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I'm just outside the city limits of Tampa, FL. This is our downtown.


Home of a thriving baseball team


Each year Tampa host Gasparilla which is a festival remembering the invasion of pirate, Jose Gaspar. Why we celebrate the raping and pillaging of the womenfolk here, I don't know. LOL


We have many historic places, but the University of Tampa is one of the oldest buildings. It was once a grand hotel built by railroad mogel Henry B. Plant as a destination. The spires on top are called minarets. It is rumored that the upper floor utilized mainly as a storage area is haunted. The remainder of the building is used as classroom space and adminstrative offices for the University. I attended this school in the early 90's.


We have a famous bridge here called the Sunshine Skyway Bridge. It was erected after a barge rammed the original causeway which was destroyed May 9, 1980 by a freighter which hit the original bridge killing 35 people. This bridge is the flagship bridge of Florida.

And of course I cannot forget our beautiful beaches. I took this photo from the top of Fort De Soto overlooking the beaches of Mullet Key. Fort De Soto was the stronghold for the Tampa Bay area during the Spanish-American War.


And this is my home...Tampa, FL.

I live in Central Pennsylvania home to Penn State Nittany Lions.

LMAO re- Why we celebrate the raping and pillaging of the womenfolk here, I don't know.

The Sunshine Skyway Bridge would terrify me. Way too tall. I hate going over tall bridges.

Ive always wanted to visit Florida and walk along the white sand beaches. I have never seen a beach with white sand. It must be absolutely beautiful.

Hey Wolf honey bunny, *waving*, I have never been to Pennsylvania, is it a beautiful place to live? Do you like living there?

I live in Beech Island, SC, whose "catch phrase" is that we are neither a Beach, nor an Island.

It is about five minutes away from Augusta, GA, which is most famously known for the Augusta National - ie. where they hold the Masters gold tournament every year:




We were also home to the famous James Brown, who was accused of beating his wife multiple times, having numerous children out of wedlock, and yet still managed to have both three streets, four buildings, and a stadium named after him:





Our biggest and longest standing sports or entertainment of any sort is a baseball team called the Augusta Greenjackets, of which my son is a huge fan:





The weather is near-constantly muggy, and we don't usually have "winter" until February, which is typically the coldest month of the year. Our temps also tend to wildly fluctuate throughout the day:



There is a lot of history here and there are people who are constantly fighting for restoration of old houses and/or buildings:





We also have a lot of war memorials around [the one below was actually partially funded and put up by my ex's grandfather; it has the names of those local soldiers who fell in the war>:




We are also the proud home-town of Lady Antebellum [the drummer is actually the son of a physician I schedule for at work>:




That's about it for us ... sounds awesome, but the cost of living versus the pay rate is hard sometimes, and Georgia is also known for charging out-rageous prices for electricity, so every year we have a number of deaths for heat-stroke, especially in older folk who live alone. We have a lot of poor areas with people who live off of state funding because they simply refuse to work, but who continue to have child after child after child. We have a relatively high crime-rate, and unfortunately the schooling is in a very sad state right now [which is the reason I deliberately used my ex-mother-in-law's address for my son's school, so he could go to a south carolina school instead of GA, when I lived right across the border>.

Then again, we also have a lot of great home-town artists and musicians, so if you know a few 'underground' contacts, you can see and hear a lot of great up-and-coming peeps.

~ San

Hey San Honey, I love old houses and old buildings. Its a shame when they get torn down in order to build new ones. Its wonderful that there are ppl in your area willing to fight for the preservation of old building.

I hear ya about the ppl living off of state funding and not even trying to find a job and continuing to have children. uuuggghhhh. Instead of funding them in any way they should simply send them thousands of condoms. Ooooohhhh dont get me started cause I wont shut up. LOL

So anyways, its cool to know about the place where you live.

I live in Minnesota where the temperature has been down to 20 below zero and up to around 100. I visited my sister in AZ last Christmas and she called it winter.... I called it non-summer. LOL

denver, co

home of the broncos



home of the rockies



and the other rockies



home of coors



lookout mtn with the emblem for colorado school of mines and the ever present parasailors when the weather is good.



colorado school of mines, my alma mater





the seasons around here are fall, winter, spring and road construction.

and can't forget the grave of buffalo bill cody

I live in Marion, IL

I am a huge fan of the St. Louis Cardinals which is 2 hrs away. There is another baseball team here in Marion call the Miners. We also have the Shawnee National Forest in the area. Its a beautiful area.

beej

I"m from Southern Indiana site of only the second Civil War battle fought on Northern Soil. My great great great uncles came over from Germany in the late 1800's and started the first grist mill in Harrison County. The mill stood until the state made my family tear it down in the 40's. We also had family members fight in the war of 1812 and as a result were given land grants signed by Govenor Willam Henry Harrison. A cousin even discovered a major cave system while coon hunting that is a national landmark. Now I live in Grand Prairie, TX who's claim to fame is that it's not Dallas and it's not Fort Worth (lol). We have relatively good unemployement so a lot of people are coming here driving up the costs of food and housing, but hopefully our lease won't go up. We renew in two months and when we were in paying our rent the gal told us that they're about 97% full and all they've got are mainly one bedrooms. Summers are hot, kinda like you Cookie, Winters aren't that bad except for the idiot moron drivers who don't know how to drive in the snow. I love Spring, it's gorgeous, and Fall isn't that bad. We've got several baseball teams in the area, The Rangers of course, Frisco Rough Riders,Fort Worth Bats, and I forget Grand Prairie's team. The Air Hogs, I think??????
I've seen two Ranger's games since moving hear and Matt says if they make they playoffs again this year we may go for my birthday. That would be something special. Especially if somehow Atlanta pulled off a miracle made it to the world series again. yea, like that's gonna happen.

Well that's me.

LMAO re- non-summer. Ive been to Minnesota a few times and it really is the state of 10,000 lakes. The state bird is the mosquito right? lol. I went once in the winter and once in the summer. When I was there during the summer, OMG, talk about humidity. uuuggghhhh. But it is a very beautiful state.

LMAO re-road construction. OMG, your too funny. Same in Az., constant road construction.

GGGGGOOOOOOOO DENVER BRONCO'S!!!!! Colorado is such a beautiful state. I went there during the summer with my best friend. We hiked up this never ending friggin mountain to Ruby Lake. The entire time we were hiking I was afraid that a Grizzly bear was going to come running out of the forest and eat me. The exhausting hike was well worth it because Ruby lake was so very pretty.

Hey Beej honey bunny, I didnt know you were a baseball fan. Our baseball team was good...........one year. Lately Ive been watching the Diamond Backs play, well not really play, more like walking around on the field doing nothing. I hope your team is a lot better then ours.

Its so sad that the state of Indiana made your family tear down their mill. Can you imagine what it would look like today?

You have trouble with moron drivers who cant drive in the snow and we have trouble with moron drivers who can drive if its raining. It hardly ever rains and when it does everyone on the road panics.