What is your city best known for? (Good or Bad)

[generic1776]

Hi. I'm a lurker. I'm currently sitting in my garage working on a '71 Yamaha R5... it's torn down to the frame and I'm going piece-by-piece cleaning everything and putting it back together. Nothing wild is planned yet, my first goal is to make it run proper, then I'll make it run wild.

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As for my home town Lake Elsinore, CA, USA

We have a lake.

A tendency for vacant homes to get squatted by bobcats

A decent portion of a '70s cult motorcycle film was filmed here

The city stopped holding the race for a while, but they're back in full action now. The course this year was about 4 miles around the city streets and off-road around town. This video is taken about a block from my house, between the Chevy dealership and "the old rodeo grounds". (The Harvey Mushman 100 mile race is the last race of the weekend.)

[youtube=425,350]vXe1drMBIVQ[/youtube]

Besides this we're mostly known for sky diving... here is a recent dive that made the news in the UK.

The event was tarnished by one of the senior divers going up for a "victory jump" and opened his wing suit as he left the plane getting pulled up into the tail knocking him out. He didn't survive the landing.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1085709/Flying-record-books-71-daredevil-skydivers-formation-California.html

More moto related, Lake Elsinore is also popular for the various twisty roads around us. Ortega Highway taking you over the mountains to the Ocean and a bit south is Pines-to-Palms Highway which goes over to the Palm Springs (in the desert).
Map: Ocean to desert, the fun way

 

[Staffy]

Adelaide, South Australia. Known as the city of churches. i don't know why as there just as many churches elsewhere. We've also had disappearing children that have never been found, bodies in barrels, generally regarded as the murder capital of australia. We're the only state of australia to have wooopy weed decriminalized which is great fun until you get too old and start worrying why small children are laughing on the bus behind you. Usually when you go interstate and say you're from adi-layd the instant response is "you poor bastard" or "i been there once.....was alright" followed closely by a cold silence and a swig of the pint.
I love adelaide. No pictures. We just have trees and roads and shit.

 

[Bmpaul02]

Louisville, KY
16th biggest city in the US (thanks city/county merger)

Thunder Over Louisville (largest fireworks display in US)

Kentucky Derby

Largest Baseball Bat

One of the largest Municipal Skate Parks

AND ME

 

[Darmstro]

One of the largest Municipal Skate Parks

I'd still skate if my city built something even half as nice as this. They spent an assload on a bunch of pre-fabbed ramps that now need repairs, unfortunately the company that made them went under.

 

[Big R]

Hey BMPaul, it's been a few years since I was down there, but what is the building with Muhammed Ali's face on the side? That's his hometown, isn't it?

 

[sebatron]

Adelaide, South Australia. Known as the city of churches. i don't know why as there just as many churches elsewhere. We've also had disappearing children that have never been found, bodies in barrels, generally regarded as the murder capital of australia. We're the only state of australia to have wooopy weed decriminalized which is great fun until you get too old and start worrying why small children are laughing on the bus behind you. Usually when you go interstate and say you're from adi-layd the instant response is "you poor bastard" or "i been there once.....was alright" followed closely by a cold silence and a swig of the pint.
I love adelaide. No pictures. We just have trees and roads and shit.

yeah, i been there once... was alright
actually i've been a few times. the market there is sensational. even though melbourne is regarded as a bit of a mecca for cuisine, the produce in SA is so much better, cheaper, and easier to access.
$16 for 1kg of brie, jamaica blue espresso for 20$ a kilo... mmm.
i appreciate adelaide more the older i get. but yeah, woopy weed

there is a shitload of churches in adelaide. there may or may not be more than elsewhere, but theyre really obvious and visible there.

 

[Bmpaul02]

Hey BMPaul, it's been a few years since I was down there, but what is the building with Muhammed Ali's face on the side? That's his hometown, isn't it?

Its the muhammed ali museum . it is indeed his hometown

 

[Mortikan]

ok nothing to colorful.
home of yale university.
the first phone call was made from southern new england telephone company in new haven.
the erector set was invented here.
they split the atom in 30's here at yale.
all broadway productions from the late 1870's till the 1960's started at the shubert theater.
the #2 oldest place in the united states to get a hamburger. louis lunch
the cotton gin was invented here by eli whitney.
As forrest gump say's "that's bout all".

 

[go!]

Home town- Houston.
The 4th largest city in the US, the largest in TX. Home of the Texas Medical Center- the world's largest concentration of healthcare and research institutions. Also home of NASA's Johnson Space Center, where the Mission Control Center is located. Houston is considered a beta world city (deemed to be important in the global economic system). Only New York has more Fortune 500 headquarters within city limits.

Current town- Sellersville, PA
Not a whole lot that it's known for. It's only 1.2 square miles. Home to the Lizzie High Doll Factory, the Sellersville Theater, and Washington House Inn. I'm about 35 miles north of Philadelphia, the closest big city. Yep, that's about it. In the general area, there's Lake Lenape, Nockamixon State Park, and some crystal caves.

 

[DrJ]

Famous people from Toronto:

Howie Mandel

Mike Myers

Rush

Jim Carrey

 

[kawasakifreak77]

I just got a kick reading all this so I figure I'd chime in. When I can get a passport, I want to ride Canada SO bad!

