Poll: Where are you from?

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  • xsargex
    xsargex Posts: 768


    Hey exsargex, don't be slamming on JC.....it's not the same place it was 20+ years ago, but people would rather repeat the same old stupid stuff than admit that the place has changed..........for the better. :grumble: :grumble:

    We thought the same old stuff when we got sent back here in 1991, but were very surprised to see how much it'd changed since the "gals" hung out at 10th& Washington on payday weekends!! We CHOSE to buy and live in JC rather than Manhattan. :wink:

    hahahahha. Yeah alot of the crime and drugs moved over to Salina, that city has gone down the crapper the last few years. I agree that whole area has tripled since I used to live in Manhattan. I was in a band back in 97-98, our guitarist was born and raised in JC. We'd go out there and pick him up for practice... it was bad (as you stated) hookers, drugs, shootings & stabbings. Most of the soldiers didn't even wanna hang out in JC, haha.

    p.s. i meant i'd rather hang myself then make the "drive" out there and back. 70 is the lamest drive thru Kansas.

    I agree with you about the drive west on I-70 but at least from KC to JC it's got some hills and variety to look at. Get west of Russell and it's like a moonscape all the way to Denver!:laugh: :laugh: No wonder they call eastern Colorado/western Kansas "the Outback"!!

    There are some great State Highways for motorcycle rides though! My dad and I take K-4 outta topeka and over to Highway 99 or thru Alta Vista on that Skyline Drive, which is beautiful. 177, thru Manhattan and up around Tuttle Creek. Lots of great routes up there.
  • cherishimo
    cherishimo Posts: 1
    North Carolina, too.
  • kelfeene
    kelfeene Posts: 78 Member
    Proudly a Houstonian.... native... Except for a few years here and there....

    Houston TX (the Heights)....
  • kat05317
    kat05317 Posts: 96 Member
    Jackson, MS
  • mkwood10
    mkwood10 Posts: 428

    I agree with you about the drive west on I-70 but at least from KC to JC it's got some hills and variety to look at. Get west of Russell and it's like a moonscape all the way to Denver!:laugh: :laugh: No wonder they call eastern Colorado/western Kansas "the Outback"!!

    There are some great State Highways for motorcycle rides though! My dad and I take K-4 outta topeka and over to Highway 99 or thru Alta Vista on that Skyline Drive, which is beautiful. 177, thru Manhattan and up around Tuttle Creek. Lots of great routes up there.


    Ahhhhhhhh a fellow rider!!! :happy: :happy: A couple of weeks ago we went cross country to Council Grove (big mistake - map said it was paved - it lied!!!! 10+ miles of gravel + 2 Harleys = 2 guys giving me a hard time about navigating onto gravel roads:laugh: :laugh: ), down 177 thru Cassoday (beautiful road) to Hwy 54, back east to Hwy99 (another AWESOME route), took it back to Wamego then back to JC.........beautiful ride, even if it was cold all day! Strange to be in jacket, chaps and gloves in early September!! Hubby's headed to Pawhuska tomorrow for rally; I'm not a primitive camper, so I'll have the weekend to myself!:laugh: Haven't done the ride around Tuttle completely, usually end up around Milford cuz that's closer. Boating season's about done :sad: , so we'll be riding a lot more on weekends now.
  • m2kjenn
    m2kjenn Posts: 1,671 Member

    I agree with you about the drive west on I-70 but at least from KC to JC it's got some hills and variety to look at. Get west of Russell and it's like a moonscape all the way to Denver!:laugh: :laugh: No wonder they call eastern Colorado/western Kansas "the Outback"!!

    There are some great State Highways for motorcycle rides though! My dad and I take K-4 outta topeka and over to Highway 99 or thru Alta Vista on that Skyline Drive, which is beautiful. 177, thru Manhattan and up around Tuttle Creek. Lots of great routes up there.


    Ahhhhhhhh a fellow rider!!! :happy: :happy: A couple of weeks ago we went cross country to Council Grove (big mistake - map said it was paved - it lied!!!! 10+ miles of gravel + 2 Harleys = 2 guys giving me a hard time about navigating onto gravel roads:laugh: :laugh: ), down 177 thru Cassoday (beautiful road) to Hwy 54, back east to Hwy99 (another AWESOME route), took it back to Wamego then back to JC.........beautiful ride, even if it was cold all day! Strange to be in jacket, chaps and gloves in early September!! Hubby's headed to Pawhuska tomorrow for rally; I'm not a primitive camper, so I'll have the weekend to myself!:laugh: Haven't done the ride around Tuttle completely, usually end up around Milford cuz that's closer. Boating season's about done :sad: , so we'll be riding a lot more on weekends now.

    Great to hear from some Kansas girls :) The rides you describe are beautiful. I absolutely LOVE the flint hills, the area around Cassoday I think is one of the most beautiful areas in the country. Anyone who believes Kansas is flat and boring should drive through there - (not that Kansas dosen't have its fair share of flat and boring - but there are some beautiful areas too) I'm not a rider, but have driven those highways and love them.
  • xsargex
    xsargex Posts: 768

    I agree with you about the drive west on I-70 but at least from KC to JC it's got some hills and variety to look at. Get west of Russell and it's like a moonscape all the way to Denver!:laugh: :laugh: No wonder they call eastern Colorado/western Kansas "the Outback"!!

