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Where are you from? (1 Viewer)

Where are you from?

  • Chicago

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • New York

    Votes: 8 9.3%

  • Boston

    Votes: 2 2.3%

  • Atlanta

    Votes: 0 0.0%

  • Philly

    Votes: 4 4.7%

  • KC

    Votes: 1 1.2%

  • California

    Votes: 14 16.3%

  • Florida

    Votes: 7 8.1%

  • Texas

    Votes: 5 5.8%

  • Other

    Votes: 45 52.3%
  • Total voters
    86
home of the red wings, pistons and maybe lions, hehehe
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Parker CO.....Just south of Denver...This Detroit fan thought he had the NHL free agent coup of the year with the signing of Hatcher, until the Avs signed Selanne and Kariya. I know its not NFL, but I had to take my shot at the 'wings fan!!! :) ;)

Go Broncos / Avs!!!

 
Just try to name a city that's more passionate about their sports than Philly. We don't like bums and we don't like players who don't give 100% all the time. Oh and we don't like players or fans from other cities because we have a lot of pride for our teams, even if they aren't the best. If there's something wrong with that than I guess I don't want to right. And in case you haven't heard, wrestling isn't a sport. It's a soap opera for men.
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So what you're saying here is you don't like anybody that isn't winning, thus differentiating you from any other place how?When Philly can come close to boasting the consecutive sellout run that Denver can with the Broncos, you can talk about how passionate you are there. Until then...well....it's gonna be a looooong time!! :)
 
Phoenix Arizona, proud fan of the Cardinals.
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Thats not something you see everyday... :) I just moved back to the Denver area (grew up here) from Peoria area 2 years ago. I loved Phx, and miss being there. ;)
 
"california" is kind of a big place, but seeing as their is no NFL in LA i guess all that truly matters is northern ca.i'm from SF bay area...

 
Born in HOLLYWOOD in 1958 (somehow I didn't become a star) then moved north. :cool: Since 1981, 30 miles east of San Francisco in the lovely east bay city of Walnut Creek. :D NOCAL is so much nicer to live in than SOCAL. Every time I go south to visit, I'm glad I moved away. :yes: Raider fan since 1966 or so (loved to watch Daryl and the Snake). :) 49er fan since 1981 (awed by Joe M). ;)

 
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--Beldar Conehead

My job eventually took me to Minnesota in 1999. Been here ever since (except for a couple of months after 9/11). I plan on retiring next June or thereabouts. I had planned to move to a warmer climate, but the healthcare is good here and my wife has made so many friends where she works out, she no longer wants to leave. For me personally, 5 1/2 months of winter is a little much, but last year was probably mildest winter I've experienced in Minnesota. Probably only snowed 3 or 4 times. I've been a Colts fan my entire life, but have enjoyed watching the Vikings and Packers since moving here. I've been to several Vikings games, both at that God awful stadium called the Metrodome and now their new stadium. I really enjoy going to Twins games. Now that is a beautiful ballpark. I'm a Braves fan however.
 
I'm a "Masshole."

Been a Pats fan since the Jim Plunket days. Been hardcore since mid 70s. Been through the good (Brady), bad, and ugly (where we are now).
 
Bumblef--- eastern PA; very close to, and work in, NJ. Steelers fan, partially because I always resented the two teams with a stadium in NJ that called themselves NY teams. Move there then, and take your gameday traffic with you.
 
Mystic, Connecticut, born and raised, on the playground is where I spent most of my days
Anyway, growing up here, I decided to go against my friends, so I despise all Boston based sports teams
Baseball - I'm a Reds fan, because they took care of the Red Sox in the 1975 World Series. I still remember Fisk's homer, only to lose in game 7 less than 24 hours later, hahaha
Basketball - Chose the Lakers, because they were rivals to the Celtics. James Worthy is my favorite player of all time.
Football - Yes, I hate the Patriots, but didn't choose my Chargers because they were rivals. Listen to this early 80's roster - QB Fouts, RB Muncie, WR's Chandler, Jefferson, and Joiner, and TE Winslow. Just think, that roster is nearly 45 years ago, and I don't even need to type their first names for people to know who they are.
 
