USA in the Playground

[afroakuma]

Because I'm having fun: Hello Americans! From where do you visit us?

County and state is sufficient for light-up on the map.


The Big Map

http://i447.photobucket.com/albums/qq194/afroakuma/usa7.png

(Warning: Map may be big.)

[Jack Squat]

Knox County, Tennessee. The Frying Pan of the South.

[Assassin89]

Milwaukee, Wisconsin attending college.

Home is near Chicago, Illinois.

[RabbitHoleLost]

Tulsa, Oklahoma represent.
And the wind goes rolling down the plains, yadayada

[Mauve Shirt]

Howard County, Maryland

[Recaiden]

Plano, Texas. I hear there's something good about it.

[afroakuma]

... What happened to Fredericksburg VA?

[Mauve Shirt]

That's where my school is, not where I technically live.

[Szilard]

Ventura County in CA.

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

This is going to be alot more updates than the Canadian one.

Well, if you're feeling up to it...

[Innis Cabal]

Summit County, OH

[afroakuma]

This is going to be alot more updates than the Canadian one.

Well, if you're feeling up to it...

Did you see their map?

All the little light points... :smallbiggrin:

It amuses me.

I changed to a red-blue-white data stack for them, too. Whereas ours is green-blue-white because red-white would have been blah for a lot of it.

[KnightDisciple]

Cass County, MO.

[Collin152]

Maricopa county, Arizona.
We keep our counties big, river-defined, and named after natives, and that's how it should be!

[afroakuma]

We keep our counties big

Thank God. This map is killer to search.

[Xyk]

I'm right on the line between Travis County and Williamson, but unfortunately, I'm technically in Williamson county, Texas.

[Moff Chumley]

MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AND F***ING PROUD OF IT!

Don't judge me.

[RabbitHoleLost]

MARIN COUNTY, CALIFORNIA, AND F***ING PROUD OF IT!

Don't judge me.

I'm totally judging.
:smalltongue:

[kpenguin]

San Jose, California, yo. NorCal representing!

[Cobra_Ikari]

Laurens County, Georgia.

[Moff Chumley]

San Jose, California, yo. NorCal representing!

Bay area pride!

[Mushroom Ninja]

Ellis County, Kansas

Right in the middle of nowhere.

[Ego Slayer]

Summit County, OH
Cool!

Geauga co., Ohio

[Zakama]

Madison, WI. Dane County. It's cold here at the mo'.


Tulsa, Oklahoma represent.
And the wind goes rolling down the plains, yadayada

The coolest guy I know lives in Tulsa...

[someonenonotyou]

I live in Sparta MI ... In American!:smallbiggrin:

[UncleWolf]

Johnson county, Mo.

[afroakuma]

Don't you talk about cold, I'm in Canada. :smalltongue:

Map's lighting up.

[Innis Cabal]

Cool!

Geauga co., Ohio

Another Nor'eastener. Keep warm.

[adanedhel9]

Hennepin County, MN

[RTGoodman]

Whoo! First North Carolinian! I'm from Davidson County, NC, home of... well, not much. :smalltongue:

[Krrth]

The Richmond, Virginia Tri-Cities area.

[Zakama]

Don't you talk about cold, I'm in Canada. :smalltongue:

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=madison,%20WI&wuSelect=WEATHER

Cold enough for ya? (Be sure to look on the left for the current conditions if you're not familiar with Wunderground)

I acknowledge it's possible I might get owned by Canadian Coldness. (Yes, capitalized)

[Griever]

Depending on the time of year, Lubbock County or Collin County, Texas.

[afroakuma]

http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=madison,%20WI&wuSelect=WEATHER

Cold enough for ya? (Be sure to look on the left for the current conditions if you're not familiar with Wunderground)

I acknowledge it's possible I might get owned by Canadian Coldness. (Yes, capitalized)

Don't give me the ability to make a point about the cold. (http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Winnipeg,%20Manitoba&wuSelect=WEATHER)

[Krrth]

To make it a little easier for you, here's a link: Just south of Richmond.

