# 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:** 3\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/141 "2004-10-24T04:30:37Z")
> [@Ignatz](#): > > Would you please advise how I post a “location” in the “number of postings” block? Go to the top of the page, and click on “User CP”. Then click on “edit profile” and enter the desired location. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 4:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/142 "2004-10-24T04:46:19Z")
Oka, Quebec 100 Mile House, BC Burnt Church, New Brunswick Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia Gimli, Manitoba Vegreville, Alberta Saint-Basile-le-Grand, Quebec ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2004, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759/143 "2004-10-24T18:25:31Z")
As long as it’s already up again: Attica, New York Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Johnstown, Pennsylvania Harpers Ferry, West Virginia Kent, Ohio LaGrange, Texas Lake Placid, New York Palmyra, New York Salem, Massachusetts Vicksburg, Mississippi [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-cities-will-forever-be-known-for-one-specific-thing-event/145759.md?page=7)