Hometown Elimination II Sign-Up thread

[NickyJ]

I felt that it's time to start part two of the original Hometown Elimination. Hopefully, someone else (Save_Ferris?) will GM the actual game, but I felt I might as well get the ball rolling.

Edit: Save_Ferris will be the GM!

Rules:
1. Hometown refers to the place you call home. It could be where you currently or used to live. So the elimination can be easier, if you live in a small town you may want to use a larger, nearby city.

2. In this sign-up thread, please post the name of your hometown. If it is not really well-known, post the state/providence and country.

3. If you can, post some information on your town and why you like it, especially if it is a lesser-known town so other people can get some information on it.

4. Signups close after 20 towns.

5. Elimination thread rules will be posted in the actual elimination thread.

Signups (18/20):
NickyJ: Roanoke, Virginia, US
JamesCaesar: Amity, Oregon, US
General Olaf: Wellington, New Zealand
DarthNader: Trenton, New Jersey, US
Mosher: Eastbrook, Maine, US
JoanK: Barcelona, Spain
SouthernKing: Bangalore, India
danjuno: Charles Town, West Virginia, US
mayor: Enschede, Overijssel, Netherlands
Tecknojock: College Station, Texas, US
madviking: Clifton, Virginia, US
Buddhafish: Madison, Wisconsin, US
SamSniped: Sandwich, Massachusetts, US
CELTICEMPIRE: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Princeof Persia: Washington D.C., US
Sparthage: Fairfax, Virginia, US
NedimNapoleon: Brijesnica Mala, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Chairman Meow: Norman, Oklahoma, US

 

[NickyJ]

Roanoke, Virginia

Population: 97,032 (As of 2010)

Facts:
-Was a coal mining town that developed into a city.
-Contains the Taubman Art Museum, which can easily be criticized as looking like a heap of scrap metal.
-Tenth-largest city in Virginia
-Has the Hotel Roanoke, which more than makes up for Taubman.

Known as:
Star City
The Star City of The South
Magic City

Pics:

Spoiler :

 

[JamesCaesar]

Ill sign up with Amity, Oregon, US

 

[Optical]

Wellington, New Zealand (again)

 

[Save_Ferris]

I'll GM.
But I'll submit a city.

 

[NickyJ]

I'll GM.
But I'll submit a city.

Good!

 

[DarthNader]

Trenton, NJ

Population: 85,000 (approx)

Facts:
- Consistently ranked as one of most dangerous cities in the United States.
- Was last relevant during the Revolutionary War.
- Home of the famous (and ridiculous) "Trenton Makes Bridge".
- Still better than Seaside Heights.

Known As:
- Capitol City
- Turning Point of the Revolution
- Don't-Get-Stabbedton

 

[Mosher]

Eastbrook, Maine

Population: 300

Facts:

We uh... had a textile mill once, in the 19th century...

 

[JohannaK]

Eastbrook, Maine

Population: 300

Facts:

We uh... had a textile mill once, in the 19th century...

Anyways: Signing up with my dear... BARCELONAAA!

City: Barcelona (This is the English wiki article)

Facts: LOTS OF THEM
-Hosted the 1992 Summer Olympics
-Host of the Mobile World Congress (the most important congress on mobile phones in the world)
-Second city in Spain (+1,5 Million people, 3 million in the metropolitan area)
-Most important cruise harbor in Europe
-etc.

 

[SouthernKing]

Bangalore, India

-has India's largst mall
-India's best city

 

[danjuno]

Charles Town, West Virginia, USA.

County: Jefferson (of which it is the County Seat)


Population: 2,907

Spoiler :

or according to the latest update to Wikipedia, over 9,000.

Facts:

1. Founded by Charles Washington, youngest full brother of George Washington.

2. Site of John Brown's trial and execution after his failed raid on nearby Harper's Ferry in 1859.

3. Often confused with the state capital of Charleston.

4. We have the same municipal flag as D.C.

 

[mayor]

Enschede, Overijssel, The Netherlands

Population: 131,500 (just the city) 157,587 (whole county)

Facts:
Home of Grolsch (beer)
Home of FC Twente (footballclub)
Home of ISSTT (yearly small-field-floorball-tournament, largest of Europe (and most likely the world)) (Of which I have been president )
Home of the oldest marathon of The Netherlands and second oldest of Europe
Home of the tallest building of the province
Had a worldwide covered disaster in 2000, Enschede fireworks disaster

 

[Tecknojock]

College Station TX, home of the aggies

 

[Save_Ferris]

or according to the latest update to Wikipedia, over 9,000.

Was that intentional?

 

[DarthNader]

College Station TX, home of the aggies

Manhattan, Kansas. Home of the Texas State Champion Kansas State Wildcats.

 

[mayor]

oooh snap

 

[danjuno]

Was that intentional?

You mean, did I edit that in? No. I went to the page to for population and that was already there.

 

[NickyJ]

 

[JohannaK]

What, NickyJ? Bumping all inactive threads?

 

[Save_Ferris]

10's good enough. I'll start the thread when I feel like it.