BulldogTom Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Continuing the theme from another post..... What is your hometown famous for? My office is in Lodi, CA. We are famous for three things. 1. The song "Stuck in Lodi" by CCR 2. The home of A&W Rootbeer (yes - the A&W restaurant is still on Lodi Ave.) 3. Wine and Wineries Tom Lodi, CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnH Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 I'm in Charlotte, NC. 1) James Taylor ("In My Mind I'm Goin' to Carolina") - Guess that would apply to the entire state 2) NASCAR (I'm not a fan, but it amuses me how the local politicians try to downplay its importance because they consider it a redneck sport) 3) Major banking center (although that distinction is rapidly eroding) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ILLMAS Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Chicago, IL 1. Ex Gov. Blagojevich 2. Drew Peterson 3. Steve Bartman (Fan who caught the ball at a Cubs game) 4. Ex Gov. Ryan 5. Passing your political seat to your family member or trying to sell one (had to add this one) I can't think of anything else Chicago is famous for :scratch_head: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Janitor Bob Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Sidney, Ohio 1) The Spot Restaurant (great homemade pies and cheeseburgers 2) The Big Four railroad bridge 3) Crazy Mary and Chaz (the guy who stands on the corner by Woody's Market and drinks warm Corona) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigdadder Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Elizabethtown, PA 1) The Pa Dutch people (Amish) 2) Hershey chocolate 3) Out shirts of the World Champion Philadelphia Phillies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcb39 Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Wausau, Wisconsin; Marathon County 1) Wausau Insurance, the Company that announced its demise last week 2) Paper Mills and Lumber Barons 3) Cheese and Cheese Curds 4) County Seat 5) About 100 miles South of God's Country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeyman Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Caribou, ME - Aroostook County 1. Largest county east of the Mississippi (Aroostook is 3 times the size of Rhode Island with 1/3 the population) 2. Caribou has twice been the "Coldest City in the Country" on the weather channel. 3. Home of Kerry Crandall and Kyle Thibodeau. 4. Maine State Senator Susan Collins is from Caribou. Kerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gail in Virginia Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Rocky Mount, VA 1. County seat of Franklin County, Moonshine Capital of the World 2. Home of Jubal Anderson Early, confederate General and Savior of Lynchburg 3. One end of the Crooked Road, Virginia's Heritage Music Trail Not bad for such a small town! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtual Managed Solutions Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Caribou, ME (1) Original Home of ATX (2) One of the biggest producers for Potatoes & Broccoli (3) The Caribou Public Library is a Carnegie library, which was built on a grant from Andrew Carnegie. (4) The band PHISH had a following of more than 70,000 fans when they performed one of their last ever shows right outside of Caribou. I would have had 5, but Kerry stole my #1 thought - "Home of Kyle Thibodeau and Kerry Crandall." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NECPA in NEBRASKA Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Omaha, NE 1. Our nationally acclaimed zoo 2. Held the Olympic Swim Trials in 2008 (which I volunteered at) and we hope to have then again in 2012. 3. Not Omaha, but the NE Cornhuskers 4. We have a stupid $20,000,000 foot bridge across the Missouri River and we are building a new baseball stadium to keep the College World Series that we can't afford. I love the CSW, by the way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulldogTom Posted January 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Omaha, NE I love the CSW, by the way. I am partial to last year's CWS also. Tom Lodi, CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NECPA in NEBRASKA Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 I'll bet you liked that one. My son's favorite team is Fullerton so he was dissappointed. I really liked the CWS when I was younger and it wasn't as commercial as it is now. We used to really have fun sitting out in the old bleachers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAXBILLY Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Merritt Island, FL 60 miles from Walt Disney World Home of the Kennedy Space Center, the Space Shuttle Launch Facility and Landing Strip, 18 miles from my front door. Orange groves Cocoa beach 6 miles away Port Canaveral, busiest cruise ship port in the U.S. Home of taxbilly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bart Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Kansas City, MO Bar-B-Que Fountains Jazz Liberty Memorial Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medlin Software, Dennis Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Napa... 1849 - Napa County is formed as one of California's original counties. 1897 - Last public hanging in California is at Napa Courthouse. Billie Roe is hanged for the 1891 murder in Napa of Lucina Greenwood. 