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Old 10-16-2014, 02:14 AM
 
Location: Coos Bay, Oregon
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San Jose, CA: Great weather, over crowded, over priced.
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Old 10-16-2014, 07:46 AM
 
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St. Louis-a city that has had mayor after mayor that stunted its potential.
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Old 10-16-2014, 08:19 AM
 
Location: StlNoco Mo, where the woodbine twineth
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St. Louis-a city that has had mayor after mayor that stunted its potential.

You got that right.
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Old 10-16-2014, 11:10 AM
 
Location: Round Rock, Texas
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is that really how it got its name interesting

for my home town "energetic and gritty
Yes, it was a landmark crossing for Brushy Creek on the old Chisholm Cattle Trail.

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In 1851, a small community was formed on the banks of Brushy Creek, near a large round and anvil-shaped rock located in the middle of the creek. This round rock marked a convenient low-water crossing for wagons, horses, and cattle. The first postmaster called the community "Brushy," and the creek was called "Brushy Creek". But in 1854, at the suggestion of the postmaster, the small settlement was renamed Round Rock in honor of this now famous rock. After the Civil War, Jesse Chisholm began moving cattle from South Texas through Round Rock on the way to Abilene, Kansas. The route he established, which crossed Brushy Creek at the round rock, became known as the Chisholm Trail.[SIZE=2][17][/SIZE] Most of the old buildings, including the old Saint Charles Hotel, have been preserved. This historic area is now called "Old Town."[SIZE=2][18][/SIZE]
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Old 10-16-2014, 12:49 PM
 
Location: The Springs
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Colorado Springs - "Smallest Big City in the World". Pikes Peak, summer in winter, winter in summer, green one month, brown the next, wildfires, cog railway, Seven Falls, military bases, patriotic, friendly people.
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Old 10-16-2014, 09:31 PM
 
Location: Minneapolis (St. Louis Park)
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We have a round rock. It is in the middle of Brushy Creek.
THAT's what the city of Round Rock, TX is named after?
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Old 10-18-2014, 08:25 AM
 
Location: Cleveland
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some good stuff guys. keep them coming!
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Old 10-18-2014, 08:42 AM
 
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
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Beautiful high desert skies where you can see forever. Also, balloon fiesta, roasted green chiles, late 20th century sprawl with junky strip malls, weak downtown, high crime and poverty, cheap cost of living, Route 66 nostalgia, friendly people, and beautiful mountains.
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Old 10-18-2014, 09:42 AM
 
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Cosmopolitan/international city with 24/7 public transportation where everyone fits in!
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Old 10-18-2014, 02:29 PM
 
Location: Illinois
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Hilly, medium-sized industrial river town in the middle of the cornfields with poor roads but cheap cost of living. (Peoria, IL)
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