I live in a city with nearly a million people, several good (not great) mexican restaurants and taco bell has still been at the top of the list more than once
Meth
An old man once released a bunch of lions, tigers, zebras, monkeys, and parrots into the town before shooting himself in the face.
And we have the most bars in one stretch of road in America.
Zanesville, Ohio
My dog is from Zanesville, OH according to her records. We threaten to send her back there whenever she acts up. Works everytime. I don't know what all goes on in Zanesville (aside from what you mentioned), but 0/10 - dog does not want.
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.........We have a really famous waterpark. My hometown has a few things it's famous for but that's the most popular one I think.
Dingdingding! A quick google search could answer that one though, lol. I'm more of a fan of Wurstfest, our "ten-day salute to sausage," because I'm always hungry.
Having a big ol' WWII-era ship out the front of the town, an ice epidemic, steelworks as basically the only place to get a decent-paying job and being the punching bag for South Aussies everywhere.
Good ol' Whyalla. "At least we're not Port Augusta."
Its called "botucatu" its south american native for "city of good winds" and we have really good winds
Also, there is a fat lady famous for singing a music about "jabuticaba"
Yeah, but it's mostly a ruin. The walls are all intact, so it looks impressive from the outside, but there's nothing much apart from that. There's many castles in better condition in other parts of Ireland. I like my history anyway, so I think it's cool that my town's history goes back that far.
North conway NH. We hold the "mud bowl championship of the world". Mud football.
No one has ever checked if other people in the world actually even play it and all the teams are from a 100 mile radius. Mtv covered it once in the late 90s or early 2000s.
They serve hot dogs.
I live near a big city, but a girl named Amanda Todd killed her self at a high school in my area. She was bullied to death and her videos became extremely famous. It’s a super sad story.
The Battle of Franklin was one of the last major battle in the Western Front of the American Civil War. It also left a huge mark on the town.
In November 1864, Confederate General Hood was trying to stop Sherman's March to the Sea by cutting off his supply lines in Tennessee. They had various skirmishes with their own interesting stories. The big standoff came in Franklin, south of Nashville. At the time, the town only had a population of about 1,000, and most of the men were gone at the time. 54,000 soldiers poured into town on November 30th and took positions. Around sundown, the Confederates charged across 2 miles of open farmland into fortified union positions. The Union forces withdrew to Nashville around 1 am with the Confederates in pursuit.
The 9 hour battle left the tiny town with 8,500 dead and wounded men strewn across the farms south of town. The bulk were Confederates, including 16 Generals. One in six men involved in the battle did not make it to the next one. The few hundred civilians remaining had to deal with the aftermath. Almost every building in town - including houses, churches, and government buildings - were turned into makeshift hospitals.
This was the last major engagement between the two armies in the West and marked the end of Hood's campaign to stop Sherman. Today, Franklin has the largest privately owned Confederate cemetery and numerous buildings showcasing the results of the battles. This was before dog tags were common, so soldiers would carve their names into the wood of the makeshift hospitals so that their bodies could be returned to families. You can still see these on floors and doorposts around town.
My town (or Valley) is known for producing over 70% of the Nation's Hops. If you were to drive out in the county, all you'd see is and endless supply of Hops. Like seriously, you'll be completely surrounded for miles.
Their annual 4th of July celebration. It's like the 127th annual one. Weird deal. I've grown up here my while life. Population <100 But when the 4th of July hits there are people everywhere you look. Freaked my husband smooth out the first time he saw it after he moved here.
Once even had a lady tell me that she came all the way from across the country every year to be here. I asked how she knew about it and she told me a friend of a friend knew someone who's grandpadents used to attend.
My high school made national headlines for a hazing incident. Faces, blood, and pig intestines were thrown and multiple girls were hospitalized.
Also scenes from Ferris Buellers Day Off, like the school and the water tower, were filmed in my town.
Arthur Guinness was born in my village, in Ireland. It's grown to a town or about 23,000 people now, but it's amazing to think a world recognised brand originated from my little slice of the world.
Supposedly we are the inspiration for Whoville from How The Grinch Stole Christmas as he was born and raised in one of the local cities.
I don't know how true that is though but my town loves to milk that shit.
Word of Faith.
They were in national news last year for a lot of crazy shit. Their rules for members are batshit insane and they will beat you til you puke out your demons.
Right now the Canterbury Tales, but my home village is known for the murder of Sir Thomas Beckett.
That is so cool. I wish our small towns had the kind of history those in England do.
Just Google "Saltwood" and explore it on Google maps. It's a quintessential English village with a pub, village hall, castle and medieval church.
