09-03-2010, 11:36 PM
Location: Detroit's Marina District
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San Diego: The Navy
New Orleans: Cooking, Mardi Gras
San Antonio: Mexican influence, dead skyline
Washington, D.C.: Historic landmarks, politics
Austin: Deep in the heart of Texas...
San Jose: Silicon Valley
Atlanta: Music scene, great downtown
Denver: Mountains
Philly: Gateway to New Jersey, beautiful skyline, history, Liberty Bell
Detroit: My beautiful hometown, that still has a chance.
09-04-2010, 03:55 AM
Location: Raleigh NC
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Originally Posted by JJG;9649490
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- San Diego [/color] beaches and palm trees
- New Orleans crazy drunk people
- San Antonio Mexico
- Washington D.C. snobby politico types
- Austin hippies
- San Jose Mexico
- Atlanta African Americans
- Denver granola
- Philadelphia cheesesteaks
- Detroit dirty, cars
there ya go. First things that popped into my mind.
09-04-2010, 03:57 AM
Location: Detroit's Marina District
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claud605
there ya go. First things that popped into my mind.
And, how many times have you been to Detroit?
09-05-2010, 09:16 AM
Location: Fort Worth
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Remisc
San Diego: The Navy
New Orleans: Cooking, Mardi Gras
San Antonio: Mexican influence, dead skyline
Washington, D.C.: Historic landmarks, politics
Austin: Deep in the heart of Texas...
San Jose: Silicon Valley
Atlanta: Music scene, great downtown
Denver: Mountains
Philly: Gateway to New Jersey, beautiful skyline, history, Liberty Bell
Detroit: My beautiful hometown, that still has a chance.
Dead skyline?
09-05-2010, 09:56 AM
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San Diego: My hometown! fun beaches, lots to do, The Navy, hills, fish tacos, sun, warm, great mountains, Seaworld, Zoo, just beautiful!
New Orleans: Mardi Gras, Hurricane Katrina
San Antonio: Alamo
Washington, D.C.: Historic landmarks, politics
Austin: Texas....
San Jose: Silicon Valley
Atlanta: African Americans
Denver: Mountains
Philly: Cheese steak!
Detroit: crime, burning cars, jails, etc etc
09-05-2010, 11:54 AM
Location: Seattle & Bellevue
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- San Diego
Navy Bases and beaches
- New Orleans
Katrina and poor people
- San Antonio
Big everything
- Washington D.C.
Malls and Freeways
- Austin
UT campus and hybrids
- San Jose
Tech companies
- Atlanta
Usher
- Denver
Cash register building
- Philadelphia
Its always sunny
- Detroit
Slums and poverty
11-11-2012, 06:14 PM
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
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- Pittsburgh: Steel (duh!), rivers/hills/bridges, Carnegie
- Fort Worth: better than Dallas IMO, friendly, Stockyards
- Orlando: Disney
- Boston: home
- Nashville: country music, the Batman building
- Kansas City: BBQ
- Buffalo: textbook Rustbelt, snow & crappy weather
- Charlotte: Banking, nice skyline
- Cleveland: rustbelt comeback, the Lake, nice oldschool architecture and grit, I kinda like it.
- Omaha: Old market, Missouri River, Con Agra, and mighty good steak. Nice city.
11-11-2012, 06:53 PM
Location: The Magnolia City
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Pittsburgh-Big hills
Fort Worth-Longhorns
Orlando-Disney
Boston-The Departed
Nashville-The Parthenon
Kansas City-BBQ
Buffalo-Bills
Charlotte-Uptown skyline
Cleveland-Key Tower
Omaha-eThugs
11-11-2012, 07:06 PM
Location: Shaw.
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What comes to mind when you hear (my brother's answers in parenthesis):
- Pittsburgh - Steel
- Fort Worth -
- Orlando - Amusement Parks (Disney World)
- Boston - Sons of Liberty (Irish)
- Nashville - Country Music
- Kansas City - BBQ
- Buffalo - Wings
- Charlotte - The Democratic National Convention (Bobcats)
- Cleveland - Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (Drew Carrey)
- Omaha - Corn (nothing)
11-11-2012, 07:54 PM
Location: Washington, DC area
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- Pittsburgh - Lots and lots of Bridges
- Fort Worth - Skyscraper that was hit by tornado and is now a nice apartment tower.
- Orlando - nice downtown lake
- Boston - old light rail system, back bay
- Nashville - batman building
- Kansas City - city everybody outside of KC thinks is in kansas and most even call it kansas.
- Buffalo - art deco city hall
- Charlotte - modern skyline, carowinds
- Cleveland - The flats, the jake
- Omaha - omaha zoo, college world series
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