What is your city known for?

[MonorailMan]

You know how there are things that certain cities are known for......or that "make them well-known"? Well, sometimes there are smaller, more not-so-known things that cities take pride in that also make them stand out. Here are some of the things for COWlumbus.......

--The first Wendy's restaurant was built here. (It was recently torn down due to poor management.) And the original CEO of the chain, Dave Thomas (R.I.P.), had his home here.

--The original Max & Erma's restaurant is here. (Although I think it's just a midwest, and possibly east coast chain.)

--The Nationwide Insurance headquarters is.....well......about 10 blocks away from where I'm sitting.

--The technology for the Xerox machine was created here.

--There is a full-sized replica of the Santa Maria on the outskirts of downtown on the Scioto River. During Halloween "ghost pirates" take over the ship. :rolleyes::rolleyes:

--As of a couple years ago the city was ranked as having the country's 4th largest gay population in the country. A few years ago we had over 25 gay bars.

What about your city? :cheer2:

[wallyb]

One fabulous blonde god! :flower3:

[TimandTanya]

aaaaahhhhhh, Savannah, what a great city, we are know for:

-First city in Georgia

-Savannah is called 'America's First Planned City' because Oglethorpe carefully organized the town into grids, with wide streets and 24 public squares. 21 of these squares were carefully preserved throughout the years and still exist today.

-In 2002, the American Institute of Parapsychology named Savannah, “America’s Most Haunted City.” Based on Savannah’s history of fires, plagues, wars and voodoo, they determined Savannah was the perfect place for supernatural activity.

-During the early days of the Colony, residents often stuffed and bounded their mattresses with the soft and bountiful Spanish Moss only to wake up irritated and itchy after the tiny bugs invaded their slumber. As a result, a common phrase emerged in Savannah, and it was – “Goodnight neighbor, sleep tight, and don’t let the bed bugs bite!”

-When the Colony of Georgia was founded in 1733; Catholics, lawyers and hard liquor were banned. But considering that Savannah is now home to the largest celebration in the South honoring St. Patrick (an Irish Catholic Saint) and is famous for the “To-Go Cup” (thanks to the city’s liberal view on cocktails to-go); Savannah has obviously dropped all bans created long ago

-Girl Scouts of the U.S.A. was founded in Savannah in 1912 by a Savannah woman named Juliette Gordon Low. Her childhood home now serves as the Girl Scouts’ National Headquarters.

-With several dozen degree programs, 23 majorfields of study, and more than 40 minor fields, the Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD) is the largest art school in the United States. It is also one of the best.

-Quite a few properties in the city enthusiastically market to the gay community, and there is one property that's gay-owned and -oriented, Under the Rainbow (http://under-the-rainbow.com/), a beautifully restored 1907 house in Savannah's Historic Thomas Square District.

[mikelan6]

I live in Aventura, Florida, which is between Miami and Fort Lauderdale, so I get two cities to boast about.


Miami is the cruise capital of the world
We're known as the Gateway to Latin America
Fort Lauderdale has one of the largest gay communities in the country
South Beach - once a place where people came to die

[OrlandoMike]

Let's see....Toledo Ohio.

Glass capitol of the world. At one time home to Owens Illinois, Libby Owens Ford, and Owens Corning.

Also known as the Key to the Sea. If you look at a map of the great lakes area, it doesn't take long to figure out it's a lot cheaper to unload boats in Toledo and put the merchandise on a train or truck, than to ship it all the way around Michigan to get to the rest of the Midwest. The only problem with this.....the city is full of train tracks!

Lately....well quite frankly for the past few decades, the economy in that area of the country has taken it's toll. But the residents of Toledo are very proud of three things, and they make sure they remain state of the art!

The Toledo Zoo, the Toledo Art Museum, and Cedar Point.

Oh and thanks to MASH, Toledo is famous for Tony Packo's hot dogs!

If you are in the area, all three are well deserving of a day trip! :thumbsup2

I currently live in the Orlando area, not really famous for much.......:lmao:

[Gypsybear]

Wow, well, alot could be said of the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metroplex...so I'll list a few things, and I'm sure someone else will chime in...

Location of JFK's death
Fair Park and the Cotton Bowl
Dallas Cowboys
Southfork
Ft. Worth Stockyards
Ft. Worth Botanical Gardens
HQ to Texas Instruments; Exxon/Mobil; Susan G. Komen for the Cure
Home to more shopping centers per capita than any other city in the US

[ConcKahuna]

Well I grew up in North Lauderdale, a suburb of Fort Lauderdale.

Now I live in Winter Haven, FL. It's home to the now closed (again) Cypress Gardens Adventure Park, and is also the hometown of Olympic gold medalist Kenneth Brokenburr.

http://www.reserveorlando.com/blog/uploaded_images/Belles_waterfall-700509.jpg

http://www.usatf.org/athletes/bios/oldBios/2001/Brokenburr_Ken.JPG

[MonorailMan]

Don't forget the B-52's (one of Wally's faves) is originally from Savannah. :thumbsup2

Um......what's the deal with South Beach? I thought people went to Detroit to die. :confused3 :rotfl2:

Mike, no matter how badly you want Cedar Point to be in Toledo, it's still an hour and a half away. ;)

ConcK, why do I get the feeling you had something to do with the production of those gowns? :rolleyes1

[zeitzeuge]

Hmmm, the things that Dallas Texas are known for:

The Kennedy Assassination on November 22, 1963
Home to more Fortune 500 companies than any other city in the nation.
Is the fourth largest metro in the nation. It's home to almost 7 million people and is only smaller than new york, los angeles, and chicago.
Home to the original Six Flags.
It is also home to the original Neiman Marcus.

Dallas is known for having a big Ego. :)

I don't know much more then that.

[OrlandoMike]

Mike, no matter how badly you want Cedar Point to be in Toledo, it's still an hour and a half away.

45 minutes max! Dear lord how slow do you drive? And yes, Cedar Point is actually in Sandusky, but its a heck of a lot closer to Toledo than it is Orlando! :guilty:

[DopeyDave]

I live in Allentown, PA. Just listen to Billy Joel's song. (Except that's really about our neighboring city, Bethlehem.)

We hid the Liberty Bell.
We have Dorney Park (in the Cedair Fair family of amusement parks)
Mack Trucks originated here (before they moved to the Carolinas)
Allentown in mentioned 3 times in the Broadway musical "42nd Street"

If we include the local area:
Bethlehem Steel
Martin Guitars
Allen Organ
Crayola Crayons
I may think of some more things later. Surprised I thought of this many things off the top of my head!!

[soulmates]

Well, we live in Raleigh NC

Home of the Wright Bros, FIRST IN FLIGHT. We grow a little tobacco here, we're home to Andy Griffith and the Durham Bulls whom the movie BULL DURHAM was about. And that's if for me. I'll let Jeff & Jon finish up!! ;)

[jlewisinsyr]

Syracuse, NY

We have a massive salt field, however our lakes are still fresh water, during the 1700's and 1800's salt mining was very large, and as part of the agreement with the local Indian nation, to this day the transfer of salt from public to the Indian government still exists.

