:thumb: I think most people feel that way about where they're from, though.... Except kayleigh.

Dude, I thought there were people from the Pacific Northwest here. Let's go!

i live near indianapolis, indiana....but i'm not from there.

though i am american i consider my home to be singapore....lived a large chunk of my life there (the big developmental years, anyway).

Well a friend just told me that apparently my city is the world's 3rd most livable city according to the notable Economist list of the world's most livable cities. I didn't even know! So everybody come live with me in Melbourne! :)

i've been there a few times and i love it. a lot of people from the american school i attended decide to move to melbourne instead of returning to the states.

Here are some photos of Whangarei, the place I've called home since I was 13.



Whangarei Town Basin (pilfered from here)

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...de2e313b_b.jpg


These three are pics of Pataua which is probably my favourite place in Whangarei for sentimental reasons.

http://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...f534832a1f.jpghttp://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...7kUPPhN_fs.jpghttp://i41.photobucket.com/albums/e2...7OuKpoo_fs.jpg

Just read through the whole thread (though may have to flip through it again later since some of the sites people host their photos at are blocked by my work's naughty stuff filter).

First observation: holy loving christ, likuidcoka is one obnoxious poster...

That place in France that ikvat posted pics of looks pretty win. I'd love to live somewhere like that (provided that the winters aren't cold). I feel a great need to check out Spain and Italy whenever I get a chance to travel to Europe.

That reminds me of the beach at Cape Henlopen, Delaware where I went on a camping trip earlier this year. Really flat and boring place. Wasn't my idea to go there. Overall Scotland looks like it has some great sightseeing though.

When I think about cities around the world I'd like to try living sometime, Melbourne often pops into my mind. Too bad air travel to/from Australia is balls expensive and there aren't a whole lot of interesting places to go outside the city once you're there.

I live in Virginia, back and forth between Charlottesville and Richmond. Some great outdoor scenery in the western part of the state, though neither of those cities is very interesting. I schlep up to NoVa/DC/MD for most of my music shows. I've taken plenty of nice photos around here - I'll post some when I get home.

Seeing as one or two members are showing off their surroundings...here's a couple of vids of Saddleworth Moor, high above Manchester to the east and only 15 minutes driving time away.
Bleak and beautiful. A great place to get away to, but not somewhere you'd want to get lost.





A view of Manchester from the edge of the moor.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3234/...ebff2f231a.jpg

I am originally from Toronto, but I've found a place close to my school in Hamilton, Ontario. Some pics:

Night time:
http://access2008.blog.lib.mcmaster....008/02/pic.jpg

King and Bay intersection:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3595/...55eba55517.jpg

San Francisco Bay Area California USA

Good shit. I'll see you tonight, San Fran.

That would be one crowded apartment.

Born in Buffalo, NY, live in Ontario, Canada at the moment.

Yeah I've noticed that, if you're from Manchester you want every to know. If you're form Colchester you're a bit of a joke.

Why is it Mancs are so proud of where they're from?

I love the place, it's home and it's where I love. But there's better places out there surely.

I went on holiday and I said to someone it'd be great to live here, they said "you wouldn't move away from home, you're too much of a Manc."

The national anthem!

It'll be cosy, we can all spoon.

The more the merrier.

I thought that was Alabama? =]

I've actually been to TX several times in winter, summer (why?!) and all other months. It's got it's good and bad things just like all states and countries do. Everyone will find something bad with somewhere no matter how much it rocks. =P

What part of TX do you live, if you don't mind me asking?

I Live in South San Francisco, Ca. but am originally from Illinois but born in San Antonio. Dad was in the Air Force At Scott AFB. Don't remember much about San Antonio except the Alamo and River walk which I hear is Beautiful.

Yeah...why DID you come to Texas in the summer? :P

I happen to live in Houston:
http://www.visithoustontexas.org/ima...ston-texas.jpg

^ that couldn't be more green/blue. Anyways anyone ever noticed the sheer amount of Texans? I was reading through this thread earlier and there's a real lot of Texans compared to anywhere else!

I don't know about that...it seems like most of them don't stick around too much. It's hard for illiterate rednecks to stick with it.

Wow. Do you mean that?! Touche on they don't stick around much, nor do Scottish people really, they must all get distracted by the sunny weather.

Ha...no I didn't mean it (not really). I love Texas, and (most) of it's people. You should come visit sometime.

I was watching Sweet Home Alabama earlier today, and I thought, I wonder if texas is similar. And they sounded like I imagine a texan to sound like and it was cool. I'm not sure what I would do in texas though, except stick out like a sore thumb.

People in general don't stick around. As great as this site can be, we settle into ruts.

I kinda like when chaos reigns.

Are you kidding? Texans love Brits/Scots/Irish/Aussies or anyone else who speaks English with an accent that's stranger than ours. :p:

I feel like if I went to america in general I feel like I would be very awkward haha :laughing:

Cuz we haet them dam furrners!

Gwon back wher ya come from



turrist

you would get a lot of attention...and i guarantee you would get very tired of people hearing your accent and going "are you from england or somethin? awesome! say something!" i'm not joking when i say every person you speak to will have this reaction.

yes...anyone with a european accent is automatically from england...

Yeah, that's probably true haha.

Americans have the dumbest fascination with the accents of people from the UK.

Don't mess with Texas

Haha, I'm pretty shocking at telling accents apart, except distinct ones like Texan, and eh, Texan haha.

Apparently as soon as I open my mouth I'm from England too, even though I'm on the opposite side of the world to it.

an australian accent is not TOO bad...there are a few enlightened folk that will be able to pick that one out.

the one i feel really bad for are new zealanders...it is actually a point of pride that i can pick out the difference between aussies and kiwis because NO ONE can do it in this country.

I couldn't tell the first difference between Aussies and Kiwis if I tried. Yet I can tell the exact area in country people are from over here just by their accent.

That's pretty impressive, sometimes I can't even tell the difference.

it's only because my best friend from high school is a kiwi...i was around it a lot

Both the NZ and Australian accents are for the most part non-rhotic, meaning that 'r' is only pronounced after vowels (unlike Scots and most Americans who always pronounce 'r').

You can use the 'fish and chips test' to distinguish between Australian and NZ accents most of the time since there is a poignant difference in the way the short 'i' is pronounced. Australians pronounce it closer to "feesh and cheeps" whereas NZers are more likely to say "fush and chups" on the other end of the spectrum. This is an exaggeration as both tend to find more of a middle ground.

Also, for most Australians 'dance' has the same vowel sound as 'tap' whereas NZers would pronounce 'dance' with the vowel sound of father (closer to Queen's English). I realise this explanation is probably pointless since Scots pronounce tap/dance/father/psalm all with the same vowel sound if I understand correctly.

I'd illustrate more differences if it wasn't awkward to textually represent pronunciation without a common frame of reference (i.e. the IPA which I won't resort to using). I get the feeling there's a youtube video which would do a better job. :D

^ That is a pretty accurate description, nicely done :) I'm one of those weird Australians though that say "dance" and "chance" with the same pronunciation as "father" - although it's a bit hybrid. And this could possibly be because my mother is a New Zealander and would've had some influence on me growing up I suppose...

Seltzer, you were born in Australia right but you live in New Zealand? What kind of accent do you have, or have you noticed your accent change as you've lived in a different place? I find stuff like that really interesting as both of my sisters moved overseas when they were about 18 and I've noticed changes in the way they speak since. Accents and their behaviours are so odd.

SouthA accents all the way - 'Daarnce' or 'chaarnce', **** the rest.