lifejogger Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 I though it would be interesting for those who want, to share all of the places they lived at. I would imagine since most of us here are older some of us might have and still live in some interesting places. I will go first although my list is rather dull. Started out in Bartlesville, OK. Went to college in Stillwater, OK Moved to Enid, OK Moved back to Bartlesville, OK Moved to Borger, TX Moved back to Barlesville, OK Moved to Houston, Tx Moved to Amarillo, Tx Thinking about moving to Colorado. John Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew Kane Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Born Toronto, Ontario Moved to Los Angeles when I was 5 (Reseda) Moved back to Toronto Sydney Australia mid teens Moved back to Toronto Moved to Nova Scotia (Family Roots) Moved back to Toronto Moved to New Zealand Staying in New Zealand I rate the best places to live as follows New Zealand #1 Canada #2 USA #3 Australia #4 Why is New Zealand the best? Short answer because it is small, laid back and too far away from all the worlds problems Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick Cox Posted January 2, 2019 Share Posted January 2, 2019 Born: 1946 Boggabri NSW Moved: 1948 Gunnedah MSW Moved: 1950 Orange NSW Moved: 1951 Dunedoo NSW Moved: 1955 Rylstone NSW Moved: 1963 Kandos NSW Moved: 1968 Sydney NSW Moved: 1982 Lithgow NSW Moved: 2014 Woy Woy NSW For me the 2 best places I lived were Kandos/Rylstone and Lithgow NSW. Would love to be able to move back to the Central West to either Bathurst, Orange or Mudgee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Hey John. I have to guess that the Forum folks have covered the world. Here's my two cents. Born Washington State, USA - first 25 years Worked and lived overseas for eight years --Japan, Korea, Taiwan, VietNam, Turkey, Germany, Iceland, Canada, Bermuda, Portuguese Azores. Visited others. New Jersey - 3 years North Dakota -7 years Minnesota -3 years Washington State - last thirty years Best place? Not to be hoity, but I honestly have really enjoyed them all. Everyplace is interesting if you let it be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boetie Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Don't think I qualify as an old coot yet ( I'm 52) but I get a few chuckles here. Pls don't kick me out Born 1966 Salisbury Rhodesia (later became Zimbabwe in 1981) Family emigrated to Brisbane Australia 1983 Moved to Tweed Heads 1988 Working holiday London UK 1990 - 1995 Returned to Tweed Heads 1995 with my bride to be. Happy in Tweed, married 22 years with three teenage kids. Cheers Graeme Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc_Z Posted January 3, 2019 Share Posted January 3, 2019 Let's see: Born -- Brooklyn (technically it was at the Army hospital on Governor's Island where my father had been a patient earlier in WW II. He was in England waiting for D-Day when I was born) New Jersey - 18 years in 4 different places, removing several years for school New York -- 51 years in a couple of places Connecticut -- 15 years New Mexico -- 10 years and counting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
martinlest Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Born and raised in the UK, Surrey. At 26 years old, started travelling (working and living abroad): Paris, France, 5 years: Crete, Greece 12 years; India (all over the country) c.4 years; Bangkok, Thailand 2 years; Colombo, Sri Lanka 2 years; Jaffna, Sri Lanka 2 years. Now I have grandchildren (I am 61 now), I'm back in the UK, feeling a bit 'deflated' to be honest! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripcord Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Just now, martinlest said: Now I have grandchildren, I'm back in the UK, feeling a bit 'deflated' to be honest! I feel you. It is a bit hard to relate to others, or for others to relate to you, having had that kind of life experience in all these places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripcord Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Clatskanie OR, Springfield OR, Kelso WA Monterey CA, San Angelo TX Sinop, Turkey Pensacola FL, Brunswick ME Seattle WA Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, out in Russian Far East Moscow, Russia (twice) Houston, TX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chunk Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Born and raised in a few places around the San Francisco Bay Area. Worked and lived for a year in Chicago. Came back to the Bay Area. Recently relocated to Western Washington. Tons of family and friends in the Bay Area still, and hard to beat the weather there. It's also too damn expensive to raise a family and crime is on the rise due to a lot of different factors. Chicago has frigid winters, punishing humidity, salt of the earth people that I really got along with, and AMAZING Italian food everywhere. Washington has been utterly amazing. My family is happier than they've ever been, our neighborhood is like Mayfield in a time capsule, and it's very aviation centric. