spingineer

Born in LA, and lived in SoCal (Monterey Park, Pasadena) until 1998. Been living in NorCal ever since (Fremont, Mountain View, then Santa Clara). I still spend quite a bit of time in SoCal, so I split time between NorCal and SoCal ... still have lots of riding buddies in SoCal.

qpliu

Born here (Stanford), raised elsewhere. Came back (Santa Cruz) just before turning 30.

First bike ride (with training wheels) in Southern California.
First ride of more than 100 miles in New Jersey (and Pennsylvania).

jinws

moved to SF when I was 9. Had a great welcoming earthquake. Imaging moving to a new country and BAM!~ here comes a 8.9 . Moved to San Jose a few years ago for school, now I work in Santa Clara.

It was nice living 1 block from the Ocean Beach. I go back every weekend.

pelikan

Born & Raised in SF , as were my parents. I did a brief stint in Daly City' Westlake area, but it was only 6 months so I don't tell anybody

My daughter is going to be 12 and will be the first of the family in a long time not to be raised here when we move. Hoping Spain, but the Peninsula ain't a bad PlanB.

BlastRadius

That's quite a difference, Spain or peninsula... It'd be a hard choice.

SaiKaiTai

Where on earth were you that you ran into an 8.9 on the Richter?
I can't imagine. I'd rather not imagine, really...

Born in SF and spent the first two years of my life there.
Then my folks followed the suburban dream -and what choice did I have?- and I've been here (<-- see left) ever since. Why would I live anywhere else?

BigSean

Born and raised in San Jose. Lived in Sacramento for a year then returned to San Jose. Also did some time in the army at Ft Leonardwood Missouri.

alainp

I think he's referring to the Loma Prieta earthquake of 1989. According to Wikipedia, "...geologists/seismologists estimate earthquake's intensity near the epicenter region at between 6.9 and 7.1 on the Richter Scale." An 8.9 would have have been a real doozy .

briank

Born and raised in Redwood City CA. Rented in San Carlos, Belmont and Woodside before I purchased a home in Fremont CA.

bikingshearer 

Born and raised in Livermore. Now live in Moraga. Except for college (LA) and lawschool (Boston), I've been here pretty much my whole life. Other than the ridiculous housing proces and the chances of a killer earthquake hitting any time, why would I leave?

jinws

was it really just 7.1? I could've swore it was higher. But yea, that was the one, in 89. Hmmm...I've always been bad with numbers. But it's the one that broke part of the bay bridge and a section of the freeway in SF.

Dwighty83

Born in Carmichael CA, Moved to Roseville, CA. Now in Sacramento, CA or Midtown as they call it
23 years old. Car free for 2 months now as well.

Radfahrer

Born in SF
Moved to Mill Valley
Moved to Corte Madera
Moved to Davis
Moved to West Berlin
Moved to Sausalito
Moved to Davis again
Moved to Bakersfield (YIKES)
Moved to Fair Oaks
Moved to Sacramento (Tahoe Park area) - been here for 9 years now...

Sick of UHaul and starting to throw crap away (not bikes - bikes not crap).

caloso

I grew up in Wheatland. Lived in Berkeley, Davis, and now Sacramento.

pelikan

I'm letting fate decide, or more to the point getting a work visa. Id prefer Spain, atleast for a while.

starvingdavid

Grew up in Gilroy, went to school in Santa Rosa and Chico, which is a great town thank you very much. Moved to Idaho for a year, great mountain biking, moved to So Cal for 2 just moved back to the bay last month. So glad to be back.

damnpoor - I noticed on the what do you do thread you work on planes, do you work at AeroUnion?

atomicbob

Born in Roseville, went to college in Chico (which is an absolutely fantastic town - met my wife there and we may well move back some day. I'm actually going to be up there this weekend for a housewarming... Must say the summertime riding is REALLY hot although that never stopped me from commuting by bike.) Briefly lived in SF before moving to San Mateo for 6 years then 6 months ago moved to Redwood Shores.

Yup, IB NorCal.

alainp

Never really got into the details of it all but I believe the highest Richter magnitude I've seen reported was 7.2. Also, from what I've read, it could've been much worse because, apparently, the way the fault ruptured, the energy ended up traveling in two directions as opposed to one. I was in the basement during a lab in school and never really thought much of it until I got out to discover BART was down, telephones were out, and the Bay Bridge/World Series was postponed.

damnpoor

Yes sir. I both work for Aero Union and I work on jets in the California Air National Guard.

Gee3

Born and raised in the Sunset when my family was one of the few Asians in the 'hood! |-) My sister and I were the only Asians we knew that hung with the WPOD's and I, with the SDI's later on. Mostly because we went to school with them.

Moved to Daly City, then Pacifica after I got married.

Then got a job offer in Dallas so I moved to Allen, TX, 30 miles north of Dallas, in 2001 to buy a big azz house for very little $$. Then got a job offer in the Citay and moved back last September. We currently rent out our home in TX but live in a little hole back in Daly City for too much $$.

People in TX used to tell me how scared they'd be in a quake and I'd tell them how I chit bricks when I first heard the tornado warning siren!! hehe! I think I'd rather be in the City during a quake since I know building codes have gotten more strict since '89 rather than sit in a bathtub while the winds tear off your roof and suck up all your belongings! Luckily that never happened while I lived in TX!

Bostic

Wow, that's a blast from the past, WPOD and SDI. I grew up in the Richmond district and went to Wash. Ben Davis, steel toed boots and Derby jackets.

Siu Blue Wind

WAHH SHING TON. Is that a Chinese high school?

10th and Anza here.

Refresh me on WPOD and SDI. I only know WC and JB.

rydaddy

Born and raised in the V-Town (VALLEJO). Moved on to Davis and got a couple degrees. Moved to Martinez and built a bridge. Spent a couple years in Fairfield. Now back in Davis commuting to Sac.

jinws

hey! went to Wash too. Lived in the Richmond until my parents got a house in Sunset.

what class are you?

Gee3

The WPOD's were a bunch of (pardon the non-PC-ness) whiteboy punks that hung out on the corner of 46th and Taraval and the old tunnel at the Ocean Beach lots of times in the early 80's. Like Bostic said, Ben Davis, steel toe boots, derby jackets, flannel shirts... AC/DC, Judas Priest, Van Halen, etc... haha! My sister hung with them more as she is 5 years older than me. I just hung around once in a while because I would tag along with my sister. I'm sure it was funny seeing a bunch of whiteboys/girls and two Asians in the middle! hahaha!

From what I remember they were just a bunch of punks that'd steal, smoke up, drink, cause trouble and get into fights with the cholos and WC's. I think my sister said they were an off-off-shoot from the old Animals gang or something that used to hang out in the 70's(?). Most are dead or in jail from what I hear.

As for the SDI's, they were more my age from when I went to St. Gabriel's and Sacred Heart HS, mostly Irish guys. Again, steel toes, derby's, ben davis.... and again, just a bunch of alcoholic punks I used to hang with. They'd always drink and smoke in the Stern Grove area. I think most are in construction or cops now!

Does any of this ring a bell yet, Siu?