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Old 04-18-2008, 08:50 AM
 
Location: Scarsdale, NY
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Make your list...

My list:
NYC - A lion. King of the concrete jungle. But also ready to pounce.

LA - (no insult intended) A poodle and chiwawa mix. Let's buy make-up... Then do something crazy (surf or skateboard).

Chicago - A tiger. Ready to pounce.

Philadelphia - A mongoose. They'll tear you to shreads.

Boston - A house cat. Smart and sophisticated with a nose in the air.

Detroit - A hyena. They'll eat you alive.
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Old 04-18-2008, 01:58 PM
 
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Atlanta-Siberian Husky because we are hybrid (the city is transient) and people either love it, hate it, or are scared of it.
Charlotte-Alaskan Malamute often mistaken for a Siberian Husky.

New York- same as FutureCop's animal.
Philly- The Hyena because they are fierce and hang around the lion.

Dallas- A vulture or Kite because it spends to much time soaring (talking), take live prey but eat bugs and they have weak legs.
Houston- An owl because they are acute at hearing and seeing (smart) and they make no noise when they fly (their role can be overlooked).

New Orleans-Lab Mouse (I will let y'all figure it out).
Boston- A Fox because they're wary of humans, selective, solitary, but will pounce whenever they need to.

LA-A dolphin at Sea World because they're always in character (not all but the fake actors).
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Old 04-18-2008, 02:48 PM
 
Location: The Heart of Dixie
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Miami would be a parrotfish or some other kind of tropical fish with its association with the ocean and the tropics and everything.

Detroit as a hyena is actually quite funny. Newark can be the wolf.

DC is probably like the rattlesnake that hides and is very sneaky....at least with Capitol Hill, the rest of the city not so much

Vegas would be a peacock with colorful feathers.
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Old 04-18-2008, 03:15 PM
 
Location: yeah
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chiwawa
Are you serious with that? New York suddenly seems so cosmopolitan...
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Old 04-18-2008, 04:05 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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Chicago: bear (no pun intended). Big, but not the biggest mammal on earth. Powerful, respected, ugly and beautiful at the same time, fat but yet incredibly agile. The only difference is that Chicago doesnt hibernate in winter like a bear, it keeps pushing on. Readily goes after what it wants (honey? lol), takes what it can when it can, even if it involves being "stung" repeatedly.

New York: Great white shark.... top of the food chain. Very respected and feared, always active--never sleeps. But with having top-of-the-food-chain status, comes a big head. lol j/k

Dallas: cougar. Smart and svelte, fast. Not the biggest or strongest, but certainly powerful in its own right and respected. Often goes about its daily business completely undetected to those around it, even though its place in this world is just as important as anything else.

Phoenix: scorpion. Tough and hard-as-nails to survive in the desert. In summer, it is nearly dead during the day, becomes active at night when the temps cool down. Its can hold its own but is still isnt overly powerful for its size, even though its respected. Unlike a scorpion though, PHX cant go w/o water for a year. lol

Detroit: cobra. Secretive and loathed by many, but can and will rear up once again to show its fangs and power. And once it does that, it will be respected once more. Until then, it hides its face in the brush and hopes noone realizes its there for fear of more predation. lol

Las Vegas: baboon. Can be fun to watch, can be powerful too. Its known worldwide, but not in the sense a great white shark is either (read: not respected). Not overly large or overly small, and covered with some of the ugliest features known to man. lol
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Old 04-18-2008, 04:23 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Omaha: three toed sloth.

Denver: billy goat

LA: prissy ass cat

StL: cardinal before eaten by chicago's bear (then it turns into a piece of turd that comes out of a Pujol)

Milwaukee: Squirrel

Indianapolis: four toed sloth
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Old 04-18-2008, 04:31 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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San fransisco-Pink flamingo

New york city-White tiger

Detroit-Wounded lion
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Old 04-18-2008, 05:17 PM
 
Location: Phoenix metro
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StL: cardinal before eaten by chicago's bear (then it turns into a piece of turd that comes out of a Pujol)
LMBO

Can we throw the Sox in there too while we're at it?
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Old 04-18-2008, 06:08 PM
 
Location: Chicago
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Omaha: three toed sloth.
Wow you people from Chicago are jerks, Omaha is in no way slow right now, maybe you should go and see. Our downtown is vibrant and expanding our suburbs are expanding and, our economy is so powerful . We have 5 fortune 500 companies in our metro which population is 830,000. Chicago has over 9.6 million and has 27 in its metro. Ratio wise, Omaha's is larger and our economy is most likely stronger than when Chicago was our size. So if you were to base
Omaha off its economic strength, It would be at least a greyhound.
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Old 04-18-2008, 07:45 PM
 
Location: New England & The Maritimes
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New York- same as FutureCop's animal.
Philly- The Hyena because they are fierce and hang around the lion.
Hahha and they eat the scraps the Lion leaves behind.
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