Is the city you live in, famous for anything?

Shippensburg... got NOTHING. Our closest thing to history or anything interesting is that our town's founder was Benedict Arnold's father-in-law.

Where shall I start with London in the UK?

Chicago is known for a lot.  Alpharetta isn't known for crap.

Chicago is known for a lot.  Alpharetta isn't known for crap.
Is Chicago always windy?

Is Chicago always windy?



No, not really.  The wind itself isn't how the city got it's nickname.

Den Helder isn't known for alot. It's the home base of the Royal Dutch Navy (that's why it was bombed severly in WWII), and it has the most hours of sunshine per year (not much good, since this is also one of the windiest places in the country).

No people of any international claim and fame were born here (apart from illustrator Anton Pieck).

Slate.


Cat

My hometown is the site of the first liquid fueled rocket in 1926.  My grandmother lived in town at the time, and trust me, the farmers weren't too happy with the noise.

Oxnard, CA --- the city in which I live --- is best known for strawberries. In fact, every year they have a strawberry festival the third weekend in May.

what is my city known for?
does anybody even know my "city"??
umm well Luxembourg city has NOTHING whatsoever.  :P

as for famous people,Brian Molko, the lead singer of Placebo used to live and go to school here.

edit: double post

Those stupid LIST tags messed up my post, so I'm going to re-post


My city, known as the Limestone City, is famous for it's old buildings, which are made of Limestone (quel surprise). 

Also ...

- In 1860, the first ever Hockey game that used a puck was played here
- The sailing events for the 1976 Summer Olympics took place here
- Sir John A. MacDonald, the first ever Prime Minister of Canada was born here
- Many Hockey players were born here.  Bryan Adams was also born here, but he left for Vancouver almost right after he was born
- Other bands like The Tragically Hip and Bedouin Soundclash formed here, as well ... Ryan Malcolm, the first winner of Canadian Idol was born here
- My city is also the Prison Capital of Canada.  Not sure how many Prisons exactly are here, but I believe there are about 12 of them, the main one which currently is the home of serial killer Paul Bernardo

I live in Tyler, Texas(pop. 100,000+30-40,000 residents in metro area) which is famous for roses.  Its known as the Rose City or Rose Capital of the World.  Over half of the roses commercially distributed in the entire world come from this area.  President Eisenhower was also born here.

Tyler is also known as being the business hub for the oil industry in this part of Texas, though that has mostly gone by the wayside.  Tyler unfortunately is known for gang activity and crime, back in the early 90s it was named Drive-by capital of the world, though I'm not sure what the source of that was. 

Ironically, its also been named as the Third best city in America to live in for it's population category(which was at the time 75,000-100,000 I believe).  I think that is based on education available, entertainment, health care, and other things.  The health care here is excellent; two BIG hospitals and a network of clinics and drug stores- we have a lot of retirees.  ETMC(East Texas Medical Center)'s cardiac unit is in the top 20 for the entire nation.  When it comes to recreation we have a good park system, live theater, several museums, two different venues for concerts and such,and a planetarium(sp?).  As far as education we have the University of Texas at Tyler, which just this past year has been expanded into a full, four-year college; their campus is being enlargened quite a bit and now there is talk of a football team.  There is also Texas College(which is considered to be an African-American institution) and Tyler Junior College which has several thousand studants and is one of the top rated community colleges in the state.  UTTyler is also considered to be the best UT campus besides the main one in Austin.

The city is kinda bi-polar.  Part of it is very run down and underdeveloped, and the other part is VERY nice and developed.  I know that kind of split is found in most towns of a certain size, but it seems especially pronounced here.

Oxnard, CA --- the city in which I live --- is best known for strawberries. In fact, every year they have a strawberry festival the third weekend in May.


I remember eating lots of fresh strawberries when I was there, and they were delicious!  :)

The town/village I live in is just outside of Honolulu...which is known for Waikiki Beach, hula, leis, pineapples, macadamia nuts, etc...

