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futuresmrst wants to know where are you from!

I'm in Mesa, AZ. The fantastic thing is the location. Drive 6 hours, you're at the beach, drive 3-4 hours, you're in the snow. There's a lot to do here and we're almost never bored!

The crappy? Well...the heat. But that's if you don't like heat. I LOVE it!! :D

I live in good old Wisconsin..I love it here! We have Summerfest it runs for 11days and it is the worlds largest music festival!! You name the band or singer and  I have seen them lol! anyone from Britney Spears to Kenny Chesney!Every year its different bands.It's cool they have the best food lots of beer and drinks and an insane amount of people!! What I don't like is the snow can last a little too long for me!!

Well lets see...haha. We now live in Ohio. We moved here from Missouri (which is where our wedding is going to be and where his family is from) but I'm originally from Illinois (where all my family is from!) haha We're all over!

here2help, ohhhhh i envy being able to drive to see snot...haven't seen it since i lived in Washington and Virginia!

samantha, you are sooo lucky! we never have big bands come to Mobile. Our arena gipped an act out of money back when i was a kid so no big name bands will play at our arena anymore...its been black listed. We do have Bayfest here though and have had a lot of bands come. I also have seen Kenny Chesney...Kid Rock came last year and boy was it a mistake going to that one! Fights broke out and the police couldn't get in to the crowd to break it up.

I live in Santa Barbara, CA, also known as the American Riviera...and definately lives up to its reputation. We've got some great beaches, shopping, and outdoor activities. The best is during the summer when there is a different festival every weekend -- such as greek, french, wine, fiesta and summer solstice. What's even better, its an upscale town, but the locals are very down to earth and its got a great small town community feel.

What's crappy? The fires, how expenisve everything is, and although it is great to support the local community, to have a target, hobby lobby or some other chain stores would be nice, especially when it comes to wedding planning!

sbbride...LMAO I was wondering who would be the first person to complain about not having a Hobby Lobby!

Ya'll dont have a target???? I agree it's great for the local merchants but man they have great stuff there!

I wish we had hobby lobby!!!

LOL well you girls do know you can go to www.craftsetc.com and order some of the same exact products that Hobby Lobby carries. Granted they dont have EVERYTHING but they do have a lot of stuff.

wait I just found out there is a hobby lobby 40 mins away from me I googled it... is it worth it???Is it a lot better then michaels and joanns?

oh dear LORD yes! It is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay better! They run 50% off sales ALL the time! Each week they have different departments on sale. I'm warning you now though...you can get addicted to Hobby Lobby!

do they accept coupons from competitors like michaels or joanns? ohh boy I think I will have to go in a week or so and check this madness out lol!!!

I am from Colombia, but I've been living in Toronto Canada for 12 years.  I love this city there is so much to do.  I don't like the long winters.

they dont accept other coupons but they have 50% off sales each week

and their normal prices are WAY cheaper than other stores!

ohh boy you talked me into it...now I have to go lol!!!

hehehehe trust me...make sure you clear your trunk out because you will see soooo many things you want! Make sure to post your goodies from your first trip there!

No Hobby Lobby in Good Ol' Maryland either!!!! :(

I live in the GTA in Ontario Canada  (outside of Toronto)
The Good:  There are some great beaches not far away (Long Point, Turkey Point...)
Great camping spots that are affordable
Great cottages within a two hour drive
Some great music venues:The Mod club, Roy Thomson Hall...and great bands that come: Smashing Pumpkins, The National... :)
It's safe (unless you live in places like Scarborough (haha....kidding for anyone that lives there)

The bad: Winters...they're long and cold!...Snow is only good for like a day, 5 months of the stuff gets depressing:P
and GEESE!  they seem to be taking over! what a stupid bird to have as OUR COUNTRIES BIRD!

Im from Prince Edward Island.

Whats good :
We are an island, and therefore you are never more than 15 minutes from the beach, whe have miles and miles and miles of beautiful dunes and some parts have what is called 'singing sand' it sings as you walk on it. We also have 18 or more golf courses, lots of things for tourists (and islanders posing as tourists) to do, its great to live here in the summer!  We have TONS of big name concerts here and this is the place to be in canada in July!! All the people who live here are uber friendly and laid back. most would give you the shirt off their back if you asked for it. We're known for our 'RED' soil.... yep, its actually red and oh so beautiful!