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Having lived only in England and Malaya, I'm not very interesting. Now my wife was a real travellor. Born in Hainan, lived in Xewen, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Chifeng, London and now Minehead and, in case you're wondering, she's half and half Chinese and English. Her temper is all Chinese though! Don't get on the wrong side of her!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SGunard Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 JohnY, Malaya sounds pretty exotic to me! I'be only ever lived in the UK! Norfolk 26 yearsE Essex 12 years Derbyshire 10 years, and finally Devon for the past 3 years. I'm often up in your neck of the woods too. Well, Taunton, anyway! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taph Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Llanelli, and Cardiff, South Wales, while growing up Catterick, North Yorkshire, Numerous times Herford, Rinteln, Lippstadt, Helmstet, Bielfeld, Dusseldorf, Rheindahlen, West Berlin, all in West Germany Mons, Belgium Woolwich, Hounslow, Mill Hill, Ealing Broadway, Wandsworth, London Chester, UK Cobham, Surrey, UK Benbecula, Outer Hebrides, Scotland Ashford, Chatham, Maidstone, Kent Aborfield, Bisley and Pirbright, Berkshire Blandford Forum, Dorset, UK Hereford, UK Nicosia, Cyprus Belize Hong Kong Seria, Brunei In between, managed to visit South Africa, Goa, France, Spain, Greece, Belgium, Austria, New Zealand, Colorado, Utah, California, Newfoundland, Canada, Singapore, Sabah, Mexico, Netherlands, Denmark I also managed to cover most of the UK, while working: Aberdeen, Glasgow, Edinburgh, Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester, Southampton, Bristol, Birmingham, Peterborough, Dover, Tilbury, Dartford, Felixstowe, Gatwick being some of the main ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 On 1/5/2019 at 4:58 AM, Ripcord said: I feel you. It is a bit hard to relate to others, or for others to relate to you, having had that kind of life experience in all these places. Martinlest and Ripcord, when I came back to the US after being overseas for an extended period, I remember wondering if I'd ever fit in again. In one way, I never did -- many years later, I still find it hard to listen to an uninformed, parochial point of view--but in other ways I fit better than ever. I'm far more grateful for my standard of living, I'm far more willing to participate in the responsibilities of citizenship, and I'm far more interested in international events. Also, I I keep running into others --this thread, for example--who share this history and experience, so I know I'm not a totally odd duck. All in all, glad I got the expansion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lincoln Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Cairns Robertson NSW Now Mobile Location (Wherever they send me And now Perth in March 2019 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Harmes Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 I have lived all over the place......within a 100km radius in Victoria, Australia. Seymour, Melbourne, Seymour, Mooroopna, Bendigo, Melbourne. I have lived in about 8 different locations in Melbourne. So I am widely travelled in the Greater Melbourne area and country Victoria. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 3 hours ago, Richard Lincoln said: Sydney Melbourne Brisbane Cairns Robertson NSW Now Mobile Location (Wherever they send me And now Perth in March 2019 Richard, that sounds like an interesting job. May I ask what ORBX does that requires you to bounce around so much? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Lincoln Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Hi Rodger, Orbx is only mobile on my Laptop my day Job (Aviation) requires Mobile Location constantly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 'Malaya sounds pretty exotic to me! I'be only ever lived in the UK' It might sound that way now Steve but it was in the two years 1951/52 when the communist uprising and terrorism was at its highest! I was bloody glad to get home! