Famous Things In and Around Your Hometown

I live in Antioch, IL.

Chevelle was formed in Grayslake, IL - 10 miles from my town
Local H was formed in Zion, IL - 15 miles away
A scene from the remake of Amityville Horror was filmed on Main Street, you can see my Grandparent's business in the background.

There's more, but I don't have time.

I'll post later.

What's famous/interesting about your hometown?

 

A racetrack.

 

New Belgium Brewery.
Odell's Brewery
oh, and Water-Pik

 

it's known as "tree city"

sierra nevada beer is made here

i live here

 

Rue McLanahan's aunt, uncle, nieces, and nephews live here in town (and are pretty close to my family).

Ron White claims that he grew up here, but it's a load of crap, he only lived here for like 2 years in elementary school when his dad was building the dam, then they moved. He claims to have been a teen here, but not true.

In Amarillo, there's Route 66, the Cadillac Ranch, and a TGI Fridays that Paul McCartney ate at...lol. Brian Deneke was murdered in the parking lot of the mall where my parents used to take me to see Santa every year. Patrick Swayze filmed a scene to one of his movies in the Big Texan steak house, though I couldn't tell you which one. Garth Brooks played a concert in the baseball field, which was pretty crazy, seeing as we never get people even THAT famous to play a venue in Amarillo, let alone at the baseball field of all places.

 

north central regina is rated by mcleans magazine as the worst/most dangerous neighborhood in all of canada...
william shatner also attended highschool at balfour collegiate here in regina(im not sure if this is really true or not, but people here like to think so)

 

The original office of 3M. That's right boys and girls, the world of post-its as you know it would not come to be with out my little hometown. Hooray.

 

well, Boston...i could list tons and tons of famous things...but i'll list a few in the boston area

Union Oyster House - oldest continuous restaurant in the US
Bunker Hill monument
freedom trail

now, for my hometown neighborhood: Southie
Castle Island - home to Fort Independence
Dorchester Heights
South Boston Vietnam Memorial - thought to be the first vietnam veterans memorial
Curley Center (L St. Bath house) home of the L St. Brownies

hometown received national attention for the opposition to court mandated busing

and then again when the supreme court decided that the parade organizers for the st. patricks day parade could refuse to allow gay and lesbian groups to march in the parade

 

Haha, my childhood best friend used to work for them in the summers. Not sure where she worked, though, KY, I think.

 

ok i looked it up, that william shatner bit isnt true as far as i can tell...however leslie neilsen was born here

 

This guy thought he could parachute from the water tower with a blanket and when he tried, he broke his legs. That is the legend of Ridgetown Ontario's "Horse Blanket Billy".

Delaware Ontario has the only Nascar approved race track in all of Canada.

 

My hometown is Imperial Valley , California...and the most famous things are....The Mexican border leading into Tijuana which is only 12 miles away , and Glamis sand dunes where Rat patrol was filmed , and Niland , a place called slab city , where General Patton trained his tank battlion.
And , The Cattle Call rodeo each November as well as the Mid Winter Fair each March.

 

Have you ever seen The Brat Patrol? Ahhh, my childhood.

 

the town of Johnsburg...teddy roosevelt found out he was the new president here...Carlos Castaneda's widow lives here and is good friends with my father...lots of rednecks...i dont know LOL

 

Brat patrol ?......I raised 4 kids , its all a re- run now !!!!

not really....they were great.

 

Isaac Newton comes from a town near me.. Boole (the guy that invented binary and Boolean logic) is from my city.

 

you forgot Budweiser even though their beer blows.

 

interesting .CC is by far my favorite writer. Does she ever say if his stories were fiction?

 

um, London is home to the "Bedroom Strangler", the Outlaws, Fanshawe College, the Labatt brewing company... I don't really know what else, I don't feel like looking shit up