Oxnard, CA --- the city in which I live --- is best known for strawberries. In fact, every year they have a strawberry festival the third weekend in May.


We have something every year called the Rose Parade to celebrate our roses, and they crown the Rose Queen.

The town/village I live in is just outside of Honolulu...which is known for Waikiki Beach, hula, leis, pineapples, macadamia nuts, etc...


Oh wow I didn't know you lived in Hawaii.  Cool. :)

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Hmmm, my city, which is named Antioch is mainly known for our famous canneries which popped up around the beginning of last century. Two main canneries were on the Antioch riverfront and mostly women worked at them during the seasonal times.
They made a statue in honor of the standard cannery lady.

They'd mainly can fish and probably fruit.
http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e10/ultraviolet521/cannery_lady.jpg

Ahem... Sunderland, UK

Previously, it's coal mines and ship building

Nowadays, the highest teenage pregnancy and underage drinking rates in britain and it's atrocious football team (who I support)

Plymouth UK, Francis Drake and of course, shipping the pilgrims off to the US (I live very close to the Mayflower Steps).

Glen Ridge, North Jersey. Tom Cruise went to high school here, was discovered in the senior class spring play of 1980, and dropped out to move to NYC and become a waiter and audition for roles. In 1989, we had a huge scandal when high school football players from my high school raped a retarded girl with a baseball bat and the school tried to cover it up. We had a Lifetime movie made about us and an infamous book written about us (Our Guys.) What else...hmm. We have the third oldest average house age in the country, and most of our town is Victorian and Tudor homes.

Livermore, CA



Longest lasting lightbulb....I know....exciting

Malden, Massachusetts

Home of Converse Rubber(All-Stars etc), until they pulled up stakes and moved south, then to China
Erle Stanley Gardner(Perry Mason)-lived here for a while)
When the Babe played with the Sox he used to come here for batting practice.
Albert DeSalvo-(the Boston Strangler) was living here when doing his dirty deeds
Albert H Davenport-furniture manufacturer, sleep sofas
Malden/Medford Thanksgiving Day High School Football Rivalry-3rd Oldest in Country

Livermore, CA



Longest lasting lightbulb....I know....exciting


Heh heh. That was enlightening.  ;)

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Heh heh. That was enlightening.  ;)

Very punny, very punny

Very punny, very punny


Yes, I am bright for my age . . . Ho ho!  ;D

Mt. Ephraim, N.J., nothing, but I lived in Camden, N.J. for 40 years and it's only
about a mile west of here so I'll use that.

Mass Murderer Howard Unruh

Walt Whitman

Campbell's Soup

Perth, WA

Hosted the Commonwealth Games in 1962
Famous for the bands INXS, connections with AC/DC, a major music centre.
Famous for being the Home of the America's Cup in 1983
It's laid back lifestyle/people

Not much else, really. I'd llike to see at least one hollywood movie filmed here...

connections with AC/DC,


Some balls are for charity ;D

Well, first of all...

http://www.acs.appstate.edu/~kms/classes/psy3203/arch1b.jpg

Car jackings, top 5 murders per capita since records started, 'East St. Louis', 'North St. Louis'  ;D

Also, Worlds Fair, Olympics, lot's of neat sheesh.

^and John Goodman.  Don't forget John Goodman.

Let's see...I live in Bristol Va, which happens to be the birthplace of country music.  Everyone assumes that country music started in Nashville, but actually the Carter Family made the first country recording here in 1927.  http://www.birthplaceofcountrymusic.org/index.cgi?BISKIT=888619702&CONTEXT=cat&cat=10001

Also if you happen to be a Nascar fan you will know about Bristol.

Well, first of all...

http://www.acs.appstate.edu/~kms/classes/psy3203/arch1b.jpg

Car jackings, top 5 murders per capita since records started, 'East St. Louis', 'North St. Louis'  ;D

Also, Worlds Fair, Olympics, lot's of neat sheesh.
That plane is not going to make it through the arch.

