Your Hometown

[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.

[JaneYoung]

Austin's official slogan is:
The Live Music Capital of the World

One of its unofficial mottos is:
Keep Austin Weird

It's a mix of cultures, politics, lobbyists, arts, parks, springs, state employment, technology -

My mother-in-law told me that she remembered when the main street, Congress, was a cattle drive up to and around the state capitol.

oops, sorry - forgot - Austin City Limits is based here.

[xzvrw2]

Originally Posted by GaryV1188

1994 - you probably don't remember it, do you?

That was when I first realized just how big the WC was outside the US. Switzerland was playing, and someone had rented two giant cranes to raise a Swiss flag over the Silverdome - which couldn't even be seen from inside!

I was a young one then haha.
Oh and speaking of Texas...there is a town there that has my last name as its name...Alvarado, Tx...interesting fact yes i know haha.

[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.