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Tell us about your hometown

Lindsey-Loo

Steel Magnolia
What do you love about your town? What's special and unique about it? I guess we'll define hometown to the place where you've lived for most of your life. Or where you live now, if you really love it there.
 

standing_alone

Well-Known Member
Christiangirl0909 said:
What do you love about your town?

That it's on the shore of Lake Michigan. It also is close to many nice nature areas - and even some caves! Ooooh! Exciting! Nah, the caves aren't that big of a deal. They kind of suck. Oh, and plenty of places to go fishing. Also, the people are polite overall. Only thing that really sucks - besides the boredom - is that it is a conservative town. Very close-minded people.

Christiangirl0909 said:
What's special and unique about it?

Well, my hometown built submarines during WWII - so it was actually a target, but not a very likely one to be attacked - being Wisconsin and all. My hometown is also Wisconsin's "Maritime Capital." Which again isn't a big deal, since it's Wisconsin.
 

Lindsey-Loo

Steel Magnolia
Franklin was where I was born, and though we moved a little ways away a few years ago, I consider it my hometown, and feel very strong connections to it.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin,_TN

Though more and more people are moving into Franklin, it still has that small-town feel that makes everyone feel like neighbors. There's lots of history (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Franklin) in Franklin, and about the only thing for a tourist to do is visit old civil war plantations and battle grounds. Every year, on the anniversary of the Battle of Franklin, a copy of the yellow and green hospital flags used in the civil war are placed on buildings that served as hospitals during the battle of Franklin. It's to honor the men who died, both Yankees and Southerners. I usually cry on those occasions, because it's so sad.

My favorite story about Franklin is that when some citizens were complaining about the statue of a confederate soldier in the town square, the city sold the statue and property it's on to the Daughters of the Confederacy for a dollar with the understanding that they would only manage it, and not change it at all.

Lyrics that remind me of my town? Down Home by Alabama: http://www.elyrics4u.com/d/down_home_alabama.htm

I love that in Franklin, we're proud of our heritage and proud to be southerners. We're proud of the land we live on, and we're proud to call Franklin, Tennessee our homes.

I'm related to nearly everyone who's family has lived in Franklin for at least 4 generations, since my great-great or great-great-great grandparents had 13 children. Every year, we have a big reunion.

Main street is the place to be in Franklin. There used to be a drug store and things like that, but now it has been run over by fancy clothing stores and pizza places such as The Mellow Mushroom. But there's still a Baskin-Robbins icecream place, which is cool. Hope you enjoyed hearing about my town, now tell us about yours!
 

evearael

Well-Known Member
I'm not really that excited about my actual hometown of Richmond, VA.

I love the Pony Pasture (a wooded park with trails by the James River)... my earliest memories are there. My dad loves history, so I've been to just about every museum (Poe Museum, Valentine Museum...) and battlefield. My parents used to take us for day trips to the mountains on Skyline Drive, which was lovely. We would hike, picnic and just have fun as a family. There are two new, high-end, open-air malls which make no sense with Richmond's weather. I found the politics of the city and the surrounding counties to be infuriating. I miss Jewscout and my family, but other than that I was ready to leave.
 

Cerrax

That One Guy
Well, Pittsburgh is dirty, evil, hick-meets-urban territory. But it has its upside too.

Pittsburgh (at its peak) produced as much steel in one year as a quarter of the entire German steel industry.
Pittsburgh was almost as popular of a city to live in as New York City (and almost as rich too).
Pittsburgh has been host to several extremely influential individuals including Andrew Carnegie, Andy Warhol, and Christina Agulera (I didn't say they were a good influence :eek: )

Still pretty much has a lot of art going on. Still a major player in the visual and film arts.

Music here sucks. Not much more than indie, punk, metal, and rock. A little bit of jazz.

The city looks clean and for the most part, the city is very decent overall. There's not really any especially dirty or clean places. Unfortunately, the city is pretty dirty compared to other cities.

Pittsburgh has rich history which shines through everywhere. Relics from almost every era of Pittsburgh can be found about. From the original trenches of Fort Pitt, to the inclines used for the steel mills, to ancient machinery in Station Square.

