Where are you from? My home town.

[therunner]

Springfield, the county seat of Washington County, had an estimated 1998 population of 2930 persons. In 1993, Springfield was designated a "Hall of Fame" Kentucky Certified City. (HOW is this a city?) Washington County, with a land area of 300 square miles, had an estimated 1998 population of 10,918 persons. (thats a 300 sq mile area, cramped I tell you)

The courthouse, (erected)

Fire & Police Dept. employees:

Firefighters (Volunteers): 24

Full-Time Police Officers: 8

(this doesn't include the sheriffs dept that I think has four or five officers)

This is downtown Springfield, notice the stoplight, thats 1/3 the stoplight population in the entire county.

Anyone else come from a major metropolis like me?

[shadygroovedc]

Originally posted by therunner

Full-Time Police Officers: 8

(this doesn't include the sheriffs dept that I think has four or five officers)

So who was the bigger hardass on you young kids growing up? Andy or Barney?

[malanee]

American History X:

I was born in Tacoma, WA - but never lived there. My family was a fan of mobile housing - so we traveled up and down the West Coast for many years in a truck and a big blue school bus. We also spent some time in No. Cali in a place called Odiyan - a Buddhist commune. We finally settled in Olympia, WA and I later went to school in Seattle. I came to Penn State for grad school and later got a job in DC - which is why I'm still stuck here on the East Coast. I'm eyeing San Francisco as my next stop. Anyone want to come with me?

[tinybutterfli]

Originally posted by malanee

I'm eyeing San Francisco as my next stop. Anyone want to come with me?

Um.. me

[nautilus60]

Heres a little info on my hometown - found in some encyclopedia...

Bila Tserkva, city in central Ukraine, in the southwestern part of Kyyivs'ka Oblast. Situated on the Ros' River, about 75 km (about 45 mi) southwest of Kyiv, Bila Tserkva (Ukrainian for “white church”) is a regional center in a rich farming region. It has factories that make farm machinery, food products, electrical equipment, tires and other rubber-asbestos goods, clothing, shoes, furniture, and building materials. The city has an institute of agriculture, an ethnographic museum, two drama theaters, Saint Nicholas Church (built in 1706), market stalls (built in the early 1800s), and Oleksandriya Park, which was laid out in the 1790s and covers 2000 hectares (4942 acres). Bila Tserkva is served by major highway and rail connections.

Bila Tserkva was founded as Yuryiv in 1032 and obtained its present name in 1155. It passed to Lithuania in the 14th century and to Poland in 1569. Under Polish rule it became an important county town. During the 17th century, it served as the seat of the Cossack Bila Tserkva Regiment, and was the site of the signing of a treaty between Bohdan Khmel'nyts'kyy (the Ukrainian Cossack leader) and the defeated Poles in 1651. The treaty established an independent Cossack state. In 1793 Bila Tserkva became part of the Russian Empire. In the late 19th century it grew into a center for food production and trade. Following World War II (1939-1945), it developed a manufacturing base. Population (1998 estimate) 215,000.

[vicman]

Originally posted by malanee

American History X:

I'm eyeing San Francisco as my next stop. Anyone want to come with me?

well maybe not SF, but definitly california, southern california

[shadygroovedc]

Originally posted by nautilus60

Heres a little info on my hometown - found in some encyclopedia...

Bila Tserkva, city in central Ukraine, in the southwestern part of Kyyivs'ka Oblast. Situated on the Ros' River, about 75 km (about 45 mi) southwest of Kyiv, Bila Tserkva (Ukrainian for “white church”) is a regional center in a rich farming region. It has factories that make farm machinery, food products, electrical equipment, tires and other rubber-asbestos goods, clothing, shoes, furniture, and building materials. The city has an institute of agriculture, an ethnographic museum, two drama theaters, Saint Nicholas Church (built in 1706), market stalls (built in the early 1800s), and Oleksandriya Park, which was laid out in the 1790s and covers 2000 hectares (4942 acres). Bila Tserkva is served by major highway and rail connections.

Bila Tserkva was founded as Yuryiv in 1032 and obtained its present name in 1155. It passed to Lithuania in the 14th century and to Poland in 1569. Under Polish rule it became an important county town. During the 17th century, it served as the seat of the Cossack Bila Tserkva Regiment, and was the site of the signing of a treaty between Bohdan Khmel'nyts'kyy (the Ukrainian Cossack leader) and the defeated Poles in 1651. The treaty established an independent Cossack state. In 1793 Bila Tserkva became part of the Russian Empire. In the late 19th century it grew into a center for food production and trade. Following World War II (1939-1945), it developed a manufacturing base. Population (1998 estimate) 215,000.