Several well-known athletics people went to uni here.  The bell foundry in town supplied the large bell in St Paul's Cathedral (and probably others)  The local steam preservation railway has appeared in several films.

eta: the bell foundry cast a replica of the Liberty Bell last year (Although I don't think they put a crack in this one)

Things that I don't care for.

Indy 500 to name one.

Livermore, CA



Longest lasting lightbulb....I know....exciting


Hey, you're not too  far from me, I know where that light bulb is. They showed it on Bay Area Backroads a few times. Very tiny little bulb and hardly any wattage.

the Sharks,Debi Thomas,Rudy Galindo,Amy Chow,Willie T.Ribbs,the Armenian bobsled team from the 2002 Olympics,the soccer player who took off her shirt(her name escapes me),Willow Glen,Robertsville.Unfortunately also known for the Wendy's incident.

Hey, you're not too  far from me, I know where that light bulb is. They showed it on Bay Area Backroads a few times. Very tiny little bulb and hardly any wattage.

yea it is hardly glowing anymore

the Sharks,Debi Thomas,Rudy Galindo,Amy Chow,Willie T.Ribbs,the Armenian bobsled team from the 2002 Olympics,the soccer player who took off her shirt(her name escapes me),Willow Glen,Robertsville.Unfortunately also known for the Wendy's incident.


I think that soccer player's name is Brandy Chastain, or something close to that.

I think that soccer player's name is Brandy Chastain, or something close to that.
That's it,thanks.Also,the Winchester Mystery House.

My city is known for murder.  :\'(

Population: 11,000

In the past week, we have had 3 murders in three separate shootings.  :o  One right in front of the police station.  :o

That's it,thanks.Also,the Winchester Mystery House.


Yes, I have always wanted to go there.

That's it,thanks.Also,the Winchester Mystery House.



That place is spooky at night.

That place is spooky at night.

I want to go there!

I want to go there!


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London is famous for the mist, Jack the Ripper and the Abbey Road Crossing.

war profiteering, crony capitalism, lies, humanitarian catastrophe, waste, fraud and abuse

peace, freedom and democracy

war profiteering, crony capitalism, lies, humanitarian catastrophe, waste, fraud and abuse
That could some up many of the cities of the world?

Good Food and Good restaurants.

Good Food and Good restaurants.
McDonald's?

McDonald's?


Yes,plenty of McDonalds everywhere.

Castroville: Artichokes.

Chicago: Hot dogs, stuffed pizza, big buildings, and the lakefront.

Yes,plenty of McDonalds everywhere.
Here in London, where found one Mcdonald's restaurant had shutdown!

That could some up many of the cities of the world?
but at the moment perhaps washington d.c. the most. :(

Rushville, Ny is where Marcus Whitman grew up...Marcus Whitman was a Protestant missionary. Answering the call to bring white man's religion to the Indians, he was sent by the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions to the Oregon country in 1836. He and his wife established their mission at a grassy site near the Walla Walla River. The site was named Waiilatpu, an Indian word meaning "place of the rye grass." There at the mission was born Alice Clarissa Whitman, the first white child born west of the Rockies and north of California, on March 14, 1837 Things came to a head when in 1847, a measles epidemic came to the Northwest. The Indians were already upset due to the recent murder of the son of Peu-Peu-mox-mox, Chief of the Walla Wallas. They were angered when they saw the white settlers that Dr. Whitman treated survived, while their own people died. The Indians didn't understand that they had no natural immunity and thought the doctor was poisoning them. They attacked the mission on November 29, killing the doctor and his wife, Narcissa, and twelve others. Fifty others, mostly women and children, were taken captive by the Cayuse.

The world's longest burning lightbulb!

The beach,samba and bossa nova.

The beach,samba and bossa nova.


"Manana De Carnaval"?  ;)  I love that song.



