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Donald Judd- Marfa, Texas
Jackson Pollack- Cody Wyoming
there's also Clint Eastwood who lives in Carmel, CA. He was actually the mayor of the town for a while.
Also, a lot of writers live/lived in small towns. Steven King and William Faulkner are the first two that come to mind. There are A LOT of famous writers and artist that chose to live in small towns as apposed to moving to New York or some other big city. So just dealing with those two categories, come up with quite a few names.
Well, yeah it's easy to throw out all famous people who were born in small cities...
I could be like this guy ^ and say Bob Dylan and Duluth.
For ever Prince was > than MPLS, but I'd say with Prince dying out and MPLS getting better, that's gone away.
Yeah but Bob Dylan didn't live in Duluth after he got famous. Jackson Pollack, Donald Judd, Clint Eastwood, Seven King, and William Faulkner all live/lived in these small towns at some point during the height of their careers.
HECK NO!! It's been America's 2nd city a century and a half before Barack was even born. That's the most ridiculous thing I have read all day, LOL!.
That's like saying Jay-Z or Guliani are more famous than NYC... which is not true.
A vast majority of the world's population probably knows who Barack Obama is. Do you think its the same for Chicago? I highly doubt it.
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Although both of these artist are deceased:
Donald Judd- Marfa, Texas
Jackson Pollack- Cody Wyoming
there's also Clint Eastwood who lives in Carmel, CA. He was actually the mayor of the town for a while.
Also, a lot of writers live/lived in small towns. Steven King and William Faulkner are the first two that come to mind. There are A LOT of famous writers and artist that chose to live in small towns as apposed to moving to New York or some other big city. So just dealing with those two categories, come up with quite a few names.
Good examples, but like the other poster said I want to limit it to bigger cities to make the comparison more interesting.
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A vast majority of the world's population probably knows who Barack Obama is. Do you think its the same for Chicago? I highly doubt it.
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Yeah, i actually do think the same for Chicago.
If Houston and Miami are known city wise around the world, I don't see why Chicago is not.
I'm South Asian, and Chicago, along with San Francisco, Boston, NYC, and LA is probably one of the most known cities there, and has been before Obama. The people there, they don't even know what city Obama came from, they just know who he is and where he resides now; DC.
A city that's hosted the World Fair decades before Obama was even known, a city that gave the world the skyscraper, and is known as being one of the tallest, a city that's got so many large companies, a city known for it's airport, a city known for it's cosmopolitan atmosphere. And you're saying Barack Obama is more famous than it? That's ridiculous, O'Hare Airport I can understand, but Obama??!?!?! The guy who gained almost all his media attention in his life some 2-3 years ago?!!?!
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