We receive the most snow of any large city and have annually won the "Golden Snowball Award" for at least the past 5 - 10 years. We receive in excess of 10 feet of snow on average, every year, the snowiest on record is over 190" (15ft). To clear this snow, we own the largest snowplow, with a blade width of 32 Feet.

Home of the New York State Fair, the oldest running (and one of the largest) fair that is an 12 day event in August/September that celebrates agriculture, business, etc with close to 1,000,000 visitors annually.

Home of the first (and possibly still the only - not sure of this) upside down traffic light in our Irish section of town. The Green is on top and the Red light on the bottom.

Franklin Automobiles were designed and manufactured here in the early 20th century (headquarters).

Home of Wizard of Oz and L. Frank Baum. Each year, Chittenango, NY (20 minutes outside of Syracuse proper) hosts an annual Oz Festival.

Home to the recently named best Barbecue Shop by ABCs Good Morning America Poll, Dinosaur Barbeque. There are two other locations, Rochester, NY and NYC, NY.

[ConcKahuna]

ConcK, why do I get the feeling you had something to do with the production of those gowns? :rolleyes1

They were designed at park opening in 1936. The decade I was born in started with an 8, so unless it was a past life it was about 45 years too early for me!

Esther Williams filmed a few scenes at their Florida-shaped pool in the 50's and 60's though!

http://www.playle.com/playlepics/74042.jpg

[ChrizJen]

St. Louis:

We are the home of the Gateway Arch, the tallest man made monument in the US.

St. Louis is known as the Gateway to the West and Home of the Blues.

We have the world headquarters for Anheuser Busch. :goodvibes

We hosted the 1904 World's Fair, and supposedly (though there is MUCH debate over the subjects) iced tea and the ice cream cone were invented there. The world may never know the truth...:confused3

We also hosted the first US Olympic Games in 1904.

[Jeff90]

Well, we live in Raleigh NC

Home of the Wright Bros, FIRST IN FLIGHT. We grow a little tobacco here, we're home to Andy Griffith and the Durham Bulls whom the movie BULL DURHAM was about. And that's if for me. I'll let Jeff & Jon finish up!! ;)

And to add to Soulmates...

On the other side of North Carolina...there is our hometown...Asheville, NC.

Asheville is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina and is home of George and Edith Vanderbilt, Biltmore Estate. Also, the Blue Ridge Parkway runs through and is the home of the Asheville Tourist Baseball! Our downtown is made of art studios, local restuarants and other independent stores. Very neat and a great place to visit! Andie McDowell lives here too!

[pixierella]

Peekskill NY


The Facts of Life was based here
The Binney & Smith Company, now makers of Crayola started here in 1864
The Peekskill Riots of 1949
Actors Mel Gibson, Paul Reubens and Stanley Tucci were born in Peekskill
Basketball stars Elton Brand, Hilton Armstrong and Mookie Jones are Peekskill High School graduates
We are a stone's throw away from Indian Point which is the nuclear power plant.

[PghLybrt]

Pittsburgh
Well, at one time we were the worlds largest steel producer, Now we have lost all of that and found our footing in medicine and education. Now in part due to that we hosted the G20 Summit.

Also!
Steelers 6 time superbowl champs!!!! We have the Terrible Towel!
Penguins Stanley Cup !!!! Both champs in the same year!
We also have the Pirates, the worst baseball team ever! LOL
And we can't forget the Pittsburgh Passion!

The city, we have 3 rivers and with that we have more bridges then Venice!

We also are the birthplace of Andy Warhol, and now have a great musuem.
Our inclines, primanti sandwiches,Perry Como, Donny Iris, Chistina Aguilera, Heinz Ketchup, Carnegie, Westinghouse, Mellon, Rachel Carson, Mr Rogers!!, Micheal Keaton,Shirley jones (who just had lunch with my mom) Sharon Stone.

Movies...Groundhog day, Boys on the side, FLASHDANCE!!! Night of the living dead

Ok thats off the top of my head!

[insoin]

Home to the largest in-land ship builder, it is actually in Jeffersonville, IN. but that is close to Louisville

Home to the Kentucky Derby, the longest running horse race in the country, and the first leg of the Tripple Crown

Home to the Louisville Slugger, and the largest baseball bat in the world.
http://z.about.com/d/louisville/1/0/M/4/-/-/LouisvilleSluggerMuseum.jpg

Louisville has the nation’s largest urban municipal forest – the 6,000 acre Jefferson Memorial Forest in south Louisville.

Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), 12th President of the U.S., grew up in Louisville and is buried in Zachary Taylor National Cemetery.

The University of Louisville, founded in 1798, is the oldest city-supported college in the United States.

Built in 1914, the Belle of Louisville is the oldest operating Mississippi-style sternwheeler steamboat in existence today.

The Hot Brown originated at The Brown Hotel in downtown Louisville in the 1900s. The open-faced turkey and bacon sandwich is topped with a rich cheese sauce.

Modjeskas is a candy treat made of marshmallow dipped in liquid caramel that was created and made in Louisville by Anton Busath in the 1870's.

The Cheeseburger originated at Kaelin's Restaurant on Newburg Road. In 1934, Margaret Kaelin's husband asked her to put a slice of American cheese on his hamburger and the legend was born.

"Happy Birthday to You" was written by sisters Mildred and Patty Hill in their Louisville kindergarten class. Originally called "Good Morning to You," it was later changed to this tradition birthday anthem.

Jennie Carter Benedict, a Louisville restaurateur, created Benedictine, a spread made of cucumbers and cream cheese.

Home of the Champ Muhammad Ali

The Old Louisville neighborhood near downtown is the largest Victorian neighborhood in America.

[DOPEYLUVER]

I live in a small town of less than 10,000 people.

In 1987, some piece of xxxx murdered a woman and her two young kids. 22 years later, when I tell people where I'm from, the response is still, "Oh, isn't there were that murder was?"

The only other thing we are known for is a bunch of antique stores.

[TimandTanya]

I already posted about Savannah, but I wanted to show off how many movies have been filmed here:

Forrest Gump
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
The General's Daughter
Glory
The Legend of Bagger Vance
Jurassic Park
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
Cape Fear
Something to Talk About
The Gingerbread Man
Forces of Nature
Kiss of Fire
Wild America
The Gift
The Ordeal of Dr. Mudd

I just saw Robert Redford today, who is here filming his latest film "The Conspirator"

We have a famous producer who lives in Savannah. Stratton Leopold, and this may be a reason why Savannah is chosen so much for location.

Or it could be that Savannah is just so beautiful, it speaks for itself.

We are home for Paula Deen, love her or leave her, she is from here too.

[TimandTanya]

I live in a small town of less than 10,000 people.

