[Moralanqua]

I think its rather spiffy that there is such a great diversity of ppl here at OSA from all over the globe!

So - where you from and what do you loves about it?


Im in Scotland. Despite what Master Roberto says, my nation is great! Its the attitude that really gets my blood stirring with pride.

The folks are generally good humoured and fun loving. Scots adapt easily and are open to learning and exploring. I love how i can walk into a shop and be called 'hen' by a woman old enough to be my Granny and get asked all about my day and told all about hers - like i were a relative!

Of course, not everyone is the same and there are neds and schemies to ruin it...

But overall - Scotland is beautiful in scenery and people.


(That is all from VisitScotland Tourist Board )

[Saralitazie]

I'm from California, the land of eternal fruits and veggies It'd be nice if Cali was like Scotland in that you could just talk to anyone like they're your relatives, but naah...s'not. People are such jerks..I swear. I live in a place where most of the residents are Bay Area refugees that got tired of life there and came here to escape it - but they brought their negativity and bad attitudes with them

Weather's nice, especially since the Sierra's are only a few hours away.... it doesn't get too cold in the winter, which is nice.

Overall, it's a nice place, as long as you avoid all the lots of nasty people and stick with the ones you know are nice

[MoonRaven]

I live in Alaska--more specifically ('cause it's a big state) in Homer, a small (4000-5000) town in south-central Alaska on Cook Inlet, 220 road-miles south of Anchorage.

Despite what you may think, it's not all ice and snow. In fact, it is in the low seventies today in town by the water and probably eighty degrees up on the hill where I live-a bit too warm for my tastes.

Aside from that, I love just about everything about living here. Small town life suits me. With 21st century communications and the internet, we aren't all that isolated, but I can walk out on our back deck and be surrounded by wild flowers and wild life (moose regularly come through our yard, and the cats' run is covered to keep eagles and owls out.) Every day, when I drive into town to go to work, I am treated to one of the most lovely vistas in the state as I come over the top of the bluff and see the town of Homer nestled on the shore of Kachemak Bay and its five-mile long sandspit that points across the bay to the snow-capped mountains along the southern shore. It never fails to perk me up.

Alaskans are generally friendly but not intrusive and always willing to pitch in and help someone in need. We work and play hard all summer and spent our long winters snug in our houses with good food, good books and good friends. I love snow--few things are as cozy as reading on the sofa while the cats snooze by the wood stove and snow blankets our yard with white. If I had any complaints, it would be that we don't get enough snow to satisfy me, but at least it doesn't get REALLY cold here, not like when we lived in Fairbanks. so I'll be content with that.

[Amlee]

Well I am from Alabama.

Yes we do have power and running water!! :p Most of us are very laid back. We take things at a slow pace. No it doesn't mean we are slow minded. :p

The northern part of the state is very hilly. Southern part of the state is flat as you get closer to the gulf of Mexico. The landscape is very green in the summer. Very hot and humid. Usually in the high 90's with 100% humidity. YUCK! Fall is beautiful with the leaves changing. The weather is very nice in the fall and spring. Winter is mild to cold. We get snow once ever 2 to 3 years. Spring is another beautiful time of the years with the flowers blooming.


I will get to Scotland one of these days!! I will! I will! Went to Southern Cali last summer. What a great place. I hope to get back there soon!

[Robbie]

[Saralitazie]

The Golden Gate park and the Japanese Tea Gardens. *firm nod* And if you go out of SF over the Golden Gate Bridge, and go left up that road right after, it'll take you up the hill to a spiffing view - and some old gun turrets from WWI or II, I can't remember which. And the Cathedral with the golden mushroom tops..think it's Catholic..although I really can't remember what street it's on. And uhm....lesssee..hm. I can't really think of anywhere else off the top of my head.

And of course, there's all the restaurants - Thai, Indian, Russian - which are a must go. The Russian one is a bit on the expensive side, though.

Have fun!