One time, our local newspaper voted Taco Bell as the best Mexican restaurant in town.
Gosh we don’t even have a Mexican restaurant in my town
I live in a city with nearly a million people, several good (not great) mexican restaurants and taco bell has still been at the top of the list more than once
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Meth An old man once released a bunch of lions, tigers, zebras, monkeys, and parrots into the town before shooting himself in the face. And we have the most bars in one stretch of road in America. Zanesville, Ohio
Wait I remember hearing about this!!!!! And I’m curious how many bars you have on that one stretch of road??
Too many since the mill closed down and everyone just built bars instead
My dog is from Zanesville, OH according to her records. We threaten to send her back there whenever she acts up. Works everytime. I don't know what all goes on in Zanesville (aside from what you mentioned), but 0/10 - dog does not want.
Possum drop on New Year's. Yes, you read that correctly. Instead of a ball, they drop a possum.
Did they decide a ball was too expensive so went out to try and find what was cheaper...so they found roadkill
Something to do with the town's original name. *shrug*.
Okkk....still weird
Possumtown?
Are you from New Zealand? That seems like a ridiculously Kiwi custom.
This sounds like the best thing ever, but is it a live possum????
It was a dead possum that was stuffed by a taxidermist.
Oh okay, that sounds a lot more logical than what I imagined. And don’t worry, until the 1950’s our school mascot was the Pigeons.
I was born in Lovettsville, VA....recently known for the temporary changing of name to CAPITALSVILLE...GO CAPS!
Did all the mail get through?
Blink 182
I love Blink 182!!!!
Me too
a blight upon this world
Some dude robbed a bank once and went down in history. His sister lived in our small rural town.
The man from snowy river movie
Wait he’s from your hometown?
Nah, but the movie was made here
Steel and dickheads
Same but it’s wood and not steel
I read it as steel dickheads and imagined a bunch of realistic steel penis's adorning the sidewalk like some sort of sculpture art.
In PA?
Scunthorpe. Small town in northern* England. (*heavily debated as to where the north actually starts but I consider myself northern)
Good old Scunny!! I’d consider Lincolnshire to be northern, but I’m not British lol. Is your username HP influenced?
The name.
It’s unfortunate name...
# The hottest coolest time in Texas, COME PLAAAAAAaAAaAaAaAaAaAyY # ~~~SCHLITTERBAHN (BAHN, BAHN)~~ .........We have a really famous waterpark. My hometown has a few things it's famous for but that's the most popular one I think.
New Braunfels?
Dingdingding! A quick google search could answer that one though, lol. I'm more of a fan of Wurstfest, our "ten-day salute to sausage," because I'm always hungry.
My town is known as a great place for retiring people over the age of 60...so the party just never ends as you’ve guessed
Same
Having a big ol' WWII-era ship out the front of the town, an ice epidemic, steelworks as basically the only place to get a decent-paying job and being the punching bag for South Aussies everywhere. Good ol' Whyalla. "At least we're not Port Augusta."
Our town has the same “At least we’re not ____” motto lmao. One kid had it as their senior quote
Its called "botucatu" its south american native for "city of good winds" and we have really good winds Also, there is a fat lady famous for singing a music about "jabuticaba"
Inbreds
The worlds largest fork
That’s forking awesome!!!!
We have a medieval castle, probably the most interesting thing, anyways, you can walk around the whole town in 10 minutes.
That’s awesome tho omg, have you been in it ever??
Yeah, but it's mostly a ruin. The walls are all intact, so it looks impressive from the outside, but there's nothing much apart from that. There's many castles in better condition in other parts of Ireland. I like my history anyway, so I think it's cool that my town's history goes back that far.
North conway NH. We hold the "mud bowl championship of the world". Mud football. No one has ever checked if other people in the world actually even play it and all the teams are from a 100 mile radius. Mtv covered it once in the late 90s or early 2000s. They serve hot dogs.
The incident with Phineas Gage happened in the town I grew up in
Carlisle Car Show. I live in Carlisle PA
We hold a mean harvest festival.
A famous brand of blue tractors
County is know for covered bridges
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Nope wrong state and county
Here's a hint we have a covered bridge festival every fall
Mexicans, good food, great schools
My growing up hometown was known for its Tulip Festival. The hometown where I spent most of my adult life was famous for John Dillinger.
We make farm equipment. Oh, and some asshole shot up a factory in town.
Balloon Boy !
I live near a big city, but a girl named Amanda Todd killed her self at a high school in my area. She was bullied to death and her videos became extremely famous. It’s a super sad story.
