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Old 10-20-2011, 12:33 PM
 
Location: LBC
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Traffic
Smog
Gangs
Earthquakes
Plastic Surgery
Illegals (I have nothing against them, but a lot of people do)
I'd gladly retain a Home Depot parking lot full of illegal immigrants per one deported Scientologist. But that's just me.
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Old 10-20-2011, 12:37 PM
 
Location: LBC
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and the ironic thing is almost no residents actually eat deep dish pizza - it's mostly just a tourist thing. My work would get it once a year, and everyone always felt like they were shoving an entire plate of lasagna down their throats! Talk about naptime after...
That confirms my suspicion. I can't imagine anybody eating that on a regular basis. FWIW, deep dish was mini-trend in SoCal in the mid-80’s. Uno’s & Gino’s East ran shops locally. For a about 2 years.
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Old 10-20-2011, 12:49 PM
 
Location: Upper East Side of Texas
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Houston is infamous for...

High heat & humidity
No zoning laws
Traffic
Sprawl
Flat
Fat
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Old 10-20-2011, 12:57 PM
 
Location: Huntington Beach, CA
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Huntington Beach:
Surfing and Skating
Punk Rock
The Beach
Space Technology, Engineering

Porn Stars
MMA and MMA Wannabes
B list celebrities
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Old 10-20-2011, 12:59 PM
 
Location: The Springs
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Colorado Springs, infamous for (but mostly untrue):

-Dominated by the "Religious Right"
-Anti-gay
-Intolerant
-Lacks diversity
-Is located "in" the Rockies
-Has natural bubbling springs
-Long, cold winters
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Old 10-20-2011, 01:14 PM
 
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These posts are exactly what I had in mind so far. Awesome!
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Old 10-20-2011, 01:19 PM
 
Location: Bel Air, California
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Minneapolis - we publicly burned our "last" witch in 1977.
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Old 10-20-2011, 01:23 PM
 
Location: Louisiana to Houston to Denver to NOVA
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Baton Rouge:
Famous-LSU, LSU football
Infamous-Traffic

New Orleans:
Famous-French Quarter, Mardi Gras, Bourbon St, The Saints, Superdome, cuisine, creoles
Infamous-Crime, Katrina, police and government corruption

Houston:
Famous-The Galleria, NASA, Mexican population
Infamous-Traffic, illegal immigrants
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Old 10-20-2011, 01:56 PM
 
Location: New York NY
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NYC infamous for

high-priced housing (mainly true)
fast pace (mainly true)
intensely competitive (mainly true)
danger and crime (mainly not true)
rude people (mainly not true)
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Old 10-20-2011, 02:39 PM
 
Location: The Mid-Cities
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Dallas:

Infamous for: JFK Assasination, Sprawl(True), Heat (True), Illegal Immigrants (True), Conservative (Not True), Lack of Transit (Not True in city proper), Tornados (haven't seen one in 21 years ), Long Hair?
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