College Point, Queens NY.
Once held the world record for most bars per capita(was in the Guiness Book of World records). Go to any rehab in NYC and quite a few upstate, and you are likely to run into a College Pointer. Known for crackheads, heoin addicts, gang violence. and all sorts of other criminality. I grew up in a great neighborhood. Also home of Poppenhousen College, which was one of the first institution's of Higher Learning in NY. That was a long time ago.
I actually know people from all of those families. In fact, I went to school with Bill Treadway (he was a few grades ahead of me). Weird.
And yeah, the view from Mt. Defiance is awesome. Back in high school, my cross-country coach had us run up and down the mountain on a few occasions.
There's a good workout, running up/down Mt. Defiance.
Bill is my cousin.
Small world.
Where are the boundaries of what's considered College Point? I used to teach at a little Learning Center near 35th Ave and Leavitt St.
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I actually know people from all of those families. In fact, I went to school with Bill Treadway (he was a few grades ahead of me). Weird.
And yeah, the view from Mt. Defiance is awesome. Back in high school, my cross-country coach had us run up and down the mountain on a few occasions.
There's a good workout, running up/down Mt. Defiance.
Bill is my cousin.
Small world.
Totally.
Where are the boundaries of what's considered College Point? I used to teach at a little Learning Center near 35th Ave and Leavitt St.
Well I never heard od Leavitt St. So I am guessing it was not actually "in" College Point.
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My town is known for having an out of control meth problem and an undermanned and ill-funded police department with which to deal with the problem.
Oh, and we've got a giant red wagon in one of our parks.
Your forgot our sucking goat....
Spectacular addition to the park....
Fairbanks, Alaska:
-52 F today--yes, boiling water thrown in the air does sublimate, never hitting the ground.
Really?! I had no idea. That's incredible.
My town has a major university but it's known for this terrible event.
--Ray.
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My town has a major university but it's known for this terrible event.
--Ray.
I thought it was know for winning the Orange Bowl this year.
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My hometown, Albion, Illinois, claims that it is the Chowder Capitol of the World. There is an annual Chowder Festival where, in the non-OSHA-bound, less letigious past everyone would bring some food for the chowder kettels (fresh garden vegitables, fresh meat inlcuding squirrel and rabbit, etc). It was really very good. Now it's pretty much an insiped blend of canned vegies and salt.
My home county, Edwards, was once the lagest county in the Illionis territory. It extended all the way up to the Canadian border!
My home, Gelnhausen, in Hessia, Germany is the exact geographical center of the European union. It was founded by the Emperor Barbarossa in 1170. It was the second biggest german city at the beginning of the 13. Century. It has the best preserved palatinate castle from this era, a beautiful medieval church with one of the last rood screens in Germany.
Many medieval houses, towers and parts of the city wall are still intact.
Gelnhausen is the birth-place of Phillip Reis, the inventor of the telephone.
At the Gelnhäuser Imperial Diet Emperor Barbarossa re-assigned the lands of Duke Henry the lion, changing the face of Germany and European up to modern times.
Our area (the Kinzig-Valley) is the home of the Fairy-tale colectors, the Brothers Grimm.
We have many castles, ivy-covered towers, old mills, abandoned monasteries.
People live here since the bronze-age. My local church stand on the site of an ancient celtic temple. Here was the border between the roman empire and the germanic tribe territory (think beginning of gladiator).
There are tons of old legends and tales about Merepeople in the river (they apparently sacrificed horses in the river to keep them friendly) dwarves, werewolves and bandits in the dark Spessart-woods,
You can have a look at Gelnhausen, here: http://www.gudrun-kauck.de/Gelnhausen.html
BBQ and Overweight population percentage. Coincidence?
(KC, MO)
My town 'Portsmouth' is known for being all Military and Naval, covered in forts and has lots of ships and is twinned with other towns all over the world. Also it's where Charles Dickens was born and is a rather important 'Historic Dockyard' that people visit to see things like HMS Victory, The Mary Rose and that.
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Atchison, KS
Known for Amelia Earheart, female aviator who dropped off the map.