In 1987, some piece of xxxx murdered a woman and her two young kids. 22 years later, when I tell people where I'm from, the response is still, "Oh, isn't there were that murder was?"

The only other thing we are known for is a bunch of antique stores.

If I am thinking about the right town, I think this is the town I grew up in. What town is it? Does it happen to be Georgetown?

[DOPEYLUVER]

Townsend, Massachusetts

[TimandTanya]

Townsend, Massachusetts

I love history, and something interesting about Townsend, MA, during the Revolutionary War, when the redcoats marched upon troops at the Concord/Lexington green, 73 volunteers from Townsend marched to Concord, and turned the tide of the battle, and this was one of the first major victories of the Revolutionary War because of the men from Townsend. They then marched back to their town and ousted the Tories/Loyalists that were in Townsend. Very historic area.

[MonorailMan]

45 minutes max! Dear lord how slow do you drive? And yes, Cedar Point is actually in Sandusky, but its a heck of a lot closer to Toledo than it is Orlando! :guilty:

I'm just going off of Google Maps, dear. :lmao: I tend to have a lead foot. I tell people that you can get from Columbus to King's Island in 45 minutes (which I've done), but everyone swears it's at least an hour and a half. :rolleyes:

[Jeff90]

Peekskill NY


The Facts of Life was based here
The Binney & Smith Company, now makers of Crayola started here in 1864
The Peekskill Riots of 1949
Actors Mel Gibson, Paul Reubens and Stanley Tucci were born in Peekskill
Basketball stars Elton Brand, Hilton Armstrong and Mookie Jones are Peekskill High School graduates
We are a stone's throw away from Indian Point which is the nuclear power plant.


When I saw Peekskill and before I read down the list, I was like...ah the Facts of Life....

All we need now is a visual aid post from Wally.....;)

[npmommie]

One fabulous blonde god! :flower3:
You got that right! :yay:
I live in a small town of less than 10,000 people.

In 1987, some piece of xxxx murdered a woman and her two young kids. 22 years later, when I tell people where I'm from, the response is still, "Oh, isn't there were that murder was?"

The only other thing we are known for is a bunch of antique stores.

don't forget the evans shoe store, and the settle shop :thumbsup2
been antiquing in that area too :)

[OrlandoMike]

One fabulous blonde god! :flower3:

I thought Joan Kennedy moved to the cape! :confused3

[DOPEYLUVER]

don't forget the evans shoe store, and the settle shop :thumbsup2
been antiquing in that area too :)

That is hilarious. Hopefully you don't know DH. He drives one of those cars with blue lights on top.:lmao:

Have you ever been to Cliff's in the center of town? I used to work there.

[dis75ney]

Let's see...my hometown of Chicago:

Well, only one fact matters...Chicago is the birthplace of one Walter Elias Disney!!!

[UbIwerks]

San Francisco, California

Gay people...lots and lots of gay people :laughing:

[PghLybrt]

San Francisco, California

Gay people...lots and lots of gay people :laughing:

:thumbsup2 :rotfl:

[MonorailMan]

San Francisco, California

Gay people...lots and lots of gay people :laughing:

:eek::eek: Wh-wh-WHAAAAT??! Unheard of! :eek::eek: :lmao:

[wallyb]

San Francisco, California
Gay people...lots and lots of gay people :laughing:

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/wallyb3/Roach.gif
I think if you call the exterminator- they can spray for that!
:rotfl:

[TimandTanya]

I thought gay was a euphamism for really, really happy? I guess WDW is filled with gay people all day long!:thumbsup2

[pixierella]

OMG you have THE gays in your city?? Why do you even live there ? :rotfl:

[MonorailMan]

http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f241/wallyb3/Roach.gif
I think if you call the exterminator- they can spray for that!
:rotfl:

Yeah.......
That's definitely a homosexual roach. ::yes::

[sirJeffrey90]

hmm....well, Orinda, CA....all I know is that the creator of The Sims lives here, somewhere.



not as exciting as that great city to the west (San Francisco haha!)

[OrlandoMike]

I guess WDW is filled with gay people all day long!:thumbsup2

You have no idea! :lmao:

[dustyraye]

Washington Township, NJ is a fairly small town (3 sq. miles, just under 9,000 residents). It is home to "Seven Chimneys," a house with (you guessed it) 7 chimneys, where George Washington stayed during the Revolutionary War. The town has also been home to author Mary Higgins Clark, actor Jeffrey Nording, and Green Bay Packers player B. J Raji.

[UbIwerks]

Its true....people are happy here all day long :cloud9:

[disneyfreak71]

Pittsburgh
Well, at one time we were the worlds largest steel producer, Now we have lost all of that and found our footing in medicine and education. Now in part due to that we hosted the G20 Summit.

Also!
Steelers 6 time superbowl champs!!!! We have the Terrible Towel!
Penguins Stanley Cup !!!! Both champs in the same year!
We also have the Pirates, the worst baseball team ever! LOL
And we can't forget the Pittsburgh Passion!

The city, we have 3 rivers and with that we have more bridges then Venice!

We also are the birthplace of Andy Warhol, and now have a great musuem.
Our inclines, primanti sandwiches,Perry Como, Donny Iris, Chistina Aguilera, Heinz Ketchup, Carnegie, Westinghouse, Mellon, Rachel Carson, Mr Rogers!!, Micheal Keaton,Shirley jones (who just had lunch with my mom) Sharon Stone.

Movies...Groundhog day, Boys on the side, FLASHDANCE!!! Night of the living dead

Ok thats off the top of my head!

Also don't forget Striking Distance with Bruce Willis and Sudden Death with Jean Claude (I was in that movie).

[jlewisinsyr]

Sudden Death with Jean Claude (I was in that movie).

I don't know if I would have admitted that you were in any way part of any Jean Claude movie.

[DVC~OKW~96]

Ummmm, Pittsburgh? Aren't you forgetting something? :teeth:

It's the setting (at least in the series, if not the filming location) for Queer as Folk! ::yes:: Now THAT'S something to be famous for! ::yes::

[MonorailMan]

You're also forgetting that Pittsburgh is also home to ridiculously hard-to-navigate roads when one is trying to get to Ikea. ::yes::

[craiggers]

This is a fun thread to read! Ok...

North Central West Virginia: (Morgantown area)

Peperoni Rolls

That's about it except that it is only about an 1.5 hours from Pittsburgh. :thumbsup2

[PghLybrt]

Ummmm, Pittsburgh? Aren't you forgetting something? :teeth:

It's the setting (at least in the series, if not the filming location) for Queer as Folk! ::yes:: Now THAT'S something to be famous for! ::yes::
True it was, but it was so not Pgh!!!
You're also forgetting that Pittsburgh is also home to ridiculously hard-to-navigate roads when one is trying to get to Ikea. ::yes::

LOL I feel so bad for you! You never needed to leave a highway, the exit drops you right at their door! I think Pgh is really easy ....but I grew up here.