Hehe. You said "Cocksack". Hehe. Hehe.

[malanee]

Info about Olympia:

Set on the shores of South Puget Sound, with the rugged Olympic Mountains rising in the distance across the water and the dome of Washington's Capitol soaring above the town, Olympia ranks as one of America's loveliest cities. We enjoy all the pomp and pageantry that come with being a state capital...the marble halls, the monuments, and the gorgeous capitol grounds. But surrounding the stately dome, there is still a small town at heart.

Olympia is the largest city in Thurston County with a population of 42,514. The neighboring cities of Lacey and Tumwater and other jurisdictions make up a total county population of 204,300.

[nautilus60]

Another interesting fact about where i lived:

My town is situated on the banks of the river Ros'. Theres a theory about the origin of the word Russia (rossiya) - the earliest Slavic tribes lived on the banks of the river Ros', therefore the area started to be called Rossiya, and as the empire spread, so did the name....or something like that, hehe...

[Guest jroo]

well, i couldnt really find much about my city, but here it is.

I. IntroductionPrint section

Washington, D.C., city and district, capital of the United States of America. The city of Washington has the same boundaries as the District of Columbia (D.C.), a federal territory established in 1790 as the site of the new nation's permanent capital. Named after the first U.S. president, George Washington, the city has served since 1800 as the seat of federal government. It is also the heart of a dynamic metropolitan region. During the 20th century, the Washington, D.C., metropolitan area grew rapidly as the responsibilities of national government increased, both at home and throughout the world.

The city is located at the confluence of the Potomac and Anacostia rivers and is flanked on the north, east, and southeast by Maryland and on the southwest by Virginia.

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Although the city has retained some aspects of its Southern origin, it has assumed a much more cosmopolitan character. At the same time, the city struggles with social and economic disparity, and a number of its residential neighborhoods suffer from poverty and crime. Washington's climate is hot and humid in the summer and cold and damp in the winter. The average daily temperature range is -3° to 6°C (27° to 42°F) in January and 22° to 31°C (71° to 89°F) in July. The city averages 980 (39 in) of precipitation per year.

II. Washington and its Metropolitan AreaPrint section

A. The Outline of the CityPrint section

Designated to serve as the permanent seat of the federal government beginning in 1800, the District of Columbia was named for Christopher Columbus. It was created from land ceded by the states of Virginia and Maryland, and it incorporated the existing seaport towns of Alexandria, Virginia, and Georgetown, Maryland. The district was originally 259 sq km (100 sq mi), or 10 miles square, as established under the Residence Act of 1790. The central town site was laid out by French architect Pierre Charles L'Enfant in 1791. The remaining land was an open area stretching north to the border with Maryland. It was designated as Washington County. In 1846 Congress returned that portion of the federal district that had originally been ceded by Virginia.

In 1871 the cities of Washington and Georgetown were consolidated with Washington County to become Washington, D.C., making the city, the county, and the federal district one and the same. Washington, D.C., has a total land area of 159 sq km (61 sq mi), and the Washington metropolitan region—which in addition to Washington, D.C., contains 24 counties in the surrounding states of Maryland, Virginia, and West Virginia—has a total area of 17,920 sq km (6,920 sq mi).

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In his plan for the city of Washington, L'Enfant attempted to represent symbolically the new United States and its republican government. He gave prominence to each of what were then the primary elements of government—the executive and the legislative branches. He also featured the states in giving their names to broad diagonal avenues. These he arranged both according to geography and to each state's prominence in the nation-building process. Massachusetts, Virginia, and especially Pennsylvania, with its associations both with the Declaration of Independence and the signing of the Constitution, gained the most prominence. Avenues named after other states with prominent roles in ratifying the Constitution, notably Delaware and New Jersey, intersected at the Capitol. Also, L'Enfant hoped that the intersection of diagonal avenues with the city's straight grid of numbered and lettered streets would provide squares where each state would locate facilities, thereby giving them the same symbolic importance in the capital city that they held in the federal system.

B. Patterns of Settlement and DevelopmentPrint section

Initially Washington was slow to develop the dense pattern of settlement characteristic of cities. By the 20th century, however, Washington had filled its open spaces and dominated the surrounding area, which remained largely rural. This pattern changed after World War II (1939-1945), as the city lost population to the suburbs of Virginia and Maryland. While the federal presence remained concentrated in Washington, it also expanded considerably to the suburbs. At the same time, new private business—the fastest-growing source of regional employment—concentrated almost exclusively in the areas outside the city.

