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but did you ever have a cup of tea with fred west. |
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Cirencester. Full of quaint old architecture (a bit like a more rural version of Bath) and some beautiful surrounding countryside, Cirencester seems idyllic. Then you realise the cost of living and that there's a sinister undercurrent in the place, akin to something from 'The Wicker man'. The people all look alike and I'm not joking when I say there's a far higher number of mentally ill people than there should be in such a small town. |
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no, he was busy when i called him. i know people who knew him. gloucester is so fucking small town its scary. |
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Asheville is a city located in Buncombe County, North Carolina6, and is its county seat. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 68,889. It is the largest city in western North Carolina, and continues to grow rapidly. Attractive to hip and creative young people as well as to hip and creative retirees, Asheville has been listed in both Rolling Stone and Modern Maturity as an ideal place to live or visit. The open and accepting character of the city is evidenced by the many life styles and beliefs that coexist peacefully there. The art scene is especially active and Asheville has become a mecca for potters, painters and musicians, with much of the current creativity inspired by the folk art and old ballads of early Scottish, English and Scots-Irish settlers. Asheville is home to University of North Carolina at Asheville, or UNCA (http://www.unca.edu/), a liberal arts college of about 3500 students and part of the University of (http://www.northcarolina.edu/content.php/system/index.php) North Carolina System . In the 2004 presidential election John Kerry was the choice of most Asheville voters, although George W. Bush carried the state. Most of the new-comers to the area are liberal politically. The city is home to the French Broad Food Coop (http://www.fbfc.com) Asheville is located at the confluence of the Swannanoa River into the French Broad River, which continues all the way northwest through the Appalachian Mountains to Knoxville in Tennessee. Its weather tends to be somewhat irregular and unpredictable, though morning fog in the valley is quite common. It has the hot and humid summers typical of the southeastern U.S., but in winter temperatures may fall into the teens and Asheville almost always receives snow and freezing rain a few times each year. |
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The city is best known for the lavish Biltmore Estate, which attracts hundreds of thousands of tourists each year. Other notable architecture in Asheville includes its art deco city hall and other unique buildings in the downtown. The Montford neighborhood and other central areas are considered historic districts and include many Victorian houses. Asheville and the surrounding mountains are also extremely popular in the autumn when fall foliage peaks in October. The scenic Blue Ridge Parkway runs through town and the estate. Biltmore Village is a section of the city adjacent to the estate, where workers stayed during its construction. It is currently home to many small trendy shops. Author Thomas Wolfe was born in Asheville. Author F. Scott Fitzgerald lived and worked in Asheville during some of his literary career. His wife, Zelda, died in a fire in an Asheville sanitarium in 1948. In 2003 alleged bomber Eric Robert Rudolph was transported to Asheville from Murphy, North Carolina for arraignment in federal court. In September 2004, major flooding was reported in town, particularly at Biltmore Village, due to rains from the remnants of Hurricane Frances and Hurricane Ivan. Asheville Mall is a shopping mall in Asheville, NC with Belk, Dillard's, JC Penney and Sears as anchor stores. Asheville is served by Asheville Regional Airport in nearby Fletcher, North Carolina, and by Interstate 40 and Interstate 26. |
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Asheville's sister city is Vladikavkaz, Russia. |
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Romerike From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Romerike is a landscape, and historically a kingdom, located north-east of Oslo, in what is today south-eastern Norway. It consists of the municipalities Enebakk, Fet, Gjerdrum, Lørenskog, Nittedal, Rælingen, Skedsmo and Sørum in the southern end (Nedre Romerike), and Ullensaker, Gjerdrum, Nannestad, Eidsvoll and Hurdal in the northern end (Øvre Romerike). [edit] History Before the unification of Norway, Romerike (Old Norse Raumaríki) was a petty kingdom. It had its age of greatness between the 5th century and the 7th century. The 6th century Goth scholar Jordanes wrote in his Getica about a tribe located in Scandza which he named the Raumarici and which seems to be the same name as Raumariki, the old name for Romerike. In Beowulf, the tribe is mentioned as the warlike Heaðo-Reamas (i.e. battling Reamas, for the correspondence between Reamas and Raumar compare Geatas and Gautar). Snorri Sturluson relates in his Heimskringla that it was ruled by the semi-legendary Swedish kings, Sigurd Ring and Ragnar Lodbrok during the 8th century. In the 9th century, King Harald Fairhair's father, Halfdan the Black, subdued the area by defeating and killing Sigtryg, the previous ruler, in battle. He then defeated Sigtryg's brother and successor Eystein in a series of battles. After the death of Halfdan, it submitted to the Swedish king Erik Eymundsson. However, it was forcibly conquered by Harald Fairhair who had to spend a summer to lead it into the fold of his newly created kingdom of Norway. The centre of the kingdom was Sand between Jessheim and Garder, where the earliest settlements were situated and where the soil was easy to cultivate. In the sourrounding forests there was rich game. Its name may be derived from the Raum elfr an old name for the Glomma river. [edit] In Hversu Noregr byggdist and in Thorsteins saga Víkingssonar In the Hversu Noregr byggdist and in Thorsteins saga Víkingssonar, the name is attibuted to the mythical king Raum |