[Anna]

I´m from Sweden. The southern part of Sweden, to be more precise. The best thing about that is how close it is to Denmark! No, only kidding!
But seriously, it is nice to have Denmark so close. It takes about 30 minutes to get to Copenhagen, which is a very pleasant city.

I love Sweden, but I strongly suspect it´s mainly due to the fact that it´s my homeland. I mean, it´s beautiful and nice and all that, but it´s not very interesting really...

Mora, I envy you. I´ve always wanted to visit Scotland!

[Miluiwen]

I live in London but I am from ROI. And so.... I get asked how the hell my name is pronounced once in a while....

London London London... smelly, polluted city with tons of things to do... But what's great is how many cultures live in one large space.

What's also is great is how easily annoyed people get here. Quite hilarious, really [/quote]

[BittenBuggy]

Well, lets see...

I grew up in Oklahoma, moved around all over the place in my youth, finally settled in Southern Maryland because of the PAX RNB. Got married and had to move to bloody England - which is my address currently. But hubby got me a treat and I got to come back to the States for the summer

So, I'm back in S. Maryland - which is trashy and full of hicks if you step foot off base. *Sigh* But at least its on American soil.

[NancyBrooke]

Well, welcome back to the mother country, BB.

As has been discussed a bit elsewhere in this forum, I'm in the Baltimore area of Maryland, US, coincidentally with a few other folks who frequent this site.

'Roun' 'ere we say 'hon' and Bawlmer, or Baldeemore, depending on what side of town you live on (theoretically the accent is derivative from poorer London immigrants). Baltimore was once a bigger immigrant town than NY, and still has lots of ethnic neighborhoods and neighborhood character.

I moved here after college and found the place easy to get around, clean, and open to making friends, with lots of neighborhood music. And the bars smell like steaming seafood, not stale beer, what else could a person want?

But I grew up in Philadelphia (natives don't say Philly, we say Philuffya), junk-food capital of the world (give me extra provalone with my cheese steak, please, a birch beer and a lemon water ice), home to the longest straight street in the world and largest system of in-city parks in the US (take that, NYorkers). It's dirty, corrupt, smelly and Ahhhh, I miss it.

[SpaceWeavil]

I currently live in Glasgow, having inherited a house here, but I lived in London for four or five years before that, and so I still kinda consider myself a Londoner. It’s the only place I have felt I really fitted in, maybe because there were just so many different cultures and types of people there that there wasn’t so much of this attitude that you have to be exactly the same as everyone else, which I found all the time when I grew up in Scotland. That’s just my experience of it though, and one of the things I loved about London. I also loved all the hidden corners and little out of the way places that I found there, like my absolute favourite – a walk made out of a disused railway line in North London where I lived, all full of trees and stuff. You climbed up off the road and it was like being lost in the woods. Great place for thinking. And I used to get all patriotic every time I went to the top of my street, which led towards Hampstead Heath and so was quite high above the rest of the city. From there you could look down across London, over the river as far as Canary Wharf and the Millennium Dome and see all the buildings and landmarks. It was an utterly amazing sight. I loved being in the thick of everything to, being able to go see the Queen go past whenever parliament resumed or whatever.
I also liked being able to wander around late at night without feeling uneasy, which oddly I do in Scotland.

Although I am starting to like Glasgow, I never liked living in Scotland before, when I was on the east coast rather than the west. The area I grew up in had a very closed, parochial attitude and made me feel like a leper for eighteen years because I didn’t want to like exactly the same life that they all did. But the scenery was lovely.

[Moralanqua]

Spaceweavil - i was pissing around in Glesgaw today! Even with the schemie white trash, still is my fav city! I loves the Barras!

[SpaceWeavil]

[artanisoflorien]

[Elvenesse]

I'm British and I've spent the last 8 years in Cornwall. The cinemas are rubbish, as is the public transport; but apart from that it's a cool place to live. Lots of beaches and surf and we get quite good weather in the summer - when it's not raining. There are no big cities, which is good. I suppose it's not very interesting, but I wouldn't want to live somewhere where there are loads of people.