Less famously, The Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway
Atchison, KS
Known for Amelia Earheart, female aviator who dropped off the map.
Less famously, The Atchison, Topeka, & Santa Fe Railway
According to the Travel Channel, the most haunted town in Kansas as well.
Here's a video with proof of the Super Cold Demon Wasteland I love so much! The Fred Meyer's sign in the video is a 5 minute drive from my house.
That's right--
-62 F.
That's 62 degrees below Zero Degrees Fahrenheit.
Who's your daddy, Wulfgar?
Andrew, how in the world do you keep from losing your marbles while living there?
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My town is known for having an out of control meth problem and an undermanned and ill-funded police department with which to deal with the problem.
Oh, and we've got a giant red wagon in one of our parks.
Your forgot our sucking goat....
Spectacular addition to the park....
Hey, it's also the home of Bing Crosby, who recorded more #1 popular music singles* than any other artist. More than Elvis, the Beatles, anybody...
* (For the sake of completeness, I think there are two country/western artists who have more #1 songs on the country charts.)
Not from Spokane, but just throwin a shout-out to the other side of the state.
My city is best known for coffee, grunge music, the Space Needle, and a certain software company which is not technically in Seattle but across the lake in Redmond. And a coupla zillion other places all over the world. We are also known for just completing what may have been the worst conceivable sports year that any city has ever had:
1. Mariners pro baseball team: awful, worst record in franchise history, over 100 losses despite a payroll over $100 million
2. Sonics pro basketball team: awful, worst record in franchise history, AND the team was yoinked away to another city after the season
3. Seahawks pro football team: awful, dropped from 5 straight division titles to 4-12
4. Huskies men's college basketball team: First losing season in like the last 5 years.
5. Huskies women's college basketball team: awful
6. Huskies college football team: apocalyptically awful, winless for the first time in 118 years of playing football at 0-12
But on the plus side, the Seattle Storm (women's pro basketball) made the playoffs (losing in the 1st round) and the Huskies women's cross-country team was the NATIONAL CHAMPION!!!! GO DAWGS!!!!
P.S. Another fun fact is that the State of Washington is the only place in the world with a rain forest and a desert within 100 miles of each other.
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Andrew, how in the world do you keep from losing your marbles while living there?
I love it here! It's strange to say, but I love the cold, dark winters; I love the bright, cool summers. Here are some pictures of my hometown. The Tors look like they're from LotR or Conan, but they're about a 20 minute drive from my house--I'll drive out there later this week and take some snowy pics of them--they're quite creepy in winter. Living in Alaska is like living in all the best environmental scenes from LotR: craggy mountains, impenetrable forests, deep and ancient lakes, eerie rock formations, and even volcanos (there are hundreds of miles of upper subsurface lava tubes and caves near my house that look like they literally walked off the pages of a D&D adventure)!
Andrew, how in the world do you keep from losing your marbles while living there?
I love it here! It's strange to say, but I love the cold, dark winters; I love the bright, cool summers. Here are some pictures of my hometown. The Tors look like they're from LotR or Conan, but they're about a 20 minute drive from my house--I'll drive out there later this week and take some snowy pics of them--they're quite creepy in winter.
Wow, that is beautiful! It does look like something out of a fantasy movie. It would be a great place to live if you like the cold weather. I'm a warm weather person myself. It's 78 degrees right now in Texas. That's the way winter should be. :)
That's 62 degrees below Zero Degrees Fahrenheit.
So the movie 30 Days of Night must look like beach and boat drink weather to you.
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So the movie 30 Days of Night must look like beach and boat drink weather to you.That's 62 degrees below Zero Degrees Fahrenheit.
That was a fun movie, but almost everything about it with respect to AK is wrong:
Barrow has a 68-day night; and it's only pitch-black dark for about 3 days, right before Christmas. Barrow's not this sleepy little village of 400 folk, but actually has over 4,000 year-round residents and a commercial airline service to and from other cities--I could fly there today on a 737. Also, we don't have sheriffs in AK--just city police and state troopers.|
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Rockhampton, Queensland, Australia.
