September 7, 200618 yr Fairborn is my 'foster' home. I was born and raised in eastern Pennsylvania (E-A-G-L-E-S! Go Eagles!) and will probably never consider Ohio my 'true' home. I'm not in a hurry to leave here (good job, low cost of living); however, no reasonable offers will be refused :roll: Other locations that I've called 'home' at one time or another: San Antonio, TX Biloxi, MS Bedford, UK Misawa, Japan Carovigno, Italy Hanover, MD I was in Misawa for two years. 1987 - 1989
September 7, 200618 yr It was my wife's idea :cry: It is also referred to as 'Square-born' and 'Still-born' by some of my co-workers...if I truly cared, there might be fighting words exchanged :argue: There is also "Square-tucky".
September 8, 200618 yr Little Kentucky in Fairborn. Yeah, I actually know where thats at. I've heard Fairboring before, too. The place does have a certain 'realness' character to it, thought. My barber is in Fairborn and he has some real characters come through (this is one of those barber shops where people hang out at).
September 8, 200618 yr Jeff, Is that the barber over by 'Five Points'? I've never been there (used to get my 'GI cuts' on base and now I visit Super Cuts) but I heard it was a real 'throwback' kind of place (reminicent of Floyd's shop from 'Mayberry RFD'). Cat, The only place I've heard of (other than 'Ken') with 'tucky stuck on the end is 'Huber-tucky' (aka Huber Heights). Fairborn ( http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Fairborn,_Ohio ) is rather spread out. I live out in Rona Hills--outside of I-675. The town covers almost all of the immediate perimeter outside WPAFB and includes Wright State University all the way up to the border with Beavercreek. There are some parts of the town that scare me (Dayton-Yellow Springs Road near 'Apartment-tropolis', some of the residences back behind the old Palmer South Elementary School--I believe it's now called the 'Intermediate School'). The downtown has a certain character about it, especially around Halloween (Foy's goes all out with decorating their stores and the building ledges overlooking the main street). After living 10 years of my adult life overseas, this annual dose of 'uber-kitch' reminds me of the things I did without while serving my country...
September 8, 200618 yr Cat, The only place I've heard of (other than 'Ken') with 'tucky stuck on the end is 'Huber-tucky' (aka Huber Heights). You're new here. You missed our -tucky discussion from several months back. Every Ohio city has a community that gets "glossed" with -tucky (Strongsville=Strongstucky near Cleveland; Groveport=Grovetucky near Columbus; Kentucky=Kentucky near Cincinnati).
September 8, 200618 yr Magyar, I grew up in eastern Pennsylvania so our 'whipping' state was New Jersey ("you from Joisey...I'm from Joisey...what exit?") My wife grew up in Illinois so they picked on the 'Hoosiers'...
September 9, 200618 yr Magyar, I grew up in eastern Pennsylvania so our 'whipping' state was New Jersey ("you from Joisey...I'm from Joisey...what exit?") My wife grew up in Illinois so they picked on the 'Hoosiers'... isnt everybody's whipping state Jersey? I am from Dc and it sure was where I came from...then the runner up was WV.
September 11, 200618 yr Jeff, Is that the barber over by 'Five Points'? I've never been there (used to get my 'GI cuts' on base and now I visit Super Cuts) but I heard it was a real 'throwback' kind of place (reminicent of Floyd's shop from 'Mayberry RFD'). No, this one is in the old part of Fairborn. The barber is also a sort of trader or pawnbroker and he sometimes has to take a break from cutting my hair when someone comes in wanting to sell something or buy something. He does a good job though, so he gets a lot of buisness.
September 16, 200618 yr Magyar - the times they are a-changin' Since Strongsville is now yuppie-town, it is common to make fun of Brunswick as Brunstucky. (Not uppity Brunswick Hills, just Brunswick) Those in the Westlake/Avon area surely know about North Ridge-tucky and Sheff-tucky. Don't know what the east side equivalent is? Chardon? Middlefield?
