Where are y'all from? what's it known for?
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southern_mr.337 wrote: »<
my town is Leesville otherwise known as the Ville down in central Louisiana...country boi
You can come get the best food at the bottom of the map and meet some of the sexiest Creole (Lake Charles) women u ever seen, you can go to Shreveport, Baton Rouge, and NO if you wanna get ya head bust.
Home to the XLIV Champions, and them LSU Tigers otherwise known as them Bayou Bengals (SEC all day).
Unfortunately we're home to the DC sniper amongst other wackos.
Not likely.We don't ? tourist like that.
Of course I can't leave out Mardi Gras. Eventually most of you will make a trip at least once in your life.
I'm the fwd authority on all things Southern...ask and answer
Come on bruh it aint like that down here. -
Richmond,VA
Broke ass ATL
Good lookin women
No professional ?
Crazy ? city -
Come on bruh it aint like that down here.
lol...I forgot NO was cleaning up..well actually robbed if I can say it that way -
Beaumont tx...home of Bubba Smith from the Police Aademy movies
and Kendrick Perkins of the Boston Celtics
and me the trillest ? this side of the Universe -
home of reggie and cheryl miller
chirs claiborne and adam kennedy -
Detroit really do got salt of the earth folk who live there and it aint a complete ?
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Fort Lauderdale - highschool football, beaches, diversity in cultures, largest outlet mall in the world,etc.
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large wintering population of trumpeter swans.
DUI incidents.
nothing else really. -
Marvin Gaye
Martin Lawrence
Dave Chappelle
National Monuments
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Bad ?
AIDS
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i aint gonna lie my city aint known for ? but being super boring.....i cant wait to leave this rat pellet of a place
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What he(^^^^)said. And add the first ever Heisman Trophy winner( Jay Berwanger, University of Chicago)dr. zero_ahh wrote: »http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Z20kPPNPQE
(Common - Chi City)
Chicago...The Second City
Negative Things Chicago Is Known For:
-Being one of the worst cities to live in currently thanks to poor politics, ineffective leadership at all levels of city government, lack of jobs unless you're super plugged into the unique nepotistic ? .
-Being one of the worst places in the nation for children 8-17 regardless of ethnic background
-Being the most segregated city of the largest cities in the nation
-Exporting mobsters/gangsters
-Unnecessary High Taxes
-Most stressed city in the nation
-The 1968 Democratic National Convention
-Gave the world Jesse Jackson (unfortunately, b/c he's a ? opportunist)
-Cold Temperatures
Positive Things Chicago is Known For:
-Own style of Blues called Chicago Blues (shoutout to Muddy, Buddy, et.al)
-Own style of jazz music named Chicago Jazz
-Deep Dish Pizza
-Architectural History and Development (Chicago Fire made it a playground for architects and other historic events; influenced the world architecturally...you can even the see the influence as far as Shinjuku, Japan)
-Downtown Chicago
-Own style of music based on jazz, funk, and soul called House Music (which is DIFFERENT from Detroit Techno, Techno, Electronica, etc.)
-Until Mayor Daley tried to make us like New York, we were known for our uniqueness in everything and following everything to the beat of our own drum
-We gave the world Fred Hampton Sr. (even though it would be the same city that killed him)
-Nice summers temperature wise
-Festival Season (including the Jazz Festival, African Festival of the Arts, Taste of Chicago, Blues Festival, Manifest which birthed Looptopia, which takes place in the summer)
-Decent music acts (Earth, Wind and Fire is from here, the ? Kanye West, Lupe Fiasco, Common Sense, Psychodrama)
-Social Work (Jane Addams and the Hull House)
-The Hotel District (including Hotel Drake, Hotel 71, etc.)
Edit: How could I forget about Bronzeville and 35th Street and the variety of college districts we have here in relatively nice areas?
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Mobile, AL. Originators of the American Mardi Gras. Number 3 Hometown Of most Player in the Baseball Hall of Fame (including Hank Aaron and Satchel Paige), We had that stupid Leprechaun in the tree Hoax a few years ago. not much else.
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I'm from the Motor City, but I don't need to tell you all what it's known for because you already know:)
Respect!
Also, cant forget about them Motown roots. -
Marvin Gaye
Martin Lawrence
Dave Chappelle
National Monuments
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Bad ?
AIDS
GO-GO
This place...you summed it up perfectly... -
baltimore md, the harbor
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Nation's Cap.
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dc
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coked out mayor
high ass ? rate
where the Obama's live
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your flyness wrote: »Mobile, AL. Originators of the American Mardi Gras. Number 3 Hometown Of most Player in the Baseball Hall of Fame (including Hank Aaron and Satchel Paige), We had that stupid Leprechaun in the tree Hoax a few years ago. not much else.
actually Mobile was the first to organize a parade but Iberville, LA noted the holiday a few years before. I love history. -
THEsweetheart92 wrote: »Irvington, NJ
i don't know.
this and a small town with a lot of crime -
Indianapolis.
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southern_mr.337 wrote: »actually Mobile was the first to organize a parade but Iberville, LA noted the holiday a few years before. I love history.
March 3rd 1699 Mardi Gras was celebrated in Louisiana.Sorry Bama we still got love for yall though. -
Born and Raised in Brockton, Mass, home of Rocky Marciano and Marvin Hagler
Currently living in Port St. Lucie, FL. The NY Mets have their spring training here and the Vanilla Ice lives here -
Baltimore
The Wire
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Crime -
Sandusky, OH...Cedar Point unfortunatly
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HARLEM
known for death, drugs, and the happiest white people on earth as of now.