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Colmar is a city and commune in the Haut-Rhin département of Alsace, France. Colmar was also known as Kolmar during the times when Alsace was part of Germany. In 1999 the city of Colmar had a population of 65,136 people. Colmar is also the head of Colmar préfecture, with 86,832 inhabitants. History The town of Colmar was founded in the 9th century. Colmar was granted the status of a free imperial city of the Holy Roman Empire in 1226. The city was taken by the armies of Sweden in 1632, who held it for two years. The city was united with France in 1697. Geography The city of Colmar is 40 miles (64 kilometers) south-southwest of Strasbourg, at 48.08°N, 7.36°E, on the Lauch River. It is connected to the Rhine River by a canal. Culture Local 15th century artist Martin Schöngauer painted what is considered his masterpiece, The Madonna of the Roses, in Colmar's St. Martin Church. Matthias Grünewald's famous Isenheim Altarpiece is the most noteworthy of the treaures housed in the city's Unterlinden Museum. (then there's a passage about Malaysia but that seems doubtful, i haven't met a single Malaysian or heard a single thing about Malaysia in Colmar since i live there o_O) Miscellaneous Colmar was also the home town of sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi (best known for the Statue of Liberty), and contains a number of his works. Colmar has a sunny microclimate; it is the driest city in France, with an annual precipitation of just 550 mm, making it ideal for Alsace wine. |
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Ho Swansea! Buttonwillow! Lagunitas! Ho Calico! And all these beastly bungalows stare, distend, like endless toads - endlessly hop down the road. Borne by wind, we southward blow. |
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gloucester is twinned with Metz in France and also Trier in Germany. it says this on all the signs when you enter gloucester, but i have been to both Metz and Trier and there is no mention of gloucester on the signs. its like thier ashamed or something. i wouldn't blame them |
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they just hide those signs real good :) |
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well, i am ashamed to be associated with gloucester on most parts. |
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If you look about 3/4 of an inch below the E of WEST END my apartment is just there.... Vancouver is great you should all come and live here.... |
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Two Es, sorry I mean the E of WEST!!! |
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: Wicklow (Cill Mhantáin in Irish) is the county town of County Wicklow in the Republic of Ireland. Located south of the capital Dublin on the east coast of Ireland, it has a population of 9,355. The town lies along the N11 route between Dublin and Wexford. The town is also connected to the rail network with Dublin commuter services now extending to the town. The town of Wicklow also boasts the county's second commerical port. |
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I love this.. everyone's is like "This is the first city ever invented and was the hometown of of the inventor of shelter, it was burned down and rebuilt 14 times between the 3rd and 8th century and is the worlds 2nd largest exporter of paintings.." and mine is like, "there is a mall" |
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american cities ain't got much history. ...well, at least, not much history that the white man didn't wipe out a couple of centuries ago. |
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my city has the largest stained glass window in the world actually. i also schooled at the second oldest school in the country apparantly (est 1539) |
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Sydney is a former city in Nova Scotia, Canada located on its namesake harbour. With roughly 26,000 citizens, it forms the nucleus of the largest population centre on Cape Breton Island, the Cape Breton Regional Municipality, with which it has been amalgamated since 1995. Sydney has been undergoing an economic decline for several decades as the local coal and steel industry underwent significant changes. With the closure of the Sydney Steel Corporation (or SYSCO) in the late 1990s and the nearby Cape Breton Development Corporation (or DEVCO) coal mines in 2001, governments have been attempting to diversify the local economy. Today, Sydney is facing a significant challenge in the cleanup of the Sydney tar ponds, a tidal estuary contaminated with a variety of coal-based wastes from coke ovens that supplied the steel industry. After extensive public consultation and technical study, a CDN$400-million cleanup plan, jointly funded by the Government of Canada and Nova Scotia, awaits further environmental assessment. Sydney is home to a growing tourism industry based on cruise ships to its extensive port facilities. The port also holds potential in any future offshore petroleum and natural gas exploration in the Laurentian Basin, southeast of Sydney; an area that has been touted as a potential economic catalyst for the industrial Cape Breton area. Light manufacturing and information technology are other sectors which governments are attempting to strengthen in the local economy. |
