What is the BEST thing about YOUR hometown?

[catpower2000]

This can be either the town in which you live or the town in which you grew up.

The best thing about my hometown, Philadelphia, is the FOOD. So many good restaurants, including the best fine dining French restaurant in the country, Le Bec Fin. A close second is the liberal politics. :)

So make your case! What is the best thing about YOUR hometown?

Cat

[Seneca]

1. Sheriff Taylor and Deputy Fife!

I love Aunt Bea's homemade pies too! Mmm-mmm!

The only French dining we have in town is the fries at McDonald's though.

I do like that there cream cheese Philadelphia makes!

(The 700 Club either makes me evil or dumb)

[demnan]

2. Arlington, VA - Paul Wellstone was born here

Has to be the best thing about my hometown.

[bif]

3. We're on one of the great lakes

And get to see freighters from our park. They come quite close to shore. Plus living on a lake means everyone knows someone with a sailboat.

[Kamika]

4. Best thing about Houston

Is that everyone is so friendly

[GOPisEvil]

8. KPFT radio!

www.kpft.org

They hosted Will Pitt last month. They are a great bunch! I urge you to listen and support them. Houston is SO lucky to have a Pacifica station.

[StopTheMorans]

5. well, we have the Democratic National Convention

coming here (Boston) next July:)

[SiobhanClancy]

43. Also the North End..

narrow,cobblestone streets and all those lovely Italian restaurants:)

[GOPisEvil]

6. The undescribable, undefinable "cool factor".

Ya know how you can just feel "cool"? Austin has that. It's smaller than it once was, but it's still here. Stay away from the yuppies out in Westlake and the Republicans out in Williamson County, and enough of the "old Austin" exists.

Runners-up
1. South by Southwest Festival - www.sxsw.com
2. The great city greenbelts and other parks that make it easy to be outdoorsy.
3. Our weather doesn't suck. Yeah, it's hot in the summer, but you get used to it. Not having to dress like an astronaut during the winter never gets old.
4. Liberal politics.
5. Um. I'm here! What MORE do you need? :D

[bearfan454]

22. You know it GopisEvil !

Austin rocks. Keep Austin weird !

[GOPisEvil]

23. The "Keep Austin Weird" test!

http://www.keepaustinweird.com/test.html

I've got one of these on my car:

[mainegreen]

7. West End - Portland Maine

So liberal, that in the last race for our house representative there were only 2 candidates. A green and a democrat. The democrat, who is gay, was to conservative to be elected. :)

[catpower2000]

Holy crap!

Okay, you're winning so far. :)

Cat

[SiobhanClancy]

13. I love the West End

My favorite part of Portland:)

[Robb]

9. 14ers right out my window

...and a cold enough winter I can run the sled dogs right out the front door!

That, and of course, that my local town council member is Mrs. Robb.... ;)

[Red_Storm]

10. best thing about my hometown .........

NYC is.......the people, the food, the Yankees, the nightlife, liberal politics and media, the Village, Coney Island, shopping, record stores, independent book stores, music and movie festivals, Summertime, Xmas season, Little Italy (what's left of it), broadway and off broadway theater, Central Park, museums, parades,........

[pnb]

11. Originally from Long Island...

...so I must say the Italian food.

And of course Ali Baba's Eat It In a Pita!!!

[Brucey]

12. I grew up, and live, in Minneapolis.

The best thing is that there are no repugs running the city government. That's right... none. All Dems, Greens, and independents.

[mac56]

17. Mpls is my home town!

I'm a native Northeaster (never say "Nordeast"), now an expatriate in Athens, Georgia. I miss it so.

[ProudDemocrat]

14. Basketball Hall Fame!!!

[ScreamingMeemie]

15. Sidewalks...yep....it would have to be the sidewalks...

I suffer so.

