what is your city's personality ? what is it known for?

atlanta is a very corny city......

i dont think it has its own personaility. because its to busy trying to be like other cities

Oh Pickles...yes it does. My sleepy little town has three things that make up it's personality...

Nijmegen , The Netherlands (AKA Holland)

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Yeah, it's kind of old and slow and often depressed but obsessed with cleanliness and being organized. lol

I live in a small town within a larger town... "The Black section".

It has it's own zip code, own post office, and had its own K-8 school until the Federal Government called it "segregation" back in 1968.

A lot of us are related, and for the most part, it still has that "homey" feeling, although other people have started to move into the community.

When you say the name of our town, people react "knowingly". It definitely has it's own personality.

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the oldest city in the Netherlands ; 2000 years old

bombed by the US by mistake in WW2

famous for its annual 4 day walking march and its university

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nijmegen

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PicklesMcMillan said:

what is your city's personality ? what is it known for?

atlanta is a very corny city......

i dont think it has its own personaility. because its to busy trying to be like other cities

What!? Atlanta has TONS of personality! Granted, I don't particularly like the bulk of it, but it has it.

Seriously, though... I think it can be argued Atlanta is the cultural seat of America's Black Middle and Upper-Middle classes. Much of what people think of when they consider "the" Black American aesthetic (not that it ever has been truly singular) -- in fashion, hair, music, the post-secondary educational world, worship, etc. -- is capsulized there.

Aside from that... um... well... y'all got peaches, plantations and Coca Cola!

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retina said:

Yeah, it's kind of old and slow and often depressed but obsessed with cleanliness and being organized. lol

what city do you live in ?

Toronto's in a state of flux right now. Aside from being famously clean (the truth of which is debatable), the city has come to be known arguably as North America's premier international hub, with hundreds of languages, ethnicities and cultures represented and roughly 50% of its residents being born outside of Canada. And it seems to be working fairly well. Yet while the city has been proud to capitalize on that profile since the late 1970s (when immigrants began to flock here, scared off by Montréal's Franco Nazis ), there now is a certain energy that seems to be driving for a somewhat more culturally/politically homogenized and conservative Toronto -- nothing too like the Midwestern United States (whose supposed provincialism Torontonians claim to loathe), yet somehow still with the assumed cultural "safeties" and freedom from demographic shifts such a region is thought to retain.

Toronto should be an interesting town to watch over the next decade.

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No

known for citizens that wear mainly black, who drink coffee, like footy and get dressed up in fancy clothes to get hammered at a stupid horse race

Dewrede said:

retina said:

Yeah, it's kind of old and slow and often depressed but obsessed with cleanliness and being organized. lol

what city do you live in ?

Stockholm, Sweden

PANDURITO said:

No

Very nice!

Freeport (officially The Incorporated Village of Freeport) is a village in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, USA, on the South Shore of Long Island. The population was 43,783 at the 2000 census. A settlement since the 1640s, it was once an oystering community and later a resort popular with the New York City theater community. It is now primarily a bedroom suburb but retains a modest commercial waterfront and some light industry. The village is racially and ethnically diverse: the 2000 census shows the population as 42.9% White, 32.6% African American, and 33.5% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

yep... it rocks... i spent most of my life in sydney.. and some time in brisbane... melbourne has a vibe i really dig

blissagain said:

yep... it rocks... i spent most of my life in sydney.. and some time in brisbane... melbourne has a vibe i really dig

are you going to get hammered at the horse race tomorrow?????

ZombieKitten said:

blissagain said:

yep... it rocks... i spent most of my life in sydney.. and some time in brisbane... melbourne has a vibe i really dig

are you going to get hammered at the horse race tomorrow?????

no... i'm going to hang with my 6 month old son who's teething

blissagain said:

ZombieKitten said:

are you going to get hammered at the horse race tomorrow?????

no... i'm going to hang with my 6 month old son who's teething

I'm going to an adventure playground and fixing a bike

yeah we got personality...

PurpleJedi said:

Freeport (officially The Incorporated Village of Freeport) is a village in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, USA, on the South Shore of Long Island. The population was 43,783 at the 2000 census. A settlement since the 1640s, it was once an oystering community and later a resort popular with the New York City theater community. It is now primarily a bedroom suburb but retains a modest commercial waterfront and some light industry. The village is racially and ethnically diverse: the 2000 census shows the population as 42.9% White, 32.6% African American, and 33.5% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

I lived in Uniondale, not far from Freeport. I always thought the black population was higher. Interesting.

Bangkok? Yes, I'd say so!

