# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![syncrolecyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f08c70/32.png) [@syncrolecyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/syncrolecyne)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/81 "2003-01-01T02:10:23Z")
Well, we all know what made Milwaukee famous… ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/82 "2003-01-01T02:41:20Z")
Sydney ---
**Author:** ![Kuli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/94ad74/32.png) [@Kuli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kuli)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/83 "2003-01-01T02:44:51Z")
I don’t think anyone has mentioned Harper’s Ferry yet. (You know, John Brown’s attempted slave revolt). ---
**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:** [January 1, 2003, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/84 "2003-01-01T02:58:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by masonite \* > 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? What relationship does Elvis have to Tupelo? The only thing I think of when I hear that city’s name is “Tupelo Honey” by Van Morrison. Another city known only for one thing is Hershey, Pennsylvania. Of course, the town was built for the workers of the chocolate factory, so I guess it makes sense. How about New Orleans? Mardi Gras. ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/85 "2003-01-01T03:18:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by neutron star \* > \*\*What relationship does Elvis have to Tupelo? > \*\* Elvis was born in Tupelo. You can even go visit the house where he was born (whether it’s the actual house or a rebuilt version, I don’t know). ---
**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, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/86 "2003-01-01T03:21:35Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lsura \* > \*\*Elvis was born in Tupelo. You can even go visit the house where he was born (whether it’s the actual house or a rebuilt version, I don’t know). \*\* It’s the actual house, but fixed up considerably, of course. I’ve been there; it’s pretty cool. I didn’t actually go in (there didn’t seem to be much point, the house being extremely tiny), but I did go drop $40 in the gift shop. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/87 "2003-01-01T03:23:53Z")
As long as we’re at it… Khe Sahn Quang Tre Lang Vei DaNang Hue City A Shau Valley Ia Drang Valley Pleiku Cu Chi Huntsville Truth or Consequences, NM Muncie, IA Panmunjeom (spellings abound) Battle Creek, MI ---
**Author:** ![TV\_time](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f17d59/32.png) [@TV\_time](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TV_time)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/88 "2003-01-01T03:49:40Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ringo \* > **Truth or Consequences, NM** I am going to disagree with you here **Ringo**. While it would be cool if it were always associated with the reason it got its name, an entire generation (or two or three) now doesn’t even remember the television show that shared its name, much less the radio show from which it took its name nor the reason why. In fact, the last few years the town has been trying to change its name from that moniker because its roots have become so obscure and they are tired of explaining the whole thing. I for one would be sad if they do change it, however. May I in my turn advance the name: **Troy** - no, not New York, the one Helen, Paris, Agamemnon, Achilles and Odysseus horsed around with. ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/89 "2003-01-01T04:07:20Z")
Mei Lai ---
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> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by happyheathen \* > \*\*Sydney \*\* What is the one thing/event that Sydney is known for ? For more Australian ones : Milperra (bikie massacre) Granville (train derailment/ large loss of life) ---
**Author:** ![amarone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@amarone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amarone)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/91 "2003-01-01T14:31:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ringo \* > \*\*Huntsville > \*\* Which? Alabama: rockets Texas: executions ---
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> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scotticher \* > \*\*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? \*\* His name is Randy and he has bright red hair. He works for a fish processing company. I haven’t seen him since his mother/my aunt passed away a couple years ago. I was in Bellingham this past October and stopped to see him but he had gone hunting for the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 2:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/93 "2003-01-01T14:55:12Z")
Williamsport, Pennsylvania Several of the cities that have been Winter Olympics hosts - Lake Placid, Lillehammer, Nagano, … ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/94 "2003-01-01T18:36:42Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by amarone \* > \*\*The suggestion of Coventry (in the list with Dresden, Hiroshima and Nagasaki) is interesting as this maybe highlights a different international perspective. I suspect that if you asked people in the UK to say something abut Coventry, you’d get Coventry Cathedral and Coventry City football team as the most common answers. > \*\* I associate it with medieval drama, but I speak as an obsessive literature student… 😉 And while we’re talking about English cities with medieval associations, how about Canterbury? ---
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Surprised no one has mentioned **Dayton** , OH, the Birthplace of Flight… ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/96 "2003-01-01T18:51:52Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by amarone \* > \*\*Which? > > Alabama: rockets > Texas: executions \*\* Dual purpose? Actually, I was thinking of just up the road from me. In the immortal words of Alfred E.: What? My Lai? ---
**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:** [January 1, 2003, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/97 "2003-01-01T19:48:44Z")
(My history/geography may be wrong) Ypres, where the first gas attack of WWI occured. ---
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Manchester, where the Industrial Revolution began. ---
**Author:** ![Lure](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ba8739/32.png) [@Lure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lure)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/99 "2003-01-01T20:10:40Z")
> [@](#): > > Surprised no one has mentioned Dayton, OH, the Birthplace of Flight… Probably because outside of Ohio most people think of \*\* Kitty Hawk NC \*\* ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/100 "2003-01-01T20:20:38Z")
Dayton is better known (imho) as home of Wright-Patterson AFB. (also a flood, and NCR) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759.md?page=6)