I grew up in Clymer, NY. The town is named for George Clymer, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. With a swelling 1501 population, I was the largest graduating class in 37 years and there was 43 of us. Its a Dairy Farming community. Now it has become overpopulated with Amish, they are great people, but BassAckwards in their lifestyle. The PA/NY State line was 1 mile south or 3 miles west. We were the most SW town in NY State. I have been to NY City one tine and if that hole caught fre, I would rent a cro duster and cover it with gas, I hate that town with a passion! Buffalo and Niagara Falls was a short 90 minute ride northeast along Lake Erie. Pittsburgh was 2 hours south, sorry Ian, I cant stand the Burgh! Its the most disorganized town to try to drive in, its the only place where I had to take a 4 left hand turn detour(yes I was following the Detour signs) to to start right back before where I was, to get off one exit back. I would call it the Road Construction Capital of the USA. Cleveland is 2 hour West. Not much is east except wilderness until you get to Binghampton after 4 hours or so of ultra boring highway. Clymer was a quiet place to grow up in, you could see over 1/2 mile in any direction from my parents house and see only 1 house and it was Amish. We lived 1/4 mile from the Highest Point in Chautauqua County, and we have some damn big hills. Not many cops around, why would they come to a hick town in the every end of the state unless there was a reason. So we did alot of fun stuff. Test and tune my Street/Strip cars, ride wheelers and dirtbikes into town, drag race on the 1/2 mile stretch out of the east side of town. Fishing, Hunting, Skiing, Offroading, Water Skiing on any of the 3 lakes that were all 15-30 minutes from home, Horseback riding(pops had a dairy farm, sold out in 1987 and started a horse ranch). We had blistering hot and humid summers 85-95F, and bitter cold winters with lots of wind due to the high elevation and we live on the peak of it, -25 - 15f average temps with an average of 261 inches(21.75 feet) and 3 winters ago we had a record braking 338 inches (28.17 feet) of snowfall. AND I only owned one 4x4 in my life, a AMC Eagle and was not living in Clymer when I owned it. I usually had cars like V8 G bodies and a V8 85 S10 2wd short bed pickup, 79 Trans Am with a 455 4 speed, 68 GTO with a 472 Caddy 4 speed, two 84 Z28's a 82 V6 Camaro, 79 GMC 1/2 ton shorty step side with a 396. Never needed a 4x4, I was not scared to drive in any weather and never once ended up stuck or in a ditch. It was a great place to grow up, you never had to lock your doors at home or take the keys out of your cars. I would leave it running when I run into the postoffice, or the General Store, leave the keys in the ignition while in school all day or overnight in the driveway. Everyone knew everyone and everyone was friendly and always waved when you drive by or they drive by or said hello when you see them in town. Family ties ran deep and being a part of the community was important to everyone. The 2 major things produced in Clymer was milk and maple syrup. Tho, We also were home town to Jehuu Caulcrick, RB for the Buffalo Bills. The only black kid to ever grow up in Clymer. http://www.nfl.com/player/jehuucaulcrick/1355/profile
Eating is a hobby of mine that I largely gave up last summer. I'm down 55 lbs. which is good but I miss not caring about what was on my plate. So you are correct, for those who love to eat, Memphis is tops when it comes to BBQ. Don't miss it!
Hi Mik, Victoria BC Canada. Lots to do here and all kind of natures eye candy. It's small yet large, alot of real nice parks short distance away. I've been here since 1982 Downtown... Inner harbour, Parlement building. View from Fort Rod Hill 1st pic, Race Rocks 2nd pic, those are the Olimpic Mountains in the USA Fresh Salmon all the time cool parks... And our mild winters, I just took this pic 5 minutes ago, my house....
Middle of Indiana here... Indianapolis, the state capitol. About halfway between the very top and very bottom of the eastern part of Austrailia on your overlaid maps. On the eastern edge of the Great Midwest. Go north and it's flat, go south and it's hilly, go east or west and it's about the same. Home of the Indianapolis 500 motor race (which is actually 'next door' in Speedway, Indiana). Principal activities for the residents are football (American type), basketball and complaining about the drivers in the adjacent states. Supposedly we don't have a regional accent...still it's OK and I like it here for the most part.
Ottawa, Ontario is probably one of the few places where you can experience -35 degrees Celsius (-31 degrees Farenheit) and +35 degrees Celsius (95 degrees Farenheit), all in the same year! For example, the highest temperature last summer was 35.8 degrees C (just the temperature, not the humidex reading: +49.2 with the humidex). The lowest temperature this winter (so far) has been -25.2 degrees C. But it’s been a mild winter. Still plenty of time to get below -30. Needless to say, classic cars (and wagons) are generally in storage at this time of year, waiting for spring.
Yikes, that's cold! I've been told, once it gets past -10, it doesn't much matter after that. It's all very cold! It's starting to cool down here too. The other day it was like 23!
Hello from beautiful, sunny Flint, Michigan. This is the state that looks like a mitten, and we are commonly referred to as the "Murder Mitten" due to our state producing more murder than anywhere else in the USA every year - and Flint leads the way! Our main exports are employment to third world nations, and GM medium duty trucks. I live here because my mother-in-law lives here, and my wife's umbillical cord is still attached. I've wanted to permanantly relocate to every other place I've ever been to that wasn't named Flint, Michigan - ESPECIALLY Melbourne Australia - but haven't been lucky enough to yet. Once our kids grow up enough though - I am the HELL outta here. And I think it's cool that you started this thread too - because I've been to your hood on my honeymoon! We went to Cairns, Sydney, and Melbourne and had the time of our lives, which was the point. Like I said - that was in 99 and I'm still mad at myself for getting on that plane and coming home. Bitchin' wagon, BTW. Love it.
Way to sell your region Bewber! I'm off to Melbourne myself this weekend to catch the Australian Formula 1 Grand Prix! :2_thumbs_up_-_anima
After spending two weeks in Sydney and the surrounding area, I began to wonder why we don't all just move to Australia and get away from this thing we call winter!
Yeah Sydney is quite a nice place to visit. Even though it really isn't very big compared to US cities, it is our equivalent to New York. If you really want to escape Winter, head up to tropical north Queensland! It's a bit sweaty but also quite..... beery.
THE heart of America - Kansas City Hope you can make through our part of the States - and try the BEST BBQ in the land. Kansas City will be hosting the baseball All-Star game this summer, and we have great live music, arts and entertainment. Check out our brand-new Performing Arts center. KC is also the 2nd largest auto manufacturing area in the US, plus we have a Harley-Davidson plant - all give interesting tours. Lots of great state parks and forests, lakes and streams - good camping and fishing all around here. The local brewery, Boulevard, makes some tasty adult beverages and has a nice tour. If you'd like more info I'd be glad to share - to the USA!
Thanks for the welcome jrwscout, but I'm still not quite there yet. My wife is still more interested in sunny Pacific Islands.
Redondo Beach, California here. Right now at 5 pm it is 65°F out. Here's a link to our "Beach Cam". http://www.redondobeachresort.org/play/web_cam.asp and "Harbour Cam" http://www.redondobeachresort.org/play/harbor_cam.asp (hope it works for you... )
