Your Hometown

Gee's hamster:

^ That is gorgeous.

woah!?
you live here too?

san diego
and im never leaving<3

Houston, TEXAS! Aka Screwston, H-town.
Home of Beyonce, Chamillionaire, Alexis Bledel, Paul Wall, [b]Patrick Swayze[b], Renee Zellweger. Oh yes.

Don't see many Texans around here... I think I may have to change that. ^_^


My schooool. Yes it used to be an elementary school... -sigh-


The supermarket down the street from my house, pre-remodeling. I live in chinatown :]


Me & my friends go see movies hurrr.


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I live in b-e-a-utiful San Diego, CA.
However,I was born in Tucson,Arizona. I moved out when I was 3.
I dont have any pictures though....Sorry.

I've lived in many places so I'll only post where I'm living atm.
I live in Newtonmore in the Highlands of Scotland - aka the middle of no where :]
The main road:

The rest of Newtonmore is just fields, rivers and mountains.



It's really not as great as it looks...

I live in Solihull, which is next to Birmingham
This is the high street.


This is my current school


And this is part of the shopping centre:

I was born in walnut creek california
in contra costa county I lived there in walnut creek and other towns in the county till I was ten. then i lived in colfax ca for 5 years now i live in washington it sucks! i love california!!!!!

Here is some info on walnut creek:

Population in July 2007: 63,286. Population change since 2000: -2.4%

Males: 29,683 (46.2%)
Females: 34,613 (53.8%)

Median resident age: 45.1 years
California median age: 33.3 years

Estimated median household income in 2005: $69,000 (it was $63,238 in 2000)

Walnut Creek $69,000
California: $53,629


Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $862,200 (it was $391,200 in 2000)
Walnut Creek $862,200
California: $477,700

Races in Walnut Creek:

White Non-Hispanic (80.6%)
Hispanic (6.0%)
Chinese (4.0%)
Two or more races (3.2%)
Other race (2.0%)
Filipino (1.6%)
Asian Indian (1.2%)
Black (1.1%)
Japanese (1.1%)
American Indian (0.9%)
Korean (0.8%)
Other Asian (0.5%)
(Total can be greater than 100% because Hispanics could be counted in other races)


2008 cost of living index in Walnut Creek: 140.7 (very high, U.S. average is 100)

Ancestries: German (16.6%), English (15.5%), Irish (14.4%), Italian (8.1%), French (3.8%), Scottish (3.6%).

Current Local Time: 1:54:13 PMPST time zone

Elevation: 200 feet

Land area: 19.9 square miles. Population density: 3185 people per square mile
(average).

For population 25 years and over in Walnut Creek

High school or higher: 95.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 54.0%
Graduate or professional degree: 20.5%
Unemployed: 3.6%
Mean travel time to work: 32.8 minutes
For population 15 years and over in Walnut Creek city

Never married: 22.1%
Now married: 54.7%
Separated: 1.1%
Widowed: 11.3%
Divorced: 10.8%
11,747 residents are foreign born (8.3% Asia, 5.5% Europe, 2.7% Latin America).

This city: 18.3%
California: 26.2%

According to our research there were 19 registered sex offenders living in Walnut Creek, California in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Walnut Creek to the number of sex offenders is 3337 to 1.
The number of registered sex offenders compared to the number of residents in this city is a lot smaller than the state average.


Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Walnut Creek: 0.6% ($2,497)
California: 0.7% ($1,564)

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Central Contra Costa, CA (0.6 miles , pop. 459,252).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Los Angeles, CA (365.5 miles , pop. 3,694,820).

Population change in the 1990s: +2,766 (+4.5%).

Unemployment in September 2007:

Here: 3.3%
California: 5.4%

Birthplace of: Justin Speier - 2005 Major League Baseball player (Toronto Blue Jays, born: Nov 6, 1973), Mark Madsen - NBA player (Minnesota Timberwolves, born: Jan 28, 1976), Randy Johnson - 2005 Major League Baseball player (New York Yankees, born: Sep 10, 1963), Kevin McCaughey - College basketball player (St. Mary's (CA) Gaels), Noah Merl - Major League Soccer player (San Jose, born: Jun 4, 1983), Troy Dayak - Major League Soccer player (San Jose, born: Jan 21, 1971).