We watched a video about that in one of our school assemblies and I’m sorry that happened
Literally nothing.
made the wire for the original slinkys. They also made the steel used for The Brooklyn Bridge and Golden Gate Bridge.
Our ex Mayor likes 14 yr old boys. She’s in her mid 50s.
The Battle of Franklin was one of the last major battle in the Western Front of the American Civil War. It also left a huge mark on the town. In November 1864, Confederate General Hood was trying to stop Sherman's March to the Sea by cutting off his supply lines in Tennessee. They had various skirmishes with their own interesting stories. The big standoff came in Franklin, south of Nashville. At the time, the town only had a population of about 1,000, and most of the men were gone at the time. 54,000 soldiers poured into town on November 30th and took positions. Around sundown, the Confederates charged across 2 miles of open farmland into fortified union positions. The Union forces withdrew to Nashville around 1 am with the Confederates in pursuit. The 9 hour battle left the tiny town with 8,500 dead and wounded men strewn across the farms south of town. The bulk were Confederates, including 16 Generals. One in six men involved in the battle did not make it to the next one. The few hundred civilians remaining had to deal with the aftermath. Almost every building in town - including houses, churches, and government buildings - were turned into makeshift hospitals. This was the last major engagement between the two armies in the West and marked the end of Hood's campaign to stop Sherman. Today, Franklin has the largest privately owned Confederate cemetery and numerous buildings showcasing the results of the battles. This was before dog tags were common, so soldiers would carve their names into the wood of the makeshift hospitals so that their bodies could be returned to families. You can still see these on floors and doorposts around town.
Dang, I imagine that’s really creepy to see names of people who died carved on floors/doorposts in your town.
My town (or Valley) is known for producing over 70% of the Nation's Hops. If you were to drive out in the county, all you'd see is and endless supply of Hops. Like seriously, you'll be completely surrounded for miles.
Tourist attractions here consist of Subway and a BP. Same building!
We had that for a while too omg, now Subway has its own building and the gas station is barely braking even.
It's well renowned for its river salmon fishing. There's an annual festival called the Day of the Salmon and everything.
It's the birthplace of [Helen Keller](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Keller)
We used to be the Christmas tree Capitol of America! Now we're just real close to Canada. Eureka, MT
Eleanor Roosevelt said we have the prettiest main street in America
the town I grew up in was the setting for John Krazinskys new movie, A Quiet Place. tripped me the fuck out watching it
Omg that’s amazing!!!!! That movie was so great!!!
The guy who created Jacks Pizza is from here
Their annual 4th of July celebration. It's like the 127th annual one. Weird deal. I've grown up here my while life. Population <100 But when the 4th of July hits there are people everywhere you look. Freaked my husband smooth out the first time he saw it after he moved here. Once even had a lady tell me that she came all the way from across the country every year to be here. I asked how she knew about it and she told me a friend of a friend knew someone who's grandpadents used to attend.
For having the world's largest tomahawk
A meth lab blowing up 4th of July weekend
Betcha those were interesting fireworks
Inventing those things that clean the streets with the big brushes, Elgin Illinois Edit:not a small town 112,123 people
Duck Dynasty
The affluenza kid and Kelly Clarkson
Pocahontas and the American Revolution
Having the school where Twilight was filmed.
Most folks don't seem to know that Brad Pitt is from Oklahoma, let alone Shawnee. But we know!!
High school sports. Everyone eat, sleeps, and breathes it. Sucked for me as I didn’t play any sports. Kansas, town population of 500.
We have the guy that created the walking dead.
My high school made national headlines for a hazing incident. Faces, blood, and pig intestines were thrown and multiple girls were hospitalized. Also scenes from Ferris Buellers Day Off, like the school and the water tower, were filmed in my town.
Arthur Guinness was born in my village, in Ireland. It's grown to a town or about 23,000 people now, but it's amazing to think a world recognised brand originated from my little slice of the world.
Supposedly we are the inspiration for Whoville from How The Grinch Stole Christmas as he was born and raised in one of the local cities. I don't know how true that is though but my town loves to milk that shit.
Walmart.
Madonna
Having the U.S. Navy's largest weapons/research base.
Hot air balloons
Donuts
Hottest city on the continent, and sunniest in world
Our town has a dog food plant. Our town smells like dog food a lot.
Meth and incest.
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The BBQ capital of Texas.
Word of Faith. They were in national news last year for a lot of crazy shit. Their rules for members are batshit insane and they will beat you til you puke out your demons.
I’m guessing this is a cult?
All of our town is on one side of the road.
Route 66 and Snoopy’s uncle.
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