[catmandu57]

16. The best things

I don't have to lock my door, or take the key from my car's igtnition. If someone is in trouble the community will come to their aid, financially, or healthwise. All in all it's a pretty good place to live, if they would take away the volunteer firemen's sirens it'd be better.

[mainegreen]

18. :)

[emad]

19. Right now I'm in London but reminiscing like hell about my

town house in New York. That's the place I miss most when autumnal nostalgia starts to creep over and makes me think what a dump London is since that assinine toerag William Stamps Farish III and his goddawful wife Sarah moved into town.

I mean! Talk of bringing the place into disrepute....The mere thought of drawing back the bedroom curtains and looking out into the garden knowing I can see his pugugly face just beyond the duckpond is enough to bring me out in a rash of Bushbashing - and this is supposed to be a serene and peaceful day....

Even the wet pavements smell different in NY - maybe it's the London acid rain....can't think of much good to say about this place right now!

[Kolesar]

20. Lake Erie

The warmest of the Great Lakes has a great fishery and is a source of pride to the region. The shoreline runs to the Northeast, so there is always a sunset over the water.

[Kolesar]

21. Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Russians, Palestinians

...and those are just the recent immigrants. The postwar period gave us Poles, Italians, Lebanese, and probably a dozen other nationalities I cannot recall. Before that there was German and Slovakian immigration and blacks from the South. We have the largest Slovenian population outside of Slovenia. "We comprise a gorgeous mosaic."

(I think I know why I cannot find pita bread when I travel out West.)

[carolinayellowdog]

24. Great Dismal Swamp (Lake Drummond especially)

Chesapeake, VA contains the majority of the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge. Here is a site with pics:
http://users.visi.net/~lawrence/photos.html

[bearfan454]

25. Well Chicago has

Gino's East deep dish pizza, Berghoff's German food, Pepe's Tacos for Mexican, the Athenian Greek gardens with belly dancing for REAL Greek food, David Berg kosher hot dogs, the good WHITE bratwursts from Wisconsin, poppy seed hot dog buns that you can't find here in Tx., White Castle hamburgers, Munster Gyros, Koney King chili dogs, Polish sausage from Piatak's on 68th Ave in Merrillville, almond and walnut log pastries from the Chech and Ukranian bakeries, and every other nationality food. I'm hungry if you can't tell.

[GOPisEvil]

27. Moti Mahal for Indian food!

Oh, and Giordano's won the unofficial DU pizza contest held last October. :9

[SOteric]

26. Easy...

[hussar]

28. It's in England

nuff said

[noonwitch]

29. The Red Wings (although not in the last couple of games)

Motown music is pretty cool, too, along with the DIA and the Detroit Symphony.

[RebelOne]

30. Atlanta, Georgia area -- Great place to live.

Plus we have the Braves.

[HEyHEY]

31. Vancouver, British Columbia

Trees, Trees, Trees.

Ocean, beautiful Mountains, Liberals all over, diverse culture.

[Mountainman]

32. I was born on Wright Patterson AFB, grew up in Dayton, OH

The only good thing I can think of is the Air Force Museum. I left town as soon as I could. Too conservative for me. I loved going to the Air Force Museum though. Didn't cost a thing and so many famous aircraft there. I loved to build models of them while growing up, still do.

[Whitacre D_WI]

35. Best thing about Dayton is the old arcade.

What, they tore that down?

Never mind.

[ScreamingMeemie]

39. Cousins of mine grew up on Wright Pat (well for a few years) in

those greeny blue base houses. We had a blast playing flashlight tag and kick the can by the storage sheds. This was in the mid 70's. Wow, thanks for bringing back some memories. I still have my museum charm bracelet.

[zbdent]

33. Original home town: Apollo PA

The Moonlanding Celebration Fireworks grand finale.

Bigger than the July 4.

[dbt]

34. Ain't lived in my hometown for 32 years now

But they still know who I am when I go back for a visit. And they love me in spite of what they know!!!!

