Interesting Things About Your Home Town

[Michael P]

I thought this would be a nice chance for us to tell our fellow posters about our hometowns. Everybody comes from somewhere.

My hometown, Bartlesville, OK, has a few interesting things about it you might not expect from a small town in Bumfuck Prairie Land.

Like, say, the only skyscraper designed by Frank Lloyd Wright (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Price_Tower):

http://img515.imageshack.us/img515/493/price20towerco7.jpg

Another Wright Landmark, Shen’en kan, burned down in 1997. It was located not far from town.

Like most small towns, Bartlesville's economy is centered around one company:

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1862/phillips66og4.jpg

Before it merged with Conoco, Phillips Petroleum had its headquarters in Bartlesville. This, in and of itself, is not very interesting, but a lot of Phillips money went into the town and the surrounding area, including one of the (pure opinion) great wildlife areas of the southern plains, Woolaroc (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woolaroc).

http://img102.imageshack.us/img102/7786/304492306d7c9966f10ab3.jpg

I went to Woolaroc many times as a kid, including once for the annual OK Mozart festival. It's one of the most beautiful places I have ever been.

Robert Lindeaux's painting Trail of Tears (http://www.humanities.uci.edu/americanstudies/trail-tears.jpg) hangs in the museum, along with lots of other cool (http://www.bartlesville.com/visitors/images/small/Woolaroc-Museum.jpg) things (http://static.flickr.com/107/304478726_fe82fb1996.jpg).

The Lodge (http://www.greencountryok.com/caffeine/uploads/gallery1010/woolaroc.jpg) is somewhat less charming.

Enough about me; what's cool about where you grew up?

[Pinnacle]

My hometown of Sparta, TN is the home of bluegrass legend Lester Flatt and member of the Grand Ole Opry Benny Martin.

It's also the hometown of Kellie Jolly, point guard and three-time national champion Tennesse Lady Vol from 96-99 and is now head coach at Western Carolina.

We also had a runner-up in the Miss Teen USA a couple years ago.

We were mentioned in a Saturday Night Live debate skit when Al Gore, from nearby Carthage, used an example of an elderly lady living in Sparta (who happened to have every disease known to man) as a person in need of either his Social Security or Medicare plan.

Andrew Jackson spent the night at the historic Rock House (only historic for this occurence).

Braxton Bragg came through here with his troops on his way to invade Kentucky.

According to local legend (local historians neither refute or validate it), Sparta was the runner-up to Nashville when it was selected as Tennessee's state capital.

[Jeff Brady]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloversville%2C_New_York

it earned its name for being the centre of the U.S. glove making industry for many years. . . At one time, during the heyday of glove production in the middle 20th century, Gloversville's factories and shops produced one out of every three gloves in the world.

For the nerds:

Actress Elizabeth Anne Allen, who played Amy Madison on Buffy the Vampire Slayer was also raised in Gloversville.

No, I never met her.

[Dom]

We have the hottest women in the world and more strip clubs per square km than any other place in the world.

And we have no "no touch" rules.

Nothing big.

[Serik]

Johnathan Taylor Thomas, Summer Sanders, and Molly Ringwald grew up in my hometown (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roseville%2C_California).

[K'Nort]

Edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbanks,_Alaska

Hmm.

The sun doesn't set at all during the summer solstice nor rise at all during the winter one.

On average, you can see the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) 200 nights a year.

There is no sales tax and no state income tax.

That plastic sheeting (Visqueen) that Homeland Security recommended everyone stock up on is really used every winter -- stapled over the windows.

[Pinnacle]

Hmm.

There is no sales tax and no state income tax.



Just curious, how does the government raise funds? Maybe we need some North Dakota politicians running for national office.

[Demon wizard]

The WB made a crappy show about my hometown of Grosse Pointe, MI. (and no we're not as preppy as the show made us seem. At least me and my friends aren't.)

[morna]

define home town

[K'Nort]

Just curious, how does the government raise funds? Maybe we need some North Dakota politicians running for national office.

