Poll: Escapists - Where do you live? (OR: Escapists near you!)

[Dango]

I live in New York, about 20 miles north of the city.

I live in New York. More specifically, in a small town called Johnson City. It isn't very notable.

You seem to be the only person who lives remotely close to me.

 

[Greni]

Clegane]it's the only place in the world where you get lightning that goes up from the ground initially (rather than down from the sky)

Nice list and all, but you might want to sharpen up your physics there.

Q: Does lightning travel from the ground up or from the cloud down?

A: The short answer is from the ground to the cloud, but it's a complicated process. When too much negative charge builds up in a cloud, a bundle of charge moves from the cloud toward the ground in the form of a "stepped leader." As a stepped leader nears the ground, it attracts a surge of positive charge that streams skyward from the tallest nearby objects. The stepped leader and "streamers" typically meet around 100 to 300 feet above the Earth, forming a path for the lightning stroke. As electrons race from cloud to ground, a return stroke of current shoots up from the ground. It is this surge of current that we see as lightning.

http://www.usatoday.com/weather/resources/askjack/archives-lighting-science.htm
http://www.nssl.noaa.gov/primer/lightning/ltg_basics.html#

 

[Dango]

Accidental double post.

 

[SL33TBL1ND]

Sydney, Australia over here.

 

[Sleepy Sol]

I'm from the US. I live in the southern part of Mississippi(I specify southern because the real freaky people, the ones in those horrible movies, live in north Mississippi for the most part. Going to the delta is like going to another country. A poorer and more backwards one at that)

Another South Mississippian here. All the way down in the city of Biloxi on the coast. This man speaks the truth; most of the terrible, backwards people live up in the northern parts of the state.

 

[TehCookie]

I'm from Michigan, where up until this year we could always count on harsh winters to make things interesting

Don't jinx it, I've been enjoying the mild weather! I'd also rather have a safe drive to college than an interesting one.

 

[Zen Toombs]

Kansas City, born and raised. Well, except for that 6 month stint in Nebraska.

But we don't like to talk about that....

 

[crudus]

I am in Indianapolis, Indiana. Good times.

Bloomington, Indiana.

Home of...well...I really don't care. It's and okay city, but horrible to try to find a job in.

Going to IU?

 

[DanielBrown]

Yet another Swede reporting in. Born and raised in Stockholm.

 

[uzo]

Aussie, born on south coast of NSW near Narooma.

Lived mostly in Blue Mountains (AUS), London (UK), and Osaka (JPN).

Now living in Gold Coast, AUS. Work in Brisbane. Where I stalk Yahtzee.

 

[Vault101]

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THE BEST CITY EVA!!


its all heppening down in perth amiright?

Australia/NZ has taken an early lead.
I wonder if it will remain so.

Though it's not entirely suprising due to the number of Australians Yahtzee pulls in with his videos.

ehh I wouldnt have known he was in Australia untill I read it, he still sounds british

 

[Vault101]

Yet another Swede reporting in. Born and raised in Stockholm.

you nver left, hmmm?

perhaps somone is suffering from..

[i/]Stockholm syndrome[/i]

...Im sorry, I know that was awful

 

[almostgold]

I live in the US -- Louisville, Kentucky.
We have horses and stuff.

Hell yeah Louisville KY. I actually go to school in Bowling Green though, so its back and forth for me. Where at in Louisville?

 

[Aidinthel]

Im sorry, I know that was awful

Yeah, with a pun that obvious you need to be more subtle about it. Something like: "I'm not surprised you never left, with the syndrome and all."

 

[Marcus Kehoe]

Franklin PA, US. A little valley town that I grew up in and hope to live in all my life.

 

[The_Echo]

Northeast Ohio in 'Merica. Weather sucks a fat one here. Always has.

Northwest Ohio. Isn't much better on my end.

I'm thinking about moving out of the country at some point. Probably England.

 

[ottenni]

Bendigo, Victoria, Australia.

Its alright, a bit flat for my liking. I grew up in Gippsland, it was nice except for the whole fire thing.

 

[Gomithrus]

New Westminster ->> Greater Vancouver, Canada. Was born in Russia, planning on going back for Olympics, should be fun.

 

[loudmadman]

Born and live in Melbourne, Australia

Once you get past the finicky weather, it is a great place to be