Post a pic of your hometown.

[Swede]

[huskerlaw]

1. Lincoln, Nebraska

Really the only thing Nebraskans care about...

[Crazy Dave]

9. Didn't they bail a couple of guys out of jail one time...

...to play in a bowl game during Tom Osborne's legacy?

[huskerlaw]

40. Uh...no.

You must be thinking of Colorado...our crime-ridden nemesis to the west.

Oh wait...you said bowl game. Well then, couldn't be Colorado... :evilgrin:

Wasn't us though. :shrug:

[Crazy Dave]

44. I tried to research it but couldn't find anything

It was something pretty serious like a rape allegation or something just as serious. Maybe it wasn't a bail thing but instead something like letting them off suspension to play in a certain game. However, whenever I know it was while Osborne was still coaching.
I'm an ex Nebrasks native myself and I used to wear an OU jersey just to piss people off in my rowdy days.

[huskerlaw]

52. You're probably thinking of Lawrence Phillips

In 1995, he was arrested for dragging his girlfriend down the stairs by her hair...after he found her having sex with Scott Frost (who later became the starting quarterback). Osborne suspended him, pending the police investigation, but ended up reinstating him in the middle of the season.

He fought for the starting job with Ahman Green, and ended up starting in the 1996 Fiesta Bowl, where we kicked the living hell out of Florida.

It was a controversial decision at the time, but Osborne claimed that he felt Phillips would benefit from the structure of the football program (which is rather famous for its successful mentoring program).

As far as I know the charges against Phillips were dropped. Or, at least, he never served jail time for it.

[HarukaTheTrophyWife]

2. Union City, NJ

There are no full pictures of the city, but I think these sum it up.



Sadly, Roosevelt Stadium has been ripped down, but I saw plenty of local football games there with my dad as a kid.


There's probably some half-starved pit bulls behind that sign. One of the reasons I'm an advocate for the breed.

[Ptah]

3. From my younger days - Conrad, Montana

[miss_american_pie]

4. Technically, I grew up in suburban hell

but here are some pics of Pittsburgh.

The Cathedral of Learning


Heinz Chapel, I got married here


East Carson Street, my dad grew up a few blocks from here


And somehow I don't have a skyline pic in photobucket. :shrug:

[lizziegrace]

80. Could have been worse?

my mother grew up in the Monongahela Valley, on a bluff above the mills. You couldn't open the windows on one side of the house. The fumes were terrible.

;)

[miss_american_pie]

85. Eeek

Yeah, we have clean air now. Maybe someday the economy will recover. ;) :hi:

[qnr]

5. Not my hometown, but where I currently reside

[petronius]

6. Here's mine - I grew up in there, somewhere...

http://www.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=westminster+CA&ie=UTF8&t=k&om=1&z=12&ll=33.76602,-118.005867&spn=0.132715,0.343323

[NewWaveChick1981]

7. Decatur, GA

http://re3.mm-a2.yimg.com/image/474030719

Lived there until age 12. I go back whenever I can. :)

[ulysses]

17. let us know when you're back!

Ms Uly and I lived in Scottdale for 9 years...

[NewWaveChick1981]

26. Cool!

:hi: My mom used to go to Scottdale Mills all the time to get fabric. I remember what a cool place the factory store was!

I'll let you know. It won't be too long before I'm back! :hi:

[Crazy Dave]

8. This is in Ft. Walton Beach FL

This place is still run by the same family as when me and my little brother used to go there everyday 35 years ago.

[cobalt1999]

12. another fort walton beacher here...

of course, I still live here.

[Crazy Dave]

14. Well hello there my fellow FWB'er

I was born there at Eglin in 1962 and the family lived there on and off over the years. We lived about two blocks from the "Goofy Golf" as a kid. I went back to live there in 1984 after leaving the Army and stayed there a year before moving to Jacksonville. Me and Shepard Smith of FOX News used to be managers at the Hardees in Cinco Bayou which was a Whataburger the last time my wife and I visited. That was before the two bad hurricanes, Dennis and Ivan which I hope didn't cause you any problems.

Also, my mom was a Choctawhatchee High graduate forever ago.

[cobalt1999]

33. Choctawhatchee High Class of '79

that's pretty much forever ago too. :) Your mom must have graduated from Choctaw when it was over at the Meigs Middle School location.

We moved here in 1964 (AF brat too). Live way up at the northwestern end of Garnier Bayou, just before the AF reservation land starts.

I remember the Hardees well too, after a late night on the island, we always used to stop by for some "breakfast".

I used to be a bartender at the old Sand Flea restaurant along with the Sound restaurant. Who knows, maybe I served you a drink or shucked you a dozen oysters. I moved away for awhile, and returned in 1999 to stay.