My hometown isn't in North Dakota. But the answer is oil. Which is definitely not a viable national solution.

[Gladiaria_Alata]

My hometown is Edinburgh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edinburgh), Scotland.

It has one of the worlds most famous festivals, The Edinburgh Festival, which includes the International Festival, The Fringe, the International Film and Book Festival's, and runs from July to September, and the Hogmanay Street Party.

There is two exstinct volcanoes, Arthur's Seat and Castle Rock where the Castle sits, and of which the oldest parts are nearly 1000 years old.

In Cramond, there are remains of old Roman barracks.

EDIT: Sean Connery, Ronnie Corbett, Magnus Magnusson (and many others) were born here too.

[parrish]

My home town was famous for being called the Armpit of America by Steve Martin. Terre Haute, Indiana. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terre_Haute)

I've lived in Lynchburg Virginia for most of my life. Which of course, had Jerry Falwell.

[K'Nort]

define home town

My definition is the place in most of your childhood memories.

[morna]

we pretty much moved every three years so it's a bit of a toughie for me

[Pinnacle]

My hometown isn't in North Dakota. But the answer is oil. Which is definitely not a viable national solution.

I feel really stupid for ignonring the above link and focusing on the location of your profile. Thanks for the info.

[K'Nort]

I feel really stupid for ignonring the above link and focusing on the location of your profile. Thanks for the info.

No, I added the link after the question. That's the edit part. I'd forgotten it originally.

[K'Nort]

we pretty much moved every three years so it's a bit of a toughie for me

You could just post the lyrics to Springsteen's 'My Hometown' instead.

[Gingold]

My hometown of Warren, Massachusetts is really as dull as dishwater.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warren%2C_MA

In 1985, a man from Warren claimed to be a victim of demonic possession. His story was told in the book Satan's Harvest (http://www.amazon.com/Satans-Harvest-Michael-Lasalandra/dp/0440205891/ref=dp_return_1/103-5957772-8968613?ie=UTF8&n=283155&s=books&qid=1184536754&sr=8-1) , which was adapted into the movie "The Possession of Michael D." (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0114167/)

That's about it.

[morna]

:p


devil!

[howyadoin]

define home town
My definition is the place in most of your childhood memories.
we pretty much moved every three years so it's a bit of a toughie for meI'm in pretty much the same boat. But I was born in Springdale, Newfoundland (http://nfsales.com/webs/web.asp?user=townofspringdale), and lived there till I was 5. My grandparents stayed on there, but all their kids eventually moved away.

Wikipedia didn't have much to say about it:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springdale%2C_Newfoundland_and_Labrador

[Deskad]

In all honesty... the list of interesting facts about my hometown would take several books to list.

Moscow is kinda old, and has quite the history.

[Kid Omega]

My hometown of Sparta, TN is the home of bluegrass legend Lester Flatt and member of the Grand Ole Opry Benny Martin.


One of my best friends in High School was from Sparta... I knew him through Scouts, though, so I only saw Sparta once or twice.

[Matt Algren]

In all honesty... the list of interesting facts about my hometown would take several books to list.

Moscow is kinda old, and has quite the history.
Hm. Never heard of it.

---

Mine: We have a bank that was robbed by John Dillinger in 1933.
With such small pickings, (http://www.crimelibrary.com/gangsters_outlaws/outlaws/dillinger/3.html) Dillinger would never be able to get his buddies out of the pen. Dillinger set his sites on his first bank. It was beginner's luck. He, Shaw and Parker knocked over the New Carlisle National Bank in New Carlisle, Ohio, without a hitch. Incredibly enough in the midst of the Depression, they walked away with over $10,000.
Since that bank closed, the building has become our 'we do anything for six months until we close' building. It's been a flower shop, a Mexican restaurant, and a bunch of other things I can't remember. Right now it's a candle shop.

Also, for the bluegrass fans, Ron Thomason, leader of the Dry Branch Fire Squad (http://www.drybranchfiresquad.com/), used to teach English here, and started the group when he lived here. I had him in the ninth grade. (If you've seen them in concert, yes, that's what he's really like.)

