is the story about your city true?

[nvrbdn]

it never rains in southern california. it rains 80% of the time in seattle,the wind blows the worst in chicago. what is the story, or rumor,about your city, and what is the truth? does seattle really get that much rain? ive lived in california in the deserts of so. cal where it rained mabey three times all year.whats the story?

[Old Moparz]

it never rains in southern california. it rains 80% of the time in seattle,the wind blows the worst in chicago. what is the story, or rumor,about your city, and what is the truth? does seattle really get that much rain? ive lived in california in the deserts of so. cal where it rained mabey three times all year.whats the story?

I'm from "The City That Never Sleeps" & it's 100% true.  


Never saw any "Big Apples" though, just big...... 

[PocketThunder]

Yes its true, here in Minnesota i live in the land of 10,000 taxes.. i mean lakes..!     

[learical1]

Yes, it really is hotter than hell during the summer here in Phoenix!
And summer really is 9 months long!

[400/6/PAC]

Rowlett Texas
No, Not everything is big.
Yes, It's hotter than Hell.

[RECHRGD]

I grew up in Southern California and yes, it rains.  It even snows sometimes.....

[1BAD68]

Not true - America's Dairyland
I think California produces more milk than here in Wisconsin. We do make a LOT of cheese though.

[nvrbdn]

and great cheese it is. i have driven 4 hrs to get to a cheese shop where ive picked up a huge block of provolone for cheap. would cost a fortune here.

[nvrbdn]

I grew up in Southern California and yes, it rains.  It even snows sometimes.....

i lived in the high desert where it didnt rain much, but it did snow once in the years i lived there covering  the desert with 3 feet of snow. think it was in 78. that was crazy.

[Dans 68]

and great cheese it is. i have driven 4 hrs to get to a cheese shop where ive picked up a huge block of provolone for cheap. would cost a fortune here.

That must have been a hell of a big block of cheese to make a 4-hour road trip cost-effective. 

I live in Sunnyvale, Ca, and aside from being the so called Heart of Sllicon Valley ('aint ever seen any sillycone (sic) around here) there is a ghost inhabiting one of the toy stores. I've never heard or seen him myself....

"A long standing legend of Sunnyvale is of a ghost that haunts the town's Toys 'R' Us store. A purported psychic, Sylvia Browne, claimed to have made contact with the ghost on the 1978 TV show "That's Incredible" and named him Johnny Johnson. This story was also explored in a 1991 episode of "Haunted Lives: True Ghost Stories". Furthermore, she stated that he had been a farm hand who worked in the orchard where the toy store now stands and that he bled to death from an accidental, self-inflicted axe injury to his leg."

Dan

[kab69440]

A purported psychic, Sylvia Brown...
... he bled to death from an accidental, self-inflicted axe injury to his leg."[/color]

Dan

A perfectly plausible scenario, to be certain. Yeah, I can see that happening.


On topic, truckers call Marion, Ohio "Little Chicago" because it's such a sxxxhole. Yes, it's true.

[ChgrSteve67]

All of the streets are paved with gold and my neighbors are all movie stars

Please don't tell anyone

[Paul G]

Chicago is the windy city, although it is very windy most of the time, it got that name from all the hot air blown about by the politicians.

[400/6/PAC]

Chicago is the windy city, although it is very windy most of the time, it got that name from all the hot air blown about by the politicians.

OH NO
Here We go with Politicians.
Don't do it or else

[BigBlackDodge]

Yep, it's true! Everyone in Georgia is related to each other and our family tree looks like a phone pole!!

Ancestry dot com has banned Georgia families from logging in! Even their computers can't figure us out!



BBD

[404NOTFOUND]

I waiting for someone from San Francisco to chime in....and I'm not talking about Dirty Harry.

[chargerboy69]

Fort Wayne Indiana. . . The city of churches.  Yes, that is true. 

There seems to be more churches here than many cities I go through.

[A383Wing]

it may seem like it rains here a lot in the NW section of washington....but I bet there are more cities in the US that get more per year..I think Chicago is one

Bryan  (I ain't that sweet, I won't melt)

[PocketThunder]

and great cheese it is. i have driven 4 hrs to get to a cheese shop where ive picked up a huge block of provolone for cheap. would cost a fortune here.

That must have been a hell of a big block of cheese to make a 4-hour road trip cost-effective. 
Dan

Dude!,  I'll get you some cheese curds in the next couple weeks when i'm back home (Wisc.) for Easter weekend and i'll send them out to you...  then you'll want to drive all the way from Sunnyvale to get more, or just have me send some more.   

[nvrbdn]

thats true.  when you can get the cheese in bulk from the place its produced. and great taste. well worth the trip. and if you need a reason to go to wisconsin, hit the dells or the house on the rock while your there. a fun trip.

[PocketThunder]

thats true.  when you can get the cheese in bulk from the place its produced. and great taste. well worth the trip. and if you need a reason to go to wisconsin, hit the dells or the house on the rock while your there. a fun trip.