Best beaches in the country...

[SoyCat]

38. You are so right about our Emerald Coast beaches! I hate the politics

but at least the weather and beaches sort of make up for it. My husband and I are in the process of building in SoWal. (We live further west in the panhandle and can't wait to move.)

[Crazy Dave]

46. Mom did say recently that Choctaw was on the other side...

...of the bridge when she went. I don't remember the sand flea. My main hangouts in the 80's were Victor's, Daddy's Money, Jamaica Joe's and the Red Carpet Lounge. I actually saw another friend on TV one time, you may know him too. Chris Larr (not sure of last name) but him and his K9 partner won a national competition. I knew Chris right when he first signed up with the Okaloosa sheriff's department.

Here's a couple more photos from our last trip

My old house on Greenbrier. Used to be yellow-asbestos sided


My wife on the FWB - Destin bridge, Destin side.


Wife again at the Red Lobster in FWB

[Arugula Latte]

57. Wow, that sure is gorgeous.

The colors of the water are to die for! :loveya:

[SammyWinstonJack]

47. I lived there for about two months back in '92. Couldn't find a decent

paying job and had to leave, but I loved it while I was there!

[datasuspect]

10. douglas branch ROW chicago

the old neighborhood.

[speedoo]

11. I was born and grew up near here, but...

I was, and still am, a Yankees fan.

[RetroLounge]

13. Well, I was born in Chciago, but you all know what that looks like

But I grew up in Niles, a suburb with a population 32,100, now down to about 28,000, where I lived from 3 to 20 yrs old.

The house where I lived.


Mayor Nick Blase has been mayor since 1960!


They finally busted him: http://www.nbc5.com/politics/9338056/detail.html?rss=chi&psp=news

Here's the "famous" model of the leaning tower...


I used to run into these guys a lot, as you can imagine.


From the village website. Do you really want to advertise how close we are to O'Hare?


Papa Bear George Halas in St. Adalbert Cemetary
http://www.thecemeteryproject.com/images/Famous%20Dead%20People/Halas,%20George%20-%20Niles%20IL%2001.JPG

Best drive-in hot dog stand in the world!


1946: Niles was the first village in Illinois to provide free ambulance service. The 1946 ford ambulance later became the first Niles library bookmobile, and after that, became our boy scout troop equipment truck. It spent a lot of time in my driveway. Don't have a photo of it, but here's the old firetruck


Slingerland Drums were made down the street from me a few miles.


I worked at Golf Mill Mall as a teen and into my 20's. Outdoor mill, built in 1960. Here's the old mill pond.


:hi:

RL

[momophile]

16. SUPERDAWG!!

I did some research on Superdawg when I was in grad school in Chicago. The owner, Maury, even sat down with me and fed me several things on the menu. I miss it so.

Hey also, did you grow up seeing the church below? I love it! Blast off!

[RetroLounge]

20. We used to cruise Milwaukee Ave. in our Muscle Cars

From Tastee Pup on the north side of town, to Super Dawg on the south side...

That church is amazing, I remember it, but not where it was.

RL

[momophile]

24. it's on North Cumberland

it's the St. Joseph Ukrainian Catholic Church.

[Drum]

19. Cool! Slingerland was my brand when I played!

:thumbsup:

[lizziegrace]

79. Slingerland

My ex had a black set all chromed out. Is Slingerland still in business? I haven't seen any new sets in years.

:shrug:







:hi:

[RetroLounge]

82. I don't think so.

Their Niles factory is a plumbing wharehouse or something now.

RL

[deadparrot]

15. St. Louis...

Small as far as cities go, but not a bad place to grow up. :)

[Blue_In_AK]

18. Here you go - Anchorage from a couple nights ago...

Not my "home" town, but I've been here for 31 years, so I think it qualifies.

[Drum]

23. gorgeous!!

[Blue_In_AK]

83. Thank you. :-)

[momophile]

21. Boulder

seeing the Flatirons always cheers me up.

[Arugula Latte]

59. Boulder is lovely.

My husband and I often say if we couldn't live on a coast we'd live in Boulder. (I need the ocean nearby, but Boulder is definitely delightful.)

[Drum]

22. Wheeling, West Virginia

"Montani Semper Liberi" (Mountaineers are always free)

[Lady Freedom]

25. Joplin, MO

[dajoki]

27. Mt. Carmel, PA

[catzies]

28. An ugly picture of a beautiful place

Here's the skyline of Miami:

[TOhioLiberal]

29. Toledo skyline at night...

[unsavedtrash]

58. I was in Maumee a few months ago

and saw the Toledo skyline. We ate at Mancy's Italian Grill. I am still pining for their food.