Whats bad :   There are only 2 bridal boutiques on the Island!!! So you dont have much of a chance of making your wedding unique.  There is NO place to buy the necessary bridal things... only what the have at Walmart or Michaels.
The winters are rotten here.... everything slows down and half of the stores close after the tourists leave the end of October. We're known for our pot holes... since we're an island we dont have granite or slate... our roads shift a lot turing the frost so we get tons and tons of potholes... which means tons and tons of road construction during the hotest times and nicest travelling times of the summer.

futuresmrst
I'm in bham,al.
The good is we know what type of weather we're having every season. winter...not too cold, summer....HOT as crap, fall...mild, and spring....wet yet still pretty.

the bad......IT'S HOT AS CRAP IN THE SUMMER. It's also sorta boring.

I was Borin in Poland
Lived in NY for 12 yrs
and now in GA for 3 yrs

Oh yes and POTHOLES here too...since the weather will go from one extreme to the other they get pretty insane!

hmm....a trip to hobby lobby sounds good right now!!

I live in Edmonton, Alberta. We are known for our oil!

The Good: It's the capital of Alberta, with tones of shopping- Our city had the largest mall in North America!!!! Because of the oil our economy has not suffered from the recession...yet. Edmonton is also known as the city of festivals and champions.

The Bad: The festivals are the same each year. We have about 6-7 months of winter, and all we have to do is watch hockey- if your an Oilers fan! It's pretty cold and miserable through out the winter.

After we are married, we are re locating to the West Coast- Vancouver!

Opps. We still have* the NA largest mall.

AND potholes are horrible here. Construction everyone all summer long!

its so neat getting to read the good and the bad of where everyone lives!

Another bad thing about where I live....LOVEBUGS! OMG they are the most horrid little insects! During the breeding months I have to wear a bandana around my mouth and nose while i am cutting the grass because they will fly up your nose or in to your mouth YUCK! Plus when you are driving down the road they hit your car and there are so many of them that it sounds like it is raining. The worst part is trying to get them OFF your car!

where you lives sounds beautiful:)

I love in Toronto, Ontario Canada.  What I love about it is I love big city living.  I love being close to the city, the hustle and bussle of i tall, taking walks along the lakeshore and that all day and all night long there is something to do and I love the way the city looks lit up at night.  I love being surrounded by people with people all around and I love the shopping malls LOL.  I also love the changing seasons.  I love being able to experience all seasons!

the thing that stinks about Toronto is that we get a lot of humid really sticky weather, with smog alerts quite often in the summer.  other than that I can't complain I love it here:)

p.s this is an amazing and very interesting post!

Despite the delightfully silly places WBC says I'm from ("Rockledge"? No, not quite. Close, but no.) I'm from Merritt Island, Florida.

All together now: where?!

Merritt Island is where the launch pads for NASA and the Kennedy Space Center are. Every time a shuttle launches, I'm sitting at home watching my windows rattle. What I love? I have miles of orange grove to one side, and it always smells beautiful. I have miles of nature reserve to the other side, and I get some of the coolest wildlife in my yard (big turtles, cranes, a nest full of baby screech owls!) I'm three miles from the beach. My town is a nice place for a family. I have security passes to NASA and the Port Authority. We have a bunch of cool little museums (like the Valiant Air Command Warbird Museum and the Astronaut Hall of Fame!) My first date with my husband was going to the beach at night to watch the cruise ships, all lit up and sparkling, as they drifted off to sea.

The thing that stinks about my town is that when shuttles launch, the place is hell on eath! Tourists stop in the MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY to watch it. You can't get food anywhere because all of the restaurants are stuffed with visitors, the roads are crammed, and then if the shuttle gets launched, everyone who paid to come see it is pissed. Also, HURRICANES. We've never been hit directly, but the rain causes massive flooding... You will see my husband and I piling sandbags against our fences to protect our house, which is only nine inches above sea level. (Not kidding. We used to have competitions in elementary school where we would dig in the playground sand and see who could hit water first. It was usually only about a foot down. The only below-ground cemetaries are in places that have been specifically tested to make sure the ground is deep enough - all other places MUST be above ground or you'll bury your loved one in water!)

