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Do you live IN or ON?

ALRATIBA — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 22:57:32 GMT

When I was writing something this morning ... it occurred to me that some of us live IN somewhere and some of us live ON somewhere.

My sister lives ON Long Island. My brother lives IN WV. A friend is spending the summer ON Cape Cod.

Another friend lives IN Dongan Hills ON Staten Island. Another also lives ON Staten Island, but ON Todd Hill.

Funny about Long Island. There are four counties there. Nassau, Suffolk, Brooklyn and Queens.

People in Brooklyn and Queens never say that they live ON Long Island. They simply stay that they live IN Brooklyn or IN Queens. I was born IN and grew up IN Queens. When our house IN Queens was sold, my parents moved out to Long Island!

I now live ON an Island, but we say we live IN Manhattan, not ON Manhattan.

So ... do you live IN or ON?

Re: Do you life IN or ON?

kitcat51 — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 22:55:50 GMT

I live in my state & stand in line too.

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Mz iMac — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 22:56:46 GMT

@ALRATIBA

You better correct your topic from life to LIVE.

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I currently live IN New Joisey.

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ALRATIBA — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 22:58:42 GMT

@Mz iMac

Thanks .... laptop keyboard ... hit post by accident!

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ALRATIBA — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:00:34 GMT

Title corrected!

@ALRATIBA wrote:
When I was writing something this morning ... it occurred to me that some of us live IN somewhere and some of us live ON somewhere.

My sister lives ON Long Island. My brother lives IN WV. A friend is spending the summer ON Cape Cod.

Another friend lives IN Dongan Hills ON Staten Island. Another also lives ON Staten Island, but ON Todd Hill.

Funny about Long Island. There are four counties there. Nassau, Suffolk, Brooklyn and Queens.

People in Brooklyn and Queens never say that they live ON Long Island. They simply stay that they live IN Brooklyn or IN Queens. I was born IN and grew up IN Queens. When our house IN Queens was sold, my parents moved out to Long Island!

I now live ON an Island, but we say we live IN Manhattan, not ON Manhattan.

So ... do you live IN or ON?

Re: Do you live IN or ON?

FrostyBabe1 — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:02:12 GMT

I live IN southwestern Michigan most of the year, but about 30% of the time I live ON an island IN Florida.

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Havarti — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:04:37 GMT

I live ON a street, IN a house that is IN a city and IN a state...so I guess the answer for me is both.

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chiclets — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:07:04 GMT

I live IN.

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Carmie — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:07:30 GMT

I live IN PA, IN Friendly Township ON such and such street.

Great topic!

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Still Raining — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:12:31 GMT

I live IN my state, IN my town but ON my road. Never thought of that before.

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tends2dogs — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:14:03 GMT

I live UP north in the summer and DOWN south for the winter. I live IN two different states during the year.

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house_cat — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:14:51 GMT

You're right! I grew up in Queens, which is on Long Island, but most people don't think of it that way. BTW, it's pronounced "Lon Gisland".

I now live on the west coast, in the south west.

One thing I noticed when I moved here 20 years ago, was that if you say to a non-NYer that you were waiting "on line", they would think you were talking about the Internet, and not the grocery checkout. I quickly learned to say waiting "in line", to avoid the confused looks I would get, lol.

AM I MAKING ANY SENSE?! 😜

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MyShadowLove — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:16:09 GMT

I have always lived in somewhere...never on somewhere...but I would love to live on a houseboat....similar to the one in "Sleepless In Seattle".

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SurferWife — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:18:04 GMT

I live IN the state of Hawaii, ON the island of O’ahu, IN the city of Haleiwa.

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docsgirl — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:21:34 GMT

@ALRATIBA wrote:
When I was writing something this morning ... it occurred to me that some of us live IN somewhere and some of us live ON somewhere.

My sister lives ON Long Island. My brother lives IN WV. A friend is spending the summer ON Cape Cod.

Another friend lives IN Dongan Hills ON Staten Island. Another also lives ON Staten Island, but ON Todd Hill.

Funny about Long Island. There are four counties there. Nassau, Suffolk, Brooklyn and Queens.

People in Brooklyn and Queens never say that they live ON Long Island. They simply stay that they live IN Brooklyn or IN Queens. I was born IN and grew up IN Queens. When our house IN Queens was sold, my parents moved out to Long Island!

I now live ON an Island, but we say we live IN Manhattan, not ON Manhattan.

So ... do you live IN or ON?

As a New Yorker, I'm sure you know that New York City is comprised of 5 boroughs: Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island. Brooklyn and Queens are NOT counties on Long Island. Nassau and Suffolk are the two counties on Long Island.

People in Brooklyn and Queens would never say they live on Long Island because they don't. They live in New York City. Once you cross City Line, which to my recollection is at Lake Success, you are then in Nassau County on Long Island.

I was born in Brooklyn. When I was 3 my parents purchased our home in Queens. Brooklyn and Queens are part of New York City. When I got married, we built our house in Suffolk County which is on Long Island.

I hope my post clarifies things. I currently reside in Ohio and am desperately homesick for New York City and Long Island. docsgirl

Re: Do you live IN or ON?

LdyBugz — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:21:46 GMT

After reading some of the replies, I live IN the state of confusion. 🤔

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RedTop — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:22:48 GMT

IN WV for me.

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blackhole99 — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:26:05 GMT

I live IN my state and IN the woods and on our farm.

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Sooner — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:27:50 GMT

I don't see any reason for confusion with these two words. They both have defined meanings.

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hckynut — Sat, 20 Jul 2019 23:31:54 GMT

@ALRATIBA

Since my city is not ON an island or contain that word, I will say IN.

hckynut