Cities That Lack Identities (best, place, America, population)
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I'd say Minneapolis/St. Paul is VERY unappreciated in this country, mostly because people are afraid cold weather (or the perception), but it has quite of bit of culture and personality that I've never seen anywhere else. If you visited, I'd think you'd agree.
I doesn't seem as if Minneapolis or Minnesota in general is marketed to the rest of the country or atleast my region. It's just like Seattle, Portland, Denver, Salt Lake City... those cities that you know exist, but you never hear anything about them unless you actively research them or visit.
JC ..even though it has it own culture slightly, it is still associated with ny. Even if its something that is JC born and breed, ny finds a way to take credit it...one example Frank Sinatra.
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I doesn't seem as if Minneapolis or Minnesota in general is marketed to the rest of the country or atleast my region. It's just like Seattle, Portland, Denver, Salt Lake City... those cities that you know exist, but you never hear anything about them unless you actively research them or visit.
The only thing i know about Minneapolis is Prince and Paisley Park........
I doesn't seem as if Minneapolis or Minnesota in general is marketed to the rest of the country or atleast my region. It's just like Seattle, Portland, Denver, Salt Lake City... those cities that you know exist, but you never hear anything about them unless you actively research them or visit.
In the West, all of those cities are very well known about. I know very few people that know much about the South because we don't get exposed to that a lot. A lot of this is regional.
Metro: 2.3 million, yet we have very little national recognition.
Why? SAC never has had a big name corporation as part of its identity.
Before anyone even knew of Fresno and Bakersfield, Sacramento took all the hits by LA and SF folks. In some cases we still are maligned; undeservedly so.
These days Fresno and Bakersfield are more well known than SAC because their reputations are so bad.
We have only one major league sports team(Sacramento Kings) and it has never been able to beat the LA Lakers to move on to the national NBA playoffs.
We have two major Colleges, one is very big (UC Davis) with a very good reputation but not known for sports. When people do recognize the name they associate it with the bay area, not Sacramento.
Sacramento has a ton of important Western American History. And, we were major contributors at one time regarding the Railroad (75yrs of manufacturing and servicing locomotives), aerospace (one big company designed & manufactured missiles and spacecraft components), and the military (2 big airforce bases closed in the '90s).
Some big name companies still here: Intel has a huge R&D facility in the city of Folsom which is in Sacramento County. HP had huge facilities (but downsized) in Roseville, a city in the Sacto Metro. Apple, Inc. -- they have been in Southern Sacramento since the 80's doing various things from manufacturing to marketing. Seimans, South Sacramento --- they manufacture san diego's and st. louis's light rail cars and cities across the world.
Sacramento is the Capital of a the 7th largest economy in the World - State Gov't and Politics is huge. But not necessarily a good thing, especially if you are from the bay area or southern cal. They blame Sacramento for all their woes when in fact they are the people who get those politicians elected because of their huge populations.
We are known as a western transportation, distribution, and regional headquarters for small business and a back office hub for Silicon Valley. But nothing to write home about on a national scale.
Unknown bragging rights:
Sacramento is just as close to World Class Ski Resorts (Sierra Neveda Mts) if not closer than Denver is to the Rockies.
Sacramento is just as connected to World Famous Wine Regions (namely Napa County) than SF, yet nobody knows that. Sacramento also has their own very productive high quality wine regions besides Napa, nobody knows that.
Our Weather is better than most places in the USA, except coastal California, but Coastal Californians tell everyone are weather is horrible. Nothing could be further from the truth, nationally speaking.
Ronald Reagan lived in Sacramento for 8yrs as Governor; Arnold flew back to LA every night when the Capitol bldg. closed for business.
Sorry for digging up an old post. But very true. Once again reiterates what I've been saying for years.
Sactown is the worst self-promoter in history. There is a lot of stuff here, but the city, with it's huge inferiority complex, never brags about it, while SF and LA steal all the limelight.
There it is! I knew someone was going to pull this sh*t.
It was an honest question. I know it's famous for the arch but other than that I didn't know.
Let's see....
San Diego's World Famous Zoo
Balboa Park
The Navy
Great Mild Weather
Known for being very Laid-Back
1st World's Fair was held here
Panama Exchange was held here
Can we Add Comic Con? I love SD. When I get all my funds together I'm headed that way.
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