[olePigeon]

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

Oh, as a color blind individual, I find that VERY scary!!

The traffic lights are actually blue/green. If you're red/green color blind, it'll show up blue.

[davesimondotcom]

Originally Posted by olePigeon

The traffic lights are actually blue/green. If you're red/green color blind, it'll show up blue.

Trust me, I know. (It actually appears slightly greenish white to me.)

However, every colorblind person I know (my grandfather is one of them) knows that the green is on the bottom.

The sideways ones really annoy me too!

[macaddict0001]

Originally Posted by davesimondotcom

Most people would mention that little mall you have there, too. Personally, I don't give a crap.

But Edmonton was home to the greatest pro hockey team ever assembled, IMHO. Gretzky, Messier, Fuhr, Kurri, Coffey, etc. etc. etc.

A lot of people would also mention the heart centre being built too. There are also a lot of little things that make it great, such as telus(our telephone company) gives its dsl users two static ips.

[davesimondotcom]

Originally Posted by macaddict0001

A lot of people would also mention the heart centre being built too. There are also a lot of little things that make it great, such as telus(our telephone company) gives its dsl users two static ips.

Here's to Telus! Dang, I'd have to pay extra for a static IP...

[The Godfather]

Originally Posted by wallinbl

Uhh, we're like the headquarters for Scientology and Hooters. Plus, over in Tampa, they've got pirates and strip clubs. Err, yeah, so I've got nothing.

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

Um, here in Tampa we've got pirates and strip clubs.

Let's not forget these honorifics:
1. "Lightning Capital of the U.S.A"
2. "Capital of Sexual Molestation, including Hot Teachers"
3. "Town of Wrestling Cheerleaders"
4. "Land of the Feeding Tube Debate"
5. "Land of the teenager-in-Cessna 911 copycat"
6. "Cigar Capital of the U.S.A."

[Spliffdaddy]

7. "Birthplace of dangling chads"


(It might be the 'cigar capital' - but you can't smoke 'em here)

[indigoimac]

Pittsburgh!

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

Yinz read up and come to the burgh!

[macroy]

Well - Since the nearest "major" city is D.C. -

Its the U.S. Capital city.
And I think one of the most unique thing about this place is that the majority of its attractions are free. And it does have some real treasures (Air&Space, Natural History, American History, Holocaust Museums, and the monuments).

Oh - and we have a new Panda. I could care less.. but it seems to be the big attraction since the summer.

I live in Potomac - small area outside of DC. The only think I can think of here is that Wonder Woman (Linda Carter) lives here. Oh, and Elaine from Seinfield went to school in the area (same school as Jackie Kennedy). Well.. that's actually Bethesda, but close enough.

I'm also moving to another nearby town called Brookeville - their claim to fame is that they were the U.S. Capital for one day back in the 1800's.

[dtriska]

Originally Posted by macaddict0001

A lot of people would also mention the heart centre being built too. There are also a lot of little things that make it great, such as telus(our telephone company) gives its dsl users two static ips.

The Wikipedia entry is actually up-to-date. The new WHL franchise is even listed.

I should add one more really interesting feature: the river valley. It's an urban parkland that runs pretty much the length of the city along both banks of the North Saskatchewan River and, I've been told, is about 14 times the size of New York's Central Park.

Add our other parks to the river valley, and you've got 111 square km of parkland.

[wallinbl]

Originally Posted by Spliffdaddy

7. "Birthplace of dangling chads"


(It might be the 'cigar capital' - but you can't smoke 'em here)

I think the dangling chads was more West Palm than here. Plus, most of the cigar factories are closed. They're cool buildings, but I think they've moved on to cheap third world labor anymore.

[moonmonkey]

a) 70% of the people who die every year in Shanghai have never been outside the city.

b) In Shanghai they use bamboo for scaffolding

c) People chop up dogs on the side of the street.

d) Haircuts for men cost $1.2 and take about 45 minutes

e) Beer costs 50c a litre

f) We have the 5th tallest building in the world and its very very tall

g) Most people in Shanghai can't swim

h) Chinese people can't fly (I was so disappointed)

[spindler]

I bet most people in Shanghai don't drive well, either. Just kidding.

[The Godfather]

8. Superbowl champions in 2003
9. Filming site of the iPod Flea commercial.

[JazzCatDRP]

Manhattan, KS: Home to some of the friendliest people you'll ever met. Bill Snyder, when hired to coach K-State football, said the biggest reason he came was cause of the people. When he retired, he said he'd stay in Manhattan for the people. When Ron Prince was hired to take over, it was because of the people. When Bob Huggins was hired to coach the basketball team, surprise, it was "because of the people."

[Zeeb]

Originally Posted by volcano

Austin, TX:

We have a homeless cross-dresser named Leslie who runs for mayor every year. As a matter of fact, he came in second place when he ran back in 2000. He likes to twirl flowers on his nose, too.

Supposedly, we're the "Live music capital of the world."

We host two great music festivals every year: South By Southwest (aka SXSW) and Austin City Limits. SXSW is much more than a music festival, though - it features a huge film festival as well.

Interstate 35 between here and San Antonio is one of the most crowded, deadly stretches of interstate in the country.

And, last but certainly not least, I can't forget the the Spamarama Festival. Love Spam? You'll love this festival.

Austin, despite all of its shortcomings, is a beautiful city - especially on the west side of town, out by Lake Travis. We have an abundance of parks and nature preserves scattered throughout the city, and there are so many places to hike/bike/water ski/mountain climb/swim, etc that it would make your head spin. I love the "Keep Austin Weird" campaign we have - a campaign aimed towards keeping local businesses alive and fruitful, as an alternative to your everyday corporate business and/or retailer.

I visited your city recently and I have to say I was quite impressed and had a great time. I love that bridge close to downtown where the bats fly out at dusk. There are a ton of cool places to go out at night too and the whole place has a liberal feel to it(where else in Texas would you find a homeless, cross dressing mayoral candidate?). It appears that unlike most small cities there seem to be decent places to work there.

I currently live in New York and while there is much I appreciate about it I sometimes fantasize about living in a place like Austin--especially when there's a crazy person randomly stabbing people on the subway I take to work. The only thing that bothers me about Austin is that its a little blue island surrounded in the middle of a huge red state. Though I discovered lots of yummy BBQ out there.

[loki74]

Las Vegas, NV:

-The entertainment capital of the world
-Even cheaper, smaller homes are designed to look more expensive
-Lots... LOTS of places to eat
-CSI takes place here
-Can you say, The Strip? Casinos (the new RedRock Station kicks ass btw)
-Oh and... what happens here, stays here!

edit--
I just remembered (how could I forget??) Theres this black guy, I think he calls himself "Mr. Happiness." He stands all day (rain or shine) on this intersection, wearing some crazy outfit, dancing around with a guitar. IIRC he is a retired veteran, and does what he does just to amuse people driving by. (some local news channel did a report on him a while ago). Anyway once you get past the unexpectedness of the whole thing, his antics are quite amusing, really.

[Y3a]

DC also has a poorly run subway system - easily overloaded by tourists every summer (like NOW) and it's hot n muggy every day until the 2nd week in September. I'm talking 95 degrees and 80 percent humidity. Thunderstorms every 3-4 days, just to jack up the humidity again. Many smaller towns NEAR DC are better for visits. Williamsburg, VA., Baltimore, Ocean City, MD. The wine & horse country in central VA, and Leesburg, VA to name a few. Oh, and Alexandria, VA. The roads suck, the traffic is hideous, and the number of out of towners makes driving dangerous.

[voodoo]

Alicante is has the indisputed honour of being the ugliest city in all of Spain. It revels in bad architecture, distasteful buildings, bo harmony in architecture and the ugliest graffiti I have ever seen. Heck it isn't graffiti it's just tagging.

However this gives the city a distinct character and charm.

V

[ink]

Salt Lake is more of a wierd, than interesting place. Although I suppose those who enjoy wierdness (like me), find it fascinating. It's a strange clash between the puritan Mormon settlers, the yuppy ski-bums who moved here, and the hippy ex-mormons who moved to the city. Linus Torvalds put it best when he said that the Mormon temple (which is right downtown next to the shopping malls) looked more like something from Disneyland than of the divine. It's miserable in the heat of the summer, ugly in the heart of winter (unless there's snow on the ground; it melts quickly in the city) -- but just gorgeous in spring and fall.

It's claim to fame is 12 ski resorts within a half-hour drive. I love to ski, so I appreciate it.

We do have the best mayor in the nation, though.

Come see the lovely Joseph Smith Sphinx.

[cmeisenzahl]

Rochester, NY.

Genny Cream Ale. ;-)

[Railroader]

I live here.

It's a very small town. Nearest large city is Flint, about 20 miles away.

We have this:

[nredman]

this story has interested me for awhile now

http://news.minnesota.publicradio.or...ichj_pancar-m/