September 16, 200618 yr Although I read this forum everyday, I have never responded to any threads. So, here it is: Born: Canton, moved to Pennsylvania, back to Ohio (Columbus) where I lived until finishing high school. Moved to the Netherlands for college, stayed a year and a half and then back to Ohio and OSU. After about 2 years I moved to California, where I have lived ever since--first in LA and for the last 20 years (yikes) in San Francisco. I come back to visit Columbus every two years or so. That's it in a nutshell!
September 16, 200618 yr My wife grew up in Illinois so they picked on the 'Hoosiers'... Hoosiers, especially the southern ones, tell Kentucky jokes.
September 16, 200618 yr Magyar - the times they are a-changin' Since Strongsville is now yuppie-town, it is common to make fun of Brunswick as Brunstucky. (Not uppity Brunswick Hills, just Brunswick) Don't tell me. Tell MayDay. He was the one who first droped the -tucky reference on Brunswick Those in the Westlake/Avon area surely know about North Ridge-tucky and Sheff-tucky. Don't know what the east side equivalent is? Chardon? Middlefield? Neither. East Claridon. ;-)
September 17, 200618 yr SFSpike - you wouldn't happen to have any 20+ year old pictures of Columbus floating around that you could scan and post, would you? 'Cause that'd pretty much just rock the hell out! Oh, and welcome, welcome!
October 17, 200618 yr Wow, there are more Michigan exiles than folks from Dayton, Akron or Toledo. Me Detroit (still registered to vote here) > Ypsilanti, MI for college > Lakewood (for more schoolin')
October 18, 200618 yr Welcome to Lakewood, Nerd, and glad to see your first post on the forum. But may I recommend that you come up with a more flattering name?! "In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage." -- John Steinbeck
November 16, 200618 yr Saginaw, MI for most of my life Ann Arbor for the past 4 years since I go to school there. :
November 20, 200618 yr ^why are you guys hanging out on UrbanOhio? Not that I mind, it just seems odd that some Michiganders would take interest in Ohio.
November 20, 200618 yr I grew up in Dayton, well Trotwood actually, and lived there till I was 27. I even went to the University of Dayton. I've lived in Philly (Ardmore) for the past 13 years but my Mom still lives in the Dayton area.
November 21, 200618 yr ^why are you guys hanging out on UrbanOhio? Not that I mind, it just seems odd that some Michiganders would take interest in Ohio. Gotta be careful about Michiganders; they may be spies plotting to take back Toledo. I, on the other hand, am plotting to have the Indiana portion of the Maumee River basin, including Fort Wayne, annexed onto Ohio.
November 22, 200618 yr It is interesting to see the fairly large Michigan presence in that poll....there are more Michiganders than the Dayton/Akron people combined..
November 22, 200618 yr Yeesh, after 140 votes, I'm the only one who considers the greater Youngstown area to be "home"? :| clevelandskyscrapers.com Cleveland Skyscrapers on Instagram
November 22, 200618 yr ^why are you guys hanging out on UrbanOhio? Not that I mind, it just seems odd that some Michiganders would take interest in Ohio. Because there is no urbanmichigan.com. So we are stuck at this place.
November 22, 200618 yr OK, now be honest here...do you guys look at Toledo in the same way Voldemort looks at Wormtail?
November 22, 200618 yr OK, now be honest here...do you guys look at Toledo in the same way Voldemort looks at Wormtail? Makes you want to buy the Harry Potter (book package and) special edition DVD collection, right?
November 24, 200618 yr We don't want Toledo. We might steal a few of its museums, but that's about it In architecture school, our class is designing housing (fictional of course) for Toledo. I made a 3d model of the city, and I'm almost done. But Toledo is really bothering me right now.
November 25, 200618 yr Lived on Columbus' far West/South-West Side for most of my life. (Galloway, Hilliard, and Grove City where my parents now reside). Lived the year of 1993 in Athens Georgia. Spent the last five years of my life in Athens, Ohio and I am now in Oxford.
