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Old 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.
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Old 09-04-2010, 03:55 AM
 
Location: Raleigh NC
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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.
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Old 09-04-2010, 03:57 AM
 
Location: Detroit's Marina District
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there ya go. First things that popped into my mind.
And, how many times have you been to Detroit?
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Old 09-05-2010, 09:16 AM
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Location: Fort Worth
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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.
Dead skyline?
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Old 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
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Old 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
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Old 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.
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Old 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
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Old 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)
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Old 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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