Also... Apollo 13 and Armageddon both filmed here.

I live in Ottawa, ON Canada.
I pretty much hate Ottawa, but probably will never leave

What I like about Ottawa is that all of my family is here and our summers, which are so short, are hot.
What I hate about Ottawa is...
brutal death winters that are freezing and long + ice storms *ugh
no shopping at all
ugly and boring scenery (compared to beautiful places that I have been like cali and florida)
no beaches, only dirty lakes
apparently not having a hobby lobby is a bad thing....we NEED one of those, it sounds amazing!!
I know there are more things but thinking about it makes me depressed lol 2 of my BMS and best friends are leaving me for Toronto, which as the Toronto ladies have mentioned...is pretty awesome :)

I am from Syracuse, New York.  Which is upstate New York, 5 hours to NYC..NOT even close to that hole.  We get record snowfall every winter and end up on the national news, every year.  But we have the most beautiful summers.  About 45 minutes north of me is Thousand Islands in the St. Lawerence Seaway.  45 minutes west of me is Upstate New York's Wine country in the finger lakes....I say if you can find Hazlett Winery in your spirits store...get the Red Cat!  Its my favorite wine!  We might not be by the "shore" but we have some great beaches here...beaches from a lake left by a glacier, Great Lakes, Rivers, and other lakes.

I am a little bummed, I'm going down to Washington DC for the weekend to see my best friend.  This weekend is "Taste Of Syracuse" in the heart of downtown Syracuse.  I go every year.  They block off several blocks in the city and set up vendors from local restaurants, pubs, bars and retailers.  Each tent sells appetizers of their main dishes for like a $1.00 and they have concerts and all the wineries come out and sell wine slushies and samples of all of their delicious wines.  Annnnnd I'm going to miss out this year.  Oh well!!

Oh and in case you didn't know we have Syracuse University Men's Basketball.  :o)
Simply amazing.  We love going up to the hill and going to the Carrier Dome to watch the 'Cuse play some ball.

Did I mention that I love where I live?

I'm from New Orleans, LA. There are a lot of good things about this city.  Festivals are year round.  Mardi Gras & Bourbon Street (I think are most people fave.) Good cooking! That's always a plus! lol Nice sites to visit.  

And of course I'm with you about the worst thing being HURRICANE SEASON!!!!

I'm in Queens, NY, just outside of Manhattan.  I love being here in NYC,  there is so much going on, it's great!  I particularly love theatre.  I hate the high real estate prices.

I just had a chance to look at this again...this post and the responses are awesome! You lovely ladies are great. ;) Go WBC!

I'm from AZ, like here2help. The winters are really mild and you can get really good mexican food!

I'm from PA, so I'm glad I haven't seen or shoveled snow for about 3 years.

Vancouver!
Good = The film industry, stunning scenery when it's sunny, you can ski and sail within 1/2 hour of each other, Sushi is amazing, my family is here, 2 hour drive to the Seattle Outlets.

Not so good = apart from this year, it rains  a lot, real estate is overpriced, every other person is gang affiliated or a drug dealer (only a slight exaggeration), very pretentious (plastic surgeons are making a fortune), shopping is expensive.

OH! Another GREAT thing about the Toronto area is the FOOD!  every corner you turn is a different kind of restaurant! You never have to have the same type of food twice in a month if you don't want too!....mmm...

I live in Des Moines, Iowa. I LOVE It here. I moved in 2001 from Murfreesboro, TN. Boy do I miss Tn though : ( I miss the beauty, my friends and my family. But I love it here in Iowa.
Pros:
The state fair is one of the top 10 fairs in the US and the food is to die for... but not if your on a diet : ) tehe. Everything is "on a stick" and my fav. is snickers on a stick!!!!!
We bring in over 1+mill visitors to the fair EVERY year... and that number grows. I also love that my favorite bands and singers ALWAYS come to Iowa : )... Kenny Chesney and Hinder...
We have lazerfest (tons o rock bands, big and small names)... Kid Rock came last year to lazerfest and that's why I refused to go... I can't stand the man. lol...
Great places to camp
Adventureland theme park
Cons:
the nasty snow and freezing cold weather. last winter was brutal!!!