[mgs]

FP has lots of trees, it's own private pool, police and fire force, school (public), and is on the border of Queens and Long Island, X-Man, Bobby Drake is from here and lots of trees! :) In fact, every street is named after a flower, plant or tree.

okay, maybe not so interesting. :(

[Dan Apodaca]

Nothing's ever really happened in Los Angeles, California.

[Puma]

as per wiki:

Mountlake Terrace was officially incorporated on November 30, 1954.

Previously known as "Alderwood Manor", this area was first settled at the turn of the century when the logging industries flourished.

Subsequently the land was platted into "ranches" for the growing of mink, chinchillas, and poultry. The residential community of Mountlake Terrace began with the speculative construction of homes for returning WWII veterans and their young families.

MLT High School received attention when it became the first suburban High School in the nation to adopt the experimental Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation's Small Schools project.

[MsSupaFan]

Edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairbanks,_Alaska

Hmm.

The sun doesn't set at all during the summer solstice nor rise at all during the winter one.

On average, you can see the Aurora Borealis (Northern Lights) 200 nights a year.

There is no sales tax and no state income tax.

That plastic sheeting (Visqueen) that Homeland Security recommended everyone stock up on is really used every winter -- stapled over the windows.


Hi :) I used to live in Anchorage, AK. I lived there for 10yrs before I married and moved away. Good to find a fellow Alaskan. ;)

[Pinnacle]

One of my best friends in High School was from Sparta... I knew him through Scouts, though, so I only saw Sparta once or twice.

That's cool. If you don't mind my asking, how old is you're friend? I'm just curious wondering if I went to school with him or anything. You could PM me if you want. I'm 27. Are you from Tennessee or somewhere else?

[SUPERECWFAN1]

Bob Denver lived in my hometown. It became pretty silly when Mary-Anne mailed him some pot in the mail. My dad and a few others met him. Guy hated being called Gilligan. He perfered Bob or Mr.Denver. ;)

[i_mmmchocolate]

Nothing's ever really happened in Los Angeles, California.
We should hang out; New York, New York is the boringest place ever.

[Mac Danny]

I just found out that my Hometown, Westwood NJ, is the birthplace of

James Gandolfini, & Robert Sean Leonard (best known for his roles in House and Dead Poets Society.)

I did Not know that.
http://sixmeatbuffet.com/images/johnnycarson.jpg

[Adem]

Pickering, Ontario has a nuclear power plant. It was fun as a child to practice emergency evacuation plans with the whole town.

[Typo Lad]

I'm from The Bronx.

It's nowhere as near as bad as y'all think.

[deadmanwalking]

i used to live in Grand Rapids Michigan the home of Gerald R Ford. Now i live in Yorba Linda California the home of Richard Nixon. just that that was kind of funny

[Adem]

I'm from The Bronx.

It's nowhere as near as bad as y'all think.

That's disappointing. Oh well I'll always remembered it as it was portrayed.
http://img58.imageshack.us/img58/2583/rumblebronxnt0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Typo Lad]

The Bronx does not feature in that movie.

[Adem]

Vancouver, The Bronx, it really is all the same to me.

[Ben Morgan]

Al Jean grew up in mine

[tricksterpup]

The most interesting thing about my hometown.. i no longer live there.

[SUPERECWFAN1]

The Bronx does not feature in that movie.

Damn ...and when I planned to visit New York I was gonna swing by The Bronx and look for Jackie Chan and that Japanese Grocery store he ran.

[GozertheGozarian]

According to Wiki, absoulutely nothing of note has come from Huxley, IA.

[Bear]

I'm from The Bronx.

It's nowhere as near as bad as y'all think.

Yes, and definitely no freakin ice capped mountains in the back ground either!

[Athena Bast]

In Halifax, Nova Scotia....

We've got a "wave statue" that in some circles is called "The Tongue".

We are the closest year-round seaport to Europe. That is the harbour does not freeze over in winter... probably due to all the crap that's in it.

