Where's everybody from?

This is too good a post to let sink! Any new takers?

I somehow missed this thread the first time as well. (Maybe my message board addiction is not as bad as I thought). I live in the suburbs of Pittsburgh. The past 8 years I've been living in the house that I spent the first six months of my life in - I guess I've come full circle. Have visited Destin/30-a area for the past 13 years every April & a few times in the dreaded month of October.

I am from Weldon Spring, Missouri. (Originally a Southern Illinois girl.) My first visit to your area was approximately six years ago. White sand must be magnetic; I've been drawn back there just about every year since. (Twice this year!)

I am very close to Augusta. It's been years since I've been there. I know, I should be ashamed living so close and all. I haven't been up in the Arch in a while either!

Reply & let me know if you're a local or a wanna-be like me. Just curious to see where everyone calls home :?:

We're stuck in Texas until we get our daughter in college. Then we're heading for SoWal. Purchased last year and it is terrible just seeing pics all the time!!!!!!!!!

Grew up in IL. Spent time in Eastern KY; Gainesville, FL; Wilmington, DE; and Fort Collins, CO ---- family is in IL though so it's sorta home.

Love SOWAL

Not to break up these posts--I'm liking that everyone is straight and to the point. If y'all notice, this thread was started November 2004. SJ made his comments about "no community feel" almost a year ago. I'd venture to guess that he feels a little bit better about things now. In fact, a think that there was a thread recently about the fact that "the community" was starting to form. One problem is that most all locals here have been here for less than five years. It took me awhile to realize that I wasn't an "outsider" because everyone was new and everyone felt like and outsider.

I think the community feel of SoWal has increased as the real estate frenzy has dissapated.

Bob, we'd love to have you around here full-time.

Now back to hearing where everyone is from . . .

White sand must be magnetic; I've been drawn back there just about every year since. QUOTE]

I think it's the sand and the water! We used to vacation in the Sanibel area but two years ago my husbands side of the family rented a big house on the gulf in Seacrest and now there's no reason to go anywhere else! We prefer being a little closer to Grayton so we like to stay in Seagrove. I've lived in Ohio all my life but would love to live near the ocean or gulf someday. My parents live in The Villages north of Orlando. Great place for them but not close enough to the gulf for me. Go Bucks!

... being close to the Bay and the Beach. Freeport has much growing to do in order to develop a sense of community, but it will be there. I feel only hints of community in South Walton. The beach communities are too scattered, and there is no central place. I also am growing tired of the seeing the same people with different faces. SoWal is becoming a place where I see no diversity. I want and need some "real" people who are year-rounders. This message board is about as real as people get around here sometimes.

I'm from Bath, England and have spent time in NY, DC area, Atlanta, Seagrove and now Freeport. I love it here but also miss the community spirit. Both sets of grandparents had neighborhood pubs and it was great growing up amongst the "regulars", I love going back to visit "where everybody knows your name."

SJ .. we plan on hosting a Christmas party and inviting all of our diverse Freeport neighbors, would love to have a fellow Guinness drinker along.

Cheers!

Just let me know when and where, and what I should bring. 😀

OT..but SJ, do you know what kind of butterfly that isin your avatar ....it's the same kind I photographed while I was there.