Cat

Elizabethtown PA.  Don't think it's famous for anything.  I live less than 8 miles from Hershey.

Hershey is famous for one thing!!!!

CHOCOLATE.

Yes, Hershey Pa does have the scent of chocolate in the air on a breezy day.  Yes, you can get the stuff for a much as 50% off if you buy in the factory shop. 

When I posted here on page 2, I completely forgot about one of the most important things
that Camden, New Jersey is known for.

The first drive in movie theater.

The first patent for the Drive-In Theater (United States Patent# 1,909,537) was issued on May 16, 1933.
With an investment of $30,000, Richard Hollingshead opened the first drive-in on Tuesday June 6, 1933 at
a location on Crescent Boulevard, Camden, New Jersey. The price of admission was 25 cents for the car and
25 cents per person.

Hershey is famous for one thing!!!!

CHOCOLATE.




I heard that was supposed to be coming to an end 

Here in London, where found one Mcdonald's restaurant had shutdown!


Why were they shut down? rats?  ???

cell phones,IPods,T-Mobile sidekicks and other electronic gadgets.

I heard that was supposed to be coming to an end 



Some of it is being made in Mexico.  Milton Hershey is rolling over in his grave. :(

The Dogwood Festival in Knoxville, Tn.

Kansas City:

Known for jazz, barbecue, and really bad professional sports teams.

I heard that was supposed to be coming to an end 

the hershey plant is moving to china, is it?

sorry, i keep getting political. :-[

Brace yourself...




Den Helder, home of the tallest non-skeletal cast iron lighthouse in the world. ::)


Yep. That's us. :P







There's talk of possible relocation of the Dutch GP circuit from Zandvoort to Den Helder. IF this is going to happen (and I'm not seeing this happen, anyway not any time soon), this MIGHT also mean a return of Formula 1 races to The Netherlands.

Well, you never know...Not that I'm holding my breath or anything.

Brace yourself...




Den Helder, home of the tallest non-skeletal cast iron lighthouse in the world. ::)


Yep. That's us. :P







There's talk of possible relocation of the Dutch GP circuit from Zandvoort to Den Helder. IF this is going to happen (and I'm not seeing this happen, anyway not any time soon), this MIGHT also mean a return of Formula 1 races to The Netherlands.

Well, you never know...Not that I'm holding my breath or anything.
Any possibility of the Eurovision Song Contest returning The Netherlands?

In the city where I was born, is also the birthplace of ...

Dixie Lee (Fried Chicken Franchised restaurant)
Black Diamond Cheese
Hawkins Cheezies (similar to Cheetos, but only more expensive)
Lee Aaron (80s Heavy Metal Queen)
Avril Lavigne
Farley Mowat (Author)
John Weldon (Animator)

After a quick Google search, I found nothing famous or exciting.  I'll have to dig a little deeper!

I live in Magna, Utah

It is an old mining town started in late 1800's to support the Bingham Canyon Mine.  The Bingham Mine is one of the largest open pit mines in the world.  It is on the western side of the Salt Lake Valley.  Salt Lake City is on the eastern side of the valley along the Wasatch Mountains. 


Salt Lake City

Rivalry between University of Utah and BYU.  Utah Jazz.  LDS Temple.  Home of the 2002 Winter Olympics.  Liberal city surrounded by the rest of the conservative state. Skiing.

Park City.

Skiing, tourism.  In the Wasatch Mountains.  Home of Sundance film festival.


However, the state is best known for having 5 national parks.

Where I'm living at the moment has been a separate town since 1693 - so it's pretty old in US terms.

It has the oldest continuously operating ferry in the US.  It has been running since 1655.  Then the two places were part of the same township.


Not sure how famous these other people are but they are mentioned on the town website.  :-\\

J.B.Williams - soap maker

John Howard Hale was known as the Peach King. He developed a peach that could withstand New England winters and was disease resistant. . 

