Charleroi, PA
Dwindling to No One. Currently, 4000.
Gus "The Human Polar Bear" Brickner.
Charleroi, PA
Dwindling to No One. Currently, 4000.
Gus "The Human Polar Bear" Brickner.
McComb, MS
15,000
American mile legend Alan Webb was born and raised here
Ballsac, Kentucky
4,000
Chasey Lain is from here
Richland, WA
Hanford Nuclear site which create Little Boy and Fat Man which destroyed Nagasaki and Hiroshima to end WW2. Go bombers!
Amarillo, TX
Just under 200,000.
Old Rt 66, Helium Capital of the World, Palo Duro Canyon, Cadillac Ranch, "free" 72 oz. steak from the Big Texan Steak house if you can finish it in an hour.
NYC.
A lot.
Everything.
100 roundabouts.
No democrats either.
Some of these make me laugh. Who knew New York City was a beaver pelt trading mecca? Or that Coos Bay was home to Mark.
Saratoga Springs, NY
Thoroughbred racing and where the potato chip was "invented".
Lynn, MA
Pop - 90k
The Rolling Stones kicked off their 1966 North American Tour at the stadium on June 24, 1966.
Makers of "Marshmallow Fluff".
Second longest contiguous stone wall in the world
First iron works (1643)
First fire engine (1654)
First electric streetcar to operate in Massachusetts (1888)
First American jet engine
First woman in advertising & mass-marketing – Lydia Pinkham
First baseball game under artificial light
First dance academy in the U.S.
First tannery in the U.S.
First air mail transport in New England, from Saugus, MA to Lynn, MA.
First roast beef sandwich.
First tulip in the United States, at the Fay Estate near Spring Pond
Flagstaff AZ
65,870
Ted Danson was raised here
Also, Pluto
Tacoma, WA
pop: 200k
Home of Bing Crosby and Almond Roca.
Uncle Sam wrote:
It doesn't matter how small or odd the "fame" is, let's hear it. This could get interesting.
Mont Belvieu, TX
Pop- 5000
Home to the worlds largest natural salt dome used to store chemicals.
Middleton town.
I don't know.
"The good neighbor city."
Hometown Springfield MA
153,00
Basketball Hall of FAme
CURRENT: Falmouth MA
53,000
Composer of America the Beautiful
Falmouth Road Race
Evanston, IL
Pop. 75500
We think we're part of Chicago but it's also safe to go outside after 8 PM.
Also the weather sucks.
Acton, MA
21,000
Money Magazine's #11 best place to live in the country
High school ranked #7 in the country for STEM education
Revolutionary War ("The Battle of Lexington, fought in Concord, by men of Acton")
Hometown of Steve Carell, Caroll Spinney (Sesame St Big Bird), Drew Houston (founder of Dropbox), and a bunch of NHL players.
california dreamin' wrote:
Evanston, IL
Pop. 75500
We think we're part of Chicago but it's also safe to go outside after 8 PM.
Also the weather sucks.
Dengeos.
Hubs.
Pretty good meat eatin.
Plutonium Man wrote:
Richland, WA
Hanford Nuclear site which create Little Boy and Fat Man which destroyed Nagasaki and Hiroshima to end WW2. Go bombers!
Hanford helped create Fat Man, but not Little Boy. The plutonium for FM was created there, but LB was made from uranium enriched elsewhere.
Also top-10 in US for obesity.
It might be the one place even jamin could get laid.
Duxbury MA,
14,000
Pilgrims settled here and best music program in the country.
Marshfield rep'n wrote:
Coos Bay, OR
15,000
Football coach Mark Helfrich is from here. I go to school with a nephew of his who runs track
You forgot meth capitol of the world!
Oxford, Ohio
20,000
Miami University (Cradle of Coaches)
Home to the Lemon Pipers (Green Tambourine)
BREAKING: Leonard Korir not going to Paris! 11 Universality athletes get in ahead of him!
Hicham El Guerrouj is back baby! Runs Community Mile in Oxford
What is the most stupid running advice you've ever heard?🤣(It can be funny)
Are Asics, Saucony, and New Balance envious of Brooks, Hoka ,and On?
2024 College Track & Field Open Coaching Positions Discussion