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American cities whose residents largely commute to work in another state.

  1. Olive Branch, Mississippi
  2. Hoboken, N.J.
  3. Phenix City, Alabama
  4. Covington, Ky.
  5. Jersey City, NJ
44267

American cities whose residents largely commute to work in another state.

  1. Olive Branch, Mississippi
  2. Hoboken, N.J.
  3. Phenix City, Alabama
  4. Covington, Ky.
  5. Jersey City, NJ
  6. Shawnee Mission, Kansas

A postal designation for sixteen cities and towns in Johnaon County, Kansas, some of which are bedrooom towns for Kansas City, Missouri. With over 350,000, Shawnee Mission is the largest would-be city in Kansas.

44268

American cities whose residents largely commute to work in another state.

  1. Olive Branch, Mississippi
  2. Hoboken, N.J.
  3. Phenix City, Alabama
  4. Covington, Ky.
  5. Jersey City, NJ
  6. Shawnee Mission, Kansas
  7. Gary, Indiana

Per my understanding- I’ve never been there or studied it in depth- since the collapse of it’s economic base it’s become more of an exurb of Chicago than it was before.

44269

American cities whose residents largely commute to work in another state.

  1. Olive Branch, Mississippi
  2. Hoboken, N.J.
  3. Phenix City, Alabama
  4. Covington, Ky.
  5. Jersey City, NJ
  6. Shawnee Mission, Kansas
  7. Gary, Indiana
  8. McLean, Va.

If you consider Washington, D.C. a “state” for purposes of this category.

44270

American cities whose residents largely commute to work in another state.

  1. Olive Branch, Mississippi
  2. Hoboken, N.J.
  3. Phenix City, Alabama
  4. Covington, Ky.
  5. Jersey City, NJ
  6. Shawnee Mission, Kansas
  7. Gary, Indiana
  8. McLean, Va.
  9. Kenosha, WI.

Many residents travel to Illinois from the southern Wisconsin area for work.

44271

American cities whose residents largely commute to work in another state.

  1. Olive Branch, Mississippi
  2. Hoboken, N.J.
  3. Phenix City, Alabama
  4. Covington, Ky.
  5. Jersey City, NJ
  6. Shawnee Mission, Kansas
  7. Gary, Indiana
  8. McLean, Va.
  9. Kenosha, WI.
  10. Vancouver, WA

Vancouver/Clark County is across the river from Portland and offers the advantages of having no state income tax and lower house costs.

44272

American cities whose residents largely commute to work in another state.

  1. Olive Branch, Mississippi
  2. Hoboken, N.J.
  3. Phenix City, Alabama
  4. Covington, Ky.
  5. Jersey City, NJ
  6. Shawnee Mission, Kansas
  7. Gary, Indiana
  8. McLean, Va.
  9. Kenosha, WI.
  10. Vancouver, WA
  11. Fairhope, Alabama

The number of people living in Fairhope but registering to vote illegally at their workplace in Florida is believed to be large enough to have won the contested 2000 election for George W. Bush.

44273

American cities whose residents largely commute to work in another state.

  1. Olive Branch, Mississippi
  2. Hoboken, N.J.
  3. Phenix City, Alabama
  4. Covington, Ky.
  5. Jersey City, NJ
  6. Shawnee Mission, Kansas
  7. Gary, Indiana
  8. McLean, Va.
  9. Kenosha, WI.
  10. Vancouver, WA
  11. Fairhope, Alabama
  12. Nashua, N.H.

Many people live there and work across the border in nearby Massachusetts to avoid higher taxes in the Bay State.

44274

American cities whose residents largely commute to work in another state.

  1. Olive Branch, Mississippi
  2. Hoboken, N.J.
  3. Phenix City, Alabama
  4. Covington, Ky.
  5. Jersey City, NJ
  6. Shawnee Mission, Kansas
  7. Gary, Indiana
  8. McLean, Va.
  9. Kenosha, WI.
  10. Vancouver, WA
  11. Fairhope, Alabama
  12. Nashua, N.H.
  13. Cherry Hill, NJ

Across the river from Philadelphia

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Museums around the world; great ones, important ones, quirky ones, specialized ones

  1. Philadelphia Museum of Art

I hear it’s great but haven’t had the chance to go yet; every time I’m in Philly and try to get there something comes up.

44275

Museums around the world; great ones, important ones, quirky ones, specialized ones

  1. Philadelphia Museum of Art
  2. Children’s Museum of Indianapolis

The water clock, man. The water clock.

44276

Museums around the world; great ones, important ones, quirky ones, specialized ones

  1. Philadelphia Museum of Art
  2. Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
    3 The Mütter Museum, Philadelphia

One I would particularly love to visit.