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I live in Eugene, Oregon as well. solid people in a decent town. graduating out of uni in a few weeks, and on to Portland, Oregon. (http://www.ci.eugene.or.us/local/euggov.htm#Facts:Cite_sou "Eugene is the third [1] rces) largest city in the state of Oregon and the county seat of Lane County, Oregon. It is located at the south end of the Willamette Valley, at the confluence of the McKenzie River and the Willamette River, about 60 miles (97 km) east of the Oregon Coast. According to the 2000 census, it has a total population of 137,893. As of July 1, 2003 the US Census Bureau estimated the population of Eugene to be 142,185. The city's population is expected to further grow to 228,400 within the next 10 years. Eugene's average temperature is 53 °F (12 °C); its annual rainfall is 43 inches (1.1 m)." |
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Chelmsford : Birthplace of Radio and Squarepusher |
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sorry i forgot about this thread folks! its very interesting to me though.. what a geographically diverse board we have here!? all united by the english language though!? from chile to norway via st louis and dublin. wikid.. its a small, or big world, depending on how you look at it. |
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Budapest (pronounced BOO-dah-pesht, IPA /'budapɛʃt/), the capital city of Hungary and the country's principal political, industrial, commercial and transportation centre, has more than 1.7 million inhabitants, down from a mid-1980s peak of 2.07 million. It became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with the amalgamation in 1873 of right-bank Buda (Ofen in German) and Óbuda (Old Buda or Alt-Ofen) together with Pest on the left (east) bank. It is the sixth largest city in the European Union. |
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Trelew (Argentina) Even if your final destination is the renowned , you cannot bypass the traditions and attractions that you will find in the city of Trelew. This is the neuralgic center of the area. Most bus companies and airline flights stop here. Trelew is located 50 km. south of , being the most populated city of the region and a great cultural center. Its name comes from joining two Welsh words "Tre" (means town) and "Lew" (for Lewis); this is "The town of Lewis". This Celtic name is a tribute to Lewis Jones, one of the first Welsh settlers arriving at these lands. The Celtic origin of the first Welsh immigrants left its mark in this picturesque town. The diversity of creeds of these settlers originated the construction of more than 30 chapels, many of which are still standing. |
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northampton no facts available |
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how many citizens? |
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how expensive compared to other european countries is finland? is it as expensive as norway? |
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cheaper than norway, cheaper than london, as expensive as denmark, more expensive than athens. |
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udine: around 95.000 |
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I live in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. population = ~3 million people + "city guests", up to 0.5 million. . This city is one of the oldest in europe, it is considered to be founded ~1520 years ago. There are lots of old churches, monasteries. There are several nice old industrial sites in Kiev. My native city is Melitopol (), a ~200,000 people town 50 km from the Azov Sea coast. Age = 223 years. There were two big factories producing engines for cars called Zaporozhets and for agricultural machinery. This town is poor, country doesn't finance it so the streets are decaying, no hot water for several years and garbage which nobody cleans up is lying on streets until some national holiday. |
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uhh, i'll just live in the woods then live of blueberries or something..definitely on of the top countries on my list! |
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Hey I live pretty close to you xceque. famed for its nuclear submarines and outbreaks of deadly disease. |
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Starting this September, I will be Living in London, Ontario. "London is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada on the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of about 447,286; the city proper has a population of about 351,267 (2004). It was settled in 1826 and incorporated as a city in 1855. London and the surrounding area (roughly, the territory between Kitchener and Chatham) are collectively known as Western Ontario. London is known as the "Forest City" due to its large areas of parkland and extensive tree cover." "Prior to European contact in the 17th century, the present site of London was occupied by numerous Algonquin and Iroquois villages; the Algonquin village at the forks of Askunessippi (the Thames River) was called Kotequogong. This site was selected as the site of the future capital of Upper Canada by Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe in 1793, who named it after London, England. However, the choice was rejected by Governor Dorchester, who commented sardonically that access to London would be limited to hot-air balloons. In 1814 there was a skirmish during the War of 1812 in what is now south London. The city itself was not founded until 1826, and never became the capital envisioned by Simcoe." |
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darlington. it's ok |
