# What's your town famous for? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [October 20, 2004, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285 "2004-10-20T21:33:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 5:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/61 "2004-10-21T05:05:49Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > That’s certainly possibly. From what I gather from some of my great uncle’s newspaper articles, Lemont was quite a crazy town back in the day. Gunfights and hookers and all sorts of illicit activites. Possible. Argh. I’m in no condition to check the rest of this post for errors right now ( I know it’s only 3 sentences), but please forgive any errors contained within. In this post too if you don’t mind. ---
**Author:** ![danceswithcats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9e8a1a/32.png) [@danceswithcats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/danceswithcats)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/62 "2004-10-21T05:27:24Z")
My present home town is the snack food capitol of the world. Utz, Snyders of Hanover, Wege Pretzel Company and nearby Martin’s Potato Chips in Thomasville have undoubtedly graced your parties and padded your butt. 😉 I grew up in Hartsville, named for Colonel William Hart who ran the inn there for some years, said inn being a stagecoach stop between Philadelphia and New York. In 1777 at headquarters farm, General Washington held councils of war, and French General Lafayette received his commission from the Continental Army. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 6:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/63 "2004-10-21T06:40:29Z")
Gay people, near-annual flooding, and one of the filming locations for Spielberg’s _A.I._ ---
**Author:** ![caveman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/caveman/32/7242_2.png) [@caveman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/caveman)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/64 "2004-10-21T13:37:34Z")
Capital of the former republic. Live Music Capitol of the World, with well-known City Limits. We’ve got Moontowers. O. Henry hung out here for a bit. We originated the amateur sniper cliche. The president used to live here. ---
**Author:** ![DrMemory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/977dab/32.png) [@DrMemory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrMemory)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/65 "2004-10-21T13:45:48Z")
Santa Monica, California…“Internationally known as the Home of the Homeless” ---
**Author:** ![paulberserker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@paulberserker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulberserker)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/66 "2004-10-21T14:19:15Z")
Morley, Leeds. Helen Fielding, who writes the Bridget Jones books comes from there. I don’t know her. Its in the Doomsday book. [Sarah Harper](http://www.crimelibrary.com/serial_killers/predators/black/brutality_7.html) was abducted from there back in 86. I did know her, she was the same age as me. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Clanger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc348/32.png) [@Small\_Clanger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Clanger)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/67 "2004-10-21T14:32:36Z")
Oh dear, I s’pose I’ll fess up ::deep breath:: [Concrete Cows](http://www.mkheritage.co.uk/mkm/concows.html) ---
**Author:** ![Nutty\_Bunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/d07c76/32.png) [@Nutty\_Bunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nutty_Bunny)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/68 "2004-10-21T14:43:25Z")
Troy, NY is known as the home of [Uncle Sam](http://home.nycap.rr.com/content/us_troy.html). However, if you live here, it’s known for crime. I lock my car door whenever I have to go downtown. My hometown of [Brasher Falls, NY](http://reference.allrefer.com/gazetteer/B/B09824-brasher-falls.html) isn’t known for anything that I know of. According to the link, the population is larger than I thought it would be. 750 people? Wow! ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/69 "2004-10-21T14:44:27Z")
Jon Benet Ramsey ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/70 "2004-10-21T14:52:23Z")
Home of NBA stars Earvin “Magic” Johnson and Sam and Jay Vincent. School for the Blind where Stevie Wonder attended (no longer in use). The Travellers’ Club International Restaurant and Tuba Museum. The Lansing Lugnuts. ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/71 "2004-10-21T14:59:11Z")
My current town: nothing I can think of. My Hometown: one of the oldest townships in the state (338 years). Most people who live there don’t know but George Washington spent the second anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independance there. There was a parade and a review of the troops. Of course the next town over takes credit but he was staying in my hometown and thats where the parade started. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/72 "2004-10-21T15:01:22Z")
Well, apparently we are currently known for “Racially charged Halloween displays” right here on SDMB. ---
