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  • happyone
    Board Bookworm
    • Mar 2009
    • 5385

    #31
    1 - Ft. Lewis Washington
    2 - Herzoganaurch (SP) Germany ( outside Nurnberg )
    3 - Current ( Layton Utah ) - mainly because family is near

    Honorable mention Clarksville, Tn; Ft Sill, OK ( NOT Lawton ) and Kyoto Japan
    Last edited by happyone; 09-23-2009, 04:38 PM.

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    • landpoke
      Never once baby snatched
      • Nov 2008
      • 4183

      #32
      Originally posted by Fiyero View Post
      As the resident travel specialist, I was mainly just interested in how many of everyone's places I've been. I'll do a tally when the posts die down. So far it's near 75%.
      1 Sheridan WY
      2 Laramie WY
      3 Worland WY

      Let's see if we can knock that percentage down a bit.
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      • TripletDaddy
        sweet triple
        • Nov 2008
        • 58186

        #33
        1. Newport Coast, CA
        2. Washington DC
        3. Thousand Oaks, CA

        honorable mentions to Santa Cruz Bolivia and Manhattan (I lived there for 4 summers in aggregate about 6 months, so I don't officially count it....although not sure why).
        Fitter. Happier. More Productive.

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        • LA Ute
          Receiver of Memory
          • Nov 2008
          • 19512

          #34
          Quezaltenango, Guatemala
          Sherman Oaks, CA
          Salt Lake City, Utah (Avenues area)

          (Honorable mention: Washington. D.C., although it was only a summer internship)
          Last edited by LA Ute; 09-23-2009, 05:35 PM.
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          • Surfah
            Where's Wallace?
            • Nov 2008
            • 33726

            #35
            Valencia, CA
            Cottonwood Heights, UT
            Kahuku, HI

            Honorable Mention:

            Waimea, HI
            Lakewood, CO
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            • pellegrino
              miserere me
              • Jan 2009
              • 12100

              #36
              1) Chapel Hill NC
              2) Lucca Italy
              3) Charm City
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              • FN Phat
                I ♥ gateway sex
                • Feb 2009
                • 8691

                #37
                1. Middleton, ID

                2. Cleveland, OH

                3. Paducah, KY

                All-time favorite place I have visited and would love to live: Waimea, HI
                I'm your huckleberry.


                "I love pulling the bone. Really though, what guy doesn't?" - CJF

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                • Solon
                  Lost in the flood
                  • Nov 2008
                  • 5747

                  #38
                  1. Aix-en-Provence, France.
                  2. BYU Jerusalem Center, Israel.
                  3. Downtown SLC (900 E & So. Temple; Mormon Red Death was my roomie)

                  Honorable Mention: American Fork, UT

                  Least favorite place: Bismil, Turkey.
                  Last edited by Solon; 09-23-2009, 06:15 PM.
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                  • wuapinmon
                    Soul Plumber
                    • Dec 2008
                    • 30711

                    #39
                    1- New Orleans
                    2-Dillard, Georgia
                    3-Limón, Costa Rica


                    Least favorite place= Utah
                    "Wuap's "problem" is that he is smart & principled & committed to a moral course of action. His actions are supposed to reflect his ethical code.
                    The rest of us rarely bother to think about our actions." --Solon

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                    • Mormon Red Death
                      BYU Delenda Est
                      • Nov 2008
                      • 8077

                      #40
                      Originally posted by Solon View Post
                      1. Aix-en-Provence, France.
                      2. BYU Jerusalem Center, Israel.
                      3. Downtown SLC (900 E & So. Temple; Mormon Red Death was my roomie)

                      Honorable Mention: American Fork, UT

                      Least favorite place: Bismil, Turkey.
                      1. Ann Arbor, MI
                      2. Downtown SLC (900 E & So. Temple; Solon was my roomie)
                      3. Boston MA - Brighton Area
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                      • Brian
                        Senior Member
                        • Nov 2008
                        • 2164

                        #41
                        1- womb. swimming is fun.
                        2- ames, ia
                        3- st. paul. i lived in the airport for 45 minutes.
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                        So far, so good.
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                        • falafel
                          loves to talk on things
                          • Mar 2009
                          • 37869

                          #42
                          Originally posted by wuapinmon View Post
                          Least favorite place= Utah
                          Hey, hey, ain't nobody askin' bout that!
                          Ain't it like most people, I'm no different. We love to talk on things we don't know about.

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                          • Soccermom
                            Senior Member
                            • Nov 2008
                            • 4063

                            #43
                            1. Lake Oswego, OR
                            2. Mountain View, CA
                            3. Toulouse, France

                            Honorable Mention: Price, UT

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                            • mtnbiker
                              it's all a blur
                              • Mar 2009
                              • 2573

                              #44
                              1. Orem, UT (good neighborhood, great access to outdoor fun)
                              2. Naha, Okinawa (Shuri area)
                              3. Idaho Falls

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                              • Jarid in Cedar
                                CS Institutional Memory
                                • Jun 2009
                                • 13234

                                #45
                                Originally posted by Soccermom View Post
                                1. Lake Oswego, OR
                                2. Mountain View, CA
                                3. Toulouse, France

                                Honorable Mention: Price, UT
                                Go Price! what is your connection?
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