But I sure do miss my south : (

27DressesMOH - we have Taste of Des Moines and they do the same thing here with blocking off roads and setting up vendors and drinks and live music. I LOVVVVEEE going to that in July!!!

sisan, WOO WHOOO another Alabama bride....I've only met one other on here lol.

There does seem to be a HUGE gathering of Canadian brides though :) After reading about peoples towns in Canada....I'm thinking i might want to take a vacation up there next year!

Thanks for posting this!!  I was hoping there would be a few more brides from the South piping in though haha if we go on our roadtrip for our honeymoon, I need to know what spots to hit up!  :-)

I'm from Virginia (the state as a whole is very beautiful).  The state has a lot of history from battlefieds to wineries to the home of several presidents.  We get the 4 seasons (although lately it seems to jump from Winter to Summer without any Spring haha)  Where I live the Mountains are anywhere from 2-4 hours to the west (BEAUTIFUL), the beach is 2-4 hours to the North/South East and DC is 20 mins from me.  There are wineries all over the place!   Let's start with the Mountains.  Beautiful drives, great B&Bs, and lots of camping opportunities.  There are also plenty of natural wonders and there definitely isn't a shortage of skiing in the winter.  Can you tell I love the mountains?  The Beach---there is Ocean City, MD, Virginia Beach, VA, and Outer Banks, NC---all within a day's drive.  Plenty to do and places to stay.  DC--how could you forget DC.  The cherry blossoms are beautiful in the Spring, tons of monuments and museums, and the 4th of July fireworks rock--not to mention it's the Nation's Capital. Oh and we tons of concerts at various pavillions around the area.

Now for the bad:  Where I live traffic is a nightmare--there isn't any getting around it.  It could take you 45 mins to go 12 miles.  Don't even think about hitting the highways during rush hours and on Friday rush hour starts around 2 and lasts until 7 on some highways.  Politics are everywhere---yuck.  There are TONS of people everywhere---drivers are horrendous.  Unfortunately to make money you either have to live in the city (bleck bleck bleck) or commute to work for 2 hours one way (so not healthy and not fun either!)   In the northern part it is very expensive to live (even the housing market in the good areas hasn't been hit with the down economy) but then again you can drive an hour and be in affordable housing---but once again to make the moeny to live in the house you have to commute....not worth it!

tiggre if you need any suggestions on places to go in the south...just let me know!

I loved reading everyones responses!

I'm from Chicago! Chi-Town windy city!

The Good: Big city with lots of museums, theatres, restaurants , sport activities etc. We have one of the best public transportation systems that will take you from one end of the city to the other. Being by lake Michigan we enjoy beach time.  Always something going on from Taste of Chicago to Blues Festival to Summer concert series at Grant Park! President Obama lived here!

The Bad: the weather, its june and like 50 degrees today next week can be 90+, the humidity in the summer makes you sweaty! one of the highest retail taxes!!!!!!  and all the damn political drama and political corruption!

I am from good ol' Wisconsin. Green Bay, WI, actually. The Good: lots of beer, cheese, and pretty weather (that's debatable..lol) The bad: NOTHING to do around here besides drinking. I've always dreamed of moving to the "big city." Wisconsin tends to make people soft. (in more ways than one. ie: chunky and emotionally.)

I'm from the Toronto area.   I used to live downtown but my fiance and I have since moved out to Mississauga.  Which is a lot more spacious than Toronto and the roads don't have such killer potholes.  I can always tell when I reach Toronto on my drive into work.  I do miss the diversity of the different neighbourhoods Toronto has, and all the things that they have to do there.  I find people much more friendly out here though.  I'm originally from a very small town where I know _everyone_ and when I first moved up here people were always looking at me weird in stores and such when I'd tell the cashier to have a nice day...hahaha....but I wouldn't move back home.  I'm bored stiff after an hour!
I shall have to see if they have one of these Hobby Lobby's in Buffalo or somewhere, everyone on here always seems to be finding such great stuff!

I live in Valley Grande, AL. Alabama's newest (and probably smallest) town. We annexed from Selma probably 5 years ago. For those of you who don't know where Selma, AL is. Pick up ANY History book and read under Civil rights.
Luckily, I'm not from here, my moms family is from Mobile and Meridian, MS. My Dad's family lives so far in the boon-docks it's not on the map!

