Tell us about someplace or thing in your area.

I'm staying in Keansburg at the moment. I remember living here as a kid and we would have hypodermic needles wash up on our beach. (Might have been where Billy Joel got the lyric in 'we didn't start the fire')
It has a small boardwalk where all the poor people who can't afford to go to Seaside Point Pleasant or Belmar go to.
Has a reputation of being the worst town in all of nj but honestly I think Perth Amboy edges it out.

 

The Stanley Steamer

 

I live in the caveman infested town. Cavemen statues everywhere. This is because I live close to The Oregon Caves national monument.



I've only lived here for 1 year so far after moving out of Portland for some new job opportunities, and to be closer to family. I grew up in the neighboring town of Medford 30 minutes away, and 3 times larger in population than Grants Pass. So when I was a kid, we all perceived Grants Pass as the hick town. Now I live there. I didn't think I'd like it when I moved, but I fell in love with the small town feel after being in a huge city for 5 years. It's great being 45 minute drive away from the Redwood Forest.



There are lots of fiberglass and bronze bear statues all over town. It gives the place lots of character.

In the winter time they take the bears down, and replace them with giant nutcracker statues for the holdiays




The wild and scenic Rogue River runs through town. It is a rafter's destination known around the world. It was the first designated Wild and Scenic River in the US.

 

Unsustainable desert region. Hills that are tinderboxes. Billions of dollars of infrastructure built on fault active fault lines. No water. No natural harbor. Completely inadequate for sustaining large numbers of inhabitants.

Home to 13 million people...

 

a nearby town used to be the uranium capital of the world

a lot of those miners who are left have cancer

one of them is a relative of mine

 

That's beautiful!

I love the culture and amenities cities have to offer. I'm urbanized. I know. I'm okay with it.

But I really love it when cities leave some of natural world showing. The fact that this was incorporated into a city park is fascinating. Most places would have paved it over years ago.

 

Alright, now I want some damn Fig Newton cookies!

 

Tha Fire is STILL burning(since '62)? Are you serious???

 

That's gorgeous! Had no idea Greenville had this, and its practically right under my nose. Thanks for sharing, Meliai Gotta take a Trip!

 

Damn, LOL!

 

Hopefully none of the animal lovers in HF lose thier minds when they see all those dead ass pigeons

 

We have the Hammersmith suspension bridge quite near to home, built in 1887 at a total cost of £81,000. It is somewhat bizarre to think that our small terraced house (also built in 1887) is more than 20 times that value.

 

The second picture was taken following the recent repainting of the bridge. Their are several wrought iron bridges crossing the Thames in London, most of them are simple functional railway crossings, designed on the suspension principals of Brunel. Probably the most famous road bridge is the Albert bridge between Chelsea and Battersea, partly designed by the same architect as the Royal Albert Hall and opened in 1873.

 

I just watched a documentary on all of this, I'm fascinated.

 

lived near wilderville, just up the road from grant's ass, back in 77, before i moved to ashland before i moved to eugene before i moved to portland before i moved back to roseville california. only one decade i was in oregon though, from 77-87. now i'm in reno nevada, but i was stuck in roseville more then twice as long as i was in oregon. i like california up in the mountains, but i never did care for that hot central valley.

 

I like this thread.