always be a Jersey boy :D

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

10. Left coaster. Born & raised in CA. Moved to OR. Now a Washingtonian.

Would happily move to BC if I could afford it.

[JuniperLea]

11. Born and raised in Los Angeles County...

Never lived more than five miles from The Pacific Coast Highway... never lived more than 15 miles from the hospital in which I was born... I always figured it was the luck of the draw to be born here, and I never had the urge to leave.

[NEOhiodemocrat]

12. Ohio here :)

[BlooInBloo]

13. Northwest folks prefer not to be lumped in with CA people.

:P

[Spike89]

19. lived both places and they are different

Even Californians see a difference between the north and south within their own state. The NW is without a doubt a different region. Geez, the reality is that the Pacific Northwest isn't a cohesive unit. The coastal and valley (liberal) vs. eastern (conservative) break is striking even if there are pockets of each everywhere.

Took me a couple years each time (I moved to California to adjust to the culture.

[BlooInBloo]

28. In fairness, we would have no problem having SFO lumped in with us...

But y'all can keep the rest. :rofl:

[petronius]

47. Don't feel bad - we can put up with it this once

Even the great state of California isn't above slumming with the neighbors once in a while...

[BlooInBloo]

50. I'll see you when you move up here.

:P

[supernova]

14. NC Southerner

:hi:

[vademocrat]

15. Hello from the newly Blue state of Virginia -

If we could just defeat Eric Cantor I'd be content....

[marmar]

52. Yeah, that dude sucks.....

n/t

[FraDon]

16. greetings from the peoples' republic of vermont !

n/t

[SalmonChantedEvening]

17. Philly Burbs :)

Hiya marmar :)

[Lochloosa]

18. True Floridian.

Born and raised here. Used to be a fun place to live till all them damn yankees showed up. :evilgrin:

[14thColony]

30. Hell Yes!

Native-born North Floridian, certified 100% Yankee-free. UF grad and all...

[Lochloosa]

68. Sorry about the UF part.....

[14thColony]

74. You mean...

National champs two out of three years UF? That UF? :P

Indulge me now, I'm sure FSU will be killing us again in a few years. Cyclical Florida football...

[cobalt1999]

80. Hey don't leave out those Basketball championships from the count.

Another 2 national championships!

[cobalt1999]

58. Another one.

My family has been here since pre-Civil War days.

[14thColony]

81. Damn, you got me beat!

I'm only 4th generation Floridian. My people came from far away St Marys Georgia...and made it all the way to exotic Jacksonville...

[rox63]

20. Greetings from Massachusetts

I've never lived more than 30 miles from where I was born, and never in another state. I'm very happy living in liberal-central. :hi:

[pinto]

25. I grew up in the Merrimac Valley, though I'm a Californian now, of 20 some odd years.

:hi:

[rox63]

29. I'm in the Merrimack Valley

I grew up in Lowell, have also lived in Haverhill (and a few places outside the MV), and am currently back in Lowell, helping care for an elderly parent.

[pinto]

33. Methuen and Newburyport. Loved them both.

But wouldn't leave CA, now.

[pipi_k]

73. Land of the Pilgrims' Pride

yay...another Massachusettsian (if there's such a term) here. :hi:


I live in the hilltowns of the Berkshires...like you, not more than 30 miles from where I was born except that I did live in Tennessee for a few months back in 1974 and it was OK, but my heart belongs to New England (in general) and Mass (specifically).

[rox63]

75. Back atcha, neighbor!

:hi:

The furthest I've lived from Lowell was Somerville, for about 3.5 years. I've visited all over the country, but New England is home to me. :)

[trackfan]

21. I've only lived in Los Angeles, CA. 49+ years n/t

[JuniperLea]

22. Obama just landed in the town where I was born!

And my boyfriend just reported that he could see AF1 fly over our house!

Yay!

[reggie the dog]

24. Where would that be? Is he still in Ireland?

[JuniperLea]

26. Long Beach, CA

He's doing a Townhall in the OC... but at this moment, he's at LB Airport... just a few miles from my house!

[reggie the dog]

27. cool

I would love to run into him on the lakefront bike path in Chicago one day...after his eight years are done.....

[JuniperLea]

31. Yeah! Eight years...

Good call;)

[reggie the dog]

23. DU du monde

I am from Chicago, but now live in France and vote in both countries. DU is my news source, as well as the source for many of the articles I use in teaching English as a second language. It is like my home away from home, I have more contact with other Americans here than anywhere else.

[Fly by night]

32. Fly Hollow, TN -- it may not be heaven but you can see it from here.

[BooScout]

34. Near Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

Formally hailing from Atlanta, GA. (I escaped during the Bush invasion).

