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Old 10-11-2009, 07:43 AM
Status: "Pickleball-Free American" (set 4 days ago)
 
Location: St Simons Island, GA
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I've noticed that most submissions are larger cities. Any quirky and charming small towns?
Cassadaga, FL. The town is almost entirely populated by mediums. Way off the beaten path, it resembles a small PA town plopped down in the middle of central FL.

Cassadaga Spiritualist Camp
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Old 10-11-2009, 07:52 AM
 
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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Pittsburgh and Charleston, WV
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Old 10-11-2009, 08:20 AM
 
Location: Dayton, OH/Portland, OR
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No one has mentioned Portland, OR? Portland is definitely very high on the quirk scale.

KeepPortlandWeird.org -
Portland a quirky city :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Travel (http://www.suntimes.com/lifestyles/travel/1105076,CST-FTR-portland0813new.article - broken link)
Zoobomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Voodoo Doughnut - The Magic is in the Hole!!!
Church of Elvis Home Website!! 24 Hour Church of Elvis!!
EXPOSE YOURSELF…to ART | V Ryan Lauzon (http://vryanlauzon.com/expose-yourselfto-art/ - broken link)

I could go on and on pasting these links, but hopefully you get the picture.
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Old 10-11-2009, 09:02 AM
 
Location: moving again
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Oooooh, Hard Rock Cafe. Pretty quirky.
I LoL'd
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Old 10-11-2009, 09:03 AM
 
Location: moving again
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Baltimore seems like it could fit the bill
Hampden = the definition of Quirky and Charming
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Old 10-11-2009, 09:22 AM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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I'm surprised no one mentioned Galveston.
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Old 10-11-2009, 10:58 AM
 
Location: 30-40°N 90-100°W
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Belleville, Wisconsin bills itself as the "UFO Capital of the World."

Willow Creek, California has a festival to honor Bigfoot and although it was started by Chinese laborers it's apparently less than 1% Asian.

Don't know if those two are actually quirky, but they struck my fancy while looking stuff up.

Northern Exposure was actually filmed in Roslyn, Washington I think. Again I don't know if it's quirky in real life, but on occasion I've thought it'd be interesting to see it.
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Old 10-11-2009, 11:26 AM
 
Location: Dayton, OH/Portland, OR
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Belleville, Wisconsin bills itself as the "UFO Capital of the World."

Willow Creek, California has a festival to honor Bigfoot and although it was started by Chinese laborers it's apparently less than 1% Asian.

Don't know if those two are actually quirky, but they struck my fancy while looking stuff up.

Northern Exposure was actually filmed in Roslyn, Washington I think. Again I don't know if it's quirky in real life, but on occasion I've thought it'd be interesting to see it.
Uh, no. Rosyln is not quirky in real life. It is a tiny town on the way up to the mountains just like any other tiny town in the NW. No quirk factor whatsoever. LOL I'll be the first to admit that I went there as a "tourist" though to get a beer at the "Brick".
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Old 10-11-2009, 11:41 AM
 
Location: Underneath the Pecan Tree
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I think my hometown of Waco is pretty quirky. It's craziness has be compared to Austin (they try too hard in Austin though).
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Old 10-12-2009, 07:04 PM
 
Location: Sarasota, Florida
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Love that quirky charm - no cookie cutter allowed. Let it all hang out. Places like New Orleans and Savannah come to mind. Where to find the genuine, honest characters and real sense of place?
Scranton/Wilkes-Barre in Pennsylvania.
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