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    Lil town called Greenville. It actually has some decent history regarding the early years of America's westward expansion.
    Greenville is the historic location of Fort Greene Ville, a pioneer fort built under General Anthony Wayne's command, at over 55 acres (220,000 m2) this was the largest wooden fortification ever built. It was here that the Treaty of Greenville was signed on August 3, 1795, bringing peace to the area and opening up the Northwest Territory for settlement. Fort Greene Ville was named for Wayne's fellow General Nathanael Greene.[4]
    There's a lot more to it than Wikipedia says; we had quite a few battles with the natives based around the fort. Also, we're the birthplace of Annie Oakley, which is sorta neat.

    Currently, it's a hole that's dying a slow death. But eh.


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    Nyack Hospital, Nyack New York.

    Wikipedia offers this nugget of info for you

    Quote Originally Posted by wikipedia
    In 1991 the landmark court case Stambovsky v. Ackley ruled that a house at 1 LaVeta Place on the Hudson River was legally haunted and that the owner (but not the real estate agent) was required to disclose that to prospective buyers. The owner Helen Ackley earlier had organized haunted house tours and was party to an article about it in Readers Digest. After Ackley sold the house to another buyer there have not been recent reports of hauntings.

    The hospital is also across the street from a rather large cemetery.

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    I was born in Jacksonville, Florida but I only lived there for six months.

    The Treaty Oak is a massive, 250 year-old tree at Jessie Ball DuPont Park in downtown. Office workers from nearby buildings sit on benches to eat lunch or read a book in the shade of its canopy.

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    Molde

    An old settlement emerging as a trading post in the late Middle Ages. Formal trading rights were introduced in 1614, and the city was incorporated through a royal charter in 1742. Molde was established as a municipality on 1 January 1838 (see here)

    The city continued to grow throughout the 18th and 19th centuries, becoming a center for Norwegian textile and garment industry, as well as the administrative center for the region, and a major tourist destination.

    After World War II, Molde has experienced much growth, merging with Bolsøy and parts of Veøy on 1 January 1964, and has become a center for not only administrative and public services, but also academic resources and industrial output.

    The city is located on the northern shore of the Romsdalsfjord on the Romsdal Peninsula. Molde has a maritime, temperate climate, with cool-to-warm summers, and relatively mild winters.
    The Moldejazz jazz festival is held in Molde every July. Moldejazz is the largest and oldest jazz festival in Europe, and one of the most important. An estimated 40,000 tickets are sold for the more than a hundred events during the festival. Between 80,000 and 100,000 visitors visit the city during the one-week long festival.
    Which is quite a bit, considering the town's population is around 25000.

    And here's a picture.


    However, I did not grow up in this town, but a small village about an hour away. This was however the nearest town of any size worth mentioning, so I often travelled there with my family.
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    Chula Vista, California

    In 2009, Chula Vista was ranked as one of the most boring cities in America by Forbes Magazine.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference">[13]
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    Chula Vista is terribly boring.

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    I was born in Corona, CA. Population 124,966 as of the 2000 census. Early last century is was known as the "Lemon Capital of the World." Up until the 1980s much of it was still groves of citrus fruits, which I would pick and snack on while walking around town. It was lovely. Now there are... basically no orange groves left.

    Lucille Ball and Desi Arnes used to have a ranch here; it's like a patio furniture factory or something now. It smells.

    A few businesses headquartered in Corona are: Fender (you know, guitars), Monster (the energy drink), Vans (the shoes), and West Coast Customs (of Pimp My Ride fame; a guy Cid does not like had his ride pimped by them, in fact).

    ETA: Chula Vista xD

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    I was born in Fresno, California and left before it got too bad. :3

    Fresno (pronounced /ˈfrɛznoʊ/, FREZ-noe) is a city in California, USA, the county seat of Fresno County. As of February 27, 2009, the population was estimated at 500,017,[5] making it the fifth largest city in California and the 36th largest in the nation. Fresno is located in the center of the wide San Joaquin Valley of Central California, approximately 200 miles (322 km) north of Los Angeles and 170 miles (274 km) south of the state capital, Sacramento. The city is part of the Fresno-Clovis metropolitan area, which, with a population of 1,002,046, is the second largest metropolitan area in the Central Valley after Sacramento. The name Fresno is the Spanish language word for the ash tree and an ash leaf is featured on its flag. It is prominently featured in Cajas de Carton, a short story by famed author Francisco Jimenez.

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