[kingLouiethe1]

I will tell you all about Long Beach, CA since I just moved here a few months ago and East Los Angeles is a crap hole (that's where I used to live, and don't get me wrong it's a crap-hole I called home for 25 years).


- The Port of Long Beach is the busiest port on the West Coast.

- We have 345 days of sunshine a year :yay:

- I like to think of Long Beach as the second stop on the So Cal Gay Train. You start off in West Hollywood with all the young-uns, you move to Long Beach to settle down and play house, then you move to Palm Springs to die.

- We are the home of the Queen Mary (how fitting).

- Great food, lots of independently owned businesses.

- We have one of the largest Pride events in the country!

[NHdisneylover]

Well the big castle on the hill has been drawing tourists to Heidelberg since at least as far back as Mark Twain's time.

The Philosopher's walk--great series of hiking trails. Follow the right trails and you may find the old monastary (now in ruins), an amphitheater built by the third reich for propaganda speeches or a currently in use Benedictine Monk's Abbey.

Holy Ghost cathedral and near by the gorgeous hotel from the 1500s and old city gates.

Along the Nekkar river and very close to where it converges with the Rhine.

One of the longest pedestrian zones in Europe (great for playing Gay or European?:rotfl2:)

World class university (and visitors have to tour the old student prison).


We used to live in Northfield New Hampshire where Mr. Southwick (I think he is over 90 now) still delivers eggs from his farm to local residents every friday BY HORSE AND CART:goodvibes I loved Mr. Southwick.:love: He has been featured in a couple of national magazines from time to time.

Northfield is also about 30 minutes from Squam Lake--which is where On Golden Pond was filmed.

[dmwang9]

San Francisco, California

Gay people...lots and lots of gay people :laughing:

I'm writing this from my apartment 10 minutes from the corner of Castro and Market, so yeah -- definitely lots of gay people 'round these parts. :cool1:

Also, let's not forget the Disney Family Museum!

[UbIwerks]

I'm writing this from my apartment 10 minutes from the corner of Castro and Market, so yeah -- definitely lots of gay people 'round these parts. :cool1:

Also, let's not forget the Disney Family Museum!

Welcome fellow San Franciscan! Yes...the Disney Family museum is amazing. I've been twice already.

[I<3EvilQueen]

I'll forgo Atlanta for now and mention something about my hometown of Lincoln Park, MI.

There is a spot in my hometown that is where supposedly Pontiac gathered the Native tribes of the area and had a meeting about attacking Fort Detroit.

[MonorailMan]

LOL I feel so bad for you! You never needed to leave a highway, the exit drops you right at their door! I think Pgh is really easy ....but I grew up here.

What?????
:eek:
:headache:

[MonorailMan]

I'll forgo Atlanta for now and mention something about my hometown of Lincoln Park, MI.

There is a spot in my hometown that is where supposedly Pontiac gathered the Native tribes of the area and had a meeting about attacking Fort Detroit.

The street I grew up on was literally 2 blocks away from the Lincoln Park border. :thumbsup2 I think I know the spot you're referring to. :scratchin

[PghLybrt]

What?????
:eek:
:headache:

Sorry. :flower3:

[Gypsybear]

You're also forgetting that Pittsburgh is also home to ridiculously hard-to-navigate roads when one is trying to get to Ikea. ::yes::

Don't know about roads to IKEA, but the city with the most ridiculously hard to navigate roads for me is.......................BOSTON.....

Only city where I had to take a cab (after giving it a try on my own)... :confused3

[ConcKahuna]

Don't know about roads to IKEA, but the city with the most ridiculously hard to navigate roads for me is.......................BOSTON.....

Only city where I had to take a cab (after giving it a try on my own)... :confused3

I hate driving in Boston. There are 3 road signs and only one of them points the right way.

[wallyb]

Don't know about roads to IKEA, but the city with the most ridiculously hard to navigate roads for me is.......................BOSTON.....

Only city where I had to take a cab (after giving it a try on my own)... :confused3

I hate driving in Boston. There are 3 road signs and only one of them points the right way.

BABIES!:rolleyes:
It builds character!

[Gypsybear]

BABIES!:rolleyes:
It builds character!

That, and increases my blood pressure, and my ability to utter all sorts of obscenities at lightning fast speeds.... :rotfl:

[Saxton]

I'm from Buffalo, NY so here are a few things:

Wings - chicken wings/Buffalo wings were created at the Anchor Bar
Niagara Falls - it’s actually a separate city but it’s just minutes away.
Architecture - we have some beautiful buildings including some designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
The Natural starting Robert Redford was filmed here, the hotel lobby is actually an office building. A few other movies have also been filmed here but Bruce Almighty wasn’t even though it was supposed to be based in Buffalo.
Snow - Syracuse gets more but for some reason everyone thinks of snow when they think of Buffalo
President McKinley - assassinated here during the 1901 Pan American Exposition
President Teddy Roosevelt - inaugurated here after the assassination
Mark Twain - lived here for a while and worked on a local newspaper

[wallyb]

Okay - I'll try to do this with out making it a boring history lesson...
Boston - Boss town - Bean town - Love that dirty Water.

March 10, 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the very first phone call

On January 15, 1919 the Great Molasses Flood occurred in the North End of Boston - a tank burst at the Purity Distilling Company, dumping over 2 million gallons of molasses into the streets and killing 21 people

The Boston Cream Pie was invented at the Omni Parker House

Rock groups: Aerosmith, Boston, Amy Mann, James Taylor, J. Geils Band The Cars.

Other notables: Fannie Farmer, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Benjamin Franklin, Winslow Homer, Paul Revere, Edgar Allan Poe, Uma Thurman, Barbara Walters

Boston built the first subway system in the United States in 1897.

The start of the revolution.

The Boston tea party.

The Boston University Bridge on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.

Home to 50 + colleges including MIT, Harvard,

[Saxton]

The Boston University Bridge on Commonwealth Avenue in Boston is the only place in the world where a boat can sail under a train driving under a car driving under an airplane.



My head hurts. :headache:

[MonorailMan]

I'm directionally challenged, and usually wind up getting lost in my own bathroom, so I guess I should stay away from Boston. :sad2:


I'm from Buffalo, NY so here are a few things:

Wings - chicken wings/Buffalo wings were created at the Anchor Bar
Niagara Falls - it’s actually a separate city but it’s just minutes away.
Architecture - we have some beautiful buildings including some designed by Frank Lloyd Wright
The Natural starting Robert Redford was filmed here, the hotel lobby is actually an office building. A few other movies have also been filmed here but Bruce Almighty wasn’t even though it was supposed to be based in Buffalo.
Snow - Syracuse gets more but for some reason everyone thinks of snow when they think of Buffalo
President McKinley - assassinated here during the 1901 Pan American Exposition
President Teddy Roosevelt - inaugurated here after the assassination
Mark Twain - lived here for a while and worked on a local newspaper

I've always wanted to try the Anchor Bar. Wings=happiness.