[TOhioLiberal]

61. Mancy's is yummy...

...especially their Italian stuff. :9

[Fox Mulder]

30. I was born and raised in St. Paul for 1/2 my life...

before I moved to Smalltown, MN. I'll always consider St. Paul my hometown:


First National Bank building


Inside the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts


Cathedral of St. Paul, MN


Science Museum of Minnesota


St. Paul capital building


St. Paul at night

[midnight armadillo]

31. holliston,ma

I'd rather put out my eye than live there again, but it's not a bad place.

[Aristus]

32. Here is the Liberty theater in Puyallup, Washington. Where I will be

seeing Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. on Thursday night:



(The cars are there for a car show.)

[StellaBlue]

34. Paris, Texas, baby

[Oeditpus Rex]

35. My old 'hood

I was probably about four or five when this was taken — Forgnone's Chevron, corner of Williams Road and Market Street in Alisal, Calif. Two blocks from my house.

[sakabatou]

36. Palo Alto, CA

[skygazer]

37. Main Street, Brattleboro Vermont

[ulysses]

39. a little bit before my time...

[Reverend_Smitty]

41. here's a couple

The Trenton Makes Bridge


A few houses from the block I grew up on...I can't seem to find an actual picture of my childhood home, which is strange. My house wasn't as pretty as these



although this is a probably a better representation of my hometown

[siouxsiecreamcheese]

42. Port Jervis NY

one of the many funeral homes

[YankeyMCC]

43. The Brockton Fair

[av8rdave]

45. Jamestown, NY circa 1885

Photograph from the Fenton History Center, Jamestown, NY

[toadzilla]

48. feast your eyes upon the syphilis capitol of the united states

also ranked among the top five cities for singles. coincidence?

[EFerrari]

50. Hey, welcome to DU.

:)

[NC_Nurse]

60. Ha!

No coincidence. Welcome to DU! :toast:

[EFerrari]

49. I spent most of those years in and around the Paris of the Pacific

And today, I live two blocks from here:



I love this city in the way men love women I think


And, she's funny, too. :loveya:

http://www1.cs.columbia.edu/~arielbaz/NewYorkInPhotos/Halloween%20at%20Castro,%20SF/Halloween%20at%20Castro,%20San%20Francisco%2019.jpg

[CaliforniaPeggy]

64. My dear sfexpat2000........

These are just gorgeous pictures of one of the most beautiful cities in the entire world!

Did you take them?

Just wonderful.......Thank you! :hug: :loveya:

[EFerrari]

65. No, I stole them. Gratefully.

:hug:

[texas1928]

51. Ballinger Tx.

Main Street

Runnels County Courthouse in Ballinger.

With it's top from the 20's

Texas Theater

What it looked like from the 50's and 60's

The Santa Fe Railroad Depot. It is now the City Hall.

[rug]

53. Here's the whole town:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

54. A view of main street from the pier.....and then the pier itself...

My town, Manhattan Beach, California:

[EFerrari]

55. Are you still a beach bum, CaliforniaPeggy? I am.

An unreconstructed beach bum.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

66. My dear sfexpat2000........

I'm not sure if I am or not.......

I do love the ocean though......

As you can readily see.........

:hug:

[EFerrari]

67. I've been in a tough spot lately, and there is this wonderful

endless ocean right there, next to me.

Accident? I don't think so. :tinfoilhat:

:)

[Brother Buzz]

56. It grew a lot, and it's true; you can't go home again

[unsavedtrash]

62. Tuscaloosa, AL

downtown

[LadyoftheRabbits]

63. Oxford, MS

I've grown up many places, but this I remember with the most fondness. :D

[lizziegrace]

68. I do too, sweets

I wish we'd never left. :(

[CaliforniaPeggy]

70. But if you hadn't left.........

Then I would never have gotten to Ohio......

And that made a world of difference to me.........:hug:

I left you a message....didja get it?

[lizziegrace]

71. I did

I had to go get a friend who's car broke down.

True, but maybe my life would've turned out so badly.





edited for language

[LadyoftheRabbits]

74. Hi mom...

Whose car broke down? :(

[lizziegrace]

75. Where I worked today? Her van overheated.

:(

[achtung_circus]

69. This general area

[Squatch]

72. My home town

[lizziegrace]

73. Where I was born and where I live now

Ft Rucker, AL (Enterprise)


Columbus, OH

[Mutley]

76. My current home town

[Earth_First]

77. Rochester, New York:

Of course the bridge has changed, however I couldn't find an updated photograph...

[GOPisEvil]

78. I don't really have a hometown. No pictures of the closest thing I have.

So, here's a picture of the city I live in now.

[WolverineDG]

81. Corpus Christi

dg

[DemoTex]

84. Greenville, SC: Falls Park pedestrian bridge (Reedy River)