Average household size:

This city: 2.1 people
California: 2.9 people


Percentage of family households:

This city: 54.6%
Whole state: 68.9%


Percentage of households with unmarried partners:

This city: 4.0%
Whole state: 5.9%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
Gay men: 0.4% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:

This city: 3.7%
Whole state: 14.2%


Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:

This city: 1.8%
Whole state: 6.3%

Median house value above state average.
Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
Hispanic race population percentage below state average.
Median age significantly above state average.
Foreign-born population percentage above state average.
Length of stay since moving in below state average.
House age below state average.
Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher above state average.

I know it's full with rich people but my family was definitely poor that's why we had to move to washington where real estate is so amazingly cheap.I'm glad i was raised poor.

Gladstone, Queensland.

Aka Sadstone, Gladrock, Bumfuck Central.



The powerhouse:

(generates and supplies electricity to the region)

It's a city based on industry. It has the second largest natural harbour in the southern hemisphere, and its major claim to fame revolves around the shipping industries - we export coal, we import bauxite, turn it into alumina (a fine white powder) and then turn it into aluminium and ship it all over the world. Our refineries are some of the largest in the world.
It's a dirty, filthy little hole with a population of around 45,000. The coal storage facilities mean the entire town is permanently coated in the fine black dust that is carried on the breeze, and cleaning your house is a nightmare (I've had to throw so much stuff out because it's just so covered in coal dust you can't use it anymore).
QAL:

and at night: (we called it 'Fairyland' as kids, it's quite beautiful at night).
Woodchip Stockpiles at Auckland Point:


We have a pretty nice Marina, and we held my daughter's first birthday at the new(ish) Spinnaker Park - basically a big pile of dirt was dumped in the harbour and trees planted on it... now it's this beautiful lush park right on the water, with an artificial beach for swimming. There was a big oil spill there a couple years back and the beach was closed for months while they cleaned up.
Spinnaker was also closed for a week earlier this year when 21-year-old Kat Daley was abducted, raped and murdered while walking home alone from the local nightclub on the waterfront, and her body was found the next day, dumped in bushland in Callemondah, near the scrap yard where my husband works. The park, local duck ponds and several other places were shut down while forensics teams were searching for her cell, shoes and other bits and pieces related to her (they were all later found in the rented home of the man charged with her murder).

Every Easter, we host the Harbour Festival.
It's like a big show, with rides and Sideshow Alley, and the Marina Stage has entertainment ranging from cover bands to talent shows, and we crown the Harbour Festival Queen (who just happens to be whichever entrant raised the most money through fundraising over the last year). It lasts for a week, and as such, nobody goes to the actual show because the Harbour Festival has free entry and it hell better than the dumb show.

We have a grand total of one shopping mall, Stockland, which has pretty much nothing of interest. It's just the local hang-out for emo kids.


The local urban legend is Bob Cutty.
I'm not kidding. When we were kids, the mere mention of 'Bob Cuddy' was enough to frighten the pants off you, or start a punch-up (as in, someone says, 'Your mum loves Bob Cutty', it was on for young and old).
I always thought the guy was some mythical entity that had been invented, but then I met him when I was working at the local Sanity (record store). He's this fat old man who has a reputation as a paedophile, and to this day, say 'Bob Cutty' to a small child and they'll either laugh at you or run and hide. They're still talking about him!!

We used to sit on the Sun Valley roundabout, behind the trees, and get drunk. Parties at the Racecourse or the Brothers' shed were the shiz. Ferry trips over to South End (on Curtis Island) or Facing Island for a weekend of bonfires, drinking goon and thrashing old cars. Lapping down at the waterfront on a Thursday night, and illegal street racing on Red Rover Road, and burnouts at Mushroom Lookout, are fond memories and still go on with each new generation.

Last year's Miss Universe Australia contestant, Kimberley Busteed (or, as my friends and I call her, 'Face-Like-A-Busteed-Arse', she's a dick and everybody except her mother hates her), is a born-and-bred Gladdy local... and a scrag. You can see here why she didn't win:



But basically, Gladstone has a small-town mentality and nothing ever happens there.