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Abernathy Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Nothing too exotic but I've moved around a bit. Started in Castro Valley, CA (SF Bay Area) Nashville, TN Corpus Christi, TX Adak, AK San Luis Obispo, CA Morro Bay, CA Hayward, CA Old Shasta, CA Redding, CA KRDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olderndirt Posted January 7, 2019 Share Posted January 7, 2019 Born in Scotland Colorado - teenager Texas, Illinois, Washington, Alaska - military Alaska, West Virginia, Florida, Washington - civilian. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admiralty013 Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 Lets see, Bryn Mawr, PA (born) Lower Merion, PA/Orange, NJ/Ardmore, PA ( all before I remember much) East Los Angeles, CA (Parents divorced ) Barstow, CA San Gabriel Valley region, CA Morro Bay, CA Alma, AR Recruit Training Command, Great Lakes, Il (joined Navy) Norfolk, VA (joined the Atlantic fleet) * I technically could claim Atlantic Ocean since my boat spent 200+ days at sea one year Virginia Beach,VA (civilian) Cave City, AR Virginia Beach, VA * Various cities in San Luis Obispo county CA* And Now i'm in the Tucson Metro Region as a Medically retired Former CA state employee. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lawrence aldrich Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 USA, Germany, Turkey, French Morocco, Vietnam , and temporarily almost everywhere else. USA includes New York, New Jersey, Florida, North and South Carolina, Texas and currently Georgia. Also lived through TET in Vietnam.....borderline living, actually. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMBIII Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 As an old coot I just happened upon this post. (as I fumble with the keyboard) Lets see: 1943 Born in Temple. Texas (the great State of) 1943-1947 - Texas, Louisiana, Kansas, California, Virginia, Oklahoma West Germany Illinois Tennessee Florida New Jersey Rhode Island Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMBIII Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 On 1/2/2019 at 2:14 PM, lifejogger said: I though it would be interesting for those who want, to share all of the places they lived at. I would imagine since most of us here are older some of us might have and still live in some interesting places. I will go first although my list is rather dull. Started out in Bartlesville, OK. Went to college in Stillwater, OK Moved to Enid, OK Moved back to Bartlesville, OK Moved to Borger, TX Moved back to Barlesville, OK Moved to Houston, Tx Moved to Amarillo, Tx Thinking about moving to Colorado. John John Don't move away from Amarillo ! It's my favorite city ! https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/59bung/british_army_is_this_the_way_to_amarillo/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted January 12, 2019 Author Share Posted January 12, 2019 11 hours ago, JMBIII said: John Don't move away from Amarillo ! It's my favorite city ! https://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/59bung/british_army_is_this_the_way_to_amarillo/ Actually that video looks like it could have been filmed in Amarillo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JMBIII Posted January 12, 2019 Share Posted January 12, 2019 Down in the Caprock or Palo Duro there are places that would pass for the "sandbox". Back in the day use to visit a pal in Happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackrat Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Now there's an interesting question, where have I lived: Born and spent formative years in South London - Croydon/ Upper Norwood/Crystal Palace area Moved to West London for employment - Brentford first then moved to about 1nm from the start of Heathrow 28L (Concord was fun) Upon retirement moved to Dorset where I currently reside. I don't like moving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlkjmt73 Posted January 21, 2019 Share Posted January 21, 2019 Born in Glasgow, Montana Raised on a ranch/farm in Opheim, Montana Texas Oklahoma Washington state Vicenza, Italy RAF Feltwell, UK South Korea New York Idaho (present) Have traveled to many places, i.e., Scotland, Germany, Turkey, Austria, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Japan, just about every state in the US. and more. Rod Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iflygary Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 On 1/5/2019 at 8:02 AM, Ripcord said: Clatskanie OR, Springfield OR, Kelso WA Monterey CA, San Angelo TX Sinop, Turkey Pensacola FL, Brunswick ME Seattle WA Vladivostok, Khabarovsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, out in Russian Far East Moscow, Russia (twice) Houston, TX Ripcord, are you fluent in Russian??? I visited Ukraine last summer because I was always intrigued by Russia as a kid. They obviously speak Russian in Ukraine and I was able to pick up on a few words. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FILOU Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 Born in France ( Britain ) Tunisia (Tunis)1 year Cameroon ( Yaounde ) 1 year Angola ( Luanda ) 1 year Nigeria ( Port Harcourt )1 year Morocco ( Marrakech ) 4 years Canada ( Montreal ) 2 years Usa ( Boston ) 2 years Tahiti ( Moorea ) 1 year New Zealand ( Auckland ) 2 years Bahrain ( Manama ) 2 years Romania ( Bucharest ) 5 years Denmark ( Copenhagen )1 year Scotland ( Edinburgh )1 year Martinique ( Fort-de-France ) 1 year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted January 22, 2019 Share Posted January 22, 2019 6 hours ago, FILOU said: Born in France ( Britain ) Tunisia (Tunis)1 year Cameroon ( Yaounde ) 1 year Angola ( Luanda ) 1 year Nigeria ( Port Harcourt )1 year Morocco ( Marrakech ) 4 years Canada ( Montreal ) 2 years Usa ( Boston ) 2 years Tahiti ( Moorea ) 1 year New Zealand ( Auckland ) 2 years Bahrain ( Manama ) 2 years Romania ( Bucharest ) 5 years Denmark ( Copenhagen )1 year Scotland ( Edinburgh )1 year Martinique ( Fort-de-France ) 1 year What a rich trove, FILOU. My envy light is flashing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripcord Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 On 1/21/2019 at 8:03 PM, iflygary said: Ripcord, are you fluent in Russian??? I visited Ukraine last summer because I was always intrigued by Russia as a kid. They obviously speak Russian in Ukraine and I was able to pick up on a few words. Yes, I am fluent. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lifejogger Posted January 23, 2019 Author Share Posted January 23, 2019 On 1/12/2019 at 10:33 AM, JMBIII said: Down in the Caprock or Palo Duro there are places that would pass for the "sandbox". Back in the day use to visit a pal in Happy. Did you know that Palo Duro canyon is the second largest canyon in the United States, after The Grand Canyon. Only in area not in depth. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rodger Pettichord Posted January 23, 2019 Share Posted January 23, 2019 11 hours ago, Ripcord said: Yes, I am fluent. Ripcord, the real question is, are you fluent in Texan? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 All this is very interesting but what's intrigued me is what you were all doing in these places? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ripcord Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 15 hours ago, Rodger Pettichord said: Ripcord, the real question is, are you fluent in Texan? Heh, no. Not speaking. But my listening comprehension is adequate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimmiG Posted January 24, 2019 Share Posted January 24, 2019 I've lived in Uppsala, just north of Stockholm, Sweden, for the past 15 years. Before that near Östersund, north central Sweden. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wblackret Posted January 25, 2019 Share Posted January 25, 2019 Well I lived most of my life in the Pittsburgh, PA area. Spent a year in San Antonio, TX and another three years in Augusta, GA. My wife and I have traveled about either on the Harley or on several cruises. I’m satisfied! It is interesting to read where others have lived. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon Clarke Posted March 1, 2019 Share Posted March 1, 2019 Just found this thread and found it very interesting. If anyone is interested here is my history and locations. Born in Singapore (Dad was UK diplomat) Holland Burma Trinidad -all as upto 18 yrs old. As working adult in the mega project construction/oil field development industry: Saudi Arabia-3 times Libya-2 times Egypt Kuwait Iraq (hostage for 4 months) Jordan Abu Dhabi-2 times Indonesia New Zealand Iceland Ireland Scotland Wales England Used 7 10 year passports full up. Stopped work in 2007 and haven't left my man-cave since No desire to travel anywhere ever again. Been there, done that. Just enjoying HOME and family life which was sorely missed for 30+ years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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