Where in the World are you? What is so special about your cottage/hamlet/town/city?

[ClockExplosion]

Benbrook Texas, a suburb/town off of Fort Worth. Unlike the big city, we were actually used to base the military at one time, and there is an air force base close by.

We also have a lake with a hidden, ruined dock, and there'a a bunker behind the McDonald's on Highway 377...or was it the old Texaco station?

It's also 94% protestant, and has a street (FM 2871) with six churches in it (including a Korean Baptist Church).

The main neighborhood has about three, including a Korean church.

Fortunately, technically, I live outside of it. No churches for me!

 

[Willowmound]

Well, I did an entry for Melbourne, which is where I live; now let me do one for Oslo, which is where I'm from (and going in a couple of days).

Oslo as a town was founded around 1000 AD by king Harald Hardrule (Hardråda), though the area has been settled since BC. The name is probably very old, and one of the few place names in Norway of wholly uncertain origin and meaning. Oslo became capital of Norway around 1300, and from 1624 to 1925 the city was known as Christiania.

Oslo is consistently awarded the dubious honour of most expensive city in the world. This is what happens when you have a big economy and a small population (in terms of GDP per capita, Norway is the world's second richest country).

Located at the end of the Oslo fjord, Oslo is surrounded on two sides by a national park, reachable by subway. Oslo and the land on both sides of the fjord were collectively known as Viken ("the bay"). This is where the word Viking comes from. I guess that makes me a Viking too.

In summer, Oslo smells of hot asphalt, lilac and salt from the wharf.

 

[Polietileno]

I live in Lima, Peru. Around 10 millon people populate the place, former capital of the Spanish South America, and now capital of Peru. Lots of Universities, Theaters and Broadcast Tower (+10 ) lot of factories, poor hospitals (-8 ) and we share space with other cities, so we have a lot of specialist who are out of job, creating lot and lots of unhappiness. We need more police stations and jails, now that WW (crime) is crippling. Also, thare´s a turn of anarchy, due to elections this sunday. We need to peek between:
1. State Property, Nationalism, Free Religion and Police State
2. Buorocracy, Vassalaje, Organized Religion and Free Market.

And we can´t work all the cottages, so much of them never become tows, or even hamlets.

 

[salty mud]

Middlesbrough, England. Carling Cup winners of 04! Yay!

 

[Magnon I]

I was born and raised in Husavik, located in the north of Iceland. A town of some 2500 souls. Husavik is best known now a days for being the whalewatching-capital of Europe (so I guess there is a whale in one of the town tiles ) Husavik was where the first Vikings stayed in Iceland of the winter.

 

[dlordmagic]

I live in Greenville SC. Dont really know the history of greenville all that well but South Carolina has been host to numerous Civil War and American Revolution battles.

 

[Hadrean]

San Diego, California. Something special? It's warm and sunny, usually.

 

[araxas]

I work in Irvine, California which is an hour's drive from the Hollywood great wonder. In fact, I was there this past weekend for work.

I live in Newport Beach, which has a harbor. Caters more to yachts then fishing and trade though.

Was born in the small town of Nuenen, The Netherlands which once housed a Great Artist (Vincent Van Gogh).

 

[will-wang]

Leshan,a city in the southwest of China.
There is the biggest figure of Buddha, 71m high.The program started at 731AD,costing 90 years.Maybe it can be added in civIV as a wonder.It is said that it could prevent flood.

 

[vghvgh]

Charlottetown PEI Canada

PEI is famous for potatoes, Anne of Green Gables and our Beaches and world famous Golf courses

 

[Mirc]

This is completely OT! How come nobody moved it?

 

[Caine13]

My town as no significant importance. According to a 1990 census there were only 314 people in it. But for the record its Dellroy, Ohio.

 

[Padma]

This is completely OT! How come nobody moved it?

We *do* allow a few threads like this, occasionally.

 

[SuperBeaverInc.]

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Calgary is the 5th largest metropolitan area in Canada at 1,060,300 people, and the city itself has a population of 951,395, making it the 3rd largest city proper in Canada. It is also the largest city on the Canadian prairies, and is home to the second most corporate offices in the country after Toronto.

It is home to the Calgary Stampede, Canada's largest annual event. Every year the Stampede has a large midway, rodeo, chuckwagon races, and agricultural competitions. It is held for 10 days every July, and throughout that time store-fronts decorate themselves in western themed style.

 

[Mirc]

We *do* allow a few threads like this, occasionally.

And how do you decide which one to move and which one to keep in the forum?

So that I don't go OT too,
I live in Bucharest. Is it anything special about it? I don't know. It's just a big city (2,000,000 citizens), but the bigger the city the higher the chance that you are born in it. It contains the "House of the Parliament" (or "People's House"), which is a palace built by Ceausescu during his communist regime. It is the 2nd largest building in the world (volume). He razed a whole district of Bucharest to build it.

 

[mythmonster2]

I live in Sugar Land, TX, once home of the Imperial Sugar Company!

 

[saleg37]

I live in Katy, Texas...We're close to Houston. We used to farm rice... We have a festival to commemorate it...

 

[flamingzaroc121]

i live in Danville California,near san francisco.
a mountain near us is 2nd in the world(only to mt kilimanjareo)of how far you can see from the summit