# What cities will forever be known for one specific thing/event? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [December 30, 2002, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759 "2002-12-30T22:15:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/61 "2002-12-31T18:59:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor \* > \*\*Would you care to explain your remarks. Civily, this time? :mad: \*\* Posters from the named cities have listed towns which are known for _more than one_ thing. The OP is titled **“What cities will forever be known for one specific thing/event?”**. Pasadena ---
**Author:** ![ceyjen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@ceyjen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ceyjen)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/62 "2002-12-31T20:18:07Z")
Laramie, Wyoming – Mathew Shepard San Ysidro, California – McDonald’s massacre ---
**Author:** ![mudcrutch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/2bfe46/32.png) [@mudcrutch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mudcrutch)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/63 "2002-12-31T20:24:38Z")
:smack: I completely misread the OP. Sorry about that. I will substitute my choices with …uh… White Sands, New Mexico and this one will probably fade into obscurity, but it has affected me and my family who have ties to this town: Tulia, Texas - The [drug war](http://www.csdp.org/news/news/tulia.htm). I actually saw a documentary on TV about this the other day. ---
**Author:** ![Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c77e96/32.png) [@Speaker\_for\_the\_Dead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Speaker_for_the_Dead)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/64 "2002-12-31T20:29:04Z")
Salem, [insert state], for the witch trials. ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/65 "2002-12-31T20:54:25Z")
Salem of the witch trials is in Massachusetts, **Speaker**. Also - Winslow, Arizona - the Eagles’ “Take it Easy”. Chaim Mattis Keller ---
**Author:** ![okielady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/fbc32d/32.png) [@okielady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/okielady)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/66 "2002-12-31T20:59:58Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joe K \* > \*\*Ditto. ☹ \*\* A third vote for Oklahoma City, definitely. Some may also remember the destructive tornadoes of May 3, 1999, but for the majority of the population, when they hear “Oklahoma City” they automatically think “bombing.” ---
**Author:** ![Violin\_D\_Ingrate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/898d66/32.png) [@Violin\_D\_Ingrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Violin_D_Ingrate)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 9:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/67 "2002-12-31T21:13:25Z")
Sturgis, SD ---
**Author:** ![Medievalist2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e19adc/32.png) [@Medievalist2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Medievalist2)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/68 "2002-12-31T21:22:08Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ceyjen \* > \*\*Waco, TX–wacko pseudo-religious nuts > \*\* The Koresh cult compound fire didn’t actually take place in Waco. The tragedy took place in an unincorporated rural area. Waco happened to be the nearest major town, so the media referred to the cult compound fire as “the Waco disaster.” I don’t think it’s fair for people to blame Waco for the Koresh cult tragedy, because Waco really had nothing to do with it. Before the cult compound fire, Waco was already famous as the home of Baylor University, one of the most respected private religious universities in the country. ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/69 "2002-12-31T21:35:30Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by dwc1970 \* > Fortunately, the Aryan Nations church went bankrupt and their complex was torn down a few years ago. Still, it will take the area awhile to shake the stigma with which it has been associated. Wasn’t that in/near the small town of Hayden Lake? ---
**Author:** ![neutron\_star](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/51bf81/32.png) [@neutron\_star](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/neutron_star)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 10:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/70 "2002-12-31T22:18:39Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by Troy McClure SF_ > Three Mile Island and Chernobyl (assuming those are proper towns) Chernobyl is indeed a city in the Ukraine, but Three Mile Island is just that, an island. It’s right outside of Middletown, Pennsylvania, my hometown. You could see the cooling towers from the small hill behind my house. ---
**Author:** ![Purd\_Werfect](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e47c2d/32.png) [@Purd\_Werfect](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Purd_Werfect)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/71 "2002-12-31T22:49:37Z")
Vatican City - Best used car deals on the planet. ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/72 "2002-12-31T23:46:56Z")