[MonorailMan]

The Boston Cream Pie was invented at the Omni Parker House


I thought the Food Network recently stated that the pie was NOT created in Boston despite its name. :headache:

[wallyb]

I thought the Food Network recently stated that the pie was NOT created in Boston despite its name. :headache:

Created by French chef M. Sanzian at Boston's Parker House Hotel, opened in 1855,
this pudding/cake combination comprises two layers of sponge cake filled with vanilla custard or crème pâtissière.
The cake is topped with a chocolate glaze (such as ganache) and sometimes confectioner's sugar
or a cherry.
http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s198/brixvicious/4gr9vf4.jpg

[NHdisneylover]

Don't know about roads to IKEA, but the city with the most ridiculously hard to navigate roads for me is.......................BOSTON.....

Only city where I had to take a cab (after giving it a try on my own)... :confused3

I have lived and driven a lot of places and I do agree with this. Absolutly the worst place I have ever driven! Otherwise a fantastic city (and so easy to avoid driving in). Wally you are making me "home" sick:sad1:

[Saxton]

I've always wanted to try the Anchor Bar. Wings=happiness.

Well if you ever come to Buffalo I'll take you there! Anytime people visit our office from out of town we have to take them there ... it's a neat place but nobody here will tell you their wings are the best.

[Saxton]

I forgot to mention this but it's kind of a strange thing that lots of famous people are from Buffalo: Harold Arlen (“Somewhere Over the Rainbow”), Tim Russert, Wolf Blitzer, the Goo Goo Dolls, Rick James, Brian McKnight, Grover Washington Jr., Christine Baranski, Michael Bennett, Wendy Malik, Jesse L. Martin, James Whitmore and many more.


Oh, and Wally ... we can sort of claim Lucy ... she's from a town kind of near here.

[wallyb]

James town?

[Saxton]

I think technically she was from Celeron but it's probably one street over from Jamestown since both are really small.

http://www.lucyfan.com/jamestownmuseum.html

[Saxton]

Hey Wally - did you see this picture on that website? Wow! Who knew that Lucy had another side?

http://www.lucyfan.com/jamestwnoilp.jpg

[wallyb]

Hey Wally - did you see this picture on that website? Wow! Who knew that Lucy had another side?

http://www.lucyfan.com/jamestwnoilp.jpg

That is so wrong. :sad2:

I bet it was a dare from Ethel!
Hope she got a snazzy new hat out of it. ;)

[MonorailMan]

Hey Wally - did you see this picture on that website? Wow! Who knew that Lucy had another side?

http://www.lucyfan.com/jamestwnoilp.jpg

Was Lucy a Rockette?? Who knew she had those gams! :eek:

[rpmdfw]

Who knew she had those gams! :eek:

Um. . . . Ricky?:confused3

[wallyb]

Um. . . . Ricky?:confused3

... And Fred.
::yes:: The missing episode.
Rick is on tour - Ethel is visiting a sick aunt in Albuquerque.
An old bottle of Vitameatavegamin.... :rolleyes1

[rpmdfw]

... And Fred.
::yes:: The missing episode.
Rick is on tour - Ethel is visiting a sick aunt in Albuquerque.
An old bottle of Vitameatavegamin.... :rolleyes1

It was SO awkward when Mrs. Trumble walked in on them and they asked her to join in! :scared:

[Saxton]

... And Fred.
::yes:: The missing episode.
Rick is on tour - Ethel is visiting a sick aunt in Albuquerque.
An old bottle of Vitameatavegamin.... :rolleyes1

Luuucy ... you got some 'splaining to do!

[wallyb]

It was SO awkward when Mrs. Trumble walked in on them and they asked her to join in! :scared:

And Then Betty Ramsey blabbed the whole thing. :eek:

But Ricky didn't get mad cause he was plucking
the harpist in his orchestra.

[MonorailMan]

I'm much too young to know who this "Lucy" person you're referring to is. :rolleyes1

[wallyb]

I'm much too young to know who this "Lucy" person you're referring to is. :rolleyes1
:rolleyes:right.

[TuckandStuiesMom]

What's on your face in your avatar piccie, Mr. MM? Is it half a facial?:confused3 Didja just wake up after a quick nap in Auntie Lois's ambrosia salad? Inquiring minds want to know...

[MonorailMan]

What's on your face in your avatar piccie, Mr. MM? Is it half a facial?:confused3 Didja just wake up after a quick nap in Auntie Lois's ambrosia salad? Inquiring minds want to know...

That was one of those days when I had already coiffed my hair to beautiful perfection and didn't want to get any of the mint julep masque in it, so I didn't apply it to my forehead. I never said I was good at timing. :confused3

[zulemara]

La Crosse, WI

- world's largest 6 pack
- world record for most bars on one street(3rd street)
- Home of the guy who had his mother frozen in a freezer and kept her hidden to collect her social security
- We had something like 7 college kids within 9 years drown in the mississippi

[mickeysaver]

I grew up in several places. I guess more of my youth was spent in the town that my father still lives in, Dublin, GA. It's know for it's annual St Patrick's Day Festival. It is not the home of the Redneck Games, those take place in the city next door called East Dublin, GA.

As for where we live, well, there was a HUGE drug bust that took down a lot of members of the Mexican drug cartel, La Familia, this past week. We seem to be home to a large portion of the Mexican drug trade. :eek: The other claim to fame is that Larry Flint was shot and disabled while on trial here. I think this is also the childhood home of Oliver Hardy.

[jenn&nelsonrego]

Fall River, Massachusetts is most notably famous for:


August 4, 1892

Lizzie Borden took an ax
And gave her mother forty whacks,
When she saw what she had done
She gave her father forty-one.

This was just a song made up by a newspaper salesboy. In actuality, there were 19 whacks for the step-mother Abby and 10 for the father Andrew.


Lizzie Borden:

http://i445.photobucket.com/albums/qq180/jennrego1929/Random%20DIS%20stuff/misslizzieborden.jpg

I also have crime scene photos of the deceased Mr. & Mrs. Borden and although they are black and white and grainy - they are a bit too graphic for this site!

Lizzie's family were members of the church that I work in and attend. The minister here at the time, Rev. William Wisner Adams presided over their funerals. Lizzie was a member at another Congregational Church down the street a bit, the Central Congregational Church. She was a Sunday School teacher.

[MonorailMan]

Is everyone paying attention here???? Look at Jenn! She posted a picture! That's pure quality and effort.

Kudos Jenn.........and shaaaaame on the rest of youuuuuuu. :mad:

[rpmdfw]

Is anyone else frightened by how much Jenn looks like Lizzie?

:scared:

[MonorailMan]

I've always wanted to stay the night at the Borden house, which I believe is now a bed and breakfast. :rolleyes1

[PghLybrt]

Lizzie Borden's was the 1st gay bar I ever went to....good times.

