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Originally posted by: DisgruntledVirus
Having a burning river
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And a damn fine microbrewery of the same name. 😉

I don't really live in any "city" myself, smack dab between two native pueblos though one known for being greedy, cut-throat jerks, and the other for actually trying to preserve a bit of it's heritage.
 
Not a darned thing. Basic suburbia. The best I could come up with in a quick search is
Ranked 61st best place to live in New Jersey in 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.
 
Originally posted by: princess ida
Not a darned thing. Basic suburbia. The best I could come up with in a quick search is
Ranked 61st best place to live in New Jersey in 2008 rankings of the "Best Places To Live" in New Jersey.
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That's like bragging about prime real estate in hell 😛

I kid, I kid. I like New Jersey.
 
Originally posted by: nutxo
the worlds largest wooden dome

The second largest inner city park.

galloping gertie

A famous crooner

and of course the aroma of tacoma
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I remember not so fondly the Aroma of Tacoma nearly 40 years ago...
(I don't remember what it was...smelter? wood plant?) but OMFG!



Originally posted by: edro
The guy who found America was born here.
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Well thank gawd for that...I didn't realize it was ever lost!



Originally posted by: SonnyDaze
Jacksonville, NC

Home of Camp Lejeune and USMC Air Station New River.
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I spent quite a bit of time at Lejune back in the day...just before I "went on vacation to Uncle Sam's Southeast Asia Vacation Wonderland. (AKA, "the land of bad things")
Went back there after I returned to the world...for a couple of months.

My son went to school at MCAS New River for about a year when he went into the Corps.



Let's see...Modesto...George Lucas grew up here, and American Graffiti is supposedly based around his life here. (although it was filmed in Petaluma)

Then, can't forget Scott Peterson...who was convicted of murdering his wife and unborn son and dumping them into SF Bay.

We often have the worst air in the nation here in the "Big Valley," as well as being the "Car Theft Capital" for many years running...

We're the home of Gallo Wines..so drink up!

and last but not least...Modesto is the home of the late Kirby Hensley and h is Universal Life Church...where anyone could become a legally ordained minister...free of charge, but "please send a donation of $25 or more".


 
Being right next to another major city (St. Paul)
Target
Best Buy
General Mills
U.S. Bancorp
3M
Our winters

Oh yes, and the DESERT EAGLE.

EDIT: And Prince and Bob Dylan.
 
Windsor, Ontario, Canada

- only border crossing where you travel north to enter the USA from Canada
- 19 and 20-year-old Americans from MI and OH come here to drink
- automotive capital of Canada
- Ambassador bridge and tunnel under the Detroit River - border crossings
- strip joints
- bad air quality
- our gorgeous waterfront
- Hiram Walker distillery founded in 1858 and made Windsor a hotbed for rum-runners like Al Capone in the early 1900s.

that's all off the top of my head. i was raised in the county but I have come to love Windsor as my hometown.
 
served as the location for filming of several television shows, including In the Heat of the Night, the first five episodes of The Dukes of Hazzard, and major films including My Cousin Vinny, Remember the Titans,Friday the 13th Part VI: Jason Lives and H2, Rob Zombie's sequel to his 2007 film Halloween.
 
Originally posted by: AndroidVageta
I live in ATLANTA! We got Coke, AT&T Mobility, Delta Air Lines, High Museum of Art, The Varsity, Waffle House, Chik-fil-A, and naggers...
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I got nothin on this and I live in Atlanta.
 
America's Finest City
Pacific Beach
Del Mar Race Track
Del Mar Fair
Seaport Village
Coronado Island
Navy & Marines
The Birthplace of Naval Aviation
The Chargers & Padres
Eighth largest city in the United States
Lovely Beaches
Mild Climate year round
 
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
America's Finest City
Pacific Beach
Del Mar Race Track
Del Mar Fair
Seaport Village
Coronado Island
Navy & Marines
The Birthplace of Naval Aviation
The Chargers & Padres
Eighth largest city in the United States
Lovely Beaches
The BEST climate in the lower 48 year round

But too dammed many Mexicans...
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I love San Diego...
 
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
America's Finest City
Pacific Beach
Del Mar Race Track
Del Mar Fair
Seaport Village
Coronado Island
Navy & Marines
The Birthplace of Naval Aviation
The Chargers & Padres
Eighth largest city in the United States
Lovely Beaches
Mild Climate year round
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also: stone brewery and the filming of the greatest movie known to man... thats right folks, 'top gun'!
 
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