We call the Dells "Illinois Disneyworld"....   

House on the Rock is very cool   

[Dans 68]

and great cheese it is. i have driven 4 hrs to get to a cheese shop where ive picked up a huge block of provolone for cheap. would cost a fortune here.

That must have been a hell of a big block of cheese to make a 4-hour road trip cost-effective. 
Dan

Dude!,  I'll get you some cheese curds in the next couple weeks when i'm back home (Wisc.) for Easter weekend and i'll send them out to you...  then you'll want to drive all the way from Sunnyvale to get more, or just have me send some more.   

Good to know!

So Paul, when you send the cheese curds my way will you include those rear defrost pics?     

Dan

[xpbprox]

I live about 20 minuets from the Mexican border, so I'm as south as you can get haha. When it snows, its only about 45 min from where I live and I live about 15 min from the beach. Hell I can even see the water from my house
It rains just enough, I love the weather here!

[PocketThunder]

and great cheese it is. i have driven 4 hrs to get to a cheese shop where ive picked up a huge block of provolone for cheap. would cost a fortune here.

That must have been a hell of a big block of cheese to make a 4-hour road trip cost-effective. 
Dan

Dude!,  I'll get you some cheese curds in the next couple weeks when i'm back home (Wisc.) for Easter weekend and i'll send them out to you...  then you'll want to drive all the way from Sunnyvale to get more, or just have me send some more.   

Good to know!

So Paul, when you send the cheese curds my way will you include those rear defrost pics?     

Dan

Ya ya, i'll just send it to you in the same package.

[Ponch ®]

Yes its true, here in Minnesota i live in the land of 10,000 taxes.. i mean lakes..!     

I only counted 9,854 lakes when I was there last summer. I want my money back.

[nvrbdn]

 

[PocketThunder]

Yes its true, here in Minnesota i live in the land of 10,000 taxes.. i mean lakes..!     

I only counted 9,854 lakes when I was there last summer. I want my money back.

According to Jim Oberstar, every puddle in my back yard is a navigable waterway, so your number is way short... 

[4cruzin]

Detroit has the highest MURDER rate in the whole USA . . . but it's not because we have more crime . . . it's because we are better shots.   

[MOPAR FANATIC]

Yes its true, here in Minnesota i live in the land of 10,000 taxes.. i mean lakes..!     

NO pocket thunder,you had it right the 1st time,land of 10,000 taxes.i live in st paul and our taxes are the worst in the country.  

[mrsskip68]

  We have whore houses here!  Oh and Heidi Fleiss too!   

[71ChallengeHer]

York, PA the snack capital. That's why we have so many over weight people here. http://www.yorkpa.org/index.asp?act=page&pag_id=73&nws_id=46

[adauto]

Beer city / Harley town, true on both counts. People here love to drink, and even my sister has a Harley.

[stripedelete]

Yes, our river burned and we have a tower that's terminal.  (Go Tribe!)

[chargermike]

no it doesnot snow from sept till june in colorado. we get more sunny days than miami. not alot of rain. the high country gets tons of snow but in denver not alot. and when it does snow here. it melts in a couple of days. love it here. born here and not leaving

[RallyeMike]

it rains 80% of the time in seattle,

It never stops raining. Don't move here.

That's what we told people anyway (It didnt work).

There are lots of cities that get more rain (inch total per year). What Seattle has in "often" rain, but the volume per day is usually light. The rain isnt really all that bad. What gets to you is the overcast skies and high humidity (solid clouds for weeks on end, with no sun in sight). In Seattle they actually report "sun slowdowns" on the traffic reports. Yep - The sun pops out for a hour or two and traffic backs up from everyone looking at it.
WTF is that orange thing in the sky?  

I still remember my cousins from Kansas visiting and the sky was solid overcast (featureless solid gray) horizon to horizon as it often is. The looked up and said what the hell is that?!

[TK73]

AND; Everybody here is a coffee junkie-snob. "Life, Liberty and the pursuit of coffee"

We also have the best micro-brews in the country... 

Gotta have coffee to get rolling during the 9 months of winter, then need good beer to get to sleep during the 9 months of winter...

[bill440rt]

Nothing much to say about my town in New Jersey, but I will say that damn Jersey Shore TV show is a far cry of an accurate portrayal! 

[Roger 68 charger]

  Chicago--The city of Gangsters---Bang Bang

[Cooter]

Va. is for lovers......Sho nuff, we love to hunt, fish, drink beer, work on old cars, etc. The Southern part of the state is where we love to do what we do best, be Southern by the grace of God.

[Tilar]

We have whore houses here!  

You say that like it's a bad thing..       


Around here they call it the "Heart of the Clear Fork Valley"....  I think it's a little lower than the heart.  

[Patronus]

 "The Peoples Republic of Boulder" 

[F8-4life]

Columbus, Ohio... not really sure what its known for, except maybe being the gay capital of the midwest? Oh and jeffery dohmer went to osu for a bit. hahaha

[Fred]

Melbourne's been voted "The most livable City in the World" 2 years running and in the top 5 before that.
Is it true?........................YES!
I'm not trying to boast.  