We have the most bars/taverns per person in North America.

Everyday at 12 o'clock PM (that's NOON) a shot is fired off Citadel Hill to signify the time.

Most of the victims of the Titanic disaster are buried here.

The Halifax Explosion during WW1 leveled most of the city killing over 1,000 and wounding about 9,000.

[Deadpooligan]

Bayside, Queens is my hometown, and also the hometown of renowned adult-film actor Ron Jeremy!

He went to Cardozo High School (locals will know that school). That's a notable alumni for them right there.

[Bear]

My first neighborhood was also the home of Lou Ferrigno. He even started a gym around the corner from us, apply named: "Ferrigno's."

My present neighborhood is home to smug, lonely, affluent types who measure the length of their grass and count the number of rust-outs in my car.

My favorite neighborhood...got Mister Roger's in it.

[howyadoin]

The Halifax Explosion during WW1 leveled most of the city killing over 1,000 and wounding about 9,000.Prior to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the largest man-made explosion in history.

[Gene M.]

Things about Pittsburgh:

Home of the Big Mac and the National Aviary

Home of Night of the Living Dead and its sequels

It has more bridges than Venice, Italy

Hometown of Dan Cortese aka "Dan Dan: The Whopper Man" aka Elaine's mimbo boyfriend on Seinfeld

[zilch]

Ummmm....

Roy Thomas taught High School there.

Its home of the Wallace family (of NASCAR fame).

The water tower looks like a big green penis.

We might have been named for a pig.

[Adam West]

My hometown is Jakarta (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jakarta), Indonesia

This is the country's capital city and the densest city in the country.

The national monument is like this
http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/LPIPOD02/BN195_12~National-Monument-or-Monas-Jakarta-Indonesia-Posters.jpg
the top of the monument is pure gold btw.

We are currently hosting the Asian Football Confideration Cup (http://www.afcasiancup.com/) along with Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam.

[Winslow]

Malcolm X's father was killed by a streetcar in my hometown. Many say it was murder.

Magic Johnson attended high school in my hometown. My brother played against him in high school.

Oldsmobile was headquartered in my hometown, and most Oldsmobiles were built there until GM restructuring gutted the company in the 80s. My "dream car", the 442 muscle car (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oldsmobile_442) of the late 60's and early 70's was built there.

It's the state capital of Michigan. It became the state capital because Detroit was too close to Canada, and Michigan was afraid of the Canadians.

[TheLazy]

I'm from Cleckheaton in West Yorkshire, UK. It's small and boring but luckily its near Leeds, fasting rising city in Europe, and Bradford, Europe's shittiest city, so i see plenty of action good and bad.

Apparently Robin Hood was burried (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirklees_Priory)in Cleckheaton

[jessecuster3]

My home town is Chicago, do I need to say anymore?


2006 NFC Champions Chicago Bears
2005 World Series Champions Chicago White Sox
2006 Arena Bowl Champions Chicago Rush

[Slam_Bradley]

Edgar Rice Burroughs lived in the area for a few years and used the name Minidoka (county) for the title of an unpublished work.

Lou Dobbs and Bill Figerbakke (Dauber on Coach, voice of Patrick on Spongebob) grew up here.

The Minidoka Internment camp was near here. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minidoka_Internment_National_Monument

The City of Rocks has got some of the better sport climbing in the country. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Rocks

[Joe Rice]

Ashland, KY.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland%2C_Kentucky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ashland%2C_Kentucky)

Author Jesse Stuart was a close family friend, and starred in a American Heart Association documentary narrated by Edward G. Robinson about my aunt. It's interesting seeing my grandparents so young.

Birthplace and home to: The Judds (and Ashley), Chuck Woolery, and Charles Manson's biological parents.

[macul]

I was born in Savannah, GA, so I guess that's my hometown. Let's see...