[wallyb]

I've always wanted to stay the night at the Borden house, which I believe is now a bed and breakfast. :rolleyes1

So you can get whacked?

[rpmdfw]

So you can get whacked?

Whacked?

or

Offed?

[jenn&nelsonrego]

Is anyone else frightened by how much Jenn looks like Lizzie?

:scared:

My favorite saying (especially around church) is: Everything I need to know about anger management, I learned from Lizzie Borden.

I've always wanted to stay the night at the Borden house, which I believe is now a bed and breakfast. :rolleyes1

mm-hmm. I get a kick out of it because I drive by that house almost every day and there is almost always someone standing outside taking pictures...

Here is the site for the B&B

http://www.lizzie-borden.com/

I have been to the Lizzie Borden Live production shown on the front of the website. It is magnificient! Jill Dalton is excellent as a post-acquittal Lizzie.

So you can get whacked?

Lame.... :snooty:

[wallyb]

Whacked?

or

Offed?

I was thinking a little bit of both actually.

Gotta Hand it to them guys at the Borden B & B
They do a great Job. :rolleyes1

[MonorailMan]

So you can get whacked?

Ba-Dum-Bum.



mm-hmm. I get a kick out of it because I drive by that house almost every day and there is almost always someone standing outside taking pictures...

Here is the site for the B&B

http://www.lizzie-borden.com/

I have been to the Lizzie Borden Live production shown on the front of the website. It is magnificient! Jill Dalton is excellent as a post-acquittal Lizzie.


I figured as much. Every time I see something about the place people are always saying it can be hard to get reservations at....especially around this time of year.

I was thinking a little bit of both actually.

Gotta Hand it to them guys at the Borden B & B
They do a great Job. :rolleyes1


popcorn::

[wallyb]

popcorn::

YOU PROVOKED ME! :mad:

[christopher77]

I was taking a drink of water while perusing this thread and nearly spit it out, whilst laughing. Congratulations. :) I look forward to the next euphemism.

popcorn::

[brendrek]

My closest city, Philadelphia is known for cheese steaks, the libertly bell, brotherly love, and those bridge people (Ben Franklin and Betsy Ross). However, when I go out west people always mention the cream cheese? Right now, with the Phillies headed back to the World Series that is all I hear about. I'm not much of a sports guy though.

[MonorailMan]

I forgot to add something about COWlumbus:

It's the largest city in the state of Ohio as far as population and geographical size is concerned, however it has the smallest urban area of "The Three C's"-- Columbus, Cleveland and Cincinnati. This ticks me off because the city has been trying to work to give it a "big city feel" for the past few decades, but I tend to feel the exact opposite has been accomplished as far as bringing in people who want to live downtown.

I love Columbus. :headache:

[buckylarue]

The Twin Cities metro area is primarily known as home to the biggest shopping mall in the US, Mall of America. We also have an excellent Major League baseball team and football team, a sometimes-excellent pro hockey team, a laughably bad pro basketball team, and world class theater and museums. Yes, in spite of the megamall, we are consistently rated one of the highest on cultural ratings sites, including being named America's most literate (Minneapolis) and 3rd most literate (St. Paul) cities. We are 2nd only to New York City in theater seats per capita, and behind only New York and Chicago for actual theater attendance figures. The University of Minnesota's campus here is the 6th largest campus in the US in attendance.

We are also the home of Scotch Tape and the Post-It Note (3M), the birthplace of Pillsbury and General Mills, and home of some guy named Prince. ;) We are also justly proud of our parks; the Minneapolis park system has been called the best designed and maintained in the US. 16.6% of the city is parkland, an equivalent of 770 square feet or 72 square metres of park for every resident, the highest for cities of similar population density and size in the US. Also, as of 2006, Minneapolis has the 4th highest concentration of Gay. Lesbian, or Bisexual people in the US, behind, SF (of course), Seattle, and just behind Atlanta. We apparently have an airport that is very easy to miss :rotfl2:, although living almost next door to it, I find it hard to believe!

It also gets cold here.

Very cold.

REALLY very cold.

Our average annual temperature over the entire year is 45.4°F (7.4°C), the coldest of any major metropolitan area in the US. It has gotten as cold as -41°, which is -41° no matter which scale you use.:cold:

Did I mention it gets cold here?

[Goof-y]

London, UK

- Being the second most visited City in the world. Boo Yeah!
- West End Musicals
- Museums and Art Galleries
- Many major companies have either their European or British HQ here.
- London Eye
- Big Ben
- Fog
- Literature
- It has the most extensive underground subway in the world.
- Music, London is one of the major music capitals in the world.
- Europe's busiest shopping area is Oxford Street.

[DVC~OKW~96]

Boo yeah? Do Londoners really say boo yeah? :eek:

[Goof-y]

Boo yeah? Do Londoners really say boo yeah? :eek:

uhhhh.... i meant Bo Yeah O_o

[Hydani]

I live in Windsor, Ontario. All we're known for now is lack of auto industries :/ and maybe the big fireworks display on the Detroit River? :confused3

[DVC~OKW~96]

uhhhh.... i meant Bo Yeah O_o

:rotfl: Didja' now? :rotfl:

[jlewisinsyr]

- Being the second most visited City in the world. Boo Yeah!

Doesn't this go back and forth between Paris and London on a regular basis, I remember this being a heated subject with some of my friends.

[iwish81792]

Saratoga Springs..."Spa City"

-Known mostly for the horse racing, which takes over town in the summertime. It's super old fashioned, there's a section (the box seat area, of course) that if you're wearing jeans or shorts, you're not even allowed up to look at it! I worked there this past summer.

-The famous Springs, all around town. They were thought to have healing powers. People still come from all over the bottle it, although there's only one or two springs I would drink from, most of them taste like iron, blech!

-The Yaddo Gardens are here, home to the creepist house ever. Sylvia Plath and Truman Capote have both stayed there, love them.

-And of course, Disney created a resort around it!

http://forums.tannerworld.com/databank/2007/resort_saratogasprings1.jpg

[darkeraven]

New York City

Greenwich Village - the Meat Market District

Need I say more?

[Mathfailure]

Although I am new in town, Piqua Ohio is the home of the Mills Brothers.

That and a lot of corn and soybeans seems to be the local claim to fame.

Grew up in Holliston MA, that doesn't have anything memorable. A great place to grow up, but not much to brag about!

[jackskellingtonsgirl]

Hmmm, the things that Dallas Texas are known for:

The Kennedy Assassination on November 22, 1963
Home to more Fortune 500 companies than any other city in the nation.
Is the fourth largest metro in the nation. It's home to almost 7 million people and is only smaller than new york, los angeles, and chicago.
Home to the original Six Flags.
It is also home to the original Neiman Marcus.

Dallas is known for having a big Ego. :)

I don't know much more then that.

We have the 14th largest public school district in the nation. This is not a good thing, it is just a fact.

We have nearly the highest number of restaurants per capita than any other city (there are a few that beat us, but not many).