[Fred]

Detroit has the highest MURDER rate in the whole USA . . . but it's not because we have more crime . . . it's because we are better shots.   

Doesn't anybody use a knife ?

[Kern Dog]

Sacramento has been called the "City of trees" because we have the most trees per square mile of any capitol in the nation.
We DO have a lot of trees.

[Tilar]

Detroit has the highest MURDER rate in the whole USA . . . but it's not because we have more crime . . . it's because we are better shots.   

Doesn't anybody use a knife ?

Those are the dead ones that weren't smart enough to bring a gun to the fight. 

[adauto]

He's got a point 4C 

[hatersaurusrex]

I'm originally from Nashville.  The Music City.  Yep, it's a city where they make music allright.

Now I live in Jacksonville Beach, FL.   It's near Jacksonville, and there's a beach allright.

Both mine are kind of obviously boring...

[nvrbdn]

  thats funny.

[440]

Mine is the "City of good living."

Neighboring city is "Climate best by government tests"

[Fred]

Mine is the "City of good living."

Neighboring city is "Climate best by government tests"

Which city is that?

[440]

Well, when I was in the US it was San Carlos. Great place to live but too expensive. Neighboring city was Redwood City but it was pretty sleezy.

[Fred]

Well, when I was in the US it was San Carlos. Great place to live but too expensive. Neighboring city was Redwood City but it was pretty sleezy.

Bit of a catch 22 then.................The city of good living is too expensive to live in.    Seems like these days you need to strike it rich in order to live good. Otherwise the best you can do is just live!

[440]

Probably why it was the city of good living. It was only middle class but the riff raff stayed away.

[hatersaurusrex]

it rains 80% of the time in seattle,

It never stops raining. Don't move here.

That's what we told people anyway (It didnt work).

There are lots of cities that get more rain (inch total per year). What Seattle has in "often" rain, but the volume per day is usually light. The rain isnt really all that bad. What gets to you is the overcast skies and high humidity (solid clouds for weeks on end, with no sun in sight). In Seattle they actually report "sun slowdowns" on the traffic reports. Yep - The sun pops out for a hour or two and traffic backs up from everyone looking at it.
WTF is that orange thing in the sky?  

I still remember my cousins from Kansas visiting and the sky was solid overcast (featureless solid gray) horizon to horizon as it often is. The looked up and said what the hell is that?!

I was there for work last August (I've been there a few times before, usually it was murky) and we had about 500 people travel in for a conference.   It was 60-75 degrees the whole week, the sky was nearly cloudless, you could see Mount Rainier from Bellevue without even trying that hard.   In short, gorgeous.   Most of the people I travelled with had never been there before and kept saying 'OMG look how pretty it is here, I think I will move here'

I still love the area, but we just happened to pick the most beautiful week you guys have had in probably decades

[TK73]

I was there for work last August (I've been there a few times before, usually it was murky) and we had about 500 people travel in for a conference.   It was 60-75 degrees the whole week, the sky was nearly cloudless, you could see Mount Rainier from Bellevue without even trying that hard.   In short, gorgeous.   Most of the people I travelled with had never been there before and kept saying 'OMG look how pretty it is here, I think I will move here'

I still love the area, but we just happened to pick the most beautiful week you guys have had in probably decades

Your convention hit our one good week...

Let the others know they better like grey and cold.  Not even to mention the 4th worst traffic in the country...

[nvrbdn]

i went to new york one time. drove through a tunnel and made the rounds. seen the twin towers (when they were still there) from the top of the empire state building. drove by trumps building. dont go there with an empty gas tank. they have everything but gas stations. if you dont know where you are, things can be hard to find.

[69finder]

Edmonton, Alberta

'It's cold'.  No.  Not really.  It's GOD damn cold.  Or its' F@#$#$% cold.  Or #$@#$@#$ COOOLD.  But never just, 'it's cold'.

9 months of absolute horrible weather.  Why do I live here again??

[Fred]

Edmonton, Alberta

  Why do I live here again??

Is this a trick question?   

[J.Bond]

Ok, this is more small town than city;


Yeah , it took me awhile to get my brain around it,

Grand Valley Ontario, where you never loose your wife!!!
However you may loose your turn!

[rt green]

eastern south dakota. "if you don't like the weather, wait a half an hour."  yes its true

[Larry523]

I live in Honolulu. Great food! Best weather on the planet! Beautiful beaches. Beautiful mountains. Beautiful oceans. Lots of gorgeous girls wearing not much clothing. Yes it really is paradise, but the cost-of-living will eat you alive! 

I'm originally from Washington, DC though. The land of back-stabbing, cork-screwing, and dirty-dealing! It's not really like what y'all have heard about it. It's much worse!!! 

[69finder]

DEADMONTON.

Yup, it's pretty dead here.  Deadly too in the winter.  Or highway 63.