Scotticher, when I think of Bellingham, I think of the pipeline explosion there a few years ago. I have a cousin that lives a few blocks from the creek that caught on fire. As an auto racing fan, I only have to mention these towns to anyone that know racing and they know what I mean. Talladega Charlotte Watkins Glen Martinsville Dover Indianapolis Darlington Bristol ---
**Author:** ![racer72](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/racer72/32/3075_2.png) [@racer72](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racer72)\ **Post date:** [December 31, 2002, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/73 "2002-12-31T23:49:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lsura \* > \*\*I thought of one more: > Vidalia, Georgia - onions. > (I’ve been there. As far as I know, there’s nothing else it could be known for) \*\* Onions may be the only thing Walla Walla is known for. They do have the big state prison there too. ---
**Author:** ![Banger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8491ac/32.png) [@Banger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banger)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/74 "2003-01-01T00:27:48Z")
Skokie, Illinois: Nazi march and the ACLU Amityville, NY: the “Amityville Horror” ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/75 "2003-01-01T00:44:25Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by racer72 \* > \*\*Scotticher, when I think of Bellingham, I think of the pipeline explosion there a few years ago. I have a cousin that lives a few blocks from the creek that caught on fire. > \*\* Yes, that is another thing that put us on the map…and once again NOT in a GOOD way. ☹ Does your cousin still live here? Wouldn’t it be funny if I actually KNEW him/her? ---
**Author:** ![Agrippina](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8797f3/32.png) [@Agrippina](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Agrippina)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/76 "2003-01-01T00:51:35Z")
Hopewell, New Jersey—for the Lindbergh Kidnapping and Trial in the late 30s. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/77 "2003-01-01T01:00:14Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by cmkeller \* > **Also - Winslow, Arizona - the Eagles’ “Take it Easy”.** Yah, but Winslow might be better known for the big crater near there - it’s been there since long before the Eagles! 😃 [nit] **Labdad** , it’s King_man_, Arizona. [/nit] Thought of another possible - does **Tupelo, Mississippi** mean anything except **Elvis Presley** , except for those fine folk who actually live there, who probably think about other things occasionally? (This thread has got me thinking about city stereotypes, how annoying they can be for the actual residents. Although I freely admit Seattle **is** capital of Coffee, Rain and Suicide. [The residents don’t care much about the Space Needle.]) ---
**Author:** ![jacksen9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jacksen9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jacksen9)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 1:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/78 "2003-01-01T01:05:09Z")
Plymouth Massachusetts Coco Beach … I always think of _I Dream of Jeannie_ 😃 ---
**Author:** ![OxyMoron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/e9a140/32.png) [@OxyMoron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OxyMoron)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/79 "2003-01-01T01:27:53Z")
**Yalta** , for the allies’ conference and the division of Europe; **Srebrenice** , for the Bosnian massacre; **Selma** , for the March; **Ypres** , yet another battle; **Nanking** , for the rape by the Japanese; **Kitty Hawk** , for the first flight **Bikini Atoll** and **Mururoa** , for U.S. & French nuke tests (respectively) **Grand Forks, North Dakota** , for the Great Flood of '97 **Fargo, North Dakota** for the eponymous movie (unfair, since only the opening scene was set in Fargo - and none of it was filmed there. The rest was Minnesota.) **Carthage** , for defeat by the Romans **Little Rock, Arkansas** , for the Little Rock Nine (school integration) **Montgomery, Alabama** , for the bus boycott **Laramie, Wyoming** , for Matthew Shepard **Chattanooga** , for the choo-choo **Atchison, Kansas** , for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe **Kalamazoo** , for the gal you’ve got there **Pisa** , for the Leaning Tower **Granada** , for the Alhambra **Lourdes** , for the shrine **Agra** , for the Taj Mahal **Davos** , for the World Economic Forum **Bethlehem** , for the birth of Christ **Mecca and Medina** , for the Kaba and the Prophet’s Shrine, respectively **Pharos** , for the lighthouse ---
**Author:** ![jackelope](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a6a055/32.png) [@jackelope](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jackelope)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/80 "2003-01-01T01:34:54Z")
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