# 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:** 6
**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, 8:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/101 "2003-01-01T20:26:03Z")
Sydney - Opera House (what else?) Lodi (CA) (think CCR) ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/102 "2003-01-01T20:30:00Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by happyheathen \* > **Sydney - Opera House (what else?)** The harbour bridge? The AMP Centrepoint Tower? King’s Cross? Bondi Beach? I’m also not convinced by the suggestion of Manchester by another poster - there are surely _lots_ of things you could associate with the city, from music to clubs to football teams to canals. ---
**Author:** ![Gleena](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b3f665/32.png) [@Gleena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gleena)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/103 "2003-01-01T20:52:52Z")
From my recent time in Australia - Gallipoli. ---
**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, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/104 "2003-01-01T21:04:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ryan\_Liam \* > \*\*Manchester, where the Industrial Revolution began. \*\* Going back to the OP, that’s hardly the only thing that Manchester is known for (e.g. Boddingtons). I doubt it would make the top ten. Much as it grieves me, being from t’other side of ’ Pennines, I suspect Manchester United would be the best known aspect of Manchester. ---
**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, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/105 "2003-01-01T21:11:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crusoe \* > \*\*The harbour bridge? > The AMP Centrepoint Tower? > King’s Cross? > Bondi Beach? > \*\* Never heard of any of them. Sorry. Vichy ---
**Author:** ![Crusoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@Crusoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crusoe)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/106 "2003-01-01T21:17:54Z")
You’ve never heard of the Sydney Harbour Bridge? Man, get yourself a holiday booked there _now_! ---
**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, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/107 "2003-01-01T21:23:48Z")
Sorry, this boy don’t do Australia (I’ll stop now - I’ve already got the French pissed 🙂 ) ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 1, 2003, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/108 "2003-01-01T22:13:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Crusoe \* > \*\*You’ve never heard of the Sydney Harbour Bridge? Man, get yourself a holiday booked there _now_! \*\* Yeah…there’s some great suites up on top of ‘The Coathanger’ (aka Sydney Harbour Bridge). _Very_ exclusive and the views are just out of this world. Oh, did I mention I am the booking agent, and we’ve just had some last minute cancellations, so if you want to send a deposit… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![gex\_gex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/94ad74/32.png) [@gex\_gex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gex_gex)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 11:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/109 "2003-01-02T11:50:17Z")
**happyheathen** , there was just an Olympic Games in Sydney. ---
**Author:** ![owlstretchingtime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/958977/32.png) [@owlstretchingtime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/owlstretchingtime)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/110 "2003-01-02T12:09:37Z")
Breton Woods Yalta Oberamagau ---
**Author:** ![Crafter\_Man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crafter_man/32/458_2.png) [@Crafter\_Man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crafter_Man)\ **Post date:** [January 2, 2003, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/111 "2003-01-02T23:15:53Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lure \* > **Probably because outside of Dayton, Ohio most people think of Kitty Hawk NC [as the Birthplace of Flight]** Blasphemy! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![HelloKitty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecccb3/32.png) [@HelloKitty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HelloKitty)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/112 "2003-01-03T00:19:03Z")
**Leavenworth, KS** - famous for the Federal Penn and Military DB, often referenced in many John Wayne movies or other military and western movies. “You’re gonna end up in Leavenworth if you pull that trigger!” ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/113 "2003-01-03T01:55:36Z")
> [@](#): > > _Originally posted by masonite \* > \*\*[nit]Labdad, it’s King_man\*, Arizona.[/nit] \*\* :smack: It certainly is! (I used up all my spelling in that post on Tucumcari, Tehachapi and Tonapah!) ---
**Author:** ![Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@Kilvert\_s\_Pagan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kilvert_s_Pagan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/114 "2003-01-03T02:04:52Z")
I’m really surprised that nobody has taken a shot at my hometown, **Cleveland** , home of the Cuyahoga River, which in the early 1970’s caught fire… …and as a result of spontaneous combustion, no less. However, the notoriety has probably faded. Also, it’s now known for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame., so perhaps it’s disqualified… ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/115 "2003-01-03T03:38:53Z")
It’s also known as the birthplace of the “full Cleveland” 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/116 "2003-01-03T03:43:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by racer72 \* > \*\*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. \*\* I don’t think I know him, but NEXT time you happen to be in Bellingham, you will have someone ELSE to visit…and I promise to be home. I don’t hunt. 'Course, my red hair isn’t all that BRIGHT anymore…more auburn…but I think you will find me an acceptible substitute. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/117 "2003-01-03T04:02:55Z")
Roswell Oberammergau MadCity Waunakee Mount St. Helens (Well, not a town but as a location.) ---
**Author:** ![Phelan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a183cd/32.png) [@Phelan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phelan)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/118 "2003-01-03T04:23:17Z")
Halifax, Nova Scotia- For the explosion which leveled it during WW1 when a ship carrying explosives collided with another. ---
**Author:** ![kniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/c37758/32.png) [@kniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kniz)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/119 "2003-01-03T05:05:16Z")
**Tupelo, Mississippi** birthplace of **"The King of Rock and Roll"** ---
**Author:** ![happyheathen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b5e925/32.png) [@happyheathen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/happyheathen)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/120 "2003-01-03T05:12:16Z")
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