I love living in Alabama, wouldn't trade it for anything in the world!


ROLL TIDE!

Goodness am I the ONLY Kentucky bride lol

I've lived in kentucky pretty much my whole life except for a couple years as a child when we moved to Tn. Although now I live about 3 hrs from where I grew up. Northeast ky.

Its neat cuz I live by the ohio and west virgina border, I can be in either state in 20 minutes.

i do live in a small town ...fortunatly pretty close to bigger cities, but it sucks when you have to get on the interstate just to go to walmart!

Hi everyone, I am from BARBADOS in the Caribbean...yeahhhh
I love living on my island...most of the time...lol.

The good about Barbados... is that we have year round Summer...it is always warm so we can go the beautiful beaches anytime we want.. the food is great and spicy..has anyone had Fish Cakes before?  We have Crop OVer which is our local festival, very similar to Carnival with lots of music and beautiful costumes....August every year...

Now the not so good...it is small too small..pop of 280000 approx.  it is too far from the US and Europe, plane tickets are expensive to travel even to our neighbours. Wedding supplies are limited and expensive...boo.

But I am grateful to live here.

I live outside of Toronto, ON.
The good: I live right near the highway so I can be in Toronto in 30 minutes, but it's nice to live in a smaller city, away from the hustle and bustle of Toronto. Shopping is great here, and summers are not too hot, but not too cold.

The bad: mosquitoes, and very long cold winters.

I am from Australia!

I love it here. Some may be surprised to know we are not all about the outback, jumping on crocs saying silly things like throw another shrimp on the barbie and wearing cowboy hats and we dont' call EVERYONE mate! ; ) ... although it is really beautiful in the out back, and we do have man eating crocs and talk funny to some...we do have cities and beaches etc.

The only thing I would say that frustrates me about being in Australia is in regards to wedding planning is that we don't have many really really really old buildings to choose from to hold weddings, we have some but not enough in my state...  but besides that, I am very happy with my Island Home.

B.xx

Like sassybex, I too live in Australia!

I am a Canadian marrying an Aussie, so we are having the wedding in his hometown of Perth - a really beautiful laid back city.  It is wonderful here!  

My favourite thing about the city is how balanced and happy all of the people here are - even the ones who live for their jobs.  The city itself if gorgeous as there is miles of beach, a beautiful, massive, inner city park  and the gorgeous river that runs through the middle.

My least favourite thing about Perth is the fact that nothing is open late hours or Sundays.  Since I come from Canada I am used to stores being open all the time, and shopping here requires way too much planning ahead just to get the necessities!

I'm from Galveston Texas. Best things...the beach, being on an island, the historic homes,old cemeteries, the architecture of the buildings downtown,the tourists,worst ..the tourists...lol and of course the hurricanes.

amen on the Hurricanes futuremrssmith! Ya'll got a doozy of one last year. Did ya'll hold up well through it? My future in laws live in Beaumont and had to evacuate...good bit of damage also.

I was born in Houma, Louisiana; raised in Hattiesburg, Mississippi and currently living in Pensacola, Florida where I met my love :)  I can't stay away from the south.  We're pretty close futuresmrst!  The best thing about Pensacola is, of course, the beaches.  

The worst thing is there is just not much to do other than beachy things.  The shopping scene isn't that broad but we've got most everything listed in these comments such as Hobby Lobby, joanns and target :)

I am from Brentwood, CA.  Northern California, not the OJ Simpson Brentwood.  I am 30 minutes from the Bay Area.  California where everything happens.  I am 45 minutes from San Francisco.  1 hour from the Ocean.  2 hours from the wine country and 3 hours from the snow!  Love the area but now too expensive to live. Everything cost sooo dam much - ugh!

i grew up in and gr
/aduated in the big ol town of Dunlap Iowa, population: about 1,100 or so. but now my FH and i live in Council Bluffs Iowa cuz I am going to college here . will be done in December with a culinary arts degree!! can't wait!!!!! every mans dream right?? a woman who can cook!! lol.
Pros:  Small town, everyone knows everyone everyone's nice
Cons: boring as shit!! lol not much to do. but sence we are only a bridge away from Omaha Nebraska... there's a lttle more to do.