I was born in Wichita Kansas, 'the airplane capitol of the world' or something like that but we moved way before I remember anything.

What I consider my hometown, St. John Kansas is the county seat, 1300 people & less than two square miles. Rednecks, a dozen churches & a single bar called the south branch. We 'St. Johnians' entertain ourselves by getting ridiculously drunk & getting our jollies off with the nearest willing person of the opposite sex or someone will start a fight about why that person isn't shacking up with them. Sincerely pathetic so I gave up on chasing tail years ago before I end up with something I can't wash off. There's two garage bands from there now, actually pretty good & I've been friends with almost everybody in them since childhood. There might be a dozen motorcycles in the town & I'm the only person from there that will ride on days not involving perfect weather. Riding out of state or in inclement weather is something of a legend... Everybody thinks I'm clear mad.

I lived around 'the Fort' on the Arkansas Oklahoma line for five years. Some awesome roads in the Ozarks & usually a friendly motorcycling culture. 90% of the women I met had been abused by their boyfriends either physically or emotionally. The other 10% have gone to carpet munching. Sad, really as being a relatively nice guy will get you nowhere. Easy random hook ups but hard to create a decently meaningful relationship. Good job opportunities, strongish economy & still lowish cost of living. A decent nightlife, liquor licenses until 5am & when you get bored with it, 'Fayettenam' is only 45 minutes up 540. More dope than you can shake a loaded bazooka at, some high quality stuff comes in but overall meth rules the area. Don't go to jail in Sebastian county. Don't trust anybody, if it's not chained down, it will eventually get stolen. I caught some kids, none over 10 taking shovels & rakes out of my parents house once when I was house sitting, said their folks wanted them! My folks lost about $8,000 worth of firearms & some cocksucker got my first KZ650.

Then I went back to Kansas, this time to Great Bend (about 13,000 people) & a good steady job. South of 10th street is now little Mexico, all illegals & they're slowly moving north, I'm still a block or two ahead of them. Night life blows mostly, primarily shit kicker bars & one pretending to be 'a club'... Literally next door to the state patrol building, seriously... I've never stepped foot in that place. Some nice women if you get out of the bars. I'm renting a basement apartment for $375 a month with all bills with wifi & a sad excuse of a garage in a nice neighborhood. Within walking distance I have the post office, Kawasaki store (only one for a couple hour drive) an ok bar / grill to eat at, laundromat, my favorite gas station & one hell of a good coffee shop that serves a killer Napoli. Lots of oil field related places to work if you don't mind losing a few fingers or dying early. I'm slowly growing into being a city slicker again... Even thinking about a scooter, lol!

 

[motorhead]

Well, since im back looking at this site all day long Ill chime in.

Amarillo TX
Pantex Nuclear Bomb assembly/dissasembly plant and Bell/boeing Aeronautics Osprey Assembly Division

and the stink of feed lots from Hereford TX about an hour south of us.

Layta

 

[Typhoon]

Portland Oregon

More strip clubs per capita than anywhere else in the US. Wooo titties!

+1 for Portland
Also a shitload of homeless trying to take your hard earned change.

 

[boomshakalaka]

worlds coolest skyline.

hot dogs with more veggies and condiments on it than actual hot dog!

mobsters!

 

[Tunz]

Halifax, NS

good music scene, smelly harbour, oil refinery smoke stacks, lots of bars, cool scenery on the outskirts, lots of motorcycles, good concerts, jazz fest, blues fest...good greenery?@!#

 

[emcarthu]

Ypsilanti MI
the ypsilanti water tower was voted the worlds most phallic structure. aka "the brick dick"
second largest historic district in Michigan "depot town" home to "cafe racer" motorcycle repair and service center.
home of the hudson hornet.
birthplace of Iggy Pop
home of the red october moped rally.
bike nights and car shows every day of the week in the summer in depot town.
good local music, good bars, good fun.

 

[judeyramone]

That top postcard is funny. I used to have the same stuck to my 'Fridge, and my 10yr old daughter has a favorite "Iggy Pop is from Ypsilanti" tee. My girlfriend used to live on Michigan Ave when she was in college, right across the street from Tap Room.

Also famous for Ypsipanties:

http://markmaynard.com/?p=5340

 

[mikeadamstattoo]

I'd still skate if my city built something even half as nice as this. They spent an assload on a bunch of pre-fabbed ramps that now need repairs, unfortunately the company that made them went under.

aint it the truth. all those prefab parks have the worst transitions ever. ive been skating for about 12 years now and its my love above everything.

 

[Scruffy]

Well...

Home county is well known for grow houses and meth labs...

Closest city is the home of overpriced burnt to a cinder coffee beans (Starbucks). The old farmers market is famous for the idiots who throw salmon at each other. Worlds largest hypodermic (Space Needle) and ugliest museum (Experience Music Project). Jimi Hendrix.

Regionally? Daily earthquakes. Multiple ready to pop volcanoes. 8 police officers shot, 6 fatally, between Halloween and Christmas. Bigfoot. Boeing. Microsoft. Amazon.com...