I grew up in Urbana Illinois, home of the University of Illinois. Urbana is absolutely a University town, much like Chapel Hill, NC. I spent a great deal of time as a U of I student explaining that, "Yes, people are really FROM Champaign-Urbana." My grandmother was born there, as was my mother. My father graduated from the U of I and worked as an engineer for a company that made construction equipment. No, he did not work for the University. I lived there until I had my master's degree and, OK, my husband recently pointed out that I have now lived in Knoxville, TN, longer than any other place I have lived. The funny thing is that here I am "not from around here" and never will be. In Urbana, it was unusual to be "from around here." I expect that even though I am not from around here, this is where I will stay. It is a great place to be. Unless I can find Mayberry. _______________________________________________ WBMUTBB mailing list [email protected] http://www.mayberry.com/tagsrwc/wbmutbb/
