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RPM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:14 AM
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Post a Picture of your Hometown
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chickenscratching Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:18 AM
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1. Bismarck, North Dakota
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Goblinmonger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:23 AM
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6. Minto, North Dakota
<>

That's all I could find on google images. I can't believe there aren't more pictures than this.

Howdy to fellow North Dakotan? :hi: still live there?
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Goblinmonger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:24 AM
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9. Why isn't my picture showing?
Edited on Mon Jun-06-05 11:32 AM by Goblinmonger
I saw it in the preview?

on edit: ok, sometimes it is showing and sometimes not. Weird.
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bamacrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 12:07 PM
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29. Huntsville, AL.
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WeRQ4U Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 02:30 PM
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50. Dickinson, North Dakota
Picture of the new West River Community Center in town.

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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:20 AM
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2. Here's mine:
Edited on Mon Jun-06-05 11:20 AM by Bunny
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:22 AM
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4. Johnstown!
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:27 AM
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15. Yep!
:thumbsup:
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:21 AM
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3. Mmm ok
city hall


Main St.


Portage Ave. (I think)
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:22 AM
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5. Wow, are you that old?
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GirlinContempt Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:23 AM
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7. It was post a pic of your hometown
not post a pic you took of your hometown at a point in your life.

So no.
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tjwash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 10:25 PM
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81. here's mine
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:24 AM
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8. My village
The village pond (used as a source of drinking water until recently):


On of the two parish churches in the village, not quite sure how old this one is I'm guessing around 600 years. Some of the ancestors of Sir William Penn (founder of Pennsylvania) are buried in the crypt:
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bridgit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 07:38 PM
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76. now that's nice...i like,
:hi:
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RPM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 06:13 AM
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85. Cool...
That is beautiful.
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:25 AM
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10. ok


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Tom Kitten Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:58 AM
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26. that place looks familiar...
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 01:08 PM
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35. I like this version
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stevedeshazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 02:04 PM
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44. That's a cool perspective
I live on the other side.
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 02:24 PM
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49. I came from the hills, Myself
up near Council Crest (but with the poor man's view to the west, not the glory shot of Hood)
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micrometer_50 Donating Member (367 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:25 AM
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11. Conrad, Montana
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XNASA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:25 AM
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12. Our town is very unique.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:28 AM
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17. London has done that too, it's not so special
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trogdor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 02:04 PM
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45. Dig your avatar.
Got two or three Move LP's at home from when I was stationed in Germany.
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Cannikin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:25 AM
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13. Little Rock, Arkansas
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BamaLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:25 AM
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14. Andalusia, Alabama
I guess technically Montgomery is my birthplace, and I lived there until I was 4. But I'm going to give the little man some props first.



My High School




The County Courthouse, where I slept during hurricane Ivan




The Town Square




The New Park




Sweet Gum Bottom Bed & Breakfast




Gantt Lake at Sunset -- The Summer Hangout

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BamaLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:28 AM
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16. My Town Looks Better Than All Of Y'alls!
LOL!
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tjwmason Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 02:32 PM
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51. Pah - utter nonsense
It all looks questionable and modern.

Once you get something in there older than 300 years you might have a wee bit of an argument on your hands.
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BamaLefty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 10:02 PM
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78. Questionable?
They are all pics of my town. Right click and read the properties and you will see the town name "Andalusia" in the address.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:31 AM
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18. San Francisco from the Earth Observatory at NASA
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progmom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:31 AM
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19. seneca falls, NY


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Madrone Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:36 AM
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20. Oh NOOOOOOOO!
WHen looking for a pic of my hometown, I found this:






:cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry::cry:




I f'ing HATE WalMart. :(
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Richardo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:39 AM
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21. That's the pic *I* was going to use
Pittsburgh :loveya:
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 12:10 PM
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30. Try this one, Richardo:
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displacedtexan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:45 AM
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22. Fort Worth



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Quagmire05 Donating Member (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 02:37 PM
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53. That's
Dallas though :)
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Kathy in Cambridge Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:51 AM
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23. My fair city (as the Cartalk guys on NPR say):





Longfellow House



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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:52 AM
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24. No single picture
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RPM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 06:11 PM
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57. Mars, eh
I know where that is - Good old Western PA
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China_cat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 06:18 PM
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60. Yep, but everybody sure looks at you strange
when you say you're from Mars. And to top it off I married an alien.

(He's from Holland and has his green card...which are now pink)

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johnnie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 11:56 AM
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25. OK
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Modem Butterfly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 12:03 PM
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27. Can't find any pictures of my hometown, so here's the lighthouse


This is the lighthouse where our river meets the Pacific. The town's a bit upstream.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 12:03 PM
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28. Trenton NJ



and the greatest resturant EVER!

you know you want some
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name not needed Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 02:14 PM
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47. Uh, the one on Hudson is better




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samplegirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 10:43 PM
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82. Those are
some great pictures
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Scout1071 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 12:20 PM
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31. Ask and ye shall receive. Ladies and Gents, I give you Kansas City.
Edited on Mon Jun-06-05 12:24 PM by Scout1071










And yes....that is a giant shuttlecock.
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Duncan Grant Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 01:39 PM
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39. And fifty miles to the north: St. Joseph, Missouri

I'm sure Noel Coward has an appropriate comment for a city like "St. Joe". What a pity I can't remember it... ;)
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alarimer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 07:09 AM
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86. That would be some game of badminton
Imagine the size of the rackets.
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realisticphish Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 12:22 PM
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32. Somerset, OH

That courthouse is the oldest continuously used public building in Ohio
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Bridget Burke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 12:56 PM
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33. No pictures of the town I grew up in....
But I've lived here for many years. It's not usually this wet.