**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:** [October 21, 2004, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/73 "2004-10-21T16:09:50Z")
> [@PigBoy](#): > > Invention of the airplane/Wright brothers stuff in general I grew up in **Dayton, Ohio** , and I currently work there. Dayton is famous for the following: **Hometown of the Wright Brothers**. You know, the guys who “invented powered flight.” A really big **flood** that happened in March of 1913. **Inventions**. Lots of famous inventors hail from Dayton. **National Museum of the United States Air Force** , which is the world’s largest and oldest military aviation museum. **Hamvention / Hamfest** , which I believe is the largest regularly-scheduled ham radio convention in the world. **Wright Patterson Air Force Base**. WPAFB was the home of the Dayton Peace Accords on Bosnia. It’s also one of the most important AFBs in the country, and is the home of the Air Force Research Lab. Dayton is the hometown for the **Amateur Trapshooting Associating**. (And guess where they shoot? Where else but the airport!) **NCR headquarters**. Dayton was once the start of the **Oregon Trail** , famous in American history as a pathway for “settling” the west. The **Dayton Air Show** , which is one of the largest air shows in the country. While I’m at it, I should also mention that the City of Dayton is famous for having one of the **worst public school systems in the country**. It’s also a very racially-divided city, with (for the most part) blacks living on the west side of the river and whites living on the east side. And some funny/interesting things about Dayton: The Great Miami River snakes its way through downtown Dayton. Interstate 75 crosses over the river **five times** over a distance of roughly **five miles**. The Great Miami River is an “invisible river” in Dayton. No one seems to even acknowledge its existence. We don’t have a major sports team. Everyone that lives here wants to move to Florida. Around the Dayton area, jobs are plentiful, the homes are nice, and the cost of living is low. ---
**Author:** ![Enola\_Straight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dec6dc/32.png) [@Enola\_Straight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enola_Straight)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/74 "2004-10-21T16:30:51Z")
One stop of the LPGA championship tour. Also, the Eddie and the Cruisers movie shot here ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/75 "2004-10-21T16:34:02Z")
Born in Punxsutawney, Pa. Home of the famous weather predicting groundhog, Punxy Phil. Setting of the Bill Murray movie _Groundhog Day_, which waas actually filmed in Illinois. Beaver Falls, Pa. where I currently reside has no real claim to fame except that Joe Namath (who?) is from here and there once was a glass/china factory here that made products which are now considered valuable collector’s items. ---
**Author:** ![Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Capt.Ridley_s_Shooting_Party)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/76 "2004-10-21T16:34:48Z")
The Verve George Formby Rugby League Immortalised by George Orwell in “The Road To Wigan Pier” Worlds only inland pier Pies ---
**Author:** ![The\_Surb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ce73a5/32.png) [@The\_Surb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Surb)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/77 "2004-10-21T16:35:56Z")
My phone book lists a Slug Signorino. How’s that for famous? ---
**Author:** ![Missy2U](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@Missy2U](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Missy2U)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 4:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/78 "2004-10-21T16:46:48Z")
The Brown’s Chicken Massacre. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/79 "2004-10-21T17:14:41Z")
**Original Hometown:** [ul]Birthplace of Bob Dylan[/ul] [ul]Birthplace of Vincent Bugliosi[/ul] [ul]Start of the Greyhound Bus Lines[/ul] [ul]World’s largest open iron ore mine [/ul] **Town where i grew up:** [ul]Home to one of the places that manufactured rocket engines for missiles[/ul] [ul]Near the world’s largest open pit copper mine[/ul] [ul]Near the Great Salt Lake [/ul] **Current home town: nothing special about it, but when it was Redmond:** [ul]Home to Microsoft[/ul] [ul]Home to Nintendo of America[/ul] [ul]Bicycle capital of the Northwest[/ul] [ul]Home to TV actor Richard Karn [/ul] ---
**Author:** ![carimwc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ac8455/32.png) [@carimwc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carimwc)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2004, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285/80 "2004-10-21T18:01:59Z")
My current town: Nothing that I know of. I don’t know a whole lot about it though. My hometown: Birthplace of [Horace Mann](http://www.cals.ncsu.edu/agexed/aee501/mann.html) You may have attended a school named after him. We can sort of claim Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan as they lived in Franklin before it really became Wrentham. Also we have the oldest functioning one-room schoolhouse on the east coast, if not the nation. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/whats-your-town-famous-for/270285.md?page=5)