From Silver Spring, Maryland. Just 10 miles from D.C. and about 20 from Baltimore. That's where my Sesame Street days were from! Moved to NewYork in 1976 when I was 9. I visited the old area in the summer of 2001 for the first time since seeing an old friend in 1985. Incredible how much construction of new buildings,cinemas,shopping plazas, apartments, etc. have taken place in Prince Georges county! Used to be so many nice trees there! Well, the same is going on in Pennsylvania here too. Tremendous increase in the population (and traffic!). PA is nice in a lot of respects, NY has many special things too. But Maryland, being the origin of my earliest memories, will always have a special nostalgia that can never be matched by any other place. And like I said, it was in Maryland that Ernie,Bert,Cookie Monster,Grover,Oscar,Bob,David,Maria,Mr.Hooper, etc. first came into my living room!