Hatched South Philly, Wilmington DE area ... moved Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina 1991 .... been there ever since ... Cary/Apex area today
 
Pretty cool to bump a thread that hasn't had a post in over 20 years. (y)

I live in Ventura, CA (between LA and Santa Barbara, basically). Born in Heidelberg, Germany. But, I would say that I'm truly "from" (and grew up in) Minnesota. Have lived in a dozen or so different places across the western half of the US since then, but SoCal has been my home since 2017.
 
pinkstapler said:
Bumblef--- eastern PA; very close to, and work in, NJ. Steelers fan, partially because I always resented the two teams with a stadium in NJ that called themselves NY teams. Move there then, and take your gameday traffic with you.
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What’s the name of that town in PA that they had to evacuate because some idiot caused a fire in an underground coal mine that will burn for decades and they can’t extinguish?
 
Born and raised in Brooklyn NY.

Move to SF, CA and surrounding area 28 years ago ( so almost exactly half of my life in each place).

Hell, my 2 kids are Californian, which is weird for a New Yorker to say.
My friends definitely know me as a New Yorker. Real attitude problem ;)
 
Lived virtually my entire life in Roseville/Rocklin, CA, about 20 miles east of Sacramento. Just moved to Star, Idaho a couple months ago. Absolutely love it here. About 25 minutes outside of Boise.
 
Born and raised in Virginia. Redskin country. Somehow I became a Cowboys fan in the 70s. Must have been the cheerleaders. Retired and live on Hilton Head Island, SC now.
 
  • born and raised in Michigan, will always be "home" - 31 years
  • deep south (Florida and South Carolina) - 6 years
  • NYC (Manhattan 13 years, Brooklyn 12) - 25 years
I'm a New Yorker all the way, truly is the perfect city for me. I've lived in 8 neighborhoods; longest stints were in Boerum Hill (8 years) and Hell's Kitchen (9).

My heart will always be in Detroit and the Mitten state no matter where I am.
 
JohnnyU said:
pinkstapler said:
Bumblef--- eastern PA; very close to, and work in, NJ. Steelers fan, partially because I always resented the two teams with a stadium in NJ that called themselves NY teams. Move there then, and take your gameday traffic with you.
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What’s the name of that town in PA that they had to evacuate because some idiot caused a fire in an underground coal mine that will burn for decades and they can’t extinguish?
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Centralia mine fire

Started burning 3 months before I was born (1962.) Estimated it will burn for another 250 years. Spread south and another town (Byrnesville, pop. 75) had to be evacuated and leveled in the 1980s.

This is pretty wild stuff:

In 1979, locals became aware of the scale of the problem when a gas-station owner, then-mayor John Coddington, inserted a dipstick into one of his underground tanks to check the fuel level. When he withdrew it, it seemed hot. He lowered a thermometer into the tank on a string and was shocked to discover that the temperature of the gasoline in the tank was 172 °F (77.8 °C).

Statewide attention to the fire began to increase, culminating on February 14, 1981, when a 12-year-old resident named Todd Domboski fell into a sinkhole, 4 feet (1.2 m) wide by 150 feet (46 m) deep, that suddenly opened beneath his feet in his grandmother’s backyard, but saved himself by grabbing onto a tree root. His cousin, 14-year-old Eric Wolfgang, pulled Domboski out of the hole to safety. The plume of hot steam billowing from the hole was tested and found to contain a lethal level of carbon monoxide. At the time of the sinkhole collapse, U.S. Rep. James Nelligan and Governor **** Thornburgh were visiting the town to assess the area.

Although there was physical, visible evidence of the fire, residents of Centralia were bitterly divided over the question of whether or not the fire posed a direct threat to the town. In The Real Disaster is Above Ground, Steve Kroll-Smith and Steve Couch identified at least six community groups, each organized around varying interpretations of the amount and kind of risk posed by the fire. In 1983, the U.S. Congress allocated more than $42 million for relocation efforts. Nearly all of the residents accepted the government's buyout offers. More than 1,000 people moved out of the town and 500 structures were demolished. By 1990, the census recorded 63 remaining residents.

In 1992, Pennsylvania governor Bob Casey invoked eminent domain on all property in the borough, condemning all the buildings within. A subsequent legal effort by residents to overturn the action failed. In 2002, the U.S. Postal Service discontinued Centralia's ZIP code, 17927. Only 16 homes were still standing by 2006, which was reduced to eleven by 2009 when Governor Ed Rendell began the formal eviction of the remaining Centralia residents. Only five homes remained by 2010.

