[southern yankee]

Originally Posted by AussiePam

No, Melbourne's a nice city. It was founded a bit differently from Sydney. Melbournians reckon they're descended from good English stock - serious people, with money and class. Sydney's original settlers were mostly Irish and London Cockney convicts - who'd done wicked things like stealing bread to prevent their kids from starving etc. They were evil, creative, bolshie (contrary), loud, brash, fun and had bad attitood. Both cities are big metropolises now, and international, but both have retained in their psyches traces of their beginnings. I'm a Sydney girl through and through and proud of it.

You said you were originally from Illinois, I think. Where abouts?

close to Chicago(Indiana) born in Gary, grew up in Hammond. Northwest Indiana. i am a mill rat. grew up in steel mill country. but my dad worked in a chemical plant. My mother worked for Sears. Have you heard of the store??