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    Old 06-07-2011, 08:53 PM
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    Originally Posted by Beachbound
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    Buzzards....

    small one stop light town, used to be named buzzards glory.
    Hinckley!!!! I lived in Brunswick 8-)
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    Old 06-07-2011, 08:54 PM
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    Originally Posted by wanda lou
    Cincinnati Ohio (Largest city near me)
    George Clooney is often seen here.
    Cincinnati style Chili is the best (a 3 way and a Coney)
    Milk money was filmed here
    Rain Man was filmed here
    The list can go on and on.
    Howdy neighbor :D
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    Old 06-07-2011, 09:14 PM
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    My town is known for (and is quite popular among the science community) for being split down the middle by the San Andreas fault line. The town is literally being ripped in half.

    We also have an annual biker festival that celebrates a fictional "invasion" that was later portrayed in the movie - "The Wild One" (1953).
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    Old 06-07-2011, 09:16 PM
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    Calmarillo State Mental Hospital (long gone) I think the song 'Hotel California" was written about this state hospital. It is now a University Campus.

    If you go on the Soaring over California ride at Disneyland California Adventure park in Anaheim California, you will see a piece of our area, it is the orange groves that you fly over.
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    Old 06-07-2011, 09:22 PM
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    we have two major universities. North Texas U and Texas Women's U. other then that a lot of snotty people who have moved in from the dallas fortworth area thinking this is part of north dallas. wish they would go back home.
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    Old 06-07-2011, 09:23 PM
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    Round Rock, TX has a huge round rock in the middle of the limestone bottom creek that goes through town. Story is the settlers going west passed on the information that the safe place to cross the creek was at the round rock. Of course, right now it is so dry it can be crossed just about anywhere :-(. The round rock has survived many years of rival schools painting it their colors, but still sits in the middle of Brushy Creek.
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    Old 06-07-2011, 09:34 PM
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    Las Vegas isn't "SinCity" for nothing. (I'll be moving to Denver next June) I work in several hotel-casinos. Several things are beyond me:
    Why do we need pole dancers in a casino?
    Why do people hire bump and grind go-go dancers for a 14 year old boy's birthday party? (and why was that "dancer" giving her phone number to the kids???)
    Why do celebrities get to do drugs openly and not get thrown in jail?
    Why could I not do room service without getting a contact high?
    Why does having one hole in each ear, no other piercings, no tattoos and my own original breasts make me such a freak?
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    Old 06-07-2011, 09:45 PM
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    Vancouver (not B.C.), Washington (not D.C.) has a rich history - Fort Vancouver, Hudson's Bay Company, Lewis & Clark, the oldest living apple tree in the NW, just to name a few facts. We're located on the Columbia River about an hour from skiing on Mt. Hood, an hour from the Pacific Ocean, and an hour from the windsurfing capital of the world in the beautiful Columbia River Gorge. I can see Mt. St. Helens from my neighborhood.
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    Old 06-07-2011, 09:51 PM
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    My hometown was Waterford, PA, and it was the home of Fort Le Boeuf, where then General Washington made a visit. The Fort burned down several times, but the Inn that Washington stayed at (the Eagle Hotel) still stands to this day.

    I currently live in Ogden Utah, which, being a famous railroad stop, was known for it's "lively" character. (In Mormon controlled Utah, lively meant anything not approved of by the LDS! Drinking, normal activities of the rest of us...)
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    Old 06-07-2011, 10:08 PM
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    wichita ks--we have cowtown which is a small town that reenacts the way of life in the old days, also known as the air capitol of the world however I don't find that so true anymore with the lay off of about 20,000 people.also pretty much center of usa. not far there is the salt mine that stores all the old movie reels and batmans outfit underground you can tour . there is also a space place i can't think the name of right now about 1 hour away that kids can go to space camp and people can experience some of the training the astraunats have. also yoder for the amish that make the furniture and really good foods like meats and bakery items also of course there beautiful quilts.
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