-Reputed to be the most haunted city in the U.S.
-Spared by Sherman during his burning of the South.
-Founder of the Girl Scouts, Juliette Gordon Low, was born in Savannah. Other well-known people from Savannah include Bucky Dent, Al Jaffee, and Johnny Mercer.
-Well-known historic district in which the downtown area is layed out in a grid pattern and features many small parks.
-Second largest St. Patrick's Day celebration in the U.S.
-Several movies have been set in Savannah. The most famous are probably Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil, The Legend of Bagger Vance, and Forrest Gump.

[frankiedetroit]

Ahh, what to say about Motown?

The Hitsville Museum is very cool. I recommend it. Lots of vintage costumes and photos of the Jackson Five, Supremes, Temptations and others that made Motown (the company) such a phenomenon.

All that smog the young kids are talking about? You can thank the automobile, which was sorta (not) born in the city and gave it its nickname. No, not the Murder City. The Motor City.

The population, which peaked at more than 2 million in the mid-1950s, is now around 850,000, making Detroit the first U.S. city to drop below 1 million after reaching it.

History's greatest comedian, Bryon Allen, is from Detroit. So is 'Booger' from Revenge of the Nerds.

A few other notables born there, besides myself: Mitt Romney, Holland-Dozier-Holland, Christie Brinkley, the White Stripes, Sugar Ray Robinson, the Supremes, members of the Four Tops, Ed McMahon, Francis Ford Coppolla, Jackie Wilson, the guy who assassinated Pres. McKinley, and J. Jonah Jameson himself, J.K. Simmons.

My high school has closed and my elementary school is about to. And my parents just put their house up for sale. You'd think that would cause me some anguish but it doesn't: Given the housing market, I'll have about four years to get used to the idea before it actually sells.

The Tigers, one of the American League's original teams and the winningest team of the '80s (and, oddly, losingest team of the '90s), play baseball in a beautiful stadium downtown.

The Lions' opponents play football in a beautiful stadium next door. In a poll of my brother and me, the Lions were voted the NFL's all-time most pathetic franchise.

The U.S. capitol was initially in downtown Detroit.

I just wanted to see if you were paying attention.

Nevertheless...

Today I wore a T-Shirt with DETROIT emblazoned across the chest. Yeah, I'm all about Brooklyn, but Detroit is still home.

[Dreadstar]

Hmmmm... Portsmouth, Ohio.

Roy Rogers was from around Portsmouth.
Branch Rickey was from Portsmouth.
Paul Williams and Gene Tenace went to high school in a rural system a few miles from where I grew up.
Don Gullett a star pitcher from the Big Red Machine days went to high school across the river in Kentucky, greater Portsmouth area. He still holds records in high school football there, I believe.
The Detroit Lions started out as the Portsmouth Spartans.
There's a dairy bar, the Dairy-Creme that honestly has the best footers in existence.

Other than that, I got nothin'.

[Winslow]

The U.S. capitol was initially in downtown Detroit.

I just wanted to see if you were paying attention.

US capital, State capital, same thing , right? ;)

Funny, I made the same point in post # 50.

[SOGG]

Like K'nort and Howy, I've lived in loads of places, so I'll just concentrate on where I stayed the longest. (It's not where I was born as I don't really remember much about living in Jamaica)

I spent most of my childhood in Bacolod City, Negros Occidental, Philippines.

Mostly a boring place, even more boring now that call centres have taken over. However:

-- The Spanish failed to hold Bacolod City as they were unaccustomed to fighting in heat. As a result, the Philippine culture in Negros is far closer to Malaysian culture than it is to Spanish. Up until the 90s, it was a good way of seeing how the RP would develop if the Spanish weren't in charge.

-- Our number one export -- Sugar, is not native to Bacolod. It was brought there by the Gastons of France.

-- Most of the shore area is stone. Walking on the beaches is pretty different from most places.

-- most of the Philippine boxers (around ~80%) are from Bacolod.

-- consequently, so are a lot of the mail order brides (~60%)

-- A small Italian community came ages ago (1700s) and gave us words like vaporetto. They also taught us how to make cheese. The only native Philippine cheese hails from Bacolod. Also, growing grapes was pioneered here in the Phils -- also by them.