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.nationalrealty.biz/map/virginia-counties.gif&imgrefurl=http://www.nationalrealty.biz/map/virginia-counties.htm&h=491&w=1009&sz=69&tbnid=vvU3z4P6iEyDjM::&tbnh=73&tbnw=150&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dmap%2Bof%2Bvirginia%2Bcounties&hl=en&usg=__BYjbncPBg4GRaaiZPZMMCKq01Yg=&sa=X&oi=image_result&resnum=7&ct=image&cd=1

[Zakama]

OK, you win.

EDIT: Though it looks like your weekend will be warmer then mine.

[KerfuffleMach2]

Good old Oakland County in Michigan.

Which, strangely, Oakland county is one of the richest counties in the nation. And Michigan is one of the worst states economically. Odd.

[afroakuma]

To make it a little easier for you, here's a link: Just south of Richmond.

Why does your state have the chicken pox?

[Krrth]

Why does your state have the chicken pox?

Mrh? I'm not quite sure what you mean....

[Zakama]

Mrh? I'm not quite sure what you mean....

Mrh! Aw man, Urban Dead... DotP... I remember those days...

[afroakuma]

'tis all spotty. See all the little circly bits? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Virginia_Ancestries_by_County.jpg)

[Krrth]

Mrh! Aw man, Urban Dead... DotP... I remember those days...
Yeah, I haven't played that is so long....





'tis all spotty. See all the little circly bits? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Virginia_Ancestries_by_County.jpg)

You mean the independent cities? Technically, Virginia isn't a state, we're a commonwealth. Those cities are governmental entities in their own right, and have nothing to do with anything around them.

[afroakuma]

Ah. That explains it.

The map has been lit; I'll update it on the next passthrough.

[Griever]

Plano, Texas. I hear there's something good about it.

Wait, you live in Plano?!?!?! :smallbiggrin: So how 'bout them Eagles? They go off and win state the year -after- I graduate. :smallannoyed:

[Krrth]

Ah. That explains it.

The map has been lit; I'll update it on the next passthrough.

Cool beans.


If for some reason anyone is interested, this is the Richmond area (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richmond-Petersburg).

[Solaris]

Don't you talk about cold, I'm in Canada. :smalltongue:

Map's lighting up.

Don't you talk about cold, I'm in Iraq.
I think I figured out why the Middle East is always in war: The weather is EVIL.

But my residency is Wayne County, Michigan.

[afroakuma]

Wayne County. Check.

[Hyozo]

I live in New York's Monroe County (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_New_York_highlighting_Monroe_County.sv g) and go to college in Oneida County (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Map_of_New_York_highlighting_Oneida_County.sv g)

[afroakuma]

That was a most convenient way of answering. Thank you!

[Lykan]

Hartford County, CT over here.

[Deathslayer7]

Clark County, NV. where Las Vegas should be on the map. :smallwink:

[thubby]

Monmouth New Jersey

[LightWraith]

Shelby County, TN. It is the southwesternmost county in Tennessee.

Really not much of interest here...

[Pyrian]

San Diego, CA, where it's still sunny and warm (80 degrees F!). :smallcool:

[Coidzor]

Grrrr! *jealousy...*

*misses his florida Liquid Sunshine and other things*:smallfrown:

Originally from Mousetown, Florida.

[Killersquid]

Burlington County, New Jersey from home, Middlesex County, New Jersey at College.

[Zeb The Troll]

Anne Arundel County, MD
That goes for Alarra too, obviously.

[RabbitHoleLost]

San Diego, CA, where it's still sunny and warm (80 degrees F!). :smallcool:
I hate you, Pyrian.

...Not really. You're actually super cool and awesome-tastic, but its really unfair that you should have such warm weather. Its 10 F here :smallmad:

[Nevitan]

Shelby county, OH:smallyuk:

[afroakuma]

Alrighty; map's up again!

[OverdrivePrime]

Chalk up another for glorious Milwaukee County, Wisconsin!


Milwaukee, Wisconsin attending college.

Home is near Chicago, Illinois.

Hiya, Assassin! Where are you going to school? In a reversal of your situation, I'm a Milwaukee native and got my undergraduate degree in Chicago. At Illinois Institute of Technology to be specific, back when it was surrounded by housing projects.