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Museums around the world; great ones, important ones, quirky ones, specialized ones

  1. Philadelphia Museum of Art
  2. Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
    3 The Mütter Museum, Philadelphia
  3. The Rattlesnake Museum, Albuquerque, NM
44278

Museums around the world; great ones, important ones, quirky ones, specialized ones

  1. Philadelphia Museum of Art
  2. Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
    3 The Mütter Museum, Philadelphia
  3. The Rattlesnake Museum, Albuquerque, NM
  4. Canada’s Penitentiary Museum, Kingston, Ontario

Jails give me the creeps but the museum is fascinating, including weapons made from everyday objects by prisoners

Feel free to tell us something about the museum especially if the name isn’t self explanatory

44279

Museums around the world; great ones, important ones, quirky ones, specialized ones

  1. Philadelphia Museum of Art
  2. Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
    3 The Mütter Museum, Philadelphia
  3. The Rattlesnake Museum, Albuquerque, NM
  4. Canada’s Penitentiary Museum, Kingston, Ontario
  5. Tenement Museum, Lower East Side, Manhattan

One I hope to see if I go to NYC this summer.

44280

Museums around the world; great ones, important ones, quirky ones, specialized ones

  1. Philadelphia Museum of Art
  2. Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
    3 The Mütter Museum, Philadelphia
  3. The Rattlesnake Museum, Albuquerque, NM
  4. Canada’s Penitentiary Museum, Kingston, Ontario
  5. Tenement Museum, Lower East Side, Manhattan
  6. The Louvre, Paris, France
44281

Museums around the world; great ones, important ones, quirky ones, specialized ones

  1. Philadelphia Museum of Art
  2. Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
    3 The Mütter Museum, Philadelphia
  3. The Rattlesnake Museum, Albuquerque, NM
  4. Canada’s Penitentiary Museum, Kingston, Ontario
  5. Tenement Museum, Lower East Side, Manhattan
  6. The Louvre, Paris, France
  7. Kansas Barbed Wire Museum, LaCrosse, Kansas

Over 2400 different varieties of barbed wire on display.

44282

Museums around the world; great ones, important ones, quirky ones, specialized ones

  1. Philadelphia Museum of Art
  2. Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
    3 The Mütter Museum, Philadelphia
  3. The Rattlesnake Museum, Albuquerque, NM
  4. Canada’s Penitentiary Museum, Kingston, Ontario
  5. Tenement Museum, Lower East Side, Manhattan
  6. The Louvre, Paris, France
  7. Kansas Barbed Wire Museum, LaCrosse, Kansas
  8. Museo Galileo (Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza), Florence, Italy

A history of scientific instruments, including many made and used by the man himself.

44283

Museums around the world; great ones, important ones, quirky ones, specialized ones

  1. Philadelphia Museum of Art
  2. Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
  3. The Mütter Museum, Philadelphia
  4. The Rattlesnake Museum, Albuquerque, NM
  5. Canada’s Penitentiary Museum, Kingston, Ontario
  6. Tenement Museum, Lower East Side, Manhattan
  7. The Louvre, Paris, France
  8. Kansas Barbed Wire Museum, LaCrosse, Kansas
  9. Museo Galileo (Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza), Florence, Italy
  10. The Guggenheim, New York City, New York, USA
    Quirky due to its shape. The architect hated painters. Thus he gave no room for a person to step back and appreciate the art.
44284

Museums around the world; great ones, important ones, quirky ones, specialized ones

  1. Philadelphia Museum of Art
  2. Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
  3. The Mütter Museum, Philadelphia
  4. The Rattlesnake Museum, Albuquerque, NM
  5. Canada’s Penitentiary Museum, Kingston, Ontario
  6. Tenement Museum, Lower East Side, Manhattan
  7. The Louvre, Paris, France
  8. Kansas Barbed Wire Museum, LaCrosse, Kansas
  9. Museo Galileo (Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza), Florence, Italy
  10. The Guggenheim, New York City, New York, USA
  11. The F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald Museum, Montgomery, Alabama
44285

Museums around the world; great ones, important ones, quirky ones, specialized ones

  1. Philadelphia Museum of Art
  2. Children’s Museum of Indianapolis
  3. The Mütter Museum, Philadelphia
  4. The Rattlesnake Museum, Albuquerque, NM
  5. Canada’s Penitentiary Museum, Kingston, Ontario
  6. Tenement Museum, Lower East Side, Manhattan
  7. The Louvre, Paris, France
  8. Kansas Barbed Wire Museum, LaCrosse, Kansas
  9. Museo Galileo (Istituto e Museo di Storia della Scienza), Florence, Italy
  10. The Guggenheim, New York City, New York, USA
  11. The F. Scott & Zelda Fitzgerald Museum, Montgomery, Alabama
  12. Folsom Museum, Folsom (pop. 80), New Mexico

Near the site where George McJunkin, a former slave, discovered the Folsom Point, a kind of arrowhead that indicated that North America was populated about three times as long as had been previously thought.