<p>Am I the only Floridian? I've lived in sunny FLA most of my life. My husband came to Florida for college (from NJ) and never left. But my kids want to attend college anywhere except here.</p>
<p>Born, raised, and schooled in Boston (college in the suburbs), but went to grad school/worked in Idaho, Kansas, Iowa, and Maryland before returning to Boston after ten years away. Beginning next year, both kids will be in California.</p>
<p>Musicmom: Definitely the same town! And you graduated with my older brother, so I was at your graduation!!!</p>
<p>I graduated in 76, the last year before the split. I went to Village then Nut Swamp then Village again, and Thompson for Jr High, then was in the North half of double session (we were right on the dividing line, so we kept getting shifted around.) My H went to Harmony and Thorne.</p>
<p>Small world, eh?</p>
<p>Olympia, Washington here. Grew up in Big Apple, but haven't lived there in 35 years. Have lived in England, Chicago, Philadelphia, Iran, India, and Santa Cruz. Been in Olympia for 13 years.</p>
<p>Grew up in Englewood, NJ...lived in Chatham NJ as a young married.....now am an old married living outside of Jacksonville, Fl.</p>
<p>Currently in suburbs of Atlanta, previously in OK, TX (Houston), AR, LA - Louisiana, not Los Angeles, or Lower Alabama :)</p>
<p>I am in LA, lower Alabama that is, ;), prior to that Richmond, Va, a really great place to live 15 years ago, and prior to that upper Alabama, which pretends to believe that lower Alabama doesn't exist.</p>
<p>Wow, garland!</p>
<p>I find it very cool that we find each other here when we really did grow up 'together'!</p>
<p>My sister (class of '72) went to Village; I went to Harmony, then we both went to Thorne and the high school. Isn't it weird how they split up kids from the same family?</p>
<p>BTW-
I want to thank you garland and all the other more 'experienced' CC parents for all the info, support and laughs since I found this site last year.
Our son set his sights very high and came away with several very viable choices, though not his dream school. He is very happy now and is probably at the 'right' school. Funny how it works out!
This forum has been invaluable!</p>
<p>Kriket, I'm a Floridian, too -- born and bred in south Fla. and have lived here my entire life. There aren't too many of us left!</p>
<p>I would like to move out of here, though, and plan to do so as soon as my sophomore goes away to college. I went to college in Virginia and loved it there -- maybe we'll move up there. I'd love to experience all 4 seasons for a change.</p>
<p>Live in Brookline, Mass now (about 100 yards west of Boston). Grew up in NH, moved to the DC suburbs for HS (in MD), undergrad college took me to Update NY (and the DE coast, SD, and DC for summer jobs), grad school near SF, first job in LA, second job in NJ (25 miles from NYC) ... and then moved to Boston at 25 and have been in the same neighboorhood for the last 20 years or so. We'll stay put until all 3 kids (hence 3togo) are at least done with HS and then we'll decide what we want to do when we grow up.</p>
<p>Musicmom: glad to hear things have worked out so well for your S. Nothing better than feeling like they're at the "right" school.</p>
<p>BAck in the 70's in our home town, it seems like they were redistricting every year, because it was growing so fast. That's how I ended up at Village/Nut Swamp/ Village. BTW, I hated Village, they had the meanest principal ever! Village is right on the dividing line, which is why we went to Thompson, but then North.</p>
<p>I'd love to move back there, but it's gotten so crowded, and expensive, that H and I will probably move to S Jersey instead, in a few years.</p>
<p>Born in Harlem, NY, grew up in Florida, college in CT, graduate school in NorCal, spent many years in Washington, D.C., Miami, Chicago, eight years in Dakar, Senegal, now living in SouthCal.</p>
<p>Wisconsin checking in here - Madison to be precise. Grew up just north of Pittsburgh. Met hubby at a PA LAC. We got married right after graduation and came to UW for grad school. Other than 18 months in Ames, IA for his post-doc, we have been here ever since. Don't have any desire to live anywhere else.</p>
<p>3togo--Are you a Brookline HS parent also?</p>
<p>Southern California all my life(4th generation if you only count my dad's side)-worked for a summer in Lake Forest IL during college. Born in Pasadena CA, home of the Rose Bowl. Grew up in San Gabriel Valley, school in LA-USC-had a great time going to the Rose Bowl. Orange county till we didn't like what we could afford. Been in the 909-opps now 951 area code past 13 yrs. Husband is from NJ.</p>
<p>LA</p>
<p>3togo and Little Mother....last year an avid poster on this forum was from your school community, MassDad....his daughter (only child I believe) ended up at UChicago. He has not posted since about Sept. Miss him. Valuable poster.</p>
<p>Grew up in Central Jersey, Plainfield. Lots of weekends at the Jersey shore. College in New Brunswick. Grad school in Chapel Hill. Over 30 years on Capitol Hill in DC and in Fairfax County, NoVA. Now in Madison WI for an unknown amount of time.</p>
<p>Alaska...for 50 years. With 3 years of college in Oregon.</p>
<p>Another Michigander here. Born near Cleveland, Ohio but moved to Chicago while in high school. College in Michigan then back to Chicago after graduation. Met my husband and it was off to Scotland, followed by Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, and finally back to Michigan (it wasn't a job, so they tell us, it was an adventure!) I used to say that I wanted to stay here forever, but we're now thinking that we may move to Washington (my husband's home state) if/when we retire.</p>
<p>I understand the about not wanting to leave Madison. The rest of the country feels hostile. I was in DC last week. Other than the 65 degree temp and my wife, I don't miss it. I am so glad I left the Federal government.</p>