[rankrath]

I hail from Cuyahoga County , OH.

[Dallas-Dakota]

I swear, ever since the Where in the playground are you? thread dissapeared, you north-americans have been getting toghetter and plotting against us...

[Isolder74]

Weber State University, Ogden, Weber County, Utah

[Ego Slayer]

Its 10 F here :smallmad:
Its like... 1 F here. Which apparently 'feels like' -15 F. D:

*deadz*

[Player_Zero]

Boooo!

Where's my Europeans itP thread?

[JeffreyToTheMax]

Gaston County, North Carolina.

South Carolina is pretty much a stone's throw away. With, like, a trebuchet or something.

Used to live in Howard County, MD, but that one seems to be taken anyway.

[Cristo Meyers]

Its like... 1 F here. Which apparently 'feels like' -15 F. D:

*deadz*

It actually was -15 here this morning...

West Chicago Suburbs, where it can always get colder, apparently...

[afroakuma]

Boooo!

Where's my Europeans itP thread?

I'll get there eventually, never fear.

...probably have to go by province or state...

[Mephibosheth]

Madison, WI. Dane County. It's cold here at the mo'.

+1 for Madison, WI. Dane County.

[jazz1m]

Brooklyn, NY...I would complain about the cold, but I'm nowhere near the negatives...I think it's about 16F here.

[Ms.Malbolge]

Delaware County, OK. I live in *censored*, Population less than 3000. :smalleek:

[Innis Cabal]

Its like... 1 F here. Which apparently 'feels like' -15 F. D:

*deadz*

We're aiming at -13 without windchill. Joy.

[Jack Squat]

We're 18 F...low in the 20s tomorrow.

I feel sorry for all of you; feel free to head down here where it's warm(er).

[Khaeta]

Lexington, MA

[wxdruid]

St. Clair County, Illinois (on the east side of St Louis, IL)

[Collin152]

San Diego, CA, where it's still sunny and warm (80 degrees F!). :smallcool:

You call that warm?
It was 85 degrees today here, and I still wore a coat!

[Googlywirdo]

I live in Pima county, Az. I think anything below 70 degrees is cold...

[rankrath]

You call that warm?
It was 85 degrees today here, and I still wore a coat!

you, my good sir, are insane. It's ten below here, and I went around wearing nothing heavier than a flannel shirt, and was fine.

[Assassin89]

Hiya, Assassin! Where are you going to school? In a reversal of your situation, I'm a Milwaukee native and got my undergraduate degree in Chicago. At Illinois Institute of Technology to be specific, back when it was surrounded by housing projects.

I go to MSOE as a software engineer. I applied to IIT and was accepted.

[Collin152]

you, my good sir, are insane. It's ten below here, and I went around wearing nothing heavier than a flannel shirt, and was fine.

Well, when you consider upper 90's to be nice weather for walking, mid 80s is coat weather. If you're me, anyways.

[rankrath]

Well, when you consider upper 90's to be nice weather for walking, mid 80s is coat weather. If you're me, anyways.

I would never last in the desert. I have trouble functioning at 70.

[Collin152]

I would never last in the desert. I have trouble functioning at 70.

70 is ruddy frigid. A 70 degree room makes my hands cold as ice.

But then, maybe I just run at a lower temp then most; the last few times I went to the doctor (which was recent and frequent), I had a temp below 98.6degrees, if that's any measurement.
Maybe Lamarck was right?

[Gwyn chan 'r Gwyll]

...

What's a 70 in Celcius?

[LightWraith]

...

What's a 70 in Celcius?

A little over 21 degrees.

[rankrath]

70F = 21C. Also 294K.

[Jack Squat]

70 is ruddy frigid. A 70 degree room makes my hands cold as ice.

But then, maybe I just run at a lower temp then most; the last few times I went to the doctor (which was recent and frequent), I had a temp below 98.6degrees, if that's any measurement.
Maybe Lamarck was right?

I run at around 96.8 I also don't get cold or hot easily. Go figure.

