mythique890
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I searched for this and couldn't find a thread, so if there is one, let me know!
We have people from all over the world on this forum, and I think it could be fun/beneficial to our writing to talk about where we're from, especially if we ever want to base a story in someone else's home.
No specifics, just general stuff please!
For example, I'm from the U.S. I've lived in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan (all of which are in the same area) and Utah (much farther west in the Rocky Mountains). I can give detailed answers to any question about the half rural, half suburban Midwestern US, if anyone were interested in that, which they're usually not.
I've lived in Utah for just over six years total, though not in a row. It's much different from the green, fertile places I grew up. I'm smack in the middle of the mountains, but unlike Colorado, where people in the mountains actually live ON the mountains, most of the cities here sit in an enormous valley. Though the natives seem to be in denial of this, Utah is a desert. Not a tumble-weeds-and-cactus desert... well, yes, southern Utah is (google Moab and Arches National Park if you're curious)... but though northern Utah has its share of trees and watered lawns, it's dry and brown here most of the year. Where the Midwest had four very distinct seasons (winter, spring, summer, fall), spring and fall here seem to last for less than a month, leaving summer and winter to the majority of the year.
What about everyone else? Where are you from and what is it like?
We have people from all over the world on this forum, and I think it could be fun/beneficial to our writing to talk about where we're from, especially if we ever want to base a story in someone else's home.
No specifics, just general stuff please!For example, I'm from the U.S. I've lived in Illinois, Ohio, Michigan (all of which are in the same area) and Utah (much farther west in the Rocky Mountains). I can give detailed answers to any question about the half rural, half suburban Midwestern US, if anyone were interested in that, which they're usually not.
I've lived in Utah for just over six years total, though not in a row. It's much different from the green, fertile places I grew up. I'm smack in the middle of the mountains, but unlike Colorado, where people in the mountains actually live ON the mountains, most of the cities here sit in an enormous valley. Though the natives seem to be in denial of this, Utah is a desert. Not a tumble-weeds-and-cactus desert... well, yes, southern Utah is (google Moab and Arches National Park if you're curious)... but though northern Utah has its share of trees and watered lawns, it's dry and brown here most of the year. Where the Midwest had four very distinct seasons (winter, spring, summer, fall), spring and fall here seem to last for less than a month, leaving summer and winter to the majority of the year.
What about everyone else? Where are you from and what is it like?
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