Rockhampton is a regioanl service city of around 70-100k. It services farming and the booming mining industry. Located slightly inland on the other side of the Great Dividing Range on the Central Coast.
It has been known as the Beef captial of the Southern Hemisphere as there was a deep river port were beef was exported from back in the late 1800s to early 190s. There are still a strong identity of Beef here with Beef Week international conferencing being hosted here. Talk about BBQ central - steaks ahoy!
Also as I mentioned on the forum before the other interesting point is that the Tropic of Capricorn runs through the city which indicates we are in the tropics. For those upside down people your northern hemisphere equivalent is the the Tropic of Cancer.
It is summer here and it is humid and hot. We have been averaging around 100-105F (37-40 odd C) on a sunny, partially cloudy day with 60-90% humidity. Thankfully when rain sets it the temp drop a bit but it is still uncomfortable as the humidity climbs higher.
So the movie 30 Days of Night must look like beach and boat drink weather to you.That's 62 degrees below Zero Degrees Fahrenheit.
That was a fun movie, but almost everything about it with respect to AK is wrong:
Barrow has a 68-day night; and it's only pitch-black dark for about 3 days, right before Christmas. Barrow's not this sleepy little village of 400 folk, but actually has over 4,000 year-round residents and a commercial airline service to and from other cities--I could fly there today on a 737. Also, we don't have sheriffs in AK--just city police and state troopers.
That was interesting, Andrew. Thanks. I had no idea.
That was interesting, Andrew. Thanks. I had no idea.So the movie 30 Days of Night must look like beach and boat drink weather to you.That's 62 degrees below Zero Degrees Fahrenheit.
That was a fun movie, but almost everything about it with respect to AK is wrong:
Barrow has a 68-day night; and it's only pitch-black dark for about 3 days, right before Christmas. Barrow's not this sleepy little village of 400 folk, but actually has over 4,000 year-round residents and a commercial airline service to and from other cities--I could fly there today on a 737. Also, we don't have sheriffs in AK--just city police and state troopers.
Andrew, don't forget about the days of eerie twilight....
I grew up in Eagle River, outside of Anchorage. Even there, longest day of the year it never gets any darker than twilight...opposite for shortest day of the year...lots of 4:20 activities, baseball, and kiteflying!!!!
What I loved the most about 30 Days of Night were the folks walking around town in a minor fleece coat....dear lord...it wouldn't have been a matter of minutes before they died...but a matter of feet...
When I was six, it reached about -86 (with windchill, but christ is it freakishly cold nonetheless)...they got on the radio and warned everyone that you could die within ten feet of your door if dressed improperly...LOVED IT!!!! :)
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Andrew, don't forget about the [bold]days[/bold] of eerie twilight....
I grew up in Eagle River, outside of Anchorage. Even there, longest day of the year it never gets any darker than twilight...opposite for shortest day of the year...lots of 4:20 activities, baseball, and kiteflying!!!!
What I loved the most about [bold]30 Days of Night[/bold] were the folks walking around town in a minor fleece coat....dear lord...it wouldn't have been a matter of minutes before they died...but a matter of feet...
When I was six, it reached about -86 (with windchill, but christ is it freakishly cold nonetheless)...they got on the radio and warned everyone that you could die within ten feet of your door if dressed improperly...LOVED IT!!!! :)
Right! There're a few scenes in the movie of people wandering outside with no gloves, no hat--the barefoot scene! The pads of that girl's feet would have immediately peeled right off as soon as she lifted her foot--instant freeze!
Denver Colorado...
Freaks and Thumpers galore...
I'd say it's mostly to be known for being the midwest's GREENEST city (4:20)....
Right! There're a few scenes in the movie of people wandering outside with no gloves, no hat--the barefoot scene! The pads of that girl's feet would have immediately peeled right off as soon as she lifted her foot--instant freeze!
My mother left a six pack of coke out on the porch once...
Next morning found it....froze so suddenly all six glass bottles exploded...and the caps all froze to the roof...with a stalagmite of coke reaching upwards...
Ahhh...the land of plugging your car in at night :)
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Andrew, how in the world do you keep from losing your marbles while living there?