@^ 70 F is about 21 C
...stupid slow internet

[KerfuffleMach2]

Don't you talk about cold, I'm in Iraq.
I think I figured out why the Middle East is always in war: The weather is EVIL.

But my residency is Wayne County, Michigan.

Wayne County? Sweet, we're county neighbors!

[afroakuma]

You consider 21 to be cold?

I consider that to be a moderate summer day.

[Jack Squat]

You consider 21 to be cold?

I consider that to be a moderate summer day.

For me, it's a nice spring day. I actually wish the weather could be around 68 F/ 20 C all year round.

[KerfuffleMach2]

you, my good sir, are insane. It's ten below here, and I went around wearing nothing heavier than a flannel shirt, and was fine.

Hey, I did the same thing. Almost. Switch the flannel with long johns and a t-shirt. And it was the same temperature.

[THAC0]

Anchorage, Alaska.

And I'll have you all know that we almost hit FIFTY DEGREES today.

Of course, this is after two+ weeks of not getting above -20.

But still.

WE'RE WARMER THAN YOU ARE!

[Innis Cabal]

I hail from Cuyahoga County , OH.

One of us. Lets see if we can light up the whole of North East Ohio

[Thanatos 51-50]

Don't give me the ability to make a point about the cold. (http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=Winnipeg,%20Manitoba&wuSelect=WEATHER)

Firstly, your METAR code says nothing about the current temperature as of the time of this posting. It is, however, currently a SPECI, so I'll let it pass for now.

Here is Brockton, Massachusett's WUnderground page (http://www.wunderground.com/cgi-bin/findweather/getForecast?query=02301&wuSelect=WEATHER).

Although I live in Japan, I am American and Brockton is my Legal Home of Residance, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.

[afroakuma]

That's odd; I linked right from the page data.

-31 C, windchill -40 was what it had been.

I'll light you on the map.

[Thanatos 51-50]

That's odd; I linked right from the page data.

-31 C, windchill -40 was what it had been.

I'll light you on the map.

You did. This is your current METAR from the link so far:

SPECI CYWG 170440Z 18008KT 6SM -SN BR OVC014 RMK SC8

This is a Special Metrological Observation. I can only assume preciptiantion (The Light Snowfall mentioned) or the cieling height is to blame for the SPECI. Temperature was not taken in this SPECI.

By contrast, here is Brockton's Current METAR.

METAR KOWD 170353Z 25005KT 10SM CLR M15/M22 A3047 RMK AO2 SLP320 T11501217

This is an hourly report. Winds are at five knots out of the WSW, visibility is unrestricted. Skies are clear. Temperature is -15 C and the dew point is -21.7 C.

[afroakuma]

I'm aware; my point was only valid at the time.

[KerfuffleMach2]

Don't talk about crazy weather to me. I live in Michigan. Here's what a normal week of weather in, say, January could include.

Temps as low as -20 (without windchill)
Temps as high as 50
Snow
hail
sleet
rain
Thunderstorms

[Thanatos 51-50]

Yay for automatic updates, eh?

With Zip Codes, I can discern the WX in pretty much any part of the 'states.
Yay for METAR and WUnderground.

I can also laugh at the WX Channel. Civilians. >.<

[Rutskarn]

Suffice it to say that yes, I live in the United States, a fact which I refuse to state apologetically or self-flagellatingly.

Sorry about that. I've been hanging around the wrong parts of the internet lately, where "American" is synonymous with "Ignorant, uncultured hambeast with a flag tattooed on their lungs and a horde of squalling, bible-thumping children who eat gasoline and crap crime rates."

[afroakuma]

I didn't ask for or expect apology. Just county.

[Thanatos 51-50]

Suffice it to say that yes, I live in the United States, a fact which I refuse to state apologetically or self-flagellatingly.

Sorry about that. I've been hanging around the wrong parts of the internet lately, where "American" is synonymous with "Ignorant, uncultured hambeast with a flag tattooed on their lungs and a horde of squalling, bible-thumping children who eat gasoline and crap crime rates."

I've met people who fit that sterotype. You also forgot to add the word "obese".
I want to drive the business end of a spear or maybe a wraguht-iron fence.