While the metropolitan area expanded outward, it did not do so randomly. Growth tended to follow the location of federal facilities outside the city and the development of major transportation routes. During World War II, the construction of the Pentagon spurred development nearby on the Virginia side of the Potomac River. Growth was also stimulated by other key facilities, notably the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in Langley, Virginia; and the Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), the National Bureau of Standards (now the National Institute of Science and Technology), and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) , all in Maryland.

C. Public BuildingsPrint section

Washington is home to many famous and interesting public buildings and monuments. Many of these are associated with the federal government. The Capitol of the United States is located on a hill rising 27 m (88 ft) above the Potomac and consists of two wings that branch from a central rotunda. The north wing is occupied by the Senate, and the south wing by the House of Representatives. The rotunda is crowned by an immense dome, topped with a statue of a woman representing Freedom. East of the Capitol is the Supreme Court Building, with its portico modeled after a Greek temple. North of the Capitol, at the end of Delaware Avenue, stands massive Union Station, now a retail center as well as a train station that has long been a hub of the city.

From the Capitol, Pennsylvania Avenue runs slightly northwest and Constitution Avenue runs directly west. Between 6th and 15th streets NW the two avenues form an area known as the Federal Triangle. Within this triangle are concentrated a number of government buildings, including those of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and the departments of Justice and Commerce. Also in the triangle is the National Archives Building, which contains the original drafts of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, and the Bill of Rights.

Just north of the triangle, on Tenth Street NW, is the J. Edgar Hoover Building, the headquarters of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). On the block north of the Hoover building, also on Tenth Street, is Ford's Theatre, where President Abraham Lincoln was shot in 1865, and across the street is the Petersen House, where he died. Together they make up Ford's Theatre National Historic Site.

Northwest of the triangle, at 16th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, is the oldest federal building in Washington, the White House, official residence of the U.S. president. The mansion's foundations were laid in 1792, and every president except George Washington has occupied it. Tours are conducted daily through the most-famous ground-floor and first-floor rooms, such as the East Room, the Blue Room, and the State Dining Room.

Flanking the White House are the Treasury Department Building to the east and the Executive Office Building to the west. Across the street is Blair House, the official guest house for visiting heads of state and other dignitaries. Blair House, built in 1824, served as a temporary executive mansion for President Harry S. Truman and his family from 1948 to 1952, while the interior of the White House was being extensively reconstructed.

North of the White House is Lafayette Square, with a statue of General Andrew Jackson made from a melted-down cannon captured by Jackson during the War of 1812. West of the White House, at New York Avenue and 18th Street NW, is one of Washington's oldest landmarks, the Octagon. Completed in 1801, the Octagon houses a museum dedicated to architecture and the early history of Washington, and is also home to the American Architectural Foundation. It was one of the first residential structures built according to L'Enfant's plan. During the War of 1812, British troops set fire to the White House, destroying its interior. President James Madison and his family lived in the Octagon while the White House was being rebuilt.

South of the Federal Triangle is the Mall, a narrow park stretching roughly 1.6 km (1 mi) from the Capitol to the Washington Monument. Although the Mall officially ends at 14th Street, landscaped greenery extends to the Potomac. The Washington Monument, whose marble shaft dominates the skyline, stands 169 m (555 ft) high near the center of this parkland. The interior of the monument is hollow, and visitors may either climb its 898 steps or ride its elevator 150 m (500 ft) for a magnificent view. A height restriction law enacted by Congress in 1899 ensures that no private structure in Washington, D.C., will extend higher than the monument or the Capitol.

Beyond the monument in West Potomac Park, still in a straight line from the Capitol, is the massive Lincoln Memorial. This monument's 36 columns represent the 36 states in the Union at the time of Lincoln's death in 1865. Its interior contains a great stone seated figure of Lincoln carved by sculptor Daniel Chester French. Nearby, the Arlington Memorial Bridge spans the Potomac and connects the Lincoln Memorial with Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Virginia. Located at the cemetery are the Tomb of the Unknowns; the Arlington House, home of Confederate general Robert E. Lee; and, on the slope directly below that, the grave of President John F. Kennedy.

Close to the Lincoln Memorial is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. This memorial commemorates the American men and women who died during the Vietnam War (1959-1975). Southeast of the Lincoