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Old 07-07-2009, 08:23 PM
 
Location: roaming gnome
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- San Diego laid back

- New Orleans drunk too many times

- San Antonio the alamo

- Washington D.C. pundit central

- Austin good ol texas college city/music city

- San Jose office space

- Atlanta peach tree drop

- Denver rocky mountain high

- Philadelphia cheesesteaks

- Detroit in da ghettooo
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Old 07-07-2009, 09:29 PM
 
Location: Denver
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- San Diego- beach scene/surfer culture

- New Orleans- Bourbon St.

- San Antonio- Riverwalk/Alamo/Hot, green and hilly (that all came to me at once)

- Washington D.C.- National Mall

- Austin- UT

- San Jose- Silicon Valley

- Atlanta- freeway through a forest

- Denver- mountain backdrop

- Philadelphia- Ben Franklin?

- Detroit- decayed
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Old 07-07-2009, 09:35 PM
 
Location: Spain
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- San Diego - beaches and military

- New Orleans - Mardi Gras

- San Antonio - Umm....the NBA spurs? Desert? That one TX city that's not Houston or Dallas

- Washington D.C. - Capital

- Austin - Live music, liberal area of TX

- San Jose - Silicon Valley

- Atlanta - Umm.....mosquitos? Coca-Cola?

- Denver - Mountains and snow

- Philadelphia - Not NYC or Boston

- Detroit - A place I never want to go
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Old 07-07-2009, 09:50 PM
 
Location: New York
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- San Diego: The U.S./Mexican Border, Drake and Josh (TV Show)

- New Orleans: Crawfish, Crime, Hurricane Katrina

- San Antonio: The Alamo

- Washington D.C.: The Government

- Austin: Live Music

- San Jose: The Silicon Valley

- Atlanta: ATL (Movie), Rappers (The very good and the very wack)

- Denver: Rocky Mountains, The Nuggets

- Philadelphia: American History, My senior trip

- Detroit: Cold, Crime, "The Big Three"
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Old 07-07-2009, 10:02 PM
 
Location: STL
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- San Diego: The U.S./Mexican Border, Drake and Josh (TV Show)

- New Orleans: Crawfish, Crime, Hurricane Katrina

- San Antonio: The Alamo

- Washington D.C.: The Government

- Austin: Live Music

- San Jose: The Silicon Valley

- Atlanta: ATL (Movie), Rappers (The very good and the very wack)

- Denver: Rocky Mountains, The Nuggets

- Philadelphia: American History, My senior trip

- Detroit: Cold, Crime, "The Big Three"
I love Drake and Josh!
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Old 07-07-2009, 10:04 PM
 
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- San Diego: Balboa Park, beaches, nice weather, Coronado

- New Orleans: Mardi gras

- San Antonio: guns, riverwalk

- Washington D.C.: federal government, the Mall, my old apartment bldg

- Austin: bats, LBJ

- San Jose: computers

- Atlanta: CNN, Coca Cola

- Denver: view of both the plains and the mountains, the old west

- Philadelphia: Rittenhouse Square, liberty bell, water ice, mummers

- Detroit: ice skating, cars
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Old 07-07-2009, 10:29 PM
 
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- San Diego: People on sailboats drinking coffee.

- New Orleans: drunks vomiting on the street, women flashing all they see, voodoo, jazz, beignets and floods.

- San Antonio- Madonna, Emanuel Ginobili, and sand.

- Washington D.C.- The Secret Service and Black Cadillacs.

- Austin-map of Texas

- San Jose-Sharks

- Atlanta-downtown and mid-town.

- Denver-Mountains

- Philadelphia- Rocky, a fat guy eating a cheese steak. Liberty Bell.

- Detroit-A burning police car, guys in skull caps and coats warming their hands over a trash can that caught on fire.
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Old 07-07-2009, 10:39 PM
 
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The second list in this little experiment....

What first comes to mind when you hear the names of these 10 cities?

- San Diego

- New Orleans

- San Antonio

- Washington D.C.

- Austin

- San Jose

- Atlanta

- Denver

- Philadelphia

- Detroit
San Diego: Sunny Warmth

New Orleans: Hurricane Katrina

San Antonio: Riverwalk

Washington, D.C.: Government and monuments

Austin: nothing

San Jose: Silicon Valley

Atlanta: Coca-Cola, sprawl and rapid growth

Denver: Rocky mountains

Philly: William Penn, Rocky, Philly cheese steaks

Detroit: auto industry, Eminem, crime, decay
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Old 07-07-2009, 11:20 PM
 
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San Diego- The Beach

New Orleans- Mardi Gras- Katrina

San Antonio- Riverwalk, the Alamo

Washington D.C. - Monuments

Austin- Texas

San Jose- Sharks

Atlanta- Wide Interstate, Spread out skyline

Denver- The Rockys

Philadelphia- Ghetto

Detroit- More Ghetto
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Old 07-07-2009, 11:21 PM
 
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- San Jose office space
You did know the movie was filmed in Austin, right?

- San Diego: Perfect Weather

- New Orleans: Drinking, Food, Crime

- San Antonio: Military and the Spurs

- Washington D.C.: Traffic and monuments

- Austin: Music and Liberal

- San Jose: Priciest strip mall town ever, Silicon Valley

- Atlanta: CNN and diversity

- Denver: Big airport far from town, flat (but mountains and skiing close by!)

- Philadelphia: Cheese steaks and Rocky

- Detroit: Shell of a city
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