What is your hometown's claim to fame?

[Todd Z]

This was done on Corvette forum. Let's see how many people on here are not from Milwaukee. Name the city you where born and raised in and it's claim to fame. I was born here in Milwaukee and we all know our many reasons for fame, Beer, Harley, Dahlmer, etc.

[DRK]

Madison, dumb hippies and a good college.

[pOrk]

Milwaukee

[CPonyGo]

born in 'stallis but raised in Davenport Iowa...cool town right on the bend of the Mississippi....home to Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival and Palmer College of Chiropractic. and much more....cool gravel roads in the outlying areas to race around...lol.

[Troutman]

Pittsburgh..greatest football team ever

[GRM-REPR]

Green Bay..greatest football team ever

I agree, x2

[whitepony]

Raised in Port Washington (but not born there)
famous for Fish day?
Current home of Dustin Diamond (you screech from saved by the bell...)
and bars on every corner...... i believe the count was 21 in a city of 12,238 people

[CobraSnake]

Was born in Milwaukee and slowly migrated to St. Francis where I was living for most of my life. I ended up in franklin though towards the end and now I live back in Milwaukee.

Mark

[CobraSnake]

Raised in Port Washington (but not born there)
famous for Fish day?
Current home of Dustin Diamond (you screech from saved by the bell...)
and bars on every corner...... i believe the count was 21 in a city of 12,238 people

shit Cudahy's got that beat. I guess they are in the guiness book of world records for the most bars in a so many mile radius. I think there is 11-15 bars in a spand of 6-8 blocks.

Mark

[4eyedstang]

Racine home of the fat chicks

[Deggy]

Racine home of the fat chicks

:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf

[Voodoo Chick]

Wisconsin in general, whatever your home town, it's going to be beer, cows, serial killers, cheese, football, drunks, and fat chicks........Makes me proud.

[Deggy]

Wisconsin in general, whatever your home town, it's going to be beer, cows, serial killers, cheese, football, drunks, and fat chicks........Makes me proud.

QFT! :thumbsup

[Prince Valiant]

Jaksonville FL, the largest city (in terms of land area) in the United States. Almost every square mile of county is also considered the city. 3rd largest military presence with three large bases. Home of the best bbq imho.

[xxsn0blindxx]

Waukesha - We have ridiculous property taxes

Waukesha - Les Paul got the heck out of here

Waukesha - You don't have to fly all the way to Mexico

[xxsn0blindxx]

born in 'stallis but raised in Davenport Iowa...cool town right on the bend of the Mississippi....home to Bix Beiderbecke Memorial Jazz Festival and Palmer College of Chiropractic. and much more....cool gravel roads in the outlying areas to race around...lol.

My mom's family is from the Davenport area. They also lived in Swea City.

[05caddyext]

Delafield - Nice small town turned into yuppie fest by 1 guy (lang) who lived in Oconomowoc the entire time. Now you better have $500 in your pocket just to drive through that town on a weekend, otherwise you get that "who is this homless guy" stare.

[pw_cc_runner]

Raised in Port Washington (but not born there)
famous for Fish day?
Current home of Dustin Diamond (you screech from saved by the bell...)
and bars on every corner...... i believe the count was 21 in a city of 12,238 people


Port Washington

Not to mention our roller coaster made famous by the show Step By Step

[kornholio788]

Born in Milwaukee but lived/raised in Racine till 13 then in kenosha. Moved out of parents to twin lakes 4 mo ago. And in 2 days I will be moving back to racine not 5 min from our old house. lol. Funny how that works.

[70 cutlass 442]

Waukesha -

Waukesha - You don't have to fly all the way to Mexico

:rolf

[wrath]

Owosso, MI

All sorts of weird shit found here, plus more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owosso%2C_Michigan

[Windsors 03 Cobra]

Racine WI :thumbsup

Case Tractors :thumbsup
Dremel Tools :thumbsup
Modine Radiators :thumbsup
Johnsons Wax :thumbsup
In Sink Erators :thumbsup
Malted Milk :thumbsup

[Smokey1226]

Pittsburgh..gayest football team ever

I agree!! :thumbsup

[Yooformula]

Sayreville, NJ - known for Bon Jovi and bruce springstein(not too far away)

[xxsn0blindxx]

Owosso, MI

All sorts of weird shit found here, plus more:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Owosso%2C_Michigan

Crazy, one of my really good friends is from Owosso.

[wrath]

Crazy, one of my really good friends is from Owosso.

Who? My Dad's family has been there since the 1850s. My Mom's family is from Saginaw but my Mom grew up in Corunna. My cousin went through Corunna schools. I know quite a few people from the area but I haven't lived there since 2000.

Curwood Castle for the win (kind of):
http://www.shiawasseehistory.com/images/curwood2.jpg

[CobraSnake]

Who? My Dad's family has been there since the 1850s. My Mom's family is from Saginaw but my Mom grew up in Corunna. My cousin went through Corunna schools. I know quite a few people from the area but I haven't lived there since 2000.

Curwood Castle for the win (kind of):
http://www.shiawasseehistory.com/images/curwood2.jpg

Damn dude is that your parents house???

