So what things is your city famous for?

[Iron Woode]

mine:

origin of 2 worldwide breweries:

Labatt 1847

Carling 1840

site of a battle in the War of 1812:

Battle of Reservoir Hill; used to be Hungerford Hill.

one of the final destinations for the underground railroad

one of the worst maritime disasters:

Ferry "Victoria" sinks killing 182 people

and a wack of people from here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L...e_from_London,_Ontario

not so famous things were:

an infamous trial of members of the Black Donnely's

several serial killers caught and extradited to the US.

another serial killer pleaded NGI: Russel Johnson suspected in 20 homicides and rapes dubbed The Bedroom Strangler.

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Sir Ernest Rutherford, on of the most important physicists in recent history.

 

[zylander]

Alcatraz



and Gays...

 

[Colt45]

It's cold?

 

[JM Aggie08]

The Alamo.

Being Overweight.

 

[RedArmy]

Where I live is known for:

The birthplace of IBM
Carousel Capital of America
Origin of Spiedies

 

[nutxo]

the worlds largest wooden dome

The second largest inner city park.

galloping gertie

A famous crooner

and of course the aroma of tacoma

 

[Red Irish]

Bombs, the Titanic, C.S. Lewis, the University, George Best...

 

[sonambulo]

The Battle of Bunker Hill, the Freedom Trail, Boston Tea Party, Harvard, birthplace of the Kennedys, sports teams that everyone else loves to hate, etc.

 

[Zugzwang152]

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Head,_Hawaii

If the white and beige hotels on the left weren't in this pic, you could see my place in it:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi.../0/07/Halekulani03.JPG

 

[guyver01]

Me.

the city i live in? Nothing "famous" but right next door, city wise is:
the corporate HQ for Dish Network
really close to where Columbine occurred
Coors Brewing Co
The Denver Mint
2008 DNC

 

[Mo0o]

Coffee
Microsoft
Nirvana/Grunge
Space Needle

 

[leglez]

My house is across the street from where Danny Carey's (Drummer for Tool) Dad lives and the house that Danny Carey lived in.

 

[Orsorum]

Originally posted by: Mo0o
Coffee
Microsoft
Nirvana/Grunge
Space Needle

Amazon
Boeing
Teriyaki
Sir Mix-A-Lot
Gabe Newell
Ryan Stiles
Rainn Wilson
Jimi Hendrix
Quincy Jones

Frasier
Gray's Anatomy

 

[Soccerman06]

Mayo Clinic

 

[drdops]

A festival which seems to bring every obnoxious American tourist under the sun here.

 

[RacerX]

B-Y-O-B (Bird/Yaz/Orr/Brady) ... oh yeah, we beat down the British too

 

[shortylickens]

Used to be we were famous for the first battle of the Civil War.
Now we're famous for the illegals.

 

[Linflas]

The large city close to me is famous for copious amounts of bullshit and hot air produced by 535 bloviating leeches and for figuring out ways to screw with everyone else in the country.

The town I live in is famous for 2 Civil War battles.

 

[Sea Moose]

It has the annoying nickname of being a large country town.

 

[guyver01]

Originally posted by: Linflas
The large city close to me is famous for copious amounts of bullshit and hot air produced by 535 bloviating leeches and for figuring out ways to screw with everyone else in the country.

you live near Washington DC?

 

[SearchMaster]

The current city in which I reside? Not a damned thing. I didn't realize it until I searched Wikipedia but a former director of NIOSH lived here for a while (may still live here)...probably our most famous resident ever (obviously not saying much).

 

[GodlessAstronomer]

Originally posted by: Zugzwang152
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waikiki

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diamond_Head,_Hawaii

If the white and beige hotels on the left weren't in this pic, you could see my place in it:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wi.../0/07/Halekulani03.JPG

Damn dude, and I thought I lived in paradise.

 

[roguerower]

Amazing fishing
Atlantic Naval Fleet
Lots of stuff that goes boom

 

[Linflas]

Originally posted by: guyver01

Originally posted by: Linflas
The large city close to me is famous for copious amounts of bullshit and hot air produced by 535 bloviating leeches and for figuring out ways to screw with everyone else in the country.

you live near Washington DC?

I figured it would be easy to guess.