-- There is a huge Chinese community from Xiamen. Thus, Fookienese is spoken by about half the people.

[mgs]

My home town is Chicago, do I need to say anymore?


2006 NFC Champions Chicago Bears
2005 World Series Champions Chicago White Sox
2006 Arena Bowl Champions Chicago Rush

jessecuster, do you look forward to the very dildo-esque building by Calatrava to arrive in your neck of the woods?

[SOGG]

Hmmmm... Portsmouth, Ohio.
<snipped for ftagn>

Isn't that where cthulu's from?

[Thorlief]

the most intreresting thing about my hometown is that I'm living here

this says all

[darkhanamaru]

nyc...easy

"New York's rat problem extends far beyond the halls of its public housing. Bill Perkins, chairman of the City Council's Select Committee on Pest Control, estimates that there are nine rats for every person in the city - a rat population of about 70 million"


-------

daily ridership on the subway

During one day in September 2005, 7.5 million daily riders set a record for ridership.

[Paul McEnery]

Okay, I'm going to go for the place we moved to out in the country, because I figure people already know that London is even more boring than LA or NY.

So, Tenterden, Kent is 800 years old and change. I mean, the church is. God only knows how long people have been living there.

Despite being miles away from water, it's a Cinque Port, which means we used to make boats for England. Actually, that's more because of the attachment to Rye.

Nothing much goes on there, thought it's got a lovely little tourist railway that goes nowhere very prettily. I used to break into the yard and play on the trains when I was a kid. Whee!

Oh, and it's got a weirdly hyperactive connection to media:

Gary Hume -- leading british artist.
David Frost
William Caxton
Nicci French
John Tilbury (from AMM)
My humble self
And Dave McKean just up the street.

And it has a website (http://www.tenterdentown.co.uk/)!

[darkhanamaru]

ok, MY OTHER HOMETOWN

Bushkill

dutch for "forest creek" - the creek flows into delaware river. It is in the heart of the pocono mountains which used to be a tourist attraction for the rich before cars, now a tourist attraction for the poor. Several Jewish summer camps in the area, big for deer hunting and growing corn. Now in one of the fastest growing areas in the country due to its cheap housing and its proximity to new york - if you call two hours close. yes people make the commute everyday.

also known for the the 100 foot bushkill falls.

[K'Nort]

Hi :) I used to live in Anchorage, AK. I lived there for 10yrs before I married and moved away. Good to find a fellow Alaskan. ;)

Between 1971 and 1993, I lived in Sitka, Fairbanks and Juneau, but never Anchorage. Sanagi (another poster) is still in Fairbanks. BCAugust is either from Anchorage or still there. That's all that's coming to mind. Not a lot of us.

[Kirk G]

My hometown of Owosso, Michigan was the writing home of James Oliver Curwood, a contemporary writer of similiarly themed books like Jack London "Call of the Wild"! He built a small castle (no kidding!) along the banks of the Shiawassee River and it still stands there today. It is now the home of the Board of Education, but originally was Curwood's retreat to write in solitude.

It was also the home of Brad Van Pelt, baseball star. (haven't hear of him?)

Then try Malcom X! No, Owosso wasn't his home town, but he did pass through there, and was NOT impressed. It warranted a footnote on page 4 where he refers to Owosso as "The White Man's town" in The Autobiography of Malcom X.

Impressed?

Our senior year book, actually formal titled as Senior Pictures in Color... was known as the SPIC...
And the radio station owned by the Owosso Argus-Press newspaper was named for it's parent company...WOAP (WOP, get it?)

Our School Superintendent was known as Mr. Height (Hate) and the Principal was Carl Blood. (Blood) I'm not making this up!

[Forefinger]

I was born and went to school here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroeville%2C_Alabama

Harper Lee, who wrote To Kill A Mockingbird, grew up and based parts of her book on the place.