PicklesMcMillan said:

what is your city's personality ? what is it known for?

New York Fucking City - 'nuff said.

Minneapolis is known for:

Being smart - we rank high for schools and universities and also in things like public libraries, writers per capita, percentage of folks who hold degrees, etc.

Bicycle-friendly – we’re # 2 in the nation as far as percentage of commuters who travel by bike and we have a huge infrastructure built around that – both in bike lanes on city streets and off-road bike paths.

Lakes and public greenspace – The state of Minnesota has more miles of shoreline than all of California, Florida and Hawaii combined. Minneapolis was smart (again - see?) and bought much of the city’s lake space a long time ago to keep it public and accessible to everyone.

Live theatre – We are second only to NYC in the number of theatre seats per capita.

And of course, we’re known for the winter weather. Which keeps us from becoming overpopulated and keeps up our creativity. There is a huge population of artists who hibernate and cocoon over the winter, producing works you won’t find otherwise.

Darn right! Houston is one of - if not THE - friendliest cities you can find! I have a theory why:

When Houston was settled, there was no air conditioning. Considering how hot it gets, and how bad the mosquitoes used to be, I figure you had to be the ultimate optimist to settle here.

And that spirit that "We can do anything" is still here today.

Erm. I suppose I could have also said we're known for a certain musician.

And we ARE known for our live music scene as well - beyond the Minneapolis sound of the 80's.

CarrieMpls said:

Minneapolis is known for:

Being smart - we rank high for schools and universities and also in things like public libraries, writers per capita, percentage of folks who hold degrees, etc.

Bicycle-friendly – we’re # 2 in the nation as far as percentage of commuters who travel by bike and we have a huge infrastructure built around that – both in bike lanes on city streets and off-road bike paths.

Lakes and public greenspace – The state of Minnesota has more miles of shoreline than all of California, Florida and Hawaii combined. Minneapolis was smart (again - see?) and bought much of the city’s lake space a long time ago to keep it public and accessible to everyone.

Live theatre – We are second only to NYC in the number of theatre seats per capita.

And of course, we’re known for the winter weather. Which keeps us from becoming overpopulated and keeps up our creativity. There is a huge population of artists who hibernate and cocoon over the winter, producing works you won’t find otherwise.

Minneapolis is known for something else, too. Some dude that plays guitar or something.

CarrieMpls said:

Erm. I suppose I could have also said we're known for a certain musician.

Rodeoshro said:

Minneapolis is known for something else, too. Some dude that plays guitar or something.

You guys mean Bob Dylan right?

uPtoWnNY said:

PurpleJedi said:

Freeport (officially The Incorporated Village of Freeport) is a village in the Town of Hempstead, Nassau County, New York, USA, on the South Shore of Long Island. The population was 43,783 at the 2000 census. A settlement since the 1640s, it was once an oystering community and later a resort popular with the New York City theater community. It is now primarily a bedroom suburb but retains a modest commercial waterfront and some light industry. The village is racially and ethnically diverse: the 2000 census shows the population as 42.9% White, 32.6% African American, and 33.5% Hispanic or Latino of any race.

I lived in Uniondale, not far from Freeport. I always thought the black population was higher. Interesting.

Yeah, that's the common perception b/c all the white kids go to private schools. My kids are in the Freeport public schools, and I have no complaints. My wife's (Puerto Rican) cousin lives in Uniondale, and she told us (when we moved to Freeport) that if we sent our kids to the public schools, they'd wind up joining the Crips or the Bloods.

Cedar Rapids, Iowa

Known for Quaker Oats. Sometimes downtown smells like Crunch Berries.

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Does it have personality? Hmmm, not so much.

CarrieMpls said:

Minneapolis is known for:

Being smart - we rank high for schools and universities and also in things like public libraries, writers per capita, percentage of folks who hold degrees, etc.

Bicycle-friendly – we’re # 2 in the nation as far as percentage of commuters who travel by bike and we have a huge infrastructure built around that – both in bike lanes on city streets and off-road bike paths.

Lakes and public greenspace – The state of Minnesota has more miles of shoreline than all of California, Florida and Hawaii combined. Minneapolis was smart (again - see?) and bought much of the city’s lake space a long time ago to keep it public and accessible to everyone.

Live theatre – We are second only to NYC in the number of theatre seats per capita.

And of course, we’re known for the winter weather. Which keeps us from becoming overpopulated and keeps up our creativity. There is a huge population of artists who hibernate and cocoon over the winter, producing works you won’t find otherwise.

Well, damn! You forgot the MAIN reason Minnesota has personality. You should be 'shamed yourself!