In 1948, the Saglio Brothers formed Arbor Acres and produced a chicken that A&P Food Stores awarded the title “Chicken of Tomorrow”.

The Smith Sisters, staunch abolitionists and supporters of the Women's Sufferage Movement

Thomas Welles, Governor of Connecticut in 1658 and 1659

Gideon Welles, Secretary of the Navy under Abraham Lincoln.

Up the road I can visit the houses of Harriet Beecher Stowe and Mark Twain

Any possibility of the Eurovision Song Contest returning The Netherlands?


I'd say the odds of our country getting hit by multiple tornadoes, a tsunami, a meteor and an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.5 on one and the same day are considerably better.

I'd say the odds of our country getting hit by multiple tornadoes, a tsunami, a meteor and an earthquake with a magnitude of 8.5 on one and the same day are considerably better.
Enough said.

the hershey plant is moving to china, is it?

sorry, i keep getting political. :-[


No dear, the plant is in Mexico.  It's cheaper.

My city, known as the Limestone City, is famous for it's old buildings, which are made of Limestone (quel surprise). 

Also ...

- In 1860, the first ever Hockey game that used a puck was played here
- The sailing events for the 1976 Summer Olympics took place here
- Sir John A. MacDonald, the first ever Prime Minister of Canada was born here
- Many Hockey players were born here.  Bryan Adams was also born here, but he left for Vancouver almost right after he was born
- Other bands like The Tragically Hip and Bedouin Soundclash formed here, as well ... Ryan Malcolm, the first winner of Canadian Idol was born here
- My city is also the Prison Capital of Canada.  Not sure how many Prisons exactly are here, but I believe there are about 12 of them, the main one which currently is the home of serial killer Paul Bernardo


I saw a guest viewing this, and I noticed there are a few things I left off my list, some have occured since I posted this ...

- An episode of the TV series Nikita was recently filmed here
- The Shafia Family Murders occured  in 2009 and it made national news
- Hugh Dillon, star of the TV series Flashpoint was born/raised here.  In the 90s, he was the frontman for a rock band called The Headstones.  They recently reformed and are going on a Canadian tour.  Of their stops, here was not one of them, so the local radio station spammed their Facebook until they agreed to come and perform lol

- On April 19, 2012, the Government of Canada announced that Kingston Penitentiary (the same one that is home to Paul Bernardo and now Russell Williams), which is the oldest Prison in Canada, will close by 2014.  There is talk to turn it into a museum, but don't know if that will ever pan out.  The Prison for Women that was located across from it (where Bernardo's ex-wfe Karla Homolka was imprisoned) closed down in 2000 and now serves as an archive for Queens, a University which is #8 on the 2013 list of the Top Universities in Canada

We are known for Tater Day. XD There is an article on Wikipedia about the event.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tater_Day

A parody song someone wrote about our festival:

https://soundcloud.com/wqqr/tater-day-song

We are also known for the Land Between the Lands National Recreational Area which you can read more about here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Between_the_Lakes_National_Recreation_Area

The town I live in is known for having the oldest Hass Avacado tree, which died in 2002.
Also Zebrahead is originally from here.

My hometown in Oregon is where Nike is headquartered.

The town I live in is known for having the oldest Hass Avacado tree, which died in 2002.
Also Zebrahead is originally from here.

My hometown in Oregon is where Nike is headquartered.


Converse used to be headquartered here, with the factory and offices, then they moved south, then they moved to China, then they were bought by Nike....degrees of separation  :)

My city is where Nike was founded and had the premier Nike store for years, is famous for college football and the Olympic Track & Field Trials, there are some well-known microbreweries here (Ninkasi being the best-known), and gang activity has skyrocketed since the early 90s and the Dari-Mart Massacre & murder of Aaron Iturra.

Research In Motion ...BlackBerry
Octoberfest.
Lots of NHL hockey players.

Well...we have the Providence Place Mall. Also, we have the Waterfires in Downtown Providence!

Where shall I start with London?