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Before the French and British controlled Detroit, it was a gathering and trading place for Native Indians. They called this area “waweatenong” – where the water goes around. When Europeans arrived here in the 1600s, they found the area’s rich land, beautiful water, and bountiful wildlife the home of the Anishinabe, or People of the Three Fires. The People of the Three Fires was an alliance of the Ottawa (Odawa), the Chippewa, (Ojibwa), and the Potawatomi. The Ojibwa first settled on the Eastern Shore of Lake Superior. They were known as good hunters, fishers and gatherers of maple syrup and wild rice. The Ottawa first lived on the Eastern Shore of Lake Huron. They were primarily trading people, although all the groups did some trading with each other. They sometimes traveled hundreds of miles to exchange goods with other tribes. The Potawatomi lived on Michigan’s Southwest coast. They were known for their hospitality and good relations with other Native American groups. On the evening of March 6, 1896, Charles Brady King introduced the automobile to Detroit when he drove his gasoline-powered carriage from a machine shop up St. Antoine Street to East Jefferson Avenue and then west to Woodward and up to Cadillac Square. This late night eight-block trip was the beginning of Detroit’s transformation into the Motor Capital of the World within 14 short years. It was a product of Detroit’s unique combination of talent in its machine shop, stove and rail casting, shipbuilding and carriage industries coupled with water and rail transportation and available capital derived from Michigan forests and mines. Equally important was the adventuresome pioneering spirit of men like Ransom E. Olds, Henry M. Leland and Henry Ford, who led Detroit to far outclass all competitors. |
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1959 MOTOWN Berry Gordy, Jr. founds Motown Records It all began in 1959, when Berry Gordy, Jr., a Detroit-born entrepreneur, Korean War veteran, and songwriter, started the legendary Motown Records in a small house at 2648 West Grand Boulevard, dubbed “Hitsville USA,” by borrowing $800 from his family. Gordy, a one-time boxer and assembly-line worker, climbed the ladder of show business quickly by establishing contacts in hotspots such as the Flame Show Bar in the heart of Paradise Valley, the “Harlem” of Detroit, where he worked as a songwriter. There he met Jackie Wilson, for whom he wrote the classic, “Lonely Teardrops,” and saw Smokey Robinson audition (Gordy is credited with suggesting the name “The Miracles”). Gordy launched into music production full blast. The Miracles’ “Shop Around” in 1961 was the first Motown hit to sell a million copies. The “Motown Sound” of smooth moves, vocals, and coordinated wardrobes created mass-market fans worldwide, who also soothed themselves with Gordy’s recordings during the turbulent 1960s. Hitsville USA is now a museum, preserving the sounds of one of the most important independent record labels of the time, which produced artists like the Four Tops, the Temptations, Diana Ross and stars like the Supremes, the Jackson Five, Stevie Wonder, Gladys Knight and the Pips, Martha and the Vandellas, and Marvin Gaye. The Motown sound was not only therapeutic and cathartic amid the strife of Detroit’s war-torn streets and Vietnam protests, it created a new identity for the city and gave Detroit’s young people an attitude and a soundtrack by which they would later remember the fond events of their lives. What to do in the Motor City on a Friday night? First, you had to have wheels, and if you didn’t, you had to work a bit to make friends with someone who did. Then, the answer was easy: cruise, of course. Down Woodward Avenue, of course. Cruise for girls, cruise for boys, cruise just to be seen, and most importantly, make sure that everyone else on the street could see your r |
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1963 CALL TO CONSCIENCE Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech debuts in Detroit On June 23, 1963, Civil Rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King debuted his speech “I Have a Dream” to 125,000 Detroiters in the “Walk to Freedom” march down Woodward Avenue from Adelaide Street to Cobo Hall, two months prior to his landmark delivery in Washington, D.C. In 1964, the U.S. Senate passed the Civil Rights Act under President Lyndon B. Johnson’s administration, and this set strong barriers against discrimination in the workplace, public facilities, businesses, and federal aid programs. As one of the major seats for the American Civil Rights Movement, Detroit was a city most in need of Civil Rights reform in the nation. Sadly, it was also a city most devastated by the riot of 1967 (44 deaths, over 7,000 arrests, and 1,600 fires) and the turmoil of “white flight” to the suburbs through the 1970s. Determined Detroiters continued their path toward civil equality and renewed community spirit, however, with the establishment of the New Detroit Committee, the country’s first urban coalition to strive for better education and social services, and the building of the $350 million-dollar Renaissance Center. In 1974, Michigan State Senator and former Tuskegee Airman Coleman A. Young was inaugurated as Detroit’s first African-American Mayor. Mayor Young remained in office through 1993. The subsequent election of Mayors Dennis A. Archer (1994-2001) and Kwame M. Kilpatrick (2002-) ensured that African Americans would continue to lead Detroit for over 30 years. The 1960s were both years of violence and tolerance born of a time of war and dissolution. The decade would suffer many assassinations of political leaders, including President John F. Kennedy, his brother Robert, and Reverend Martin Luther King, on April 4, 1968. Taking a cue from King’s teachings, America’s youth of the Baby Boom years found themselves pleading and protesting for nonviolence, rebelling against the status quo, and going off to Vietnam in Southeast |
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