Survey: Are you proud or ashamed of where you are from?!
Question: Survey: Are you proud or ashamed of where you are from!?
(Repost - sorry, YaHell put it in LG&T!?!?!?!?)
I don't mean nationally!.!.!.!. I am from Middlesbrough, UK (now in London)!. If no-one has been, let me give you the highlights:
A) Proportionate to it's population, it has the highest rate of drug use and drug crime in the UK by far
B) It is home to the inventor of the matchstick
C) A man was once stabbed to death (1990 - pre-knife culture) at the local pub, 'The Wild Ox', for cheating at dominos
D) We have the most nondescript football team in the world
E) Must-have accessories for the average 14-year old girl include massive hoop earrings, white trainers, and a pram containing a child from father unknown!.
But!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. Even though I really don't fit in back home when I visit (i!.e!. having escaped the maggot-ridden cesspit to become moderately successful, if I may say)!.!.!.!.!. I STILL LOVE THE PLACE!
What about you - proud or ashamed of your homestead!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
I don't mean nationally!.!.!.!. I am from Middlesbrough, UK (now in London)!. If no-one has been, let me give you the highlights:
A) Proportionate to it's population, it has the highest rate of drug use and drug crime in the UK by far
B) It is home to the inventor of the matchstick
C) A man was once stabbed to death (1990 - pre-knife culture) at the local pub, 'The Wild Ox', for cheating at dominos
D) We have the most nondescript football team in the world
E) Must-have accessories for the average 14-year old girl include massive hoop earrings, white trainers, and a pram containing a child from father unknown!.
But!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!. Even though I really don't fit in back home when I visit (i!.e!. having escaped the maggot-ridden cesspit to become moderately successful, if I may say)!.!.!.!.!. I STILL LOVE THE PLACE!
What about you - proud or ashamed of your homestead!?Www@Enter-QA@Com
Answers:
I love the E description of Middlesborough!.
I'm from Abbey Wood (nicknames Scabby Wood by acknowledgers) and all I have to say is that it's in South East London for all the UKers to go "uh-oh, knife crime!"!.
Yeh, most of the knife attacks you've read about in the papers in SE London are near me andm just the other week, we drove past a crime scene of which the attack was in the next day's Sun!.
Makes me sick!.
I can't say I'm proud of where I'm from or that I'm ashamed of it!. I'm ashamed of most of the people (kids who think fighting is cool, carrying knives and guns, and the parents who let their kids run riot and not care) who live in it!.
All I know is that it's the only place that I can honestly call home because, well, it is where my home is! I've lived there all my life and my family was there a good 10 years before me!.
Home's home, really!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I'm from Abbey Wood (nicknames Scabby Wood by acknowledgers) and all I have to say is that it's in South East London for all the UKers to go "uh-oh, knife crime!"!.
Yeh, most of the knife attacks you've read about in the papers in SE London are near me andm just the other week, we drove past a crime scene of which the attack was in the next day's Sun!.
Makes me sick!.
I can't say I'm proud of where I'm from or that I'm ashamed of it!. I'm ashamed of most of the people (kids who think fighting is cool, carrying knives and guns, and the parents who let their kids run riot and not care) who live in it!.
All I know is that it's the only place that I can honestly call home because, well, it is where my home is! I've lived there all my life and my family was there a good 10 years before me!.
Home's home, really!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Anchorage, Alaska, hmm!.!.!. I guess I'm proud because, hello, it's Alaska! It's incredibly beautiful here, and 'the wild' is like a 10 minute drive from anywhere!. We have, if I remember correctly, the highest number of rapes in the country, the highest number of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome cases, and one of the highest rates of suicide!. So that's a big downside!.
But we have our own time zone, no sales tax, smoking pot is legal, and moose!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
But we have our own time zone, no sales tax, smoking pot is legal, and moose!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Hi!
Well, I was born and bred in South London ( not including the 4 years in Spain :P), and I can tell you: there are great things about it and awful things about it, as you probably already know!. There's a lot of violence, which seems to be increasing by the minute, and everything's getting expensive, making it hard for my family to actually cope ( especially with studies )!. But, on the other hand, everyone in the whole world wants to go to London!.!! There's culture everywhere you look: foreign restaurants, Harrods, theatres coming out of ya backside, museums, Madame Tussauds!.!.!.and the list goes on!.