Omaha, Nebraska: Known for being the headquarters of the Union Pacific railroad and as home to the College World Series since 1950. Also the hometown of the bands Bright Eyes and 311.

Husker football. Corn.

Mormons

Husker football. Corn.


Don't forget the longest straight main street in the world!  ;)

Don't forget the longest straight main street in the world!  ;)


Are you talking about O' Street? Are you joking or is this true?

Amherst College, UMass, Emily Dickinson, Robert Frost, and drunken college kids.
8)

Cobourg isn't known for a whole lot except condos, condos, and more CONDOS!!

Cobourg isn't known for a whole lot except condos, condos, and more CONDOS!!


I've been there before.  I was passing by on my way home and thought I'd see what it was like.  I quite liked the Northumberland Mall

I've been there before.  I was passing by on my way home and thought I'd see what it was like.  I quite liked the Northumberland Mall


:)

Lancaster PA

15th president of the United States.
Our Amish population
Wilber's Chocolate
We hosted last years Women's U.S. golf classic.
our lovely potholes and endless roadwork.

I live in Providence, Rhode Island. Been living here since I was 7 years old...so I actually grew up here.

Some of the things Providence is known for:

- Providence has the most coffee and donut shops per capita of any city in the country.
- Brown University
- The Big Blue Bug, it is the world's largest artificial bug.
- Providence is the largest manufacturer of silverware in the world
- Waterfire
- Providence Place Mall
- Historical Benefit Street
- Downtown Providence area

Planes

I forgot about silent movie star Marie Dressler.  :)

When I say I live in the Mid-West I don't mean the upper part, like Chicago, Detroit or Cleveland, but the Plains. Some don't consider that as part of the Mid-West though. That could mean a few different states. I just don't like to be that specific for some reason.

But being that I'm in the Plains, fields and fields of wheat, corn, cows etc. are what were all known for. And most Plains states are obsessed with College Basketball.

And my city alone is famous for a few things. One of which is a pretty creepy thing or person rather.

Oxnard, CA --- the city in which I live --- is best known for strawberries. In fact, every year they have a strawberry festival the third weekend in May.

I love strawberries! 10 years later and I bet you thought you wouldn't see your post quoted that long after!

Husker football. Corn.

While I don't live in the same city as you, I'm from elsewhere in the Plains. So I know how people get obsessed with the College Basketball teams in our part of the country.

On August 20 of this year, my city will be known for the farewell concert of the legendary rock band The Tragically Hip.  A day to celebrate a beloved band, and to pay tribute to a life that will soon be lost.

The whole country will be watching as it will be broadcast live on CBC and YouTube.

As I mentioned in a previous post-slate.


But lately, this little town of under 3000 has a "great" police force. We have 4 full time, 9 part time and a K9. With all of this, you would think that this little town was a bastion of crime. Yes, this town does have a lot of drugs but our "wonderful" police force spend most of its time stopping vehicle violations, and someone told me that they like to post pics of their cars on Facebook. I couldn't find the more recent monthly reports but the report for May said that there was a total of 388 calls for the month and a total of 1595 for the year (from Jan-May). For that we need 13 cops.  ::)  We had two armed robberies in town in 2 days and they couldn't catch either one (it may have been the same person). One time, there was vandalism right in front of the cop shop but they couldn't catch the person(s). You would think with all of this police protection, crime in this town would be non-existent.  Far from it. And our taxes are super high to pay for all of this "protection." Unfortunately, half the town thinks that our chief is doing such a "wonderful" job so he gets to stick around.  ::)



Cat

I love strawberries! 10 years later and I bet you thought you wouldn't see your post quoted that long after!

Hey, no problem. Never hurts to bring back an older thread for the newer members. :)

I love strawberries too (in fact, I love fruits in general; I've been eating 'em since I was a baby)... but we never go to the Strawberry Festival because they often charge so much to get in, AND it's always very crowded.

My city is obviously known for the arch!