I was in Tokyo with an Aussie friend of mine, spotted a trio of very obese gaijin, appearing to be a father, a daughter and a son.

Somehow, we immediatly concluded that they were American.

[KilltheToy]

Baytown, Harris County, Tejas.

Home of the worst air pollution you'll ever see. Ever.

[Rutskarn]

Actually, "hambeast" does, in fact, mean obese.

Bile aside, I think one problem that a lot of other countries have when judging Americans is that as a whole, we are ridiculously diverse. The typical New Yorker has about as much in common with the typical Californian as the typical person from the UK has in common with, say, an Aussie. Americans don't fit any one pattern.

[Kroy]

Currently I'm spending most of my time in Thurston County, Washington.

[Thanatos 51-50]

Actually, "hambeast" does, in fact, mean obese.

Your slang and mine do not mesh. We must write our congressmen and cite various sources out of context and erroneously to back up our point, and finally, the loser must sue the winner.

Its the American way.
:smalltongue:

[KerfuffleMach2]

Your slang and mine do not mesh. We must write our congressmen and cite various sources out of context and erroneously to back up our point, and finally, the loser must sue the winner.

Its the American way.
:smalltongue:

Amen to that! Let the legal battles begin!:smallbiggrin:

[Thanatos 51-50]

Amen to that! Let the legal battles begin!:smallbiggrin:

Furthermore, as I joined in May 2007, months before August 2007, like you, I object to your use of numbers at the end of your username!
:smalltongue:

[loves_to_laugh]

Anoka County, Mini-soda. Halloween capital of the world (http://www.anokahalloween.com/history.html).

So :smalltongue:.

[Rutskarn]

Anoka County, Mini-soda. Halloween capital of the world (http://www.anokahalloween.com/history.html).

So :smalltongue:.

I saw, "Halloween Capital," and read, "Murder Capital of the World."

Faces come out of the RAIN-uh! When you're strange! No-one remembers your name! When you're strange!

[hobbes543]

Essex County MA when I am in school.

Eire County, NY when home

[Kuma Da]

I notice that good ol' MA isn't on the map yet.

General Boston vicinity, represent!

Edit: curse yoooooou, Hobbes. You and your proving me wrong before I even typed stuff. :smallbiggrin:

[Thanatos 51-50]

I notice that good ol' MA isn't on the map yet.

General Boston vicinity, represent!

Edit: curse yoooooou, Hobbes. You and your proving me wrong before I even typed stuff. :smallbiggrin:

/me points to his post stating "Brockton, Plymouth County, MA".

Thank you.

[Saithis Bladewing]

Formerly Eugene, Oregon. But not anymore. Still, Lane County, RAWR! Needs a light.

[ghost_warlock]

Posting from Sioux City, Iowa (Woodbury County), myself.

[Solaris]

Wayne County? Sweet, we're county neighbors!
Cool.


You did. This is your current METAR from the link so far:

SPECI CYWG 170440Z 18008KT 6SM -SN BR OVC014 RMK SC8

This is a Special Metrological Observation. I can only assume preciptiantion (The Light Snowfall mentioned) or the cieling height is to blame for the SPECI. Temperature was not taken in this SPECI.

By contrast, here is Brockton's Current METAR.

METAR KOWD 170353Z 25005KT 10SM CLR M15/M22 A3047 RMK AO2 SLP320 T11501217

This is an hourly report. Winds are at five knots out of the WSW, visibility is unrestricted. Skies are clear. Temperature is -15 C and the dew point is -21.7 C.
... Figures any debates about weather would bring you along.


Don't talk about crazy weather to me. I live in Michigan. Here's what a normal day of weather in, say, January could include.

Temps as low as -20 (without windchill)
Temps as high as 50
Snow
hail
sleet
rain
Thunderstorms
Fixed it for you.


I've met people who fit that sterotype. You also forgot to add the word "obese".
I want to drive the business end of a spear or maybe a wraguht-iron fence.
And I want to drive a tank, but I don't think that's gonna happen either.


I was in Tokyo with an Aussie friend of mine, spotted a trio of very obese gaijin, appearing to be a father, a daughter and a son.

Somehow, we immediatly concluded that they were American.
Not obese, "prosperous".