:bounce:
dbt
Friendship, Arkansas
Population 206 not counting deer dogs
(Sa-lute!)

[Whitacre D_WI]

36. Woeber's mustard

The crown jewel of Springfield, Ohio (excepting, of course, me).

[GumboYaYa]

37. It's either the music or the food.

Ask me when I'm hungry and it's definitely the food. Etoufee, beignets, crawfish Monica, Cajun stuffed bread, oysters rockefellor, gumbo, shrimp poboys, bread pudding, pralines, and so much more make New Orleans one of the best places in America to sit down to a meal.

If I'm not hungry, it's definitely the music. The birthplace of jazz is enough by itself, but New Orleans is a crossroads for music. The city has a musical vibe like no other. On any given night you will find some of the world's best jazz, blues, gospel, R&B, rock, Latin, etc. musicians playing in any muber of different clubs around town. Some shows don't start until 4:00 - 5:00 in the morning. Literally, any night of the week and at any time you can find a place to hear good music.

Of course there's Mardi Gras too, but that's another story.

[ProfessorGAC]

38. It's The Food!

The last 2 times i was there i was most disappointed in the music scene. The quality is just not as high as i anticipated. I know i set the bar awfully high, but i expected more high quality players and better ensemble playing. Alas, no such thing.

But, the food is fantastic!
The Professor

[GumboYaYa]

42. You need to know where to go for the music.

If you stuck to French Quarter bars you missed the best music. Those places are just tourist traps. I'm guessing that you did not make it Uptown to the real music venues.

The music scene in New Olreans is better now than it has ever been. There are some amazing young musicians in the city. Players from all over America have been moving to New Orleans just to be arounsdd the music scene. For example Keb Mo moved to NO a few years back. There are lots more examples of musicians who live in the city just to be around the music scene. If I have time and my memory works better I will list some.

[ironflange]

40. Calgary

The setting, prairie to the east, mountains to the west. Lets you appreciate what both have to offer. Similar to the Denver area, I guess, but with glaciers.

[Superfly]

41. It's mostly above water

most of the time....

[geniph]

44. The setting

Seattle is set in one of the prettiest places in the world, surrounded by mountains and water.

Now, if all these damn newcomers would go back to wherever they came from {/grumpy curmudgeon mode off}.

[sangh0]

45. NYC - Capital of the World

It's gotten so I think nothing about meeting someone on the subway and ending up talking about the situation in Liberia, China, or most any other place in the world. On Monday, I had a talk with a Chinese immigrant and globalization and unions. Last week I had a discussion with an African cab driver about how unworldly so many Americans are.

[proud patriot]

46. High School Radio Station

No Commercials kick ass Metal :-)

We also put away for a rainy day so we did not
have to lay off first responders or medical staff.

all of our streets are swept every other week ,
so there is little problems of gutter flooding
and our streets looks nice .

All kinds of people , very diverse .

Nations Giant Hamburgers and FudRuckers !

Our city fought and continues to fight
clear channel as they are trying to steal
our pavillion .

I like this place .

[mitchum]

47. 65/35 female/male ratio...

world class music scene
the living is very cheap
the only political presence is Dems and Greens
I'm watching a deer in my backyard right now
Hey! Hey! Athens, GA!

[ZenLefty]

48. It's a great place to be *from*

Schenectady, New York. Schenectady derives from an old Dutch word meaning "jobless armpit in the middle of nowhere." Truly, a great place to be from.

[UrbScotty]

49. Kentwood, MI

We're certainly not known for having a lot of Democrats, that's for sure.

Still, the people are very nice here. We have a lot things we can do, good schools, a couple of really nice churches, a big mall, and our football team is on a tear. Nonetheless, if you're the laid-back type, you'll also like it here.

Also, we, like Grand Rapids, are diverse, with a lot of African-Americans and Asian-Americans.

I like living in Suburbia. At least if it's Kentwood, Michigan.