1915 - The loudspeaker (Magnavox) was invented in Napa by Edwin Pridham and Peter Jensen. Calistoga Speedway (Napa County Fairgrounds) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MargaretMort Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Lynn Haven, FL. The only town in the south to have a monument to the Yankee Soldier! (Needless to say, the town was settled by Union veterans.) By the by, I had forgotten that Caribou has a Carnegie Library. My home town in SW Nebraska also had a Carnegie Library--it is the local museum now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRS Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Redding, Ca 2nd sunniest spot in U.S. Sundial Bridge (far shorter but a million dollars more than the Missouri River foot bridge and just as much controversy) End destination for some premier fly fishing rivers and streams 7/23/1892 lynching of the Ruggles Brothers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jainen Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 >>What is your hometown famous for?<< Santa Cruz, California, is viewed by outsiders in a lot of different ways. We show up on the Drudge Report fairly often for various issues concerning marijuana and/or socialism, but I don't know a single person that has an issue with either one. We are considered a hotbed of gay rights activity, but again I don't know anyone involved in that. Newsweek says Pacific Collegiate School is the #2 public high school in the whole country, but I don't know anyone who agrees it even IS a public school, and my son enrolled as a 7th-grader. Some fools in Southern California insist we are not the original Surf City, but their brains are pickled in warm brine. You wouldn't believe the rickety old roller coaster that still runs here, so I'll skip that. We built a big factory for making Hubba Bubba but it doesn't actually do that. Ummm. I don't really know. What have y'all heard? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tax Prep by Deb Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Name of town withheld .... I wish I could say that we are famous for something, but here was all I can come up with: 1. Wind, Fog, and horrid summer heat! 2. A city council that is so divided that they will never be able to do anything. 3. A massive amount of foreclosed homes and absolutely no work! I live in a small town in the Central Valley, and don't get me wrong I do not hate the area, I just don't love it either! Deb! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jainen Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 >>Sundial Bridge<< I was up there three months ago and that bridge is the most awesome, beautiful thing ever built! Not only does it LOOK stunning, but it SOUNDS incredible. I'm waiting for the day when some local percussionists realize what you've got, tune the bridge, and call down the gods for a monster steel drum concert. I enjoyed it almost as much as Cal's bookstore. Edit: Plus, you get KPIG radio now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Medlin Software, Dennis Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Santa Cruz, where one can still grab the brass ring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulldogTom Posted January 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Santa Cruz, California... You wouldn't believe the rickety old roller coaster that still runs here, so I'll skip that. Are you kidding. I still love that rollercoster. It is the best....ever. Wooden, rickety, the clack, clack, clack as you go up to the first drop. Hands up high as you make that first drop, beams that look like they will hit you in the head as you zoom under them. We take our church youth group over every summer. Tom Lodi, CA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JRS Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 >>Sundial Bridge<< When the weather warms up, there is live music on the weekends. It is awesome, especially at night. During the summer, in the evenings, it looks like an LA freeway during commute. There have been some humorous moments, the security guards with their AK 47's and combat boots, strutting across every 10 minutes (since replaced) and the time when the fire chief took our fire boat (not a rescue boat - a fire fighting boat!) out on the river to wash the bugs and "unoccupied birds' nests" from under the bridge. The pumps didn't work and the engined stalled out! I think they finally got rid of the boat. Picture of the Bridge http://www.viamagazine.com/top_stories/art...s/redding04.asp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kcjenkins Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Merritt Island, FL 60 miles from Walt Disney World Home of the Kennedy Space Center, the Space Shuttle Launch Facility and Landing Strip, 18 miles from my front door. Orange groves Cocoa beach 6 miles away Port Canaveral, busiest cruise ship port in the U.S. Home of taxbilly I remember when Coaco Beach had a sign the advertised "Coaco Beach, 12 miles form Confusion" Confusion being the big town of Cocoa, FL. At that time, Merritt Island was not even a town, really, just a wide spot in the middle of the causeways. The causeways had wooden bridges that opened up to let the shrimp boats through. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kea Posted January 30, 2009 Report Share Posted January 30, 2009 Austin, TX 1. State Capitol 2. Live Music Capital of the World 3. 6th Street (see #2) 4. "Keep Austin Weird" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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