The Centralia mine fire extended beneath the village of Byrnesville (population 75), a short distance to the south, and required it also to be abandoned.
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Even more devastating, fifteen years prior there was a massive explosion at the mines. The 1947 Centralia mine disaster killed 111 of 142 miners, the second worst coal mine disaster since 1940.
 
BobbyLayne said:
JohnnyU said:
pinkstapler said:
Bumblef--- eastern PA; very close to, and work in, NJ. Steelers fan, partially because I always resented the two teams with a stadium in NJ that called themselves NY teams. Move there then, and take your gameday traffic with you.
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What’s the name of that town in PA that they had to evacuate because some idiot caused a fire in an underground coal mine that will burn for decades and they can’t extinguish?
Click to expand...

Centralia mine fire

Started burning 3 months before I was born (1962.) Estimated it will burn for another 250 years. Spread south and another town (Byrnesville, pop. 75) had to be evacuated and leveled in the 1980s.

This is pretty wild stuff:

In 1979, locals became aware of the scale of the problem when a gas-station owner, then-mayor John Coddington, inserted a dipstick into one of his underground tanks to check the fuel level. When he withdrew it, it seemed hot. He lowered a thermometer into the tank on a string and was shocked to discover that the temperature of the gasoline in the tank was 172 °F (77.8 °C).

Statewide attention to the fire began to increase, culminating on February 14, 1981, when a 12-year-old resident named Todd Domboski fell into a sinkhole, 4 feet (1.2 m) wide by 150 feet (46 m) deep, that suddenly opened beneath his feet in his grandmother’s backyard, but saved himself by grabbing onto a tree root. His cousin, 14-year-old Eric Wolfgang, pulled Domboski out of the hole to safety. The plume of hot steam billowing from the hole was tested and found to contain a lethal level of carbon monoxide. At the time of the sinkhole collapse, U.S. Rep. James Nelligan and Governor **** Thornburgh were visiting the town to assess the area.

Although there was physical, visible evidence of the fire, residents of Centralia were bitterly divided over the question of whether or not the fire posed a direct threat to the town. In The Real Disaster is Above Ground, Steve Kroll-Smith and Steve Couch identified at least six community groups, each organized around varying interpretations of the amount and kind of risk posed by the fire. In 1983, the U.S. Congress allocated more than $42 million for relocation efforts. Nearly all of the residents accepted the government's buyout offers. More than 1,000 people moved out of the town and 500 structures were demolished. By 1990, the census recorded 63 remaining residents.

In 1992, Pennsylvania governor Bob Casey invoked eminent domain on all property in the borough, condemning all the buildings within. A subsequent legal effort by residents to overturn the action failed. In 2002, the U.S. Postal Service discontinued Centralia's ZIP code, 17927. Only 16 homes were still standing by 2006, which was reduced to eleven by 2009 when Governor Ed Rendell began the formal eviction of the remaining Centralia residents. Only five homes remained by 2010.

The Centralia mine fire extended beneath the village of Byrnesville (population 75), a short distance to the south, and required it also to be abandoned.
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Even more devastating, fifteen years prior there was a massive explosion at the mines. The 1947 Centralia mine disaster killed 111 of 142 miners, the second worst coal mine disaster since 1940.
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Yup, Centralia. Supposedly started burning in the early 60s and best guess was actually started at the nearby landfill from dumping coal ash that may still have been afire and then just spread deeper underground. Wild people still lived there as long as they did. Also was said it inspired the makers of the Silent Hill film for their set designs (after the video games tho).

Also, there was a pretty awesome stretch of route 61 covered in graffiti for quite a ways right there too; but that got all covered with dirt to prevent people from going. I'm not super close to it, but made a trip out there with friends when I was younger (and dumber). Could see smoke coming through some of the fissures on the graffiti highway, and walked a graveyard with headstones that were slowly sinking back into the ground due to hot spots underneath. Very eerie. Not as eerie as sneaking into Pennhurst Asylum back before they turned it into an actual haunted house, but up there. Not much to do for fun in the sticks led to some odd field trips....
 
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