So, kinda got a mixed feeling!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Well, I was born and bred in South London ( not including the 4 years in Spain :P), and I can tell you: there are great things about it and awful things about it, as you probably already know!. There's a lot of violence, which seems to be increasing by the minute, and everything's getting expensive, making it hard for my family to actually cope ( especially with studies )!. But, on the other hand, everyone in the whole world wants to go to London!.!! There's culture everywhere you look: foreign restaurants, Harrods, theatres coming out of ya backside, museums, Madame Tussauds!.!.!.and the list goes on!.
So, kinda got a mixed feeling!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I think theres always going to be a kind of an emotional attachment to where you grew up no matter what kind of place it is!. You won't get that feeling anywhere else!. I gotta say though, you don't paint a very appealing picture of middlesbrough, way to promote your town :DWww@Enter-QA@Com
I'm a bit neutral, really!. Having lived abroad, it gave me a different perspective on my native country (USA) and I realised that there's much to celebrate about the country and much to frown upon!.
Ultimately, good or bad, wrong or right, it's still home!.
PS: Love the highlights!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Ultimately, good or bad, wrong or right, it's still home!.
PS: Love the highlights!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Indifferent really, I'm from Leicester but haven't lived there in years!. I loved it when I lived in Newcastle though!.!.!.!.!.!. I'm also in London now!.
lol at your description of Middlesborough, my sister in law used to live in Pallister!? I think!.!.!.!. that's pretty much how she described it!.
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lol at your description of Middlesborough, my sister in law used to live in Pallister!? I think!.!.!.!. that's pretty much how she described it!.
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i wouldnt say i am proud of it but i love the feeling of being home if that makes sense im from Barnsley UK!. Again nothing exceptional same idiots you get everywhere but the place is ok!.!.!. just need to boot out a few idiots and it would be better :)Www@Enter-QA@Com
I'm from South Australia!. But am now living in Queensland!.
Since the day I moved here, I've wanted to go back to S!.A
My life was perfect back there
and as soon as we moved, it was like everything turned to crap!. Www@Enter-QA@Com
Since the day I moved here, I've wanted to go back to S!.A
My life was perfect back there
and as soon as we moved, it was like everything turned to crap!. Www@Enter-QA@Com
I am proud and comfortable living in Sussex County New Jersey, USA!.
Great question!
Best Wishes!Www@Enter-QA@Com
Great question!
Best Wishes!Www@Enter-QA@Com
Proud to be Bristolian and now proud to be living in London!
I'm also proud to be English, but that's not normally allowed these days is it!?!Www@Enter-QA@Com
I'm also proud to be English, but that's not normally allowed these days is it!?!Www@Enter-QA@Com
I have to disagree with point B) it was invented by a distant member of my wifes family many moons ago who lived in Norton not Middlesbrough
edit: trouble is what else has norton got!? lolWww@Enter-QA@Com
edit: trouble is what else has norton got!? lolWww@Enter-QA@Com
I love it!. Though sometimes the people could be friendlier!. They tend to be too nosey and a little bit bigoted!. It's not the town I grew up in - i!.e!. it's changed somehow!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Proud not ashamed, but like other places we are no exception to the crime/youth culture and unemployment!.!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Shuttup!.
It was snug & warm & roomy in that pram!.!.!.!.up until soon after the next tupperware pajama party that is!.
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It was snug & warm & roomy in that pram!.!.!.!.up until soon after the next tupperware pajama party that is!.
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I'm from Middlesbrough too and I'm proud of it (although I still live there!.) Didn't know we invented the matchstick though!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
I am indifferent neither one or the other, I just come from London and have no feelings about it either way!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
From Arizona and ashamed!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Ashamed - Cairns, AustraliaWww@Enter-QA@Com
i am from Australia and i absolutely love it here :)
i wouldn't want to live anywhere elseWww@Enter-QA@Com
i wouldn't want to live anywhere elseWww@Enter-QA@Com
I declare myself Proud of where I am - South Korea, Seoul
That's where you guys get the best cellphones in the world!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
That's where you guys get the best cellphones in the world!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
i guess proud, california usaWww@Enter-QA@Com
USA - PROUD But that would change if Obama gets elected!.!.!.!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
proud---NYC, yeah baby!!!Www@Enter-QA@Com
Yes I am !. Everyone should be proud of their roots !.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Proud! Leicester gal born and bred :)Www@Enter-QA@Com
I guess proud!.!.from Massachusetts =]Www@Enter-QA@Com
proud, portsmouthWww@Enter-QA@Com
At least you're not from Birmingham!.Www@Enter-QA@Com
Proud - NZWww@Enter-QA@Com
I am proud to come from Scotland!. ^^Www@Enter-QA@Com
im proud that i came from a fanny now i have been trying all my life to get back inWww@Enter-QA@Com