Flaw-duh, always Flawduh:
Heres two:
Miracle Village, for sex offenders
Or Gibsonton, for circus freaks
Flaw-duh, always Flawduh:
Heres two:
Miracle Village, for sex offenders
Or Gibsonton, for circus freaks
Do mobs still lynch folks in Cairo?
Colorado City, Arizona. Look it up. Very weird.
Pre is famous because of Nike. Prefontaine meet every year keeps his name out there. Would any of you ever hear of Ivo Van Damn except for the big year end meet?
Beeeno Cookie wrote:
Cowman wrote:the Salton Sea
Good call. Was going to nominate Bombay Beach.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1758576/videoplayer/vi1085906201?ref_=tt_ov_vi
Hah! I occasionally had to work just south of the Salton Sea in Calipatria, CA, where the top of the famous flagpole reaches up to sea level. Here's Wikipedia:
'At an elevation of 180 feet (55 m) below sea level,[3] Calipatria is the lowest elevation city in the western hemisphere. The city currently claims to have the "tallest flagpole (184 feet) where the flag flies at sea level"[7] at 184 feet (56 m), so their American flag will always fly above sea level.[8] According to the Guinness Book of World Records the Jeddah Flagpole holds the title of world's tallest, but it is entirely above sea level.[9]'
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calipatria%2C_CaliforniaLets stick to the thread topic. I nominate Centralia, PA.
so many weird towns, so little time.
here are a couple that come to mind..
Battle Mountain, NV
Salinas, CA
Bhabhi wrote:
List maestro wrote:Coos Bay, OR.
The most famous runner in history except maybe Bolt grew up here.
You think Pre is the second most famous runner ever?
Jesse Owens? Roger Bannister? FloJo?
Carl Lewis, Abebe Bikila, Haile G, El G, Allyson Felix, Frank Shorter, Mo Farah, Jackie Joyner Kersee...
Not many people outside of running have heard of any of those people!
Distance running and Track & Field in general needs a lot of work when it comes to publicizing our sports!!! How people, including those in the sport, have heard of Dave Wottle?
FredGSanford wrote:
Flaw-duh, always Flawduh:
Heres two:
Miracle Village, for sex offenders
Or Gibsonton, for circus freaks
Agree with your thinking-- that state sure provides Carl Hiaasen and Dave Barry with never-ending supplies of material.
+1Stayed there overnight once. Chllling, although there are plenty just as bad in the American Southwest. Bring us your trash, rejects, your tweakers, your skinheads...
Hoodlum Priest wrote:
Winnemuca, NV
Alliance OH. It is an old steel town in NE Ohio. It has somehow managed to have enough economic activity to keep from going full on Gary IN, but not enough to really see any progress other than a few new strip malls. So, the town looks like it was preserved in formaldehyde in about 1975. Storefronts have not changed in decades, but many local businesses have generally survived over the years. It is just a town that is in suspended animation.
Santa Cruz CA.
Wow, Centralia PA does seem weird. You have my vote.
For a runner up, I propose Solvang CA. Founders tried to make it a replica of a Danish town.
List maestro wrote:
Coos Bay, OR.
The most famous runner in history except maybe Bolt grew up here, and there is little to no evidence that he was here. Simply shameful. Also just a decrepit, poor seaside town with no real industry.
huh? there's an entire wing in the local museum dedicated to him, there's a nother museum that sells memorabilia in an insurance broker's office downtown (pretty odd but cool), there's a plaque in front of his childhood home, at least a couple more plaques at the track where he went to high school, practically everyone who exercises in southern Oregon runs the Prefontaine 10k every September along his old running route, and practically every person of his generation in that town has some story about him, from the UPS guy to his former teammate who owns the hardware store. what more do you want from a town he left when he was 18 years old?
it is a weird town though. never seen a town that small with so many homeless, transients and drug addicts on the streets.
Jim Thorpe Pa. Strange story on how Jim's tomb ended up there since he was was born in Oklahoma Indian Territory. Thorpe's grave rests on mounds of soil from Thorpe's native Oklahoma and from the stadium in which he won his Olympic medals.
Atlantic City
Willoughby... it's the last train stop once you have entered the twilight zone.
List maestro wrote:
Coos Bay, OR.
The most famous runner in history except maybe Bolt grew up here, and there is little to no evidence that he was here. Simply shameful. Also just a decrepit, poor seaside town with no real industry.
Wow, I didn't know Alexi Pappas was from Coos Bay. Learn something new every day I guess.
Serling thought it was Endicott
I'm Canadian but I've been to every state except 3, so my vote goes to Eureka,CA. There are some huge, beautiful Victorian mansions ( that also look like they could be haunted) but the rest of the town is a DIVE. They even have a prison on Main Street! Such a creepy place.
To the person who voted for Solvang: I have to disagree on that one. I thought all the Danish-style homes, hotels and candy stores were charming, and BEAUTIFUL scenery for running in and around the town â¤ï¸