Your Hometown

[Jeremiah Johnson]

Plain and simple...

What sets your hometown apart from others? What's your town's claim to fame?

The Quad Cities... 4 Cities, 2 States.

Host the John Deere Classic.. which was held this past weekend ironically. This year's JDC boasts one not-so-funny, but memorable incident in PGA golf. Michelle Wie, the teen golfing phenom, suffered a heat stroke on the 2nd round. How amazing. She was 2 strokes away from making the cut at last years JDC but this year she didn't have a chance. She's fine BTW.

There's 2 UFC champions, Matt Hughes and Tim Silvia. But I've never seen a UFC fight.

John Deere headquarters...

Hm... so yeah... the QCA is a pretty boring place. Let's hear about your town now.

[Travis Hoffman]

Gustavus, OH. More cows than people. First centralized school in the United States. Several houses served as stations on the Underground Railroad. Clarence Darrow lived in an Octagon House the next township over. NASCAR Nextel Cup driver Dave Blaney went to my high school.

In Warren, OH, Team 48's home, notable residents have included Dave Grohl, Paul Warfield, Neil Armstrong (his first plane ride was in Warren), Korey Stringer, Catharine Bach (Daisy Duke was born in Warren??? Who knew???), and of course, Warren's most lovable personality, Maurice Clarett. We're all so proud.

[Cody Carey]

Corry Pa,
Lots of bars,
Lots of churches across the street from said bars.

[Jeff Rodriguez]

Vernon, CT The two most famous people from here are Mark Warner, former governor of Virginia, and Bill Romanowski, former pro football player.

[KathieK]

Originally Posted by Ogre

Vernon, CT The two most famous people from here are Mark Warner, former governor of Virginia, and Bill Romanowski, former pro football player.

And Rockville, CT (the city within the township of Vernon) was also the home to the "Rockville Rocket", the late singer Gene Pitney.

[RoboMadi]

I really don't have a hometown as i move faster than the season changes, but currently I'm resided in Northern Virginia, suburbs of Washington DC.

I really don't have to explain whats Washington DC is known for, but Northern VA is known for being the Tech hub of USA and most of the world. 85% of the Internet information goes through Loudon and Fairfax County before it gets back to your house.

And yes we are also known for Krispy Kreme and people like Dave Lavery

[MissInformation]

Reston, Virginia... a town created by Robert E. Simon (thus RES-ton). A large planned community of single family homes, townhouse clusters, apartments, condos, schools, churches, and businesses, and lots and lots of natural areas. Reston was the third town/city in the U.S. to become certified by the National Wildlife Federation as a Backyard Habitat.

Reston... a very expensive, but nice place to live... nice, that is, if you can live with all the rules and regulations the Association throws at you... but Reston has a stain on it's pristine reputation... Anyone ever hear of the book, "The Hot Zone" ? Yep, Reston is where the monkey house was where Ebola broke out... Oh, but don't worry, that building is long gone and the last scattered bricks were removed in 2000 so that the children at the daycare center that is now there wouldn't trip over them...

Heidi

[PandaMan]

North Brunswick, NJ:

Tim Howard went to our school. (Goalie for Manchester United / Back-Up for US team)

Other than that, mostly a boring town with some small, positive, quirks here and there. (Robotics ) We also have a large number of pizza places here (14), which is quite a lot for a town of 40,000 people. (Kind of crowded for an area of about 12 square miles.)

Calhounian's Request: We also have 9 Car dealerships [In this tiny town].

[xzvrw2]

Pontiac:

-We have had a couple of athletes come out of here that didn't get thrown out of their college and actually make something of them selves...Grant Mason(Pittsburgh steelers) and Lester Abrams(Michigan University basketball) and a couple others that i don't know their names but got sent to the NFL.
-We have 5 FIRST teams (65, 33, 47, 1, 68)
-In those FIRST teams we have 2 national championships, one national chairmans award, a crap load of regional wins, and 5 legendary teams that everyone knows.
-We hosted the World Cup along time ago...I don;t exactly know when but every time you come into Pontiac from Woodward there is a sign that that says "Pontiac where the World comes to play."
-oh yeah...and i was born and raised there...that is an accomplishment in its self..haha

[Mike Shaul]

I'm originally from South Bend, IN.

NOTRE DAME!!

Go Irish!

(I know, I'm not supposed to say that since I currently live north of Ann Arbor).

[Pat Fairbank]

Milton, Ontario - the place where the Robertson screw (the square-headed screw, which enjoys immense popularity in Canada) was invented.

[nparikh]

Originally Posted by PandaMan

North Brunswick, NJ:

Tim Howard went to our school. (Goalie for Manchester United / Back-Up for US team)

Other than that, mostly a boring town with some small, positive, quirks here and there. (Robotics ) We also have a large number of pizza places here (14), which is quite a lot for a town of 40,000 people. (Kind of crowded for an area of about 12 square miles.)

Calhounian's Request: We also have 9 Car dealerships [In this tiny town].

Mr. Panda also forgot to add that we have a very booming industrial sector in our town. Companies such as J&J, Bristol Myers Squibb, etc, have had their facilities in or bordering North Brunswick. As he noted, I think that Raider Robotix is one of the only real 'claims to fame' our town has, besides Tim Howard of course.

I hail from Los Altos Hills, Ca.

Our only claim to fame is our outrageous real estate pricing. The lowest property to sell in the last year was around 3 mil. In addition to this, we host the most strict developing laws in existence: 1 acre of property minimum, massive laws about house color/windows, limits from edge of property, one house per property, etc. There's also a strict no business rule: A friend and I had our lemonade stand shut down by a Los Altos Police officer when I was 8.

So yeah, aside from being insane, every house has a beautiful view of either San Fran, the ocean, or beautiful mountains.

[Jeremiah Johnson]

I guess I forgot to mention what the Quad Cities actually is.

4 Cities, Davenport & Bettendorf, IA and Rock Island & Moline, IL

Some more boring info...

Home of the Rock Island Arsenal. There's something special about it but I don't remember what. Something to do with the Civil War.

Our sports teams achieve greatness their first couple of years and then flutter away. Our hockey team, the Quad City Mallards have won something like 6 UHL Championships in 8 years but now they are just a regular team. The local AF2 team, the Quad City Steamwheelers won their first two arenafootball2 bowls with a combined record of 39-1 but have only made the playoffs once since then. They were also on probation in their third year, when they could have probably won again but were prohibited from the playoffs. We had a good basketball team, the Quad City Thunder, but they are long since gone in 1996 I think was the last year. And, we have a local minor league baseball team. They are doing good this year, I guess. But they have changed their name at least 10 times since beginning in 19-earlysomethingorother.

Davenport has been featured on the Weather Channel many times for it's massive flooding. Even made Channel One in 2001 for the flood there. 1993 was the worst though.

And if you look on a map of the Mississippi, you can easily find the Quad Cities, it's where the river bends East and West.

Now, if I can think of anything more to add to this then I will. LOL.

[JackN]

Man goodrich has got you all beat. We have two BP gas stations across the street from each other. Nothing famous. Several good restaurants. It is nothing at all.