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Old 02-29-2008, 08:41 AM
 
Location: Not where you ever lived
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I live in Illinois. I notice some menbers do not. Tell us wbat county you live in, and something interesting about it.
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Old 02-29-2008, 09:23 AM
 
Location: Eastern Idaho
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I recently moved to the city of St. Louis. The interesting thing about the county situation in the city of STL is that....it's not in a county at all! St. Louis City is an independent city, and not actually in St. Louis County.

Apparently there is a feud that dates back to the 1876, when St. Louis City separated itself from the county, due to tax expenditures to fund the then-rural county areas.

I've also lived in the following counties (with state abbreviations listed in parentheses):

Sangamon (IL)
Menard (IL)
Cook (IL)
DuPage (IL)
Vigo (IN)
Coconino (AZ)
Ventura (CA)
Mobile (AL)
...and now STL
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Old 02-29-2008, 09:32 AM
 
Location: Not where you ever lived
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You are saying , then, that you live in St. Louis, Missouri?
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Old 02-29-2008, 09:34 AM
 
Location: Tower Grove East, St. Louis, MO
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Breer you make me laugh- I spent every summer of my childhood in Mobile visiting my grandpa- I think we've led somewhat parallel lives!
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Old 02-29-2008, 09:45 AM
 
Location: Eastern Idaho
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You are saying , then, that you live in St. Louis, Missouri?
Yep, St. Louis, MO, which does not reside in a county at all...
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Old 02-29-2008, 09:47 AM
 
Location: Eastern Idaho
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Breer you make me laugh- I spent every summer of my childhood in Mobile visiting my grandpa- I think we've led somewhat parallel lives!
Were your trips to the city of Mobile, or to the outlying areas? I taught at the University of South Alabama and lived in what is called West Mobile (though it is still part of the city of Mobile).
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Old 02-29-2008, 10:03 AM
 
Location: Tower Grove East, St. Louis, MO
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My grandpa lived in Fairhope and we'd drive down to Gulf Shores everyday and go to the state park beach- very good times.
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Old 02-29-2008, 11:00 AM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Ive lived in DuPage, Kane, Ogle and De Kalb counties. Each had its own "personality" if you will. My fave is DuPage, just so much to do, with Ogle County close second because its quiet and has some nice parks and nice terrain.
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Old 02-29-2008, 11:23 AM
 
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Cook, Dupage, back into Cook, then Kane (mixed reviews on kane), Fave: DuPage. Next: depends on how expensive IL is once we are retirement age.
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Old 02-29-2008, 12:11 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Cook, Dupage, back into Cook, then Kane (mixed reviews on kane), Fave: DuPage. Next: depends on how expensive IL is once we are retirement age.
Ive got you beat! DuPage to Kane to DuPage to Ogle to Du Page to Tennessee (forget the county name) to DuPage to De Kalb to Du Page.

I move too dang much.
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