    There are some great State Highways for motorcycle rides though! My dad and I take K-4 outta topeka and over to Highway 99 or thru Alta Vista on that Skyline Drive, which is beautiful. 177, thru Manhattan and up around Tuttle Creek. Lots of great routes up there.


    Ahhhhhhhh a fellow rider!!! :happy: :happy: A couple of weeks ago we went cross country to Council Grove (big mistake - map said it was paved - it lied!!!! 10+ miles of gravel + 2 Harleys = 2 guys giving me a hard time about navigating onto gravel roads:laugh: :laugh: ), down 177 thru Cassoday (beautiful road) to Hwy 54, back east to Hwy99 (another AWESOME route), took it back to Wamego then back to JC.........beautiful ride, even if it was cold all day! Strange to be in jacket, chaps and gloves in early September!! Hubby's headed to Pawhuska tomorrow for rally; I'm not a primitive camper, so I'll have the weekend to myself!:laugh: Haven't done the ride around Tuttle completely, usually end up around Milford cuz that's closer. Boating season's about done :sad: , so we'll be riding a lot more on weekends now.

    Great to hear from some Kansas girls :) The rides you describe are beautiful. I absolutely LOVE the flint hills, the area around Cassoday I think is one of the most beautiful areas in the country. Anyone who believes Kansas is flat and boring should drive through there - (not that Kansas dosen't have its fair share of flat and boring - but there are some beautiful areas too) I'm not a rider, but have driven those highways and love them.

    slight correction...i'm a guy.
  • schlieffen
    schlieffen Posts: 269
    Originally from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
    Currently in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada!
  • bnewag123
    bnewag123 Posts: 19
    Indiana
  • jumpthemoon
    jumpthemoon Posts: 152 Member
    Northern, NJ - no, not where they film the Sopranos' - NJ is so much prettier than people give it credit for!!!
  • mscocoa30
    mscocoa30 Posts: 104 Member
    Northern, NJ - no, not where they film the Sopranos' - NJ is so much prettier than people give it credit for!!!


    I so agree with you!:smile:
  • auntyali
    auntyali Posts: 3 Member
    Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Cassaaaaandra
    Cassaaaaandra Posts: 184 Member
    Kentucky :)
  • Cassaaaaandra
    Cassaaaaandra Posts: 184 Member
    Kentucky :)
  • jenstalder
    jenstalder Posts: 89
    Hello All,

    I am new to this site. I live in Kansas and have started the power 90 beachbody program 30 days ago. I love it. Already lost 18 pounds and 2 pant sizes. I am looking for more friends to help keep me motivated. I just wanted to say hello...

    Hope the days are good for you.
    Stay strong and keep your head up. numbers change even on the scale...
  • april_mesk
    april_mesk Posts: 694 Member
    Gardner, Massachusetts

    GO PATS!!!
  • kath711
    kath711 Posts: 710 Member
    I think I'm the first Missourian, born and raised Saint Charles near Saint Louis.
  • melkay40
    melkay40 Posts: 9
    Kentucky. Go Wildcats!!! :heart:
  • SassySouthernGirl
    SassySouthernGirl Posts: 602
    Quincy , Illinois (about 2 hours from St. Louis, MO)
  • bridetobe22
    bridetobe22 Posts: 24
    Cavan Ireland
    Originally from Kildare in Ireland (2 hours from Cavan)
  • Jellishearts
    Jellishearts Posts: 13
    Born and raised in the capital city of Madison, Wisconsin. :drinker:
  • sharla02
    sharla02 Posts: 1
    Hello Everyone-
    My name is Sharla and I am from Alabama and obviously I need to lose weight. I am about to start the Paleo Diet and I am hoping that it will work for me as it has for others. Will be seeing you on the boards!
  • songbyrdsweet
    songbyrdsweet Posts: 5,691 Member
    I lived in Troy, Michigan (30 min. outside Detroit) until I was 17, then moved to Fairfax, Virginia (about 30 min outside of DC) for a year and now I live in Blacksburg, Virginia and have since I was 18. Going to school down here--Go Hokies!
  • twilight
    twilight Posts: 11
    good old wisconsin.

    and by the way its -you guessed it- really cold right now.
  • gizmohamster
    gizmohamster Posts: 15
    arlington, tx
  • samantha115
    samantha115 Posts: 371
    Im right outsid of Fort Worth in Mansfield,TX
  • sarahjo79
    sarahjo79 Posts: 8
    Hi, Im from not so sunny Derby in the UK!
  • GumbyAnne
    GumbyAnne Posts: 130 Member
    St Paul, Mn
  • donamurphy
    donamurphy Posts: 9 Member
    Also in East Texas!! Longview, to be exact! :flowerforyou:


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  • molissep
    molissep Posts: 452 Member
    north jersey!
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