1967-1968. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. See below.
1968-1969. Washington D.C., USA. As I was 2 years old at the time, I don't remember much of this. I like to think that I remember the sound of the birds from the Great Flight Cage at the zoo behind our house, but I can't really be sure that I remember that from when we lived there as opposed to subsequent trips to Washington. Partly because my dad studies Congress there have been subsequent trips.
1969-1985. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. At the time it seemed like a great town. I don't really know how it would seem now, I haven't been back in the last few years. The restaurants aren't as good as many Ann Arborites like to think, that much I've figured out.
1985-1986. Oberlin, Ohio, USA. See below.
spring 1986. London, England. A fun town to wander around. Sort of a cross between being a tourist (which I wasn't because there was longer to see stuff, and one got to have more ordinary adventures, like the differences in supermarkets, banks, etc.) and being someone who really lives there (which I wasn't because I didn't know too many people, knew I would only be there 3 months, etc). I would wander around the parks and write letters and go to folk clubs, coffeehouses, and stuff.
1986-1988. Oberlin, Ohio, USA. A bastion of gay life--if you can consider massive numbers of confused college kids coming out (including myself) a "life" which I suppose is pushing it. A hotbed of various kinds of radical or liberal ideas, like student co-ops, peace, and stuff. Only problem is you kind of have to leave once you graduate (well, only if you are picky and want a job or something like that).
1988-1989. Chicago, Illinois, USA. The idea was that I'd experiment in living alone. Well, that didn't last too long.
1989-1990. Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Came here for a job with the Free Software Foundation. The way-cool thing about Boston is the folk dancing (contra dancing and such)--there was a gay contra dance group I went to.
1990-1992. East Wind Community, Tecumseh, Missouri, USA. So I decided I was sick of normal jobs and living alone (or with housemates, compared with the more social and more communal atmosphere of dorms or student co-ops) and so I wanted to run off and join a commune. Looking back on it, it seems like click here to see what it seems like.