These boards obviously get very "Americentric" (i.e. the "80's America" thread)...so how about we allow EVERYONE to post interesting facts/trivia/pics/etc. about where they live?

What would you like to share about your homeland?

Could be the country in which you reside, could be the city in which you live, or how about the country from whence your parents/grandparents came from.



Show us your stuff!

i live in a country whos gov. is actively out to kill my people.

every law, the educational system, down to the religious doctern

has been made to see my people stay in subservience or die.

i have the feelin that it will soon be back to the days that if

one walks with their head up, it will be looked upon as an

act of aggression, punishable by death.

KingBAD said:

i live in a country whos gov. is actively out to kill my people.

every law, the educational system, down to the religious doctern

has been made to see my people stay in subservience or die.

i have the feelin that it will soon be back to the days that if

one walks with their head up, it will be looked upon as an

act of aggression, punishable by death.

So I live on Long Island...part of the State of New York. The NYC boroughs of Brooklyn & Queens are geographically part of L.I., but politically & socially, they're not considered part of the island.


We have beaches on the South Shore


Mansions on the North Shore


Farms, vineyards & celebrities in the Eastern parts






Not much in the way of Landmarks though.


When Zombiekitten paid a visit, I showed her the BIG DUCK.




...but she wasn't impressed...said she had a BIG RAM at home.

PurpleJedi said:

KingBAD said:

i live in a country whos gov. is actively out to kill my people.

every law, the educational system, down to the religious doctern

has been made to see my people stay in subservience or die.

i have the feelin that it will soon be back to the days that if

one walks with their head up, it will be looked upon as an

act of aggression, punishable by death.

He DOES have a point though, don´t you think?

This looks like a very interesting thread topic. I think I will come back to this later. Really a good idea, PurpleJedi!

KoolEaze said:

PurpleJedi said:

He DOES have a point though, don´t you think?

Yeah, but don't turn this into a P&R thread.

KoolEaze said:

This looks like a very interesting thread topic. I think I will come back to this later. Really a good idea, PurpleJedi!

These type of threads used to be popular around here.

Everyone's so grumpy & bitchy lately.

Let's see some cool pics!!!!

PurpleJedi said:

When Zombiekitten paid a visit, I showed her the BIG DUCK.




...but she wasn't impressed...said she had a BIG RAM at home.

Kelly Brook comes from my home town (Medway, Kent, UK)....she's the UK's finest natural beauty

I may post some stuff about Philly but first I wanna see stuff from other countries.

I live in the State with the only palace in the United States. The royalty no longer rules though. http://en.wikipedia.org/w...ani_Palace

they haven't moved this shit to P&R yet

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I live in New Jersey, USA.

1. Where the NY Jets and NY Giants REALLY play football...

2. Where the Superbowl was REALLY held...

3. Where the Statue of Liberty REALLY stands...

Here is some trivia about my state:

• New Jersey has the highest population density in the U.S. An average 1,030 people per sq. mi., which is 13 times the national average. (There are a LOT of us!)
• New Jersey has the most dense system of highways and railroads in the U.S. (and traffic! )
• New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to as the diner capital of the world. (Taylor ham, egg, and cheese on a roll... )
• North Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area in the world with seven major shopping malls in a 25 sq. mile radius. (a total of 62 in the state)
• New Jersey has over 50 resort cities and towns, some of the nations most famous, Asbury park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside heights, Cape May. (Atlantic City is where the street names came from for the game monopoly AND has the longest boardwalk in the world).
• Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Redman, Das EFX, Naughty by Nature, Sugar Hill Gang, Lords of the Underground, Jason Alexander, Queen Latifa, Shaq, Judy Blume, Arron Burr, Whitney Houston, Eddie Money, Frank Sinatra, Grover Cleveland, all New Jersey natives. (I graduated with Artie Lange )
• The light bulb, phonograph (record player), motion picture projector were invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park laboratory

• New Jersey has the tallest water tower in the world (in my town.. )
• The first baseball game was played in Hoboken.

• The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick, in 1869. Rutgers College played Princeton. Rutgers won. (My alma mater )
• The first Drive-In Movie theatre was opened in Camden.

**As a music fan, I am able to attend concerts in both NYC and Philadelphia.

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[Edited 2/18/14 18:49pm]

FUN thread!! I will come back to this tommorow... I cant post pictures tho cuz the org hates me... I cant copy and paste anything...

chocolate1 said:

I live in New Jersey, USA.