[a. non]

Well, here i am...St. Joseph, Missouri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Joseph%2C_Missouri), the place where that coward shot that nice Mr. Howard fellow, and the home of Walter Cronkite and Eminem. I live a stones throw from the river, and there is one of the most disconcerting sights you'll ever see: facing east from the river, you see nothing but hills stacked upon hills. Facing west from the river, you see nothing but the flatness of Kansas. Every time i see that, i feel it doesn't look right.

[gary bolt]

I grew up in Hanover, Ontario, Canada. Tommy Burns grew up there. So did Ryan Bester. Tommy was one tough bastard. Ryan became a world champion in a sport dominated by old people when he was a teenager (lawn bowling). Other than that Hanover has little to offer.

[Chris Nowlin]

There's not much to say. The City Hall used to be a theatre. The opening credits of Full House were filmed there.

Yeah... I'll have to think more, but that's probably it

[howyadoin]

There's a dairy bar, the Dairy-Creme that honestly has the best footers in existence."Footers"?

[Dreadstar]

"Footers"?

Foot-longs. Extra-long hotdogs smothered in coney sauce and onions.

[Dreadstar]

Isn't that where cthulu's from?

Closer to Jackson, where those miles-upon-miles long white gravel mines are...


...but I've said too much.

[jessecuster3]

jessecuster, do you look forward to the very dildo-esque building by Calatrava to arrive in your neck of the woods?

NO! I love that the Sears Tower is the tallest building in the city. I don't want trump here and I don't want some crazy upside down screw building screwing up up the lake scenery either.


And just for the record the Sears Tower is only at 60% occupancy right now.

[Paul McEnery]

Foot-longs smothered in coney sauce.

You're not fooling anyone, you know.

[Dennis K]

I guess the most interesting thing about the city where I was born, Buffalo New York, is that a President was assassinated there and Teddy Roosevelt was sworn in there.

[Dreadstar]

You're not fooling anyone, you know.

Except you, sweetie.

[jessecuster3]

I guess the most interesting thing about the city where I was born, Buffalo New York, is that a President was assassinated there and Teddy Roosevelt was sworn in there.

And that hilarious Matchmaker show is filmed there.


Plus it seems everyone there is ugly.

[K'Nort]

Foot-longs. Extra-long hotdogs smothered in coney sauce and onions.

That's the only way I'll eat a hot dog.

[darkhanamaru]

I guess the most interesting thing about the city where I was born, Buffalo New York, is that a President was assassinated there and Teddy Roosevelt was sworn in there.

plus it is near niagra falls, had a world's fair, has delaware park and used to be one of the most important cities in the US. buffalo history is interesting.

[K'Nort]

I guess the most interesting thing about the city where I was born, Buffalo New York, is that a President was assassinated there and Teddy Roosevelt was sworn in there.

[BALLADEER]
Czolgosz,
Quiet man,
Worked out a quiet
And simple plan,
Strolled of a morning
All spick and span,
To the Temple Of Music
By the Tower Of Light
At the Pan-American Exposition
In Buffalo,
In Buffalo.

Saw Bill McKinley there
In the sun.
Heard Bill McKinley say,
"Folks, have fun!
Some men have everything
And some have none,
But that's just fine:
in the U.S.A.
You can work your way
To the head of the line!"

[CROWD]
Big Bill-!

[BALLADEER]
-Gave 'em a thrill.

[CROWD]
Big Bill-!

[BALLADEER]
-Sold 'em a bill.

[CROWD]
Big Bill-!

[BALLADEER]
-Who'd want to kill
A man of good will
Like-?

[CROWD]
Big Bill!

[FAIRGOER #1]
Doesn't the President look Marvelous? So round and prosperous!

[FAIRGOER #2]
Do you know what his favorite dish is? It was in the paper. Beef.

[FAIRGOER #3]
I'm told that in his spare time he enjoys collecting coins!

[Rob Allen]

Buffalo is also the hometown of one of my favorite radio hosts, Stephanie Miller (http://stephaniemiller.com).

Here's my town: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plainfield,_New_Jersey

George Clinton started a musical group called the Parliaments while working at a barber shop in Plainfield just a few years before my family moved there.

Milt Campbell, the 1956 Olympic Decathlon champion, spoke at local schools often.

