So American peeps - which state are you from and what do you

Reside in Virginia, a one year retired, school counselor. Virginia has every season, winters are not too bad, summers are great. Congrats, your weight reduction is encouraging. Be true to yourself.

I'm in Maryland, just outside Annapolis, the State Capitol. Winters and Summers are brief here, separated by long, mild Springs and Autumns. I chose to move here from Florida (way too hot & humid year round for me) and before that lived in Chicago (way too cold most of the time).

I'm a Texas girl. I wish Texa has every season! Our main season is summer and it's hot. Sometimes we are lucky and get a 50 degree winter. There is a lot do to here, this state is so big how can we not have a lot to do.

I am from New Jersey and a Registered Nurse. I am NOT like the people from the Jersey Shore. No Snooki here.

Indiana-I work at a non-profit real estate board. You can experience all four seasons in the same week, maybe even the same day. Very flat in the northern half of the state-lots of corn, soybeans and wheat fields. Southern Indiana has a big more rugged terrain, especially in the southwest. Big hills(little mountains) and thick woods. The Indy 500 obviously is our claim to fame and not much else...

I live in North Carolina, though I am originally from New York. Been here for almost 4 years and love it. We moved to escape the colder winters, although it seems since we moved here the winters have been colder than usual. I think it followed us! North Carolina is awesome because you have the beaches on the east coast and the mountains to the west. We live pretty central to both. Last September we took the kids to the mountains and this past June we went to the beach. There's so much more to see too and can't wait to explore more as the kids get older. The location is also good because we can still drive back to NY to visit our family. It's only 8 hours(well without traffic). In fact we are going up there on Friday. Disney World in Florida is only a 10 hour drive and we plan on doing that in the next couple of years. So, yeah, I love North Carolina! The only drawback is the really hot summers but I rather deal with that than the cold.

My father was military, so I've lived in quite a few states. I currently live in South Carolina, which is on the east coast, more to the south.

My stepfather is english, and my mom and younger brother lived there for a number of years. In fact, my younger brother finished his schooling there (what we call high school) at a private school in Edgbaston, Birmingham. He got into an argument one day with an english boy who insisted that there were only 45 states in the US. I get that maybe not all of you know every little detail about our geography...I couldn't say I know all your counties and such. But to argue with an American boy about how many states are in his home country is silly. It was quite heated, I'm told.

There are 50, by the way. Officially.

I live in New Hampshire. I love it. Summers are not too hot here, you are withing driving distances or walking to a lot of beaches, driving distance to the ocean, amusement parks along with hiking, National Parks, camping etc. Love fall which includes lots of beautiful colored leaves,fairs, apple picking, harvest festivals, hayrides. Winters are a bit much for some people but I love it. Lots of beautiful white snow for skiing, tubing, building snowmen, ice skating. I love New Hampshire but I really love to travel through all the states by driving. So many are beautiful

I'm in good ol' Kansas! I work at a community bank we have branches in Kansas and Missouri.

No, it isn't all farms out here and rednecks. I'm a city girl, dont get me wrong we do have small towns surrounding Wichita and unfortunately they are stereotypical. Wrangler jeans and cowboy boots oh and the guys chew tabacco. Gross!

I'm in PA. The joke here is that you can always tell when you cross the state line because we have horrible, pot-holed roads. We have all four seasons, winters are usually pretty snowy, summers arent that bad. I'm living in a different part of PA for college and we get rain all the time, more than lower PA where I'm originally from. We live in a valley, next to a river and were evacuated last week because of the possibility of flood. The levys were built to 40 feet and the water crested at 39 and a half. Scariest time of my life.

San Antonio, Texas. San Antonio is almost like a state within itself. We have Tex Mex food that is SOOOOOOOO GOOD - but its so bad for you. In San Antonio, winters are great! You wear a jacket in the morning and in the afternoon you are in shorts. In the summer, we all spontaneously combust from the heat from HELL!!!!

SO much to do in San Antonio. A bad Mexican resturant will not last a month. A good mexican resturant will barely keep its doors open. You have to be GREAT and cheap to survive here! We have the river walk, the San Antonio Spurs, the Alamo and numerous landmarks to keep tourists happy.

I'm from Maryland (MD). We're close to Baltimore (a big city with its issues, like drugs and crime, but w/a beautiful bay and harbor), and close to Washington DC, so it seems like everyone moves at the speed of sound here. Traffic into the cities is a nightmare, and a lot of folks travel to both cities from all over MD to go to work.

Maryland has a lot of different regions -- from cities, to small towns, farming communities, oceanfront communities, mountain communities to the west. Kind of nice to have the best of all those worlds w/in a short distance.

I live in a rural county about 40 minutes north of Baltimore, and it's a little quieter. The town is called Westminster, and we have a great historical downtown (where we live). We still have plenty of farms, but have all the suburban shops, restaurants, etc.

Because Maryland has the Chesapeake Bay, we eat lots of steamed crabs and shrimp here -- and when you eat them here, they taste like nowhere else!! We have a spice called "Old Bay" that we use on seafood that makes it amazing. It's not unusual for huge groups of people to get together with a bushel of crabs and mallets and just crack them open and eat for hours. I'm not good at picking crabs (the term we use for pulling the meat out of whole crabs), but I love to eat them!

The cons?
We have all 4 seasons here, but in Maryland spring and fall are lightening quick. Winter will hang on and be really cold (20's and 30's) and then in April/May it can suddenly be 90 degrees. In the fall, it'll be 90 degrees in September, and then suddenly drop down to 40-50 degrees within days. Summers can be brutal because it's always humid.

Everyone here has allergies, too, because every blooming plant and tree that could grow in colder climates north, or in the warmer climates of the south grows here!! Lots of people who move here from other places find themselves allergic to everything! The good news is, we have lots and lots of green space.

Now you have to tell us about where you live -- I'm clueless when it comes to Europe. Sadly, I've never been across the ocean. I'm dying to go!!

North Dakota!
no trees except for shelter belts

Katie -- what are shelter belts?? Funny how little we know about our own places...

I live in the western suburbs of Chicago in Illinois. That is in the Midwest. We have two seasons here. Winter and Fix The Roads. Seriously, Summers can get up into the 90s F and Winter can get down to the -10s and -20s F. The terrain is boring (flat) and there is this huge lake to the east of us (Lake Michigan) and lots and lots of farms to the south and west of us.

North Dakota!
no trees except for shelter belts

Katie -- what are shelter belts?? Funny how little we know about our own places...

hehe, they are lines of trees surrounding farmland to keep the top soil from blowing away...one other hate, it's very windy!