We've got the 100th tallest building in the world (USX Tower).
We've got one of the only modern gothic structures in America (PPG).
We have the second most bridges in the world (we're second only to Venice)
We're home to the first radio station (KDKA 1020AM)
We've got the five-time Super Bowl champion Steelers
We've got our own dialect (Pittsburghese). A horrid mix of southern accents and northern word slurring:
two Pittsburghers speaking Pittsburghese said:
Jeet jet?
Naw ju?
Juwanna?
Yeah. Yins go with us dahntahn.
I hear they got it all redd up dahn there.
Yeah, you can see it real good from Mt. Worshington.
Especially at night. Lots of pretty kellered lights an'at. Especially near the old still mills.
Lets grab some imp and irons and gumband em together and go watch the stillers play at Pirmanti's.
TRANSLATION
Did you eat yet?
No. Did you?
Do you want to?
Yeah. You come with us to downtown.
I hear they have it all cleaned up down there.
Yeah, you can see it very well from Mount Washington.
Especially at night. Lots of pretty colored lights and all that. Especially near the old steel mills.
Lets grab some Imperial and Iron City beers and stick them together with a rubber band and go watch a Steeler game at Pirmanti Brother's
 

Katzpur

Not your average Mormon
Christiangirl0909 said:
What do you love about your town? What's special and unique about it? I guess we'll define hometown to the place where you've lived for most of your life. Or where you live now, if you really love it there.
I was born and raised (and still live) in Salt Lake City, Utah. It is an absolutely beautiful city, surrounded by 10,000 ft mountains. If anybody on RF ever comes to Salt Lake (even just passing through), I do hope you'll let me know in advance so that I can meet you and show you around town. Nobody ever visits Salt Lake and leaves disappointed! It's one awsome place to call home.
 

Green Gaia

Veteran Member
It's not where I grew up, but it's where I am now: Hanover, VA.

Very beautiful, close to a large city. You can live on a farm and in 20 minutes be in Richmond. About an hour from the beach (to which I have not been enough! Must rememdy that this summer!) About 2 hours from DC. Close to mountains... oh, and I can't forget the tomatoes! :jiggy:
 

Hope

Princesinha
I've lived almost my entire life in a little dot of a rural township called Manakin-Sabot, just 20 minutes west of Richmond, VA. It's in the gorgeous county of Goochland, which borders the James River to the south, and stretches about halfway to the Blue Ridge Mountains and Charlottesville.

The name Manakin-Sabot is derived from Native American and French words. The area was originally inhabited by the Monacan Indian tribe---Monacan simply changed to Manakin. Sabot is the French word for shoe, and was so named because the area was later settled by a group of French Huguenots, who named a nearby island in the James River Sabot Island, because it was shaped like a shoe.

The very first coal mines in the US were in Manakin, and up until the late 1800's prospered in Manakin, and made it a thriving little town. Numerous abandoned mineshafts and sinkholes are scattered in the woods surrounding my home. Also historically significant in Manakin-Sabot is Cornwallis Point, a huge hill just 2 minutes from my house, that overlooks the James River ( and a huge rock quarry now ). British General Cornwallis camped on this hill during his march to Richmond during the Revolutionary War. It is said that as he gazed at the stunning vista, he remarked he would like to make a home on that hill when the war was over. ( Obviously, this never materialized ! )

Though I hope to travel the globe and live abroad, I will always consider Manakin---and Goochland County----my home. It's a beautiful place to live, with spectacular vistas, an abundance of rolling hills, horse farms, old houses, and a certain quaint serenity that sets it apart, in my view, from every other county in Virginia that I have yet visited. My greatest fear is the encroaching suburban sprawl that is headed our way in Manakin. One day Manakin may well be considered Richmond's new West End, and if that day comes, I will bawl my eyes out, for it will no longer be the place I now love and am familiar with.

As far as Richmond goes, I agree with Evereal----I'm not a huge fan of the city. I often tell people I am from Richmond, because I live so close, and people are more familiar with its name, but I don't consider myself truly a Richmonder by any means. I only lived in Richmond when I was very, very young. It's an ok city, but doesn't have much to offer.

Just drive a little west of Richmond, though, and things improve. ;)
 

jewscout

Religious Zionist
Richmond...crap lol
what have we got...well the Ukrops brothers run have this city and VCU's pres. Trani runs the other half (that's right...i work in "Trani Town" lol)
we have Monument Ave. aka "Loser Lane" with a bunch of statues of Confederate generals (lets not forget when they put up the Arthur Ashe statue there:rolleyes: stupid!)
we don't have any sports teams...not any big name ones anyways...mostly minor league ones...

the only thing that Richmond's got going for it right now is Elliot on American Idol...who was Bar Mitzvah-ed at Beth El (i think);)

i will say that Maymont park is pretty sweet tho!
 

MysticSang'ha

Big Squishy Hugger
Premium Member
Belleville, IL. :curtsy:


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belleville,_Illinois



Our small town has a sister town in Germany - Paderborn - that acts as a cultural exchange with ours. This is mostly true because of the strong German heritage that exists in Belleville.



