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01-18-2009, 06:31 PM
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Something about my city that most people won't know is...
Something about my city that most people won't know is...
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01-18-2009, 07:23 PM
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Location: STL
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Well... I'll start it off with something that most people don't know about St. Louis... It's not just a ghetto.
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01-18-2009, 08:18 PM
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The first airconditioner, hotel room with a bathroom, and electric lighting was invented in Buffalo. Used to be called the city of lights. So you all can thank Buffalo for keeping you cool in the summertime, letting you sh i t inside and doing so in a well lit room.....
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01-18-2009, 08:22 PM
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Location: In transition.
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SlickRick1
The first airconditioner, hotel room with a bathroom, and electric lighting was invented in Buffalo. Used to be called the city of lights. So you all can thank Buffalo for keeping you cool in the summertime, letting you sh i t inside and doing so in a well lit room.....
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And Buffalo Wings, right?  |
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01-18-2009, 08:24 PM
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Senior Member
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"Seeing the Rockettes at Radio city tonight :-)"
(set 6 hours ago)
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: NYC & Long Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by SlickRick1
The first airconditioner
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That's funny how the air conditioner was invented in Buffalo of all places, lol. You would think it was invented somewhere hot like Florida. |
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01-18-2009, 08:36 PM
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Contrary to the popular saying "everythin's up to date in Kansas City" I can honestly attest to the fact that everything is most definitely NOT up to date in Kansas City.
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01-18-2009, 08:41 PM
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Michigander in Dixie
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"Back in MI for Christmas"
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Join Date: Jun 2008
Location: Duluth, GA
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Most people don't know that there are a lot of huge lake homes and ski areas in Three Rivers - most people think of it as a blue collar town.
Of course, most people don't know that Three Rivers, Michigan even exists  . |
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01-18-2009, 09:07 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: On the Great South Bay
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Quote:
Originally Posted by aaronstlcards
Something about my city that most people won't know is...
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Well I used to live in Queens so:
Queens was the number 1 agricultural county in the entire country (by $value of products) in the 1880s and 1890s right before it joined New York City. There is still a city run farm called The Queens County Farm Museum which has a 1700s Dutch farmhouse and all of Old McDonalds farm friends lol.
Now I live in Suffok so:
Suffolk was a colony of Connecticut in the 1600s. Interestingly Suffolk is directly south of Connecticut (Suffolk means south) and two of the orginial towns they started are Southampton and Southhold. The county line between Nassau and Suffolk counties was orginially the boundary between Connecticut and the Niew Netherlands (later New York)! |
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01-18-2009, 09:12 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: San Diego
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my city (San Diego) is America's Finest City
Last edited by Sloping Isotopes; 01-18-2009 at 10:35 PM..
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01-18-2009, 09:18 PM
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Location: On the Great South Bay
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Sloping Isotopes
my city (San Diego) is America's Finnest City
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Sorry, I thought Huckleberry Finn was from Hannibal, Missouri?  |
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