What is your hometown famous for ?

[DisneyHardin]

The Kentucky Derby and Baseball Bats

 

[aristocatz]

There is an urban myth that our town was the inspiration for Dr. Seuss's Whoville & the mountain that borders our town is Mount Crumpit

 

[Mmouse1588]

The office

 

[slpeters]

Mormons?

 

[GoofyPrincess]

Youngstown - The Mafia.

 

[WDWBarb]

The worst drunk driving accident in US history.

 

[willowsnn3]

Official home of Gone With The Wind & the fictional "Tara".
Parts of the Hunger Games "Catching Fire" was filmed here.
Venue for some of the 1996 Olympics.

 

[C&Jx2]

Oh and not too far away are the Scientologists

 

[snappy]

New Orleans, although we live a few miles away now

the good:

2 huge music festivals, the WW II museum, readily available, depending on season, crabs, crawfish, shrimp, oysters, fish, a multitude of great restaurants, Coolinary event the whole month of August (dinners $39, lunches $20), king cakes and dauberge, Mardi Gras of course decent zoo and aquarium, good public transportation depending on where you live, great Mississippi river views from various vantage points, the Saints, really friendly people.

And for me, my best friend lives in a building with a balcony overlooking the river near Audobon park, and has an extra bedroom that we are always welcome to

The bad:

Heat, humidity and hurricanes
Street flooding if it rains a couple inches an hour for a few hours
Crime
Potholes
Traffic ugh

My husband was born there, my momma and her family were all born and raised there (most still live there), I went to HS and college there, married there, kids born there, guess it will always be our home town despite the bad stuff.

 

[AustinTink]

Sadly, my hometown is stuck in the middle of the big immigration debate right now. But, it should be known for it's amazing people and delicious Tex-Mex food.

 

[OhhBother]

Hometown - Jonesborough, Tenn. - oldest town in Tennessee and home of the National Storytelling Festival

Current - Pawleys Island, SC - oldest seaside resort in America

 

[pooh'smate]

Margret Chase Smith, one of the oldest continuous state fairs in the United States (every year since 1818), Benedict Arnold, and lots of mills.

 

[marthachick]

Emeralds

 

[tarheelmjfan]

Oh and not too far away are the Scientologists

They appear to be living a pretty posh life there. There's nothing like convincing other people to pay for you to live a block away from the beach.

 

[nuclearturtle]

A very sad incident... Newtown, CT

 

[tarheelmjfan]

Emeralds

I had to look that up. If you're referencing Seattle, I've heard of a couple things it's known for, but I never knew it was known for emeralds. I guess you really do learn something new every day.

 

[hops&dreams]

My hometown - the place John Dillinger escaped from with a bar of soap and some shoe-black. Johnny Depp also filmed there when shooting the movie about John Dillinger. My hometown is also known for being THE Marriage Mill back in the day (1900-1940s), before Vegas! Famous people that were married in the historic Crown Point Courthouse include Ronald Reagan (to his first wife, not Nancy), Rudolph Valentino, and Muhammed Ali. (and my and my husband)

My current city - The Greatest Spectacle in Racing and the whole month of May that surrounds it, including the nation's largest 1/2 marathon. Over 30,000 participants! We're also known for being the awesomest Superbowl hosts, the National FFA Convention town, and NCAA's HQ, so we host a LOT of college basketball tournaments. We are also known throughout the world in the city planning/urban design community for our Cultural Trail - a walking and bike path that connects 11 neighborhoods. People have been here from all over the world to study it and the impact it's made on the city - socially and economically (can you tell I work in that industry?).

 

[bcla]

Strangely enough, a faux Louisiana swamp rock band. One that recorded most of its songs at Fantasy Studios in Berkeley, California. This cover photo was taken on a corner in Oakland a few blocks away from the studio.

 

[Amii]

Glass blowing.

 

[Dan Murphy]

A very sad incident... Newtown, CT

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