I think the street layout is rather manic and without much order. It took me a good ten years to fully know how to get from one end of town to the other without getting too lost.........if anyone has tried to find anyplace in NYC south of Houston and in Greenwich Village - well you have an idea of how Belleville looks. :)




Belleville has produced some well-known names in the entertainment industry like John Goodman (Rosanne) and Raven Simone. Former tennis star Jimmy Connors also called Belleville his home for a long time.




Kathy Smith graduated from my high school and grew up in Belleville, IL, too. She is a fitness guru that has produced large amounts of video tape workout series.



Other notes of interest:


In 1836, residents established Belleville's public library, which still exists today (and I visit quite often), and is the oldest public library in the state of Illinois.



[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow]In 1861 the first national miners' union in the country took place in Belleville when the [/FONT][FONT=Arial, Helvetica, adobe-helvetica, Arial Narrow]American Miners' Association was formed.[/FONT]​



In 1862, Eckerts opens it's farmland and country store to the public. Today it is the largest "pick-your-own" orchard in the country. (Our kids and I love this place)




In 1864, the Belleville Philharmonic Society was established, and today it is the second oldest philharmonic orchestra in the country.




We also have the Belleville Shoe Company, which opened in 1904. They provided the first military footwear for the war in 1917, and today they are the largest supplier of military footwear for U.S. troops.




In 1917, Scott Air Force Base opened up for formal flying instruction, and today it is a major hub for the United States Air Force. It's only a couple miles from our home, so we have fighter jets, cargo planes, and helicopters over our heads most of the time along with the commercial airlines flying in and out of St. Louis, MO - which is only 15 miles away from Belleville.




Peace,
Mystic
 

anders

Well-Known Member
Have you heard of Volvo cars? Or SKF roller bearings? Or Nobel prize winner Arvid Carlsson, indirectly responsible for most modern anti-hypertension and anti-ulcer and more pharmaceuticals? Or the 1745 C.E. East Indiaman "Götheborg", a replica of which now is sailing from Sweden towards Shanghai?

Great, then you know something about the town that's hosting this year's European athletic championships.

Where I live, probably regarded as the outskirts of Göteborg/Gothenburg, I have less than half an hour's worth of walking to the centre of Sweden's second largest city, its university cum library (largest or second largest in Sweden), or some perfectly clean natural lakes for swimming. Closer still (15 mins.), there's a golf course, supposed to be very good, but I'm not interested. To the port area (Sweden's largest) I might have to walk for slightly more than 30 minutes, but having arrived there, it's possible to take a swim (but not yet really recommended).

For salt water swimming of a temperature and cleanliness quality that few regions on this Earth can match, I'd have to use the smooth and reasonably priced public transport system. In an hour or two, having spent the equivalent of some $ 3-5, looking around, I could well imagine that my surroundings haven't changed for thousands of years.
 

sparc872

Active Member
What do you love about your town? What's special and unique about it? I guess we'll define hometown to the place where you've lived for most of your life. Or where you live now, if you really love it there.

I've lived in the same town my whole life. I love it here because it's a nice little town. Not too fast paced. It used to be a big farm town but it's starting to become a little more industrial.

My town is special because you can pretty much call it the antique capital of Michigan. We have a few antique stores and an antique mall here. It always seemed like a bummer growing up because there was never anything to go out and do in town, but I like it that way now. I can go for walks in the woods and go for bike rides without getting hit by a car.

And I can pick morel mushrooms! Anyone here do that?
 

Shadow Wolf

Certified People sTabber & Business Owner
My birth-hometown, Joplin, Missouri, I know nothing about since my parents moved to Indiana when I was maybe only six months old.
The city I have been in since, Kokomo, Indiana, is a f***ed up town. The mayor wasted money to convert four way stops out in the middle of no-where into roundabouts to "promote economical growth." (The area is almost outside of the towns geographic region, in an area were thier isn't even any houses, so promoting economical growth because you now yield, go around, turn off instead of stop, wait, go, will not happen.) He even wanted to put one in an area that is very high volume, with a store at each corner except for one, which is a golf course.
The cops are arogant, rude, and worthless. The even have a contest during fourth of july weekend called operation pull over. The pig that writes the most tickets gets a free stay at a bed & breakfast. I would get an article, but the newspaper site doens't keep articles that long.
There are alot of conservative/fundamentalist Christians, and the city has alot of KKK activity, and is strongly anti-GLBT. (But the mayor is gay. He's just married for show.)
I have the contacts to be able to start drug dealing, and I could be debt free by the end of next month, if that long.
The wrestling promotion sucks.
The best place to hang out if you can't get into a bar is gamecrazy.
The library is great. And they wont hesitate about going through an inter-library book loan to get what you want.
The country music station caught on fire and they was off the air for a couple days. (I think it's an omen saying to stop now.)
 
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