November 25, 200618 yr Live in NYC, I've been here since June 1989. I wasted no time getting the hell out!
November 25, 200618 yr Yeesh, after 140 votes, I'm the only one who considers the greater Youngstown area to be "home"? :| Nope... Youngstown, Cleveland, Miami, and now Fort Lauderdale. Youngstown is home all though most of my life has been spent elsewhere.
November 25, 200618 yr Southeast Ohio must not have anyone interested in Ohio Cities. Marrietta and Portsmouth (and WV) have big 0s.
November 25, 200618 yr Well, out of 11.4MM+ people in the state, only 62K of them are in Washington County, and 77K of them in Scioto County...with only 108 votes from Oheesians so far, you'd only expect about one person total from both counties combined...so I guess it's not really all that surprising not seeing anyone from those areas...
July 2, 200717 yr ^ ^ I lived for 18 years only an earshot from Portsmouth, Ironton, and Huntington, WV -- so I can count myself in that. I currently reside in Lexington, KY.
July 3, 200717 yr Well..... lol I was born in Newark, Delaware, moved to Washington, New Jersey when I was six and I pretty much grew up there. I spent 13 years of my life there, I'm 19 now, 20 in november. But now I live in Montoursville, PA, right outside of Williamsport, PA, the central hub of North Central Pennsylvania. My mother grew up here so we moved here when my parents retired...
July 3, 200717 yr The Cleve since '84. Kansas, New Jersey and Indiana before that. Ahh the memories..
July 4, 200717 yr Well..... lol I was born in Newark, Delaware, moved to Washington, New Jersey when I was six and I pretty much grew up there. I spent 13 years of my life there, I'm 19 now, 20 in november. But now I live in Montoursville, PA, right outside of Williamsport, PA, the central hub of North Central Pennsylvania. My mother grew up here so we moved here when my parents retired... I'm a native of North-Central Pennsylvania... though about 100 miles west of Williamsport in St. Marys... North-Central is a BIG region! lol
July 6, 200717 yr I've lived in three spots in my entire life, and none of them were more than about 6 miles apart. I'm representing Old Brooklyn (almost the Industrial Valley) here in Cleveland.
July 11, 200717 yr Well..... lol I was born in Newark, Delaware, moved to Washington, New Jersey when I was six and I pretty much grew up there. I spent 13 years of my life there, I'm 19 now, 20 in november. But now I live in Montoursville, PA, right outside of Williamsport, PA, the central hub of North Central Pennsylvania. My mother grew up here so we moved here when my parents retired... I'm a native of North-Central Pennsylvania... though about 100 miles west of Williamsport in St. Marys... North-Central is a BIG region! lol Yes it is.... lol
July 12, 200717 yr I grew up in Manchester, OH a small town about 10 minutes from Maysville, KY. Now I currently reside in Hell aka New Jersey.
July 12, 200717 yr I grew up in Manchester, OH a small town about 10 minutes from Maysville, KY. Now I currently reside in Hell aka New Jersey. You poor thing....Can I offer you some ice water & antibiotics???
July 12, 200717 yr I grew up in Manchester, OH a small town about 10 minutes from Maysville, KY. Now I currently reside in Hell aka New Jersey. You poor thing....Can I offer you some ice water & antibiotics??? lol "and antibiotics"
July 12, 200717 yr lol "and antibiotics" Jersey is gross - the place has a "state smell" Those Bridge and Tunnel [AKA B&T's] people should be checked for communicable diseases at toll booths prior gaining access to the city.
July 12, 200717 yr lol "and antibiotics" Jersey is gross - the place has a "state smell" Those Bridge and Tunnel [AKA B&T's] people should be checked for communicable diseases at toll booths prior gaining access to the city. meanwhile, someone on a New Jersey Forum is bashing Ohio as a conservative hick town farmland flyover country.
July 5, 200816 yr After CornerCurve mentioned this in another thread I thought I'd pull an MTS and bump this one for us "newbies." Raised in Cleveland (Old Brooklyn) living in Port Washington, WI.
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