welcome to reston!! got ebola?
The town that Lenny Bruce said, “It’s so corrupt, it’s thrilling.”
Mayor Richard J. Daley during the “60’s unrest said,” The policeman isn’t there to create disorder, he’s there to preserve disorder."
Mayor Richard M. Daley and the parking meters, and now we have Rahm!
Plus, we’re surrounded by the greatest of lakes, and the craziest of governors.
But, even with all that, I still don’t want to live anywhere else.
David
I live in San Francisco, which middle-America seems to think is Commie homo hippie liberal headquarters. They may not be wrong, but it’s easy to make fun of.
Born in Trenton, NJ, which locals make fun of, I guess, for being dirty and smelly.
Joe
Ebola is exactly the first thing I think of when I hear Reston, VA. I am not alone.
Don’t forget Alvin Greene.
Dayton, Ohio is called “Little Detroit.”
“Flint”.
(That was pretty easy wasn’t it?)
RUT-land, Vermont. Nuff said!
My favorite is from John Keister, local comic. I’m sorry, but if you don’t live here, you might not fully get it, even after I explain.
***“The rest of America thinks about Seattle the way Seattleites think about Fremont.”
Fremont is a neighborhood in Seattle, known for granola people and weirdos. It has declared itself the Center of the Universe, and started the growing trend of naked bike rides with its annual Solstice Parade.
? No idea where you think you live, but it takes 4 hours to get to the Grapevine from Fresno, and then about 2 hours from the Grapevine to LA, depending on where in the LA basin you are headed, and about 4 hours to go from LA to San Diego … Not that I would actually live in the LA basin if you paid me.
I am from Rochester NY, home of Big Yellow Daddy [Kodak] and then moved to Tidewater Virginia [We don’t drink and we don’t smoke, nor fuck, Norfolk] and then moved to Groton CT [Submarine Capital of the world … ] so you can take your best shot at 3 different areas for jokes =)
Biggest claim to fame: The Chattanooga Choo-Choo, which was not even a real train, just a silly song.
This place used to be much easier to make fun of, though. In the 60’s and 70’s we had the worst air pollution in the nation. Possibly the worst race relations as well. High rates of poverty, crime, illiteracy, and intolerance. Nasty place to be.
In the last couple of decades, Chattanooga has become surprisingly progressive for a town stuck between Appalachia and the Deep South.
Orlando is almost too easy. I JUST noticed now that one can place Mickey ears on the “O” to create instant mockage.
But I’m originally from Fredonia, New York. No, not “Freedonia”. Nuff said.