When the TV news reported on the riot in Plainfield in 1967, we went out on the front porch to see if we could hear anything in the distance. I'm still not sure what, if anything, we heard.

Not in the Wikipedia article is this tidbit - Jack Benny's wife joined the cast of his radio show playing an enthusiastic fan named Mary Livingstone from Plainfield, NJ. She became so popular in this role that she changed her name to Mary Livingstone. She was really Sadie Marks from Vancouver, BC.

[Nikita]

My best friend. She's the only good thing left in my hometown.

[gary bolt]

jessecuster, do you look forward to the very dildo-esque building by Calatrava to arrive in your neck of the woods?

NO! I love that the Sears Tower is the tallest building in the city. I don't want trump here and I don't want some crazy upside down screw building screwing up up the lake scenery either.


And just for the record the Sears Tower is only at 60% occupancy right now.

I’ve never heard of Calatrava or the mega tower he designed for construction in Chicago but it looks like better architecture and design than the existing skyline. I'm just not sure which one is the final design. As for it looking dildo-esque, I learned in art school that any object that is taller than it is wide is bound to be called phallic.

http://archrecord.construction.com/news/images/070420calatrava1.jpg

http://www.willisms.com/archives/spire.gif

http://blog.wired.com/design/images/2007/03/25/chicago_spire_only.jpg

[Chris Nowlin]

Those pictures are all also phallic.

[Michael P]

It looks like a giant candy cane that's been sucked on.

[Nikita]

I’ve never heard of Calatrava or the mega tower he designed for construction in Chicago but it looks like better architecture and design than the existing skyline. I'm just not sure which one is the final design. As for it looking dildo-esque, I learned in art school that any object that is taller than it is wide is bound to be called phallic.

http://archrecord.construction.com/news/images/070420calatrava1.jpg

http://www.willisms.com/archives/spire.gif

http://blog.wired.com/design/images/2007/03/25/chicago_spire_only.jpg




We need another tall building in Chicago, like we need a hole in the head. That's just darn ugly.

[Jeff Brady]

It reminds me of that twisted look the "Freedom Tower" will have.

"Freedom Tower." Ugh. Shoot me.

[MsSupaFan]

Between 1971 and 1993, I lived in Sitka, Fairbanks and Juneau, but never Anchorage. Sanagi (another poster) is still in Fairbanks. BCAugust is either from Anchorage or still there. That's all that's coming to mind. Not a lot of us.

Oh..that's good to know there are a few others. :) I double checked my math and it looks like I've miscounted. :o I actually lived there 20 years. From 1980-2000. I've been to Sitka once and Juneau a few times. I use to drive to Fairbanks quite a bit. I had a bf that lived there, stationed in the army. I use to get speeding tickets either to or from Fairbanks. :p

[gary bolt]

Oh..that's good to know there are a few others. :) I double checked my math and it looks like I've miscounted. :o I actually lived there 20 years. From 1980-2000. I've been to Sitka once and Juneau a few times. I use to drive to Fairbanks quite a bit. I had a bf that lived there, stationed in the army. I use to get speeding tickets either to or from Fairbanks. :p

Does Sitka have old buildings from when it was established as a Russian community?

[MsSupaFan]

NBA player Mark West was born in Petersburg.

Ricky Smith, general manager of the Houston Texans football team was born in Petersburg.

NBA great Moses Malone was born in Petersburg. (My mom went to the same HS he did. :) )

Punk Rocker Dee Dee Ramone was born at Ft. Lee Army base in Petersburg.

Petersburg area is home to Virginia State University, founded in 1882 (in Ettrick), one of the first fully state-supported four-year institutions of higher learning for African-Americans.

Former First Lady, Nancy Davis Reagan lived in the city with her step-father and mother, Dr. Eugene and Mrs. Davis, until age 13.

[MsSupaFan]

Does Sitka have old buildings from when it was established as a Russian community?

K'Nort would probably be able to tell you..It's been MANY years since I was there last and I don't quite remember. :o