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Heidi Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 01:05 PM
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34. There's a national cemetery in my hometown . . .
Edited on Mon Jun-06-05 01:05 PM by Heidi
no doubt getting bigger and bigger as the * regime continues.

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y74/AnotherHeidi/NationalCemetery.bmp
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billyskank Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 01:09 PM
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36. Here's a few




My street is not visible on the map.
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Mojambo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 01:23 PM
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37. Here's mine
Fall City, WA

The totem pole in town...


A view of the river...


You get a view very similar to this when you look out our front window...


Snoqualmie Falls, my first job was working at the lodge in the upper left corner...


The Colonial Inn in Fall City, you probably recognize it from Twin Peaks...
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northzax Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 01:26 PM
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38. I claim four
in chronological order...







?v=0
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Blue_In_AK Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 01:45 PM
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40. Anchorage isn't my "home" town, but I've been here 30 years
so it seems like it is.

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Jersey Devil Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 06:16 PM
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58. Looks beautiful, gonna visit in the fall
My daughter and her AF hubby, who is gonna be stationed at Elmandorf, are on their way there now by car, taking the scenic route from NC. I can't wait.
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hippiechick Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 01:46 PM
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41. Not all of my hometown, but here's the campus in my hometown ...




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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 01:51 PM
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42. Okies

After THE tornado of 1936. We are part of the "Tornado Alley" in Georgia.



Downtown



Lake Lanier (local lake)

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mark414 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 01:54 PM
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43. MKE
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trogdor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 02:10 PM
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46. The most beautiful city in the world after the sun goes down.
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Quagmire05 Donating Member (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 02:34 PM
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52. hmm
give us a hint
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Quagmire05 Donating Member (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 02:40 PM
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55. Nevermind
I cheated and looked at the link. Cool maybe I should visit Louisville sometime
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unhappycamper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 02:23 PM
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48. I've been here for 32 years, so it feels like home.
Boston's Public Gardens


The Boston Common


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LSdemocrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 02:39 PM
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54. I now present . . . St. Louis Missouri
Edited on Mon Jun-06-05 02:39 PM by LSdemocrat
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deadparrot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 06:18 PM
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59. Hey from another St. Louisan!
:hi:
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Quagmire05 Donating Member (102 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 02:41 PM
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56. Heres mine
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kiraboo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 06:20 PM
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61. Vancouver, British Columbia!
Edited on Mon Jun-06-05 06:21 PM by kiraboo
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kiraboo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 06:22 PM
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62. What the...?! Okay, that's not Vancouver. Not sure what went awry!
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 06:29 PM
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63. Brattleboro, Vermont
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Wapsie B Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 06:32 PM
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64. Oelwein, Iowa
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Tektonik Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 06:33 PM
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65. Here you go
I was born in Saint Etienne, France



I grew up in the San Fernando and Antelope Valleys of CA

Here is a shot of a desert sunset from Palmdale (desert suburbia north of LA):



Here is a shot of some rocky hills in Chatsworth with the San Fernando Valley appearing in the background:


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YankeyMCC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 06:55 PM
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66. Arlington
not TX not VA but MA






(Those people are on a Pond by the way...Spy Pond, hockey fans might recognize the name)

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GreenPartyVoter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 07:06 PM
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67. Castine Maine
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Lady Effingbroke Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 07:09 PM
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68. Houston.



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bicentennial_baby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 07:13 PM
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69. Greenfield Massachusetts










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Dave Reynolds Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 07:17 PM
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70. Lansing, MI
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Lannes Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 07:19 PM
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71. Not my original hometown but my current one
Edited on Mon Jun-06-05 07:31 PM by Lannes
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 07:21 PM
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72. Aerial view of Rio
My workplace is one block away from the north edge of that C-shaped lagoon:

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Jeff In Milwaukee Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 07:30 PM
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73. My hometown is so screwed up...
This is what they posted on the town's website under "Recent Pictures"



Nothing says "Vacation Paradise" like photos of the most recent natural disaster...
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Elidor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 07:35 PM
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74. Juneau, Alaska
I haven't been back in 30 years. I hear it's still there.



I think I see the building I was born in within the photo.
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SoCalifer Donating Member (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 07:38 PM
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75. .
A few blocks from where I live here in San Pedro, California.









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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 07:38 PM
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77. Stockton, California



Image of the University of the Pacific from www.cornwallgb.com/cornish_notables_colliver1.html
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Floogeldy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 10:07 PM
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79. OKC
Edited on Mon Jun-06-05 10:10 PM by Floogeldy


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Emops Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 10:19 PM
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80. Dayton, Ohio


This is the United States Air Force Museum, which is about a half-mile down the street from my apartment:
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Jara sang Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 10:44 PM
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83. It's a dry heat though.
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Kerrytravelers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Jun-06-05 10:46 PM
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84. Vacaville, CA
This is where I spent most of my childhood.



The summers and our family are in Lewis County, Kentucky.
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alarimer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jun-07-05 07:12 AM
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87. Corpus christi
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