Some of the stores in NorthPark mall are the only location of that shop in the nation. Of course I don't recall WHICH shops. :rolleyes1

We have a bunch of sports teams.

We had that TV show. You know, "Dallas".

We have a raging gang/drug/murder problem, but they probably don't put that in the tourism brochures. ;)

[MouseketeerOvaHere]

Well being that my home town (Columbus, OH) and where I reside now (Savannah, GA) were covered on the first page, perhaps I should move so I can contribute.

[Hydani]

Well being that my home town (Columbus, OH) and where I reside now (Savannah, GA) were covered on the first page, perhaps I should move so I can contribute.

:rotfl: dont move just to amuse us :P

[rpmdfw]

Well being that my home town (Columbus, OH) and where I reside now (Savannah, GA) were covered on the first page, perhaps I should move so I can contribute.

:rotfl: dont move just to amuse us :P

Why the heck not? :confused3

SOMEbody's going to have to do something to amuse us! Moving just might do it!:thumbsup2

OR, we could all offer suggestions for places for MousketeerOvaHere to move! :banana: Wouldn't that be fun!

:rotfl2:

[Hydani]

Why the heck not? :confused3

SOMEbody's going to have to do something to amuse us! Moving just might do it!:thumbsup2

OR, we could all offer suggestions for places for MousketeerOvaHere to move! :banana: Wouldn't that be fun!

:rotfl2:

Move to Canada ! We have free healthcare, polar bears, the 2010 Olympics, and me :cool2:

[ConcKahuna]

Move to Canada ! We have free healthcare, polar bears, the 2010 Olympics, and me :cool2:

We have polar bears down here too!

At least that's what I've heard the bears who have gone all grey called :rotfl2:

[wallyb]

Well being that my home town (Columbus, OH) and where I reside now (Savannah, GA) were covered on the first page, perhaps I should move so I can contribute.

There's other things you could do to spice this up.
Set yourself on fire.
A provocative dance number with a snake.
Make out with another DIS member...

[christopher77]

There's other things you could do to spice this up.
Set yourself on fire.
A provocative dance number with a snake.
Make out with another DIS member...

Or make out with a snake while on fire...

[wallyb]

Or make out with a snake while on fire...

See - It's innovative thinking like this that has made the USA
the world power it is today!

[npmommie]

Saratoga Springs..."Spa City"

-Known mostly for the horse racing, which takes over town in the summertime. It's super old fashioned, there's a section (the box seat area, of course) that if you're wearing jeans or shorts, you're not even allowed up to look at it! I worked there this past summer.

-The famous Springs, all around town. They were thought to have healing powers. People still come from all over the bottle it, although there's only one or two springs I would drink from, most of them taste like iron, blech!

-The Yaddo Gardens are here, home to the creepist house ever. Sylvia Plath and Truman Capote have both stayed there, love them.

-And of course, Disney created a resort around it!

http://forums.tannerworld.com/databank/2007/resort_saratogasprings1.jpg

I saw one of those travel shows, they went to saratoga and talked about the springs

There's other things you could do to spice this up.
Set yourself on fire.
A provocative dance number with a snake.
Make out with another DIS member...

:scared1:

[rpbert1]

Belfast Northern Ireland.
probably best known for Bombing shooting and rioting , in recent history.
The Titanic was built here,The worlds biggest Dry Dock, and George Best- greatest soccer player in the world, some will disagree, but for those that saw him play, all know.
And most people who visit here say, the people are the friendliest in the world.

[MouseketeerOvaHere]

Move to Canada ! We have free healthcare, polar bears, the 2010 Olympics, and me :cool2:

Well, you had me until you mentioned all that polar bear business.

Set yourself on fire.

Talk about a warm welcome.

I'll pass, I saw the results of how it turned out for that protesting Monk.


OR, we could all offer suggestions for places for MousketeerOvaHere to move! Wouldn't that be fun!

I'm open for suggestions. I was over this place (SAV) 5 mins after getting here.

[r1lissa]

Waxahachie, TX

Crape Myrtle capital of Texas

[Mathfailure]

I had no idea what crape myrtle was, so I googled it.

They are beautiful. Do you know if they would grow a bit further north?

[rpmdfw]

Waxahachie, TX

Crape Myrtle capital of Texas

Waxahachie is a great little town!

We used to head down there every year for the Ren Faire when I lived in Dallas. Plus we had lunch several times at a cafe on the town square.

Beautiful place! :thumbsup2

[jjjmranch]

So I googled Oswego, IL and found out that we're just a growing town that had a lot of farms that are now growing subdivisions. An episode of Manhunt was filmed here and J. Dennis Hastert (former speaker of the House) lives nearby. That's about it.

[buckylarue]

Move to Canada ! We have free healthcare, polar bears, the 2010 Olympics, and me :cool2:

You had me at healthcare! Would love to live in Vancouver or Toronto, but don't know if we could buy into the healthcare program or what; otherwise we'd do it in a heartbeat!

[Hydani]

You had me at healthcare! Would love to live in Vancouver or Toronto, but don't know if we could buy into the healthcare program or what; otherwise we'd do it in a heartbeat!

Buy into healthcare? It's free if you're a citizen. Get a dual citizenship :thumbsup2 The only thing you have to pay for here is... like cosmetic surgeries. My friend takes 7 or 8 pills a day and has had brain surgery... She pays $.10 a week. :woohoo:

[MonorailMan]

There's other things you could do to spice this up.
Set yourself on fire.
A provocative dance number with a snake.
Make out with another DIS member...

Setting yourself on fire is really bad for your hair. :sad2:

[rustyp]

The area I'm from and live in is famous for their crabs. We have the famous Chesapeake Bay Blue Crab. A distant relative owns a few restaurants in Md as well as other states and is very famous for the seafood they serve. I'm sure anyone on here from Maryland can guess who I'm talking about. I think their crabcakes are to die for. It's an old family receipe.

[zeitzeuge]

I had no idea what crape myrtle was, so I googled it.

They are beautiful. Do you know if they would grow a bit further north?

Crape Myrtle trees are definitely a southern tree. My parents back home in nebraska fell in love with them when we would visit my grandmother in Texas. We brought some back and they died after the first winter.

We just bought a few for our yard. LOVE them.

[r1lissa]

Crape Myrtle trees are definitely a southern tree. My parents back home in nebraska fell in love with them when we would visit my grandmother in Texas. We brought some back and they died after the first winter.

We just bought a few for our yard. LOVE them.


You are correct- they are not freeze friendly. Love them, but they do make a bit of a mess when the flowers start falling off.
We have several festivals down here, and the Crape Myrtle festival is in June.

[Mathfailure]

I am sorry to hear this, but maybe southern Ohio is southern enough?

Your home is going to be so lovely, you seem to have a knack from the pictures I viewed.

Kathleen

[MonorailMan]

I am sorry to hear this, but maybe southern Ohio is southern enough?


