I feel like learning about other people's hometowns. Run a search on Wikipedia for wherever you live and post the link up in this thread.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno,_California
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I feel like learning about other people's hometowns. Run a search on Wikipedia for wherever you live and post the link up in this thread.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fresno,_California
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ballycastle
Dont judge me harshly.
...is a city located in...Missouri. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 331.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingston_upon_Hull
Here's Hell...I mean Hull :D
Not really much to look at...
Kagga:love:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Kilbride
Just because EK is better than you. :cool:
And, just because EK isn't a city:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glasgow
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calgary%2C_Alberta
Yeah i'm a Calgarian.
I was just gonna do London, but this where I live in more detail.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_London
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peckham...don%2C_England
Exactly where I live
3 reason why my area kicks ass
Only Fools and Horses is set in Peckham
So was Desmonds Barbers
I get my hair cut there
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Springfield%2C_Missouri
This article is incomplete. It doesn't mention me at all.
I'm shocked I found my town on there, it's a very very small town. I was dissapointed that my town wasn't bashed on there, but that's not very Wiki-like. xD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Shields It's near Newcastle and in the same county as it, we just get the brutal winds from the North Sea and it's cold as the water itself.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings
1066 forever!
This is where I currently live - I like to call it Jam land! :)
However, this is my hometown. Washington, UK!
NY.
Wow, I was surprised there was even a page for it!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen...d_and_Labrador
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Helens%2C_Merseyside
I live in 'Windle'.
The cool thing is, our Rugby ground on Knowsley Road is famous, and Its right down my street.
(St Helens 75. Wigan 0) Thats famous B)
Johnny Vegas lived here too
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tampa%2C_Florida
I love my hometown... :love:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neath
Shortest page ever
Hometown (even though I lived well outside of it: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mars_Hill,_North_Carolina
Home City (where I never went til I was about 15 or so): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asheville,_North_Carolina
And Current Town (where I go to school): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapel_...North_Carolina
Where I am now (for school): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evanston%2C_Illinois
"population of 74,239...located in Cook County, Illinois...Serves as the setting for the movie Mean Girls starring Lindsay Lohan."
Where I grew up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_River%2C_Ohio
"a city located in Cuyahoga County, Ohio. It is named after the river of the same name...20,735 people..."
Birthplace: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aurora%2C_Colorado
Current home: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salisbury%2C_Maryland
College (where I am now): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gettysburg%2C_Pennsylvania
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ladbroke_Grove
They practically have my street (I live just off Ladbroke Grove).
I beat all of you.
Edit: Oh and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London for the city. Incase you were wondering.
Yeah, awful place.Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
There is one good thing about that place though: Mount Judd! :)
It has been a while since I last looked upon good ol' Mount Judd :(
(I think most of the forum goers will, actually! :laugh: )
Why are you flaming Curtis Psy!? :mad2:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danbury%2C_Essex - Closest I could find to my village. Bicknacre is mentioned, though there's no article.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chelmsford - This is the largest town nearby.
Damned Wiki doesn't even mention ol' Juddy. :irked:Quote:
Originally Posted by themagicroundabout
I will look upon its fair peak tomorrow, Judd be praised. :)We've got a live one!Quote:
Originally Posted by Shaun A
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International Halls of Residence
What the hell? I suppose they wanted to save the best part as a surprise! :excited:Quote:
Originally Posted by Psychotic
I am so gosh darned jealous! :(
Where I live now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wichita%2C_Kansas
Where I go to school: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maize%2C_Kansas
and where I will be living: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence%2C_Kansas
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campbel..._New_Brunswick
I'm surprised Campbellton is even on Wiki. That's how unwanted we are.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Worth
Very interesting.
My hometown:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manchester
WOOT! Us Mancs rock!
And where Im staying agaisnt my will ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradford
my town is so small and unheard of it had nothing on it.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Algona%2C_Iowa
There's absolutely nothing of interest at all on that page, however.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Davenport%2C_Iowa
This is the town I lived in when I first joined EoFF back in 1999. I'm not originally from there, though. But at least it has something to read about if you really want to.
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Originally Posted by look_out_below
OMFGWTFBBQHOBBITSECKS!
I'm a Calgarian too!
I was so suprised mine was there....Here ya goo!
Home of.....Robert Frost (the poet) and.....Susie Castillo (the lady on TRL)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Woodbridge%2C_Virginia
Home of the Potomac Nationals and Potomac Mills!