1. Where the NY Jets and NY Giants REALLY play football...

2. Where the Superbowl was REALLY held...

3. Where the Statue of Liberty REALLY stands...

Here is some trivia about my state:

• New Jersey has the highest population density in the U.S. An average 1,030 people per sq. mi., which is 13 times the national average. (There are a LOT of us!)
• New Jersey has the most dense system of highways and railroads in the U.S. (and traffic! )
• New Jersey has the most diners in the world and is sometimes referred to as the diner capital of the world. (Taylor ham, egg, and cheese on a roll... )
• North Jersey has the most shopping malls in one area in the world with seven major shopping malls in a 25 sq. mile radius. (a total of 62 in the state)
• New Jersey has over 50 resort cities and towns, some of the nations most famous, Asbury park, Wildwood, Atlantic City, Seaside heights, Cape May. (Atlantic City is where the street names came from for the game monopoly AND has the longest boardwalk in the world).
• Jack Nicholson, Bruce Springsteen, Bon Jovi, Redman, Das EFX, Naughty by Nature, Sugar Hill Gang, Lords of the Underground, Jason Alexander, Queen Latifa, Shaq, Judy Blume, Arron Burr, Whitney Houston, Eddie Money, Frank Sinatra, Grover Cleveland, all New Jersey natives. (I graduated with Artie Lange )
• The light bulb, phonograph (record player), motion picture projector were invented by Thomas Edison in his Menlo Park laboratory

• New Jersey has the tallest water tower in the world (in my town.. )
• The first baseball game was played in Hoboken.

• The first intercollegiate football game was played in New Brunswick, in 1869. Rutgers College played Princeton. Rutgers won. (My alma mater )
• The first Drive-In Movie theatre was opened in Camden.

**As a music fan, I am able to attend concerts in both NYC and Philadelphia.

[Edited 2/18/14 18:46pm]

[Edited 2/18/14 18:49pm]

I LOVE DINERS!!

cool stuff sis!!

DaveT said:

Kelly Brook comes from my home town (Medway, Kent, UK)....she's the UK's finest natural beauty

YOU WIN.

ZombieKitten said:

PurpleJedi said:

When Zombiekitten paid a visit, I showed her the BIG DUCK.




...but she wasn't impressed...said she had a BIG RAM at home.

Here you're thinking; "We drove 2 hours for THAT?"



Oh...I forgot one of our most recognized landmarks actually...the Montauk Point Lighthouse!!!

wildgoldenhoney said:

I live in the State with the only palace in the United States. The royalty no longer rules though. http://en.wikipedia.org/w...ani_Palace

The only ROYAL Palace in the USA

KingBAD said:

they haven't mover this shit to P&R yet

PurpleJedi said:

So I live on Long Island...


Mansions on the North Shore

Holy shit, that is a house? I have seen some big houses, too, but they looked more like this

NDRU said:

PurpleJedi said:

So I live on Long Island...


Mansions on the North Shore

Holy shit, that is a house?

That's where Ren lives

He took me there!

I like this picture! I don't look fat in it!!!

Winnipeg was the first North American city to implement a central emergency number (999 at that time).

http://www.cbc.ca/archive...-help.html

We used to have bragging rights to be being the coldest city in the word with a population over 500k, but apparently we've lost that title to Irkutsk, Russia.

NDRU said:

PurpleJedi said:

So I live on Long Island...


Mansions on the North Shore

Holy shit, that is a house? I have seen some big houses, too, but they looked more like this

...or rather, was. Now it's open to the public.

The largest Long Island "Gold Coast" home was Oheka Castle, which was the largest home in the USA for the LONGEST time...served as inspiration to F. Scott Fitzgerald for "The Great Gatsby";



It's a hotel/catering hall nowadays - I actually attend an industry dinner there every year. It's beautiful.

The country's largest residential compound today is also on Long Island...



It's called "Fairfield Pond" and valued at $170Million! This 63 acre home is considered the largest residential compound in America. The 29 bedroom beachfront home of publicity shy billionaire Ira Rennert has 5 sports courts, a bowling alley and a $150,000 hot tub.

mynameisnotsusan said:

Here is a link to a cnn article about my home island. It is called South. http://edition.cnn.com/20...ul-places/

Beautiful!!!!

damosuzuki said:

Winnipeg was the first North American city to implement a central emergency number (999 at that time).

http://www.cbc.ca/archive...-help.html

We used to have bragging rights to be being the coldest city in the word with a population over 500k, but apparently we've lost that title to Irkutsk, Russia.

chocolate1 said:

I live in New Jersey, USA.

1. Where the NY Jets and NY Giants REALLY play football...

2. Where the Superbowl was REALLY held...

3. Where the Statue of Liberty REALLY stands...

PurpleJedi said:

chocolate1 said:

I live in New Jersey, USA.

1. Where the NY Jets and NY Giants REALLY play football...

2. Where the Superbowl was REALLY held...

3. Where the Statue of Liberty REALLY stands...

Don't hate!