I think those trees only require one thing: Southern drawl. And half of southern Ohio pretty much has that taken care of. :thumbsup2 :rolleyes1

[OrlandoMike]

Crape Myrtle trees are definitely a southern tree.

Love the Crepe Myrtles I have in my yard, but I do miss the smell of Lillacs. They just wont grow down here!

[wallyb]

Love the Crepe Myrtles I have in my yard, but I do miss the smell of Lillacs. They just wont grow down here!

Got tons of Lilacs in New England.

[C&G'sMama]

Rochester New York.

-George Eastman, Eastman Kodak Company, University of Rochester and the affiliated Eastman School of Music
-Xerox, while now based in CT was started in Rochester
-Susan B. Anthony
-Frederick Douglas is buried here at Mount Hope Cemetery as is Susan B. Anthony, there are tours
-On the Southern shore of Lake Ontario
-Strong National Museum of Play and the Toy Hall of Fame
-168 miles by land to Toronto; 350 miles from NYC (and 60 miles from Buffalo (in honor of Saxton:goodvibes)

[Mathfailure]

If I am too north for carpe mrytle and too south for lilacs, I am going to be miffed.

MM My 11 year old, raised all his life in eastern MA, said a word to me and I did not know what he was saying. It was ''friend" with about 7 extra syllables. I am going to have to send him to his Aunt's soon to be redunked in the MA accent.

And I am not calling tonic "Pop" either. I'll switch to soda for clarity, but that is as far as this New Englander can go.

[OrlandoMike]

If I am too north for carpe mrytle and too south for lilacs, I am going to be miffed.

Your just south of Lima right?

You should be able to grow Lilacs just fine! :thumbsup2

[jiminy.cricket]

I recently moved to Chicago. I think it's famous for corruption, mobs, pizza, wind, architecture, Oprah, and formerly meat-packing. I don't think it's that famous nowadays, though. I guess it would be that big city in the Midwest everyone has heard of but no one really knows anything about. It's just kinda...there.

[Mathfailure]

Thank you Mike, I am trying to plan out my spring work in the yard. A new venture for me. This fall I planted bulbs for the first time, with the help of my 11 year old. I think he planted them mostly upside down.

Kathleen

[R2D1]

Well, Kalamazoo, MI just passed an ordinance that prevents housing and employment discrimination--it was mentioned all over the nation (including on Olbermann!).

We volunteered a TON to get that passed by over 60% :banana:

Check out: http://www.onekalamazoo.com/

/proud of Kalamazoo

[hematite153]

I've been skipping this thread because I can't come up with a way to say what my city is famous for without telling you what my city is. I googled some of the more obscure things I thought of and although I had to look a bit was able to make the connections for all of them. So, I'm going to be annoyingly vague....

The school I work in has a lot of famous alumni and has a long history.

Lots of famous people (and regular tourists) visit my city.

Ummmm, Pittsburgh? Aren't you forgetting something? :teeth:

It's the setting (at least in the series, if not the filming location) for Queer as Folk! ::yes:: Now THAT'S something to be famous for! ::yes::

I don't now, but, I have previously lived in the filming location for QAF and loved that I could recognize things while watching it.

The Twin Cities metro area ...

It also gets cold here.

Very cold.

REALLY very cold.

Our average annual temperature over the entire year is 45.4°F (7.4°C), the coldest of any major metropolitan area in the US. It has gotten as cold as -41°, which is -41° no matter which scale you use.:cold:

Did I mention it gets cold here?

It also gets to -41 here...in fact I recall a -55 Christmas Eve.

We also get a LOT of snow and the snowbanks in my front lawn (built by my hand) have covered the top of the tree for the last several years.

[2GirlsMama]

The man who invented the "pop top" on the top of a can of pop (or beer!) is from my city.

ALSO, the Wright brothers are from our city. Those folks from NC (wishing you nothing but love!) are really wrong when they claim the Wright brothers. The Wright brothers house is here, their bike shop is here and the area where they practiced learning to fly is here! Buckeyes take the Wright brothers very seriously! We claim them! On a side note, a man who retired from my place of employment used to deliver the news paper to the Wright brothers. Orville used to invite him in to Hawthorn Hill (the name of their house) when he would go to collect for the newspaper. He actually had hot chocolate with Orville Wright.

Also, the man who invented the cash register is from our town. Oh, and the man who invented something to do with self-starters for vehicles. Gotta admit I don't really understand that one very well!

[jiminy.cricket]

Hematite, I'm going to guess NYC. Lots of famous people visit, it's cold, and I'm guessing you might work at Stuyvesant High School. Maybe NYC is too obvious of a guess, though.

[hematite153]

Hematite, I'm going to guess NYC. Lots of famous people visit, it's cold, and I'm guessing you might work at Stuyvesant High School. Maybe NYC is too obvious of a guess, though.

It's a workable guess...except that I will tell you I'm Canadian.

[OKW Lover]

I'm from Plymouth MA. What's it famous for? Well, the town calls itself "America's Home Town". That's a pretty grandiose statement, but it builds on the history of the Pilgrims landing here in 1620. Oh yeah, there's also something about the first Thanksgiving.

[C&G'sMama]

Saratoga Springs..."Spa City"


[/IMG]

DP is coming home from a 3 day NYS PTA conference in Saratoga Springs. However, they will be a little late as her traveling companions have to stop in Half Moon for Peppermint Pigs. Never heard of them, told her to get one.

[jiminy.cricket]

It's a workable guess...except that I will tell you I'm Canadian.

Toronto? Montreal?

[Mathfailure]

Peppermint Pigs is a Christmas Candy tradition, a pig made of, you guessed it...peppermint.

Seems fairly local.

[hematite153]

Toronto? Montreal?

I have previously lived in one of those...but, I'll also tell you that I didn't give you enough info to figure it out...many Canadian locations will match any info that I'll give out on an open forum.

[jiminy.cricket]

Quebec?

[Saxton]

Rochester New York.

-George Eastman, Eastman Kodak Company, University of Rochester and the affiliated Eastman School of Music
-Xerox, while now based in CT was started in Rochester
-Susan B. Anthony
-Frederick Douglas is buried here at Mount Hope Cemetery as is Susan B. Anthony, there are tours
-On the Southern shore of Lake Ontario
-Strong National Museum of Play and the Toy Hall of Fame
-168 miles by land to Toronto; 350 miles from NYC (and 60 miles from Buffalo (in honor of Saxton:goodvibes)

Why thank you! But for Rochester you forgot this stuff:

http://creamaledrinker.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/tagjenny_low.jpg

I don't drink it but some people seem to like it.

[C&G'sMama]

Why thank you! But for Rochester you forgot this stuff:

http://creamaledrinker.files.wordpress.com/2008/07/tagjenny_low.jpg

I don't drink it but some people seem to like it.

All right the secret is out. Grab your parkas and come up to Roc for Genny Cream Ale and Zweigle's White hots fresh off the grill.