Hometown Video

[Passenger Mark]

Since we are all from everywhere, I thought it would be interesting if we told each other about our hometown. I live in Corona California.... a small town (For Southern California) It was originally a citrus producing community. Among other things, the Fender Museum is here!

Here is a short video...

City of Corona California (http://www.ci.corona.ca.us/media/wmv.cfm)

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[Jeff California]

I have lived all over California. From Lake Tahoe, to San Diego.

I have been in Bakersfield for about 7 years. I am not leaving anytime soon.. After spending most of my life in San Diego and L.A., Bakersfield is a nice place to be. It is full of farmers and for a town with 300,000 people, it feels small.

Our claim to fame is Buck Owens. www.buckowens.com (http://www.buckowens.com/)

Remember him from Hee-Haw? I dont, but still love to see him perform. He plays at the Crystal Palace that he built every Friday and Saturday. Its a neat steak house/venue.

Bakersfield is also a racing town. Kevin Harvick (NASCAR) is from here and learned to drive cars here. Casey Mears(NASCAR) is also from Bakersfield.

For you rock enthusiasts, the band "Korn" are from Bakersfield. They frequent the Teppan Yaki resteraunt I visit so often.

Moving here was the best thing that ever happened to my family. My wife works for State Farm Insurance and they built a huge office here 7 years ago. They offered us relocation benefits to leave san diego, and we did it.

My wife is from Bloomington Illinois, which is also the corp. HQ for State Farm. We will likely move out there someday. I want to wait till the kids get through school and I kick them off to college:D

If you are ever in Bakersfield, look me up and I will take you to dinner. If you cant find me at home, I am here http://www.goldenwestcasino.net/ earning a living. You will see me on TV winning the World Series of Poker in the future.

Jeff

[Passenger Mark]

Those are great Gentlemen!

Come on folks, add your's in... Don't be shy!

That is one of the advantages of this board. We are all from somewhere, and it is always interesting learning about new places. So what you think is boring, may be interesting to us!

One thing I forgot to add... If you look at a map of California... you will see there is a town right to the north of Corona... right on the border. The name of that town is Norco...

Seems there was a rift YEARS ago, and Norco split away from Corona.

For the bonus question... what does the name Norco stand for... for this town that is NORTH of CORONA?

[WillFlyToDisney]

Well I'm not even going to guess b/c I am still waiting on my prize from your trip report game - the one I get to split with Ray! :huff:

My town is easy. I live in Charleston, SC. The Civil War started here at Fort Sumter (http://www.nps.gov/fosu/) in 1861. Those native to Charleston don't believe this war has ended yet which makes for a nice Southern feel here. :tiphat: Like Ken's town there are lots of Plantations here like this one: http://www.boonehallplantation.com/splash.asp.

There are tons of old houses and private islands around. Nice place to visit...

We also have a symphony, a ballet troupe and a theater company - plenty of "culture" around.

The temperature here is usually nice and we RARELY see snow (twice in the past 10 years).

Here is our airport (which really should be renamed the DELTA international airport since Delta operates 80% of the flights out of here!): http://www.chs-airport.com/

Hmmmm not sure what else. Lots of bridges and water around. We live right off the river which is nice. You all are welcome to come visit anytime!

Kel

[noflyingfan]

I live right in the beautiful city of Chicago. Our biggest claim to fame is a big fire.

Interesting story about Chicago...most people (natives included) know that Chicago is called the Second City, but they don't know why. But I do. It is called the Second City because the first Chicago burned down in the fire and they built a second Chicago right on top of the ruins.

[LeslieDEN]

Contrary to my nick and my avatar, I live in Phoenix. Nothing is old here. Everything is new. Anything that's been around longer than 20 years gets torn down unless it's a near-downtown neighborhood that can get itself labeled an "historic district." If it gets labeled an "historic district," it gets neat street signs saying it is historic, but it's not like 1800s historic ... I think it's more like 1940s. We don't tolerate anything much older than that.

We are the opposite of Tucson, which is 90 miles south and where the hippies live. If you are a hippie and want to move to Arizona, you must move to Tucson at the very least. Better would be Bisbee or Jerome. If you are a rich faux-hippie with artistic pretensions, you may choose to live in Sedona. I hear these places are morphing away from their hippie roots though and becoming more like Phoenix all the time. "Resistance is futile. You will be assimilated." :)

The Phoenix metro area has a dividing line that is particularly cruel: Central Avenue divides the west side from the east side. The east side, which includes, natch, east Phoenix, plus Scottsdale, Tempe, Gilbert, Chandler, and the anomaly Mesa, is the good side. The west side, which includes where I live, Glendale, is the bad side. We are showing the east side though! More and more, the west side has become an attractive place to live ... although a Scottsdale address will probably always carry more cachet, even if it's just a li'l shack.

It's hot here. I'm moving to Denver sooner or later (hopefully this spring), hence the avatar and nick.

(Erika, I appreciated the explanation about why Chicago is "Second City." What makes it "that toddlin' town"?)

Leslie

[noflyingfan]

Leslie, I have absolutely no idea.