What is your city known for?
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Permalink Reply by Sydney Corlett on -
Reno: prostitution, gambling, and divorce. Oh and the beautiful Lake Tahoe.
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Permalink Reply by Cristina Carmona on -
i live in kansas city, missouri
and it is the city of fountains
so far kansas city has 200 registered fountains
i havent even seen them all......yet
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Permalink Reply by Cameron Huppertz on -
Well Tallahassee is the capital of Florida. The capitol building is shaped like a giant penis. I would say that is what the city is most know for. There are even two domes on the side of the big tower of the capitol. I think a 13 year old designed it.
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Permalink Reply by Gilberto Erosa on -
Chihuahua, México (that has nothing to do with the dog chihuahua, I want to clarify) is know because of music! "Grupera" is not so big but the people is very kind, and look like 4 hours from chihuahua ther is the canyon Divisadero I love that place here is a picture
those are some things that i thing my city is know for :)
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Permalink Reply by James Lynch on -
I live in Galway in Ireland and it is known for Arts, Culture and heritage. It is the most bilingual city in Ireland in that many people here speak both English and also the original native Irish language. It has wonderful festivals, beautiful scenery nearby and a friendly atmosphere. The pubs feature plenty of live music and the food is pretty good here too.
Musically speaking; Sharon Shannon, Dessie O'Halloran, The Stunning, The Walls and many others base themselves or are from here.
Theatrically speaking; The Druid Theatre Company, WB Yeats and JM Synge all have strong Galway connections and the actress Siobhán McKenna was a native. Also John Huston the legendary filmmaker was based here for years and brought his family up here.
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Permalink Reply by Keith Allred on -
I live in Edmonton, Alberta. Our claim to fame was we had the world's largest mall, until somewhere in Minnesota decided they needed to shrug off the veil of shame and take that prestige for themselves. We also claim to be the City of Champions, due to our hockey & football teams' dominance, event though that was 20 or more years ago. We are also supposed to be the Gateway to the Klondike, again based on past glory from the Gold Rush. What we do have that really kicks ass is our river valley park system, which is reputed to be the largest in North America. It is really beautiful in the Spring, Summer, and especially the Fall. There is a couple of cool buildings here, like our new Art Gallery of Alberta, but mostly a lot of boring steel & glass boxes, bad urban sprawl, shopping malls everywhere, and cookie cutter housing communities. I want to move back to Vancouver.
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Permalink Reply by sudhir on -
Bhelpuri
Its a delicious snack made with puffed rice, tangy tamarind chutney, diced boiled potatoes, dal, coriander powder, grated coconut, and mustard oil. It is a type of chaat (tangy fast food), particularly identified with the beaches of Mumbai, such as Juhu and Chowpatty.
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Dabbawallahs
The excellent lunch delivery system that feeds many from the Mumbai workforce.
175,000 to 200,000 lunch boxes delivered everyday with 6 Sigma precision (one error per million).
Colour codes that could baffle a cryptographer :)
Charge - $7 a month only
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The Bandra-Worli Sea-link
I'm from Mumbai - India and we are famous for many things but the most common would be the following;
An 8-lane, cable-stayed bridge which links Bandra and the western suburbs of Mumbai with Worli and central Mumbai.
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Permalink Reply by heather on -
London is known for the Queen, Buckingham Palace,Harrods, red Buses and black Taxes!
Also dirty streets with litter strewn everywhere and chewing gum stuck to every imaginary place!
And the discreet smell of pee in the air of every dark corner!!!!
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Permalink Reply by N.H.C4life on -
Hi.
It's my country actually since it's small so...
it's majorly known for its oil.
But also known for its Towers,
And for its beautiful Views,
and for its TRAFFIC JAM!!
even though it's a small country!
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