I love it here! It's strange to say, but I love the cold, dark winters; I love the bright, cool summers. Here are some pictures of my hometown. The Tors look like they're from LotR or Conan, but they're about a 20 minute drive from my house--I'll drive out there later this week and take some snowy pics of them--they're quite creepy in winter. Living in Alaska is like living in all the best environmental scenes from LotR: craggy mountains, impenetrable forests, deep and ancient lakes, eerie rock formations, and even volcanos (there are hundreds of miles of upper subsurface lava tubes and caves near my house that look like they literally walked off the pages of a D&D adventure)!
Wow. Now I can see why Chris McCandless wanted to go north so badly.
Sin.
Andrew, don't forget about the days of eerie twilight....
Eerie twilight rocks. I'm from southern Finland which is more or less the same latitude as Anchorage, so we have similar day cycle (though we have more temperate climate). And in June we have as much light in 3 AM as in December in 3 PM...not full nightless nights or dayless days (we are still a long distance from Arctic Circle) but nevertheless, the difference between the winter and summer is huge and you see it in people...
Now when I am living more south it does feel weird that it can be hot and dark at the same time.
Andrew, don't forget about the days of eerie twilight....
Eerie twilight rocks. I'm from southern Finland which is more or less the same latitude as Anchorage, so we have similar day cycle (though we have more temperate climate). And in June we have as much light in 3 AM as in December in 3 PM...not full nightless nights or dayless days (we are still a long distance from Arctic Circle) but nevertheless, the difference between the winter and summer is huge and you see it in people...
Now when I am living more south it does feel weird that it can be hot and dark at the same time.
I never said eerie was bad :)
I think I'm the only person that lived in San Francisco and LOVED the fog...
Finland, ehh? Landed in Rejkavik (sp?) in Iceland during the winter holidays once...it was pitch black at 11am...everyone else on the flight was freaking out...I just shrugged my shoulders...
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If my father had taken job A rather than job B back in 1985, I would have been born in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, instead of Syracuse, New York. Neither are as cold as Alaska, but both are still f%&+ing cold; Saskatchewan being plug-in-your-car weather, while New York being merely s~*~ ass balls cold.
I think I'm the only person that lived in San Francisco and LOVED the fog...
No, I'm right there with you. Although I lived in San Francisco before I was six I visited a few times since. I saw Excalibur there one night back in April of '81, and exiting the theater I walked out into a city lost in fog. What a perfect transition from the film. I got on the back of a motorcycle and rode back through the mists of Avalon. Hmm, next time I visited SF, a couple years later, I picked up a copy of Mists of Avalon and Marion Zimmer Bradley signed it at her home.
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Not from Spokane, but just throwin a shout-out to the other side of the state.
My city is best known for coffee, grunge music, the Space Needle, and a certain software company which is not technically in Seattle but across the lake in Redmond. And a coupla zillion other places all over the world. We are also known for just completing what may have been the worst conceivable sports year that any city has ever had
I am often jealous of your side of the state....but in retrospect, when I think of the Seattle sports scene, I am happy we have our sucking goat and our big red wagon. Lol ;-)
Detroit. Ahhh...forget it.
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Sin.Yeah, but where else can you see some of the greatest highlights of the world, and never leave the same street? I keep trying to convince my wife we should go and see her sister more often so that I can hit The Strip more often. Say, is the Titanic exhibit still at the Tropicana?
The answer is no. It has moved to the Luxor for the next ten years. They have an actual 20ft by 20ft section of the hull on display.
As a history buff and relative of a Titanic survivor, it was very hard to resist touching it.
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Leeuwarden in the Netherlands is famous for: MC Escher, Mata Hari, and William, Prince of Orange.
Quite a coincidence that I live there, considering the amount of trouble the Prince of Orange stirred up in my birthplace of Northern Ireland :-)
We also have a leaning tower that leans more than Pisa. Some mad folk decided to build a cathedral in swampy ground. When it started sinking they started building at an angle, hoping to straighten it out. This went on for years until the moneymen pulled the plug.