Little-know facts about your city? (moving, station, areas)

[Neworleansisprettygood]

I hate nothing more than when somebody sets down extreme parameters for what's "allowed" in "their" thread, so this is just supposed to be a fairly open way to let us all know something that maybe even a majority of locals don't.

For instance, the Cuban flag was first flown in Downtown New Orleans on Poydras St., before it even made its way to the nation itself.

[btownboss4]

Boston was not a city Until 1834.
Worcester Mass. was the first major city in New England to get hit by a tornado
Lowell, MA before industralzation it had 5 families

[btownboss4]

Lawrence MA- During the "bread and Roses" strike of 1912 strikers formed the first Moving picket line

[Chriscross309]

Charleston, WV was the first city to have brick streets

[animatedmartian]

MLK first had a march and "I have a dream" speech in Detroit before the more famous one in DC.

[jmellc]

Our nearby city of Raleigh, NC had the first TV station to broadcast in HD. WRAL TV, in 1996.

[Pine to Vine]

from 1800 to 1830, 3 of the 10 most populous cities in the US were located within what is now the corporate limits of Philadelphia (Philadelphia proper along with Northern Liberties and Southwark): Largest cities in the United States by population by decade - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For the next two decades (1840s and 1850s), current areas of Philly retained two of the top 10 spots.

[west336]

Originally Posted by animatedmartian

MLK first had a march and "I have a dream" speech in Detroit before the more famous one in DC.

WOW! Not THAT is interesting!!

[annie_himself]

Lafayette, LA was once the 40th-50th largest city in the country. It only has 120,000 in city population now.

[btownboss4]

New Britain Ct is the only city in the country that offical Documents are in English and Polish