[65black]

Appleton-First House in the world to have Electric lights:wow

Home of
Harry Houdini
Rocky Blier
William Dafoe
Greta Vansustern

[lordairgtar]

Milwaukee, most stuff related to Milwaukee everyone knows. Golda Mier , late leader of Israel, was born here.

[RanJer]

Mukwonago, WI - Born and raised. Finally got out at 18, just to go back at 19 and stay out after 20.. lol

uh.. The name means "Place of the Bear."
Eric Szmanda from CSI grew up in Mukwonago..
The Town police tazed a handicapped person a few years ago and killed him...

Not really sure what else..

[70challenger452]

Delafield - Nice small town turned into yuppie fest by 1 guy (lang) who lived in Oconomowoc the entire time. Now you better have $500 in your pocket just to drive through that town on a weekend, otherwise you get that "who is this homless guy" stare.

I get weird looks when I drive thru there in my beater pickup.

[GRAMPS SS]

Memphis....ELVIS, BELLE ST...BBQ....MUD ISLAND....SOUTHERN LADIES....

WAS BORN THERE. moved here...moved back...moved to ohio, moved back here....grad from BFHS...then went back to Memphis for college...then moved back here

[Z28Envy]

Rochester, MN. Famous for the Mayo clinic. Also home to the great Packer player Darrell Thompson!:goof

[michelle]

Richfield/Hubertus. We've got Holy Hill.

[STANMAN]

Delafield - Nice small town turned into yuppie fest by 1 guy (lang) who lived in Oconomowoc the entire time. Now you better have $500 in your pocket just to drive through that town on a weekend, otherwise you get that "who is this homless guy" stare.

That's where I grew up to, I was going to post:



Delafield, our claim to fame was the whole town was purchased by a single person, who then turned it into his own personal franchise store:rolf

[moels]

Born in Port Washington, raised in Saukville, live in Port. Port has Fish Day, Saukville has not much. Both are decent places to grow up, pretty safe to raise kids as well. Port has had Reagan and Bush jr. visit, not sure if that's cool or not but something of note.

[HITMAN]

Oak Creek

NFL and film actor John "The Tooz" Matuszak (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Matuszak)
My sisters went to school with this guy and one of them was best friends with his sister Karen. I went to school with his youngest sister, Dawn. (RIP)

Gordon Gano (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Gano) lead singer of The Violent Femmes
I was good friends with his older brother, Glenn.

Actress Amy Pietz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Pietz)
I went to school with her brother, Matthew. He was kind of like beagle, semi-retarded.:durr

[b4mytm]

Greendale....
One of 3 Greenbelt communities that were built in the depression era.Still has the the original housing bulit back then called the"originals".

Don Money of the Brewers lived here for awhile back in the 80's.I went to school with his son and daughter in the 5th grade.

Jane Kaczmarek of Malcom in the Middle grew up here.

[Reverend Cooper]

Fort Atkinson Wisc. General Atkinson kilt a bunch of Injuns. There is a old run down Fort there and I believe Chief Blackhawk was the dude he was fighting. lots of dead injun burial grounds and arrowheads and stuff. thats all i know. also the spacesaver corp. and jones dairy farms

[Reverend Cooper]

Oak Creek

NFL and film actor John "The Tooz" Matuszak (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Matuszak)
My sisters went to school with this guy and one of them was best friends with his sister Karen. I went to school with his youngest sister, Dawn. (RIP)

Gordon Gano (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Gano) lead singer of The Violent Femmes
I was good friends with his older brother, Glenn.

Actress Amy Pietz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amy_Pietz)
I went to school with her brother, Matthew. He was kind of like beagle, semi-retarded.:durr
You left out also from oak creek hitman the comedian
I find the last comment quite funny

[WickedSix]

middleown, ca

uhh....

largest geothermal power generation site in the united states
harbin hot springs - massage school and nudist colony
cobb mountain forrest - one of the largest producers of marie jane in norcal
and home of putah creek....thats right folks I grew up by whore creek :thumbsup

[GRAMPS SS]

middleown, ca

uhh....

largest geothermal power generation site in the united states
harbin hot springs - massage school and nudist colony
cobb mountain forrest - one of the largest producers of marie jane in norcal
and home of putah creek....thats right folks I grew up by whore creek :thumbsup



well that explains alot...:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf

[Brandon W.]

Union Grove wi.. the TRUE Southside experience.. there is more land acre per acre of farm land then livable space..oh, and we have GLD of coarse ;)

[gottwins?]

Tijuana, mexico.

Whats tijuana not famous for?!?!:alcoholic

[WickedSix]

well that explains alot...:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf:rolf

Oh yeah I forgot Quenoc Ranch which produces cattle so good none of it makes it to US market...all goes to japan and asia....

It's california wayne :D did you expect anything less?? :rolf

[Crawlin]

Indianapolis -

Indy 500!!!!

[supra213]

West Allis
-Milwaukee Mile, Dan Jansen and...... Liberace

[badass88gt]

I was born in New York City, not sure where to begin on the famous stuff there. lol

[0TransAm0]

Racine home of the fat chicks

X2

and almost as bad as milwaukee as far as the shootings and BS go just keeps getting worse..

[Korndogg]

Oak Creek.


My family has lived in Oak Creek since it was founded.

uhm....we have the old glue factory??? haha