[arguskos]

City: Richardson
County: Richardson
State: Texas
Enjoyment: No
:smallsigh::smallwink:

[afroakuma]

Correction: County = Dallas/Collin

I can't find any trace of a Richardson County short of Nebraska.

On the bright side (no pun intended) Collin County is now the brightest spot on the map.

Oh, and ghost_warlock: Sioux City Airport SUX! Ah... love that joke...

[ghost_warlock]

Oh, and ghost_warlock: Sioux City Airport SUX!

*snicker* Yes, yes it does. :smallbiggrin:

[afroakuma]

*sigh* so many lame jokes... :smallsmile:

[Seffbasilisk]

Rockland County, NY

[Renegade Paladin]

Dubois county, IN.

[afroakuma]

I'm surprised we haven't seen more same-county lightups yet.

[Thiel]

I'll get there eventually, never fear.

...probably have to go by province or state...

That's probably a good idea. Denmark alone has 5 regions and 98 municipalities, used to be 270. No counties, sorry.

[afroakuma]

Anyone know where I can get a map of Europe broken up by province/state.

[Innis Cabal]

I'm surprised we haven't seen more same-county lightups yet.

Its a big country. I'd be surprised if we had even one at this point.

[TRM]

I'm surprised we haven't seen more same-county lightups yet.
Weren't there two Playgrounders in Madison, WI?

[Thanatos 51-50]

... Figures any debates about weather would bring you along.
I get encouragement from other WX geeks. Besides, its my area of "expertise". You try not being able to escape work for the rest of your life.. I look outside, make an off-hand comment on the weather and my friends turn to me and yell at me to stop working. Those clouds are "Big and grey", NOT "CBs, indicitive of pretty extreme low pressure and potential thunderstorm activity."

And I want to drive a tank, but I don't think that's gonna happen either.
It seems I neglected to type out half of that sentance. The other half is "Though their face." If I did everything I thought of, I'd be locked up for my own good. Your own good will be a secondary concern.

Not obese, "prosperous".
Not Prosperous, "Outrageously self-important and decandent"

[afroakuma]

There are three same-county lightups, one of which is a triple.

Granted, Zeb and Alarra is cheating.

[Collin152]

Well, my friend Arrogonios, who hasn't posted in a while, is also inmaricopa county Arizona, so, yeah. There's overlapping, totally.

[Juhn]

Don't talk about crazy weather to me. I live in Michigan. Here's what a normal week of weather in, say, January could include.

Temps as low as -20 (without windchill)
Temps as high as 50
Snow
hail
sleet
rain
Thunderstorms

...Where in Michigan again? I might live near you, as that sounds pretty close to our weather.

[Innis Cabal]

...Where in Michigan again? I might live near you, as that sounds pretty close to our weather.

That sounds like most of the region near the Lakes. They cause some crazy effects on the weather. Most of Northeast Ohio is the same way.

[Juhn]

True enough.

[Innis Cabal]

You all should know by now. If you don't like the weather just give it five minutes. Its sure to change :smallmad:

Our weathermen have the worst job in all of broadcasting. They don't even try, its them with a bottle of scotch and a dart board.

[Juhn]

I tend to check the weather by going outside, so the accuracy of weatherpersons does not affect me most of the time.

[Collin152]

Our weatherperson's job is to inmform us of the weather everywhere else in the country in the event that someone should be flyign out of state.
We don't get much weather, see.

[Mushroom Ninja]

FIve pages into the thread and I'm still all alone in Kansas...

[Innis Cabal]

No you don't really. Flagstaff is simply wonderful in the summer. Not so here. 100% humidity is awful. And its worse down south.

[CrimsonAngel]

Houston Texas. Yeehaw.

[Szilard]

I know at least one other active forum member from Ventura county, I'm sure he would like to remain anonymous though.

[afroakuma]

That's fair. I'll light him.

[KilltheToy]

Houston Texas. Yeehaw.

What part of Houston, exactly? Montrose? Heights?