[bigwillq]

35. New England (nt)

[Jazzgirl]

36. Born in Chicago....

raised in Missouri, lived in Oklahoma, moved to Kansas, now in Texas the last 18 years after being here 5 years earlier. I guess this is it.

[bridgit]

37. Pacific 'left' Coast (CA)

[Po_d Mainiac]

38. The glacier State-Maine

AKA the 3 season State.....Winter, mud, and black fly

[AwakeAtLast]

39. Hoosier here!

:hi:

[tekisui]

40. North Cakalakey, here.

[ncteechur]

41. North Cakalaky

[Raine]

42. Native Californian

and still here. :-)

[yy4me]

43. Just north of Boston where today it finally seemed like spring.

[onethatcares]

44. the LEFT COAST OF FLORIDA

and I'm not talking about Tampa Bay either. St Petersburg, where the weather is the bestest 360 days a year and we're running out of water, but we allow Nestle corporation to bottle the aquifier at no cost to them and sell us those neat little landfill clogging bottles for 3.88 a 24 pack.

YAY US>:banghead:

[UrbScotty]

45. Michigan! :-)

[ms liberty]

46. The blue state of NC. I never get tired of saying that! K&R...n/t

[huskerlaw]

48. Born and raised in Nebraska, but a Left Coaster now

I moved to Los Angeles about 3.5 years ago. Love it!

[WhaTHellsgoingonhere]

49. Chicago

[AllieB]

51. Nouvelle Angleterre

the Merrimack Valley of Massachusetts.

[MasonJar]

53. The Bluegrass State of Kentucky....nearing Kentucky Derby time.

[AlCzervik]

54. From Oakland to Sac town, the Bay area and back down

Cali is where they put they mack down
Give me love!

[marmar]

55. Shake shake it baby ..... shake shake it baby......

A classic.

[ProfessorGAC]

56. Great Lakes

Northeast Illinois. (About 60 miles from Chicago.)
GAC

[sicksicksick_N_tired]

57. This is an eye-awkening poll.

Thanks!!!

[Broken_Hero]

59. Heartland, currently in Missouri

but I'm from Alaska...and one day I'll be back home, all the rain and stone beaches, I miss ya!

:D

eta:to change Heatland, into Heartland...

[donheld]

60. Denver

[handmade34]

61. my brother is in Milford...

I live on the road moving every 3 weeks(have been in all 50 states in the past few years), in Oregon at present, will be in San Jose in two weeks... lived in Vermont for 20 years until this job and just bought a mini farm in Michigan- looking for someone that wants to partner(homestead) while I'm on the road.

[scarletwoman]

62. Born and raised in beautiful Minnesota, but lived a lot of other places over the years...

Venice Beach, CA. Breckinridge, CO. Santa Cruz mountains (on a commune), CA. San Juan Islands, WA. Colestine Valley, OR. Bolinas, CA. Willow, AK.

Now I'm contentedly living in rural east central Minnesota -- love the ocean, love the mountains, but love my beloved forest and lakes and rivers of Minnesota best of all.

sw

[MattSh]

63. NJ for 49 years, now East Europe.

Beautiful downtown Kiev, Ukraine for 3.5 years.

[sweetpotato]

64. I'm from the hated South Carolina

Don't we suck?

[NutmegYankee]

65. Connecticut.

Come visit New London, where we actually pronounce the river Thames the way it's spelled!

[pampango]

66. Suprising number in the South, especially considering that Texas and Virginia are not included. n/t

[greenbird]

67. New York now

but born and raised in Southern California. Got out as fast as I could stick my thumb out when I was 17.75 years old.

[eridani]

69. If you have the time, check how that compares with general population distribution n/t

[Shanti Mama]

70. Kathmandu!

[RebelOne]

71. Born in Philadelphia, grew up in Miami, FL

and have lived in the Atlanta, GA area since 1989. But I'm still a Yankee at heart.

[AyanEva]

72. *waves from over in Philly*

[bdamomma]

76. orginally from the smallest state Rhode Island

and now living on the small but beautiful island of Bermuda.

[marmar]

82. Bermuda in March......I can deal with that.

:)

[Ocracoker16]

78. Washington DC

I have lived there my entire life.

[JCMach1]

79. Reporting from the heart of the 'Evil Empire'

in the UAE...

Hell, I even met one of the founders of Halliburton when I was out shopping one day. The shocking thing was that he was actually a pretty nice old guy.

[Mrs. Overall]

83. Pacific Northwest--Seattle area.

Looks like the West Coast houses the most DUers (so far in the poll).

[lonestarnot]

84. Here lizard lizard lizard... come here lizard.

[HillWilliam]

85. NC Appalachian Suthrener here

[MajPayne2]

86. Originally from Illinois

Now living in MD and soon South Korea.