Where I lived not so long ago. http://en.wikipedia.org.wiki/Runcorn An where I live now.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helsby
I practically wrote the [interesting parts of] my town's wikipedia article.
-practically wrote
+did write
anyways, yeah, I doubt anyone has edited it since.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridgman%2C_Michigan
My hometown, my brother attended that high school at the time.
My country
Yeah thats Dominican Republic! I miss it there :(.
Not much to say about it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glendale%2C_Arizona
My town didn't have a wiki. So I took the liberty to make one.
Here it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milaca
This is as close as I could get; it's where I attended high school. My actual home is slightly northeast of Lancaster.
And here's where I go to college.
I know you were all waiting for my hometown :cool:
Napier, Hawkes Bay, New Zealand --> The definition of cool.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napier%2C_New_Zealand
Read it and weep :cool:
I'm SHOCKED that I found mine. I truely am.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall%2C_Oklahoma
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mandura...tern_Australia
that's as close as i can get because no-one's written in the dawesville wiki :(
Stay Super
GG
St Leonards On Sea.... and It sucks....
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Leonards_on_Sea
I don't think there's much I can add to this one:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney
Movie Director Ridley Scott who made Alien and Kingdom of Heaven was born in South Sheilds, Author Catherine Cookson came for here and singing star Sting came from this county too. North Shields gets the castle and blown up chemical plant though, place stinks of fish...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayside...ns%2C_New_York
Wowzers, i learned a few things myself. :choc2:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hastings
Check this one out
Where I live: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Woodlands%2C_TX
Where I grew up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durango%2C_CO
They actually had somethig... how surprising!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Askola
Ahaha! Spot on for my town!
This town sucks, and it's chav haven.Quote:
Opinions on the general quality of life in Stockport greatly differ. In its favour, some highlight its close proximity to Manchester, and its abundance of amenities; but its perceived grittiness and loutish youth culture earned it 12th place in the internet-based 2004 guide " Crap Towns: The 50 Worst Places To Live In The UK"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockport
Edit: I also found this. Haha.
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The overriding 'look' for Stockport's locals is a shaven head with optional Fila cap/visor perched on top, Reebok shellsuit, the legs of which are tucked into a pair of overpowering patterned socks and a pair of Rockport, Timberland or Kicker boots. Gold jewellery is popular, usually incorporating sovereigns and/or marijuana leaf motifs. The male uniform is fairly similar.
Anyone deviating from this universally accepted look faces daily verbal and physical abuse.
Entertainment includes avoid being glassed in one of the town's many pubs, avoiding being stabbed on the infamous 192 bus and avoiding leaving your house as much as possible.
Merseyway precinct is the town's heart. If you do wish to buy anything from Woolworths, Argos or 'Everything For £1', avoid walking within a stone's throw of the second-floor balcony edge or you face a shower of gob, McDonald's fries and stones from the gangs of youths above.
I loled
When I went to Majorca, an English man served my Dad and after awhile he said "..You come from St Helens don't you?"
I live in a bit of a city so here goes:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uxbridge
They missed Runcorn! Everyone knows the best woolyback vs scouser fights have taken place there. Hence the famous rhyme: "down where the lights are flashin, we are goin wooly bashin!" And the Widnes, St Helens, Warrington, an Wigan accent, are not similar to each other!Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeldy
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dayton_Ohio
Yeah, Dayton is a pretty small city. I'm surprised one could call it a city. It's more like a village or something. :rolleyes2
Yeah, so I live in Dayton. It's cool and all, with them Wright brothers and their air-plane whatchamacallit. But I'd rather be in a place like Cansas, just for the sake of dropping my house on a witch.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delmar%2C_New_York
Just so you all know, this area is the section of Bethlehem, NY that I live in.
Ive never been Wigan or spoken to anyone from Warrington or Widnes so I wouldn't know :xQuote:
Originally Posted by Anaisa
birthplace: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southfield
currently: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinckney%2C_Michigan
seems to be a bit more diverse where i came from...
That surprises me! Well, if you have ever heard both Mel C (you know that tracksuitor in the spice girls) Or Kerry Katona(that common woman in the iceland adverts)talking,you'll know they don't have a similar accent. Kerry having the Warrington accent, an Mel C having the Widnes accent.Quote:
Originally Posted by Zeldy
Wow. Look, it mentions me! Yay! ^_^
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shafter%2C_CA
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Hampstead
Before you ask, yes I've been past the place where the Beatles recorded.
Hometown: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_Coast%2C_Queensland
Birthplace: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sydney
I wanna go back to Sydney sometime.