[Tarnag40k]

half of you southerners don't know what you're missing, yeah it's cold but trust me

Snow+handbrake= weeeeeee

until you realize there is a tree to you left side, except that's the direction your heading.:smalleek:

That being said, Roadsalt sucks, snow in your boots/shoes sucks
Being used to running outside for several minutes in under 20 degree weather with just a shirt on, awesome.

oh and yeah

Goffstown, New Hampshire

the only state who's "motto" on their license plate has been considered morbid by some.

[Lord Magtok]

Middlesex County, New Jersey. :smallfrown:

[SilentNight]

El Cerrito California, representin' the Bay. Damn, the OP reminded me, I need to go back to Canada sometime......

[RabbitHoleLost]

Middlesex County, New Jersey. :smallfrown:

LIES!
Magtok does not exist off the internets!

[UncleWolf]

Middlesex County, New Jersey. :smallfrown:

Dude, I feel so sorry for you. NJ sucks (at least for me it did).

[Lord Magtok]

LIES!
Magtok does not exist off the internets!

Shh, they're not supposed to know about that!

[Sneak]

MoCo, MD. Pretty much DC.

[afroakuma]

Everyone's lit up so far.

[An Enemy Spy]

Pierce County WA, Home to the FBI's most dangerously rated city.

[Erloas]

Sweetwater county, Wyoming

[Coidzor]

*sigh* Fine. I'll do it.

Fayette Co. Kentucky.

V: Yeah... I'd noticed that.

Kinda disappointed that there weren't any Floridians though, since as I said, I'm originally from Orange County...

[afroakuma]

See? That wasn't so hard.

From the map, it seems you're the first from Ky.

[Kroy]

awwwwwwwwww, you didn't mark me!:smallfrown:

[afroakuma]

Did too. Just waiting for enough new lights to repost the map.

[Neon Knight]

Sedgwick County, Kansas.

[skywalker]

Anderson County, TN

Directly north of Jack Squat.

[Battleship789]

Currently residing in Cache County, UT, for school, though my main place of residence is in Tooele County, UT.

[An Enemy Spy]

Rats. still not up there.

[afroakuma]

New map's ready and being posted.

Wonder if I should start doing this by state instead of county? The map would be brighter...

[Krimm_Blackleaf]

Currently in Riverside County, CA but hope soon to be in Orange County.

[Erloas]

New map's ready and being posted.

Wonder if I should start doing this by state instead of county? The map would be brighter...

Yes, but if you did that then there would only be a hand full of places not colored in, and then you aren't really showing much of anything. What you need is to get more people to reply, but not much you can do about that. It might help if a couple people started linking to the various places threads in their sigs to get more people looking at them.

[skywalker]

Yes, but if you did that then there would only be a hand full of places not colored in, and then you aren't really showing much of anything. What you need is to get more people to reply, but not much you can do about that. It might help if a couple people started linking to the various places threads in their sigs to get more people looking at them.

A more descriptive thread title might also help.

Anyway, I really like how much bigger the counties get as you go west (and thus, get into newer and less populated states). I also like how states from a certain era (like the Midwest) are all so regimented in how the counties are drawn. In contrast to my own state, where you can tell that most of the counties were probably owned at some point by the guy who they're named after.

[afroakuma]

A more descriptive thread title might also help.

Suggestions?

Anyway, I really like how much bigger the counties get as you go west (and thus, get into newer and less populated states).[/QUOTE]

I don't, merely because in Canada it gets rather silly.


I also like how states from a certain era (like the Midwest) are all so regimented in how the counties are drawn. In contrast to my own state, where you can tell that most of the counties were probably owned at some point by the guy who they're named after.

That, yes, is more cool. Always liked the lack of arbitrary squiggles. We have that up here, as well.

[Innis Cabal]

Some people just don't want people to know where they live. /shrug

Its not like anyone can hunt them down by that basic info, but some people like to withhold it

[RTGoodman]

That, yes, is more cool. Always liked the lack of arbitrary squiggles. We have that up here, as well.

Well, quick history lesson for those that didn't know, there's actually a reason for the lack of squiggles as you go west in the US.

Earlier states and the counties within them were first founded by random settlers or groups that based their territory on roughly the equivalent of "I own everything from the line of pine trees over yonder to the pile of rocks over there, and from the river on that side to the fence Ol' Man Higgins built years ago over there.") This worked for a while, with county/state lines based on arbitrary lines through the woods (they still don't know the exact border betwee the Carolinas in some wooded areas because of this), along rivers, or based on other natural features.

After the US became, well, the US, our "Manifest Destiny" (as the forefathers called it) to move and annex everything from "sea to shining sea" got off the ground. As we made it past the Appalachians, we starting settling in more organized communities than were first started on the eastern seaboard (you know, with random settlements in Jamestown, Bath, Boston, Roanoke Island, and even a random penal colony in Georgia). Even further West after the Civil War, on the Great Plains of the central US, settlement came from homesteaders who, based on the Homestead Act (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homestead_Act), got a free plot of land of considerable size as long as they lived on it and improved it for five years. Since the land was divided into squares that were further divided into those plots, everything out West was based on the regular polygons. Take a look at Illinois from the air, for instance, and you'll see the square lay-out of basically everything, with occasional diagonal roads cutting across.

Also, this reminds me of a bit from one of Demetri Martin's stand-up specials - he says that, if you look at a map, most of the states with straight edges (Colorado, the Dakotas, etc.) usually suck, so therefore you should "move to the squiggles." :smalltongue:

[skywalker]

Also, this reminds me of a bit from one of Demetri Martin's stand-up specials - he says that, if you look at a map, most of the states with straight edges (Colorado, the Dakotas, etc.) usually suck, so therefore you should "move to the squiggles." :smalltongue:

Yes, this is what I meant, I was being sarcastic when I said I liked the straight lines, sorry. I like how squiggly my state is.

I rather dig Colorado, tho. Fun state. Clean, full of fun people.

[KerfuffleMach2]

Its a big country. I'd be surprised if we had even one at this point.

Yeah...I know of three here in Oakland County. There's me, the user named Me., and the user named stopwatch. Although, stopwatch hasn't really been on lately.

I know this because they are both my brothers.


...Where in Michigan again? I might live near you, as that sounds pretty close to our weather.

Well, that's pretty close to weather anywhere in the southern half of the state. The northern half just has more cold and snow.

Anywho, I am literally two and a half miles north of Detroit.

[Moofaa]

Fairfield County, Ohio

[Innis Cabal]

Yeah...I know of three here in Oakland County. There's me, the user named Me., and the user named stopwatch. Although, stopwatch hasn't really been on lately.

Family members nonwithstanding.

Of course their in the same couty as you. :smallwink:. I was unclear, i'd be surprised if we had more then 2 people in the same country that were not previously linked before comming to this forum.

[zillion ninjas]

Kinda disappointed that there weren't any Floridians though, since as I said, I'm originally from Orange County...

Well then, to satisfy the high demand: Mark me down for Broward County, FL.

Formerly the Spring Break capital of the U.S., now better known as Heaven's Waiting Room (for all the retirement communities).

[Noir_Cat]

Tulsa, Oklahoma represent.
And the wind goes rolling down the plains, yadayada

I second this.

[Raistlin1040]

King County Washington. :smallannoyed:

[KerfuffleMach2]

Family members nonwithstanding.



Well...how about BladeMaster42 then? I don't think he's on much anymore, though.

[Zeta Kai]

Mason, Ohio. In Warren County, just north of Cincinnati.

[Neko Toast]

Since I'll be there in about a week, put me down for Stevens Point, which is in Portage County, WI.

[Jack Squat]

Mason, Ohio. In Warren County, just north of Cincinnati.

I know a couple people from there, doubt you'd know them though.

I also want you to know that I hate you for how close you are to King's Island :smallwink:

[arguskos]

Mason, Ohio. In Warren County, just north of Cincinnati.
Really? That's pretty awesome. I never lived in that area, though it's Ohio, so I love it. :smallamused: I lived in Columbus and then later, Mt. Sterling, for most of my life. My folks still live there too. GOGO OHIO!!!

[Roland St. Jude]

Sheriff of Moddingham: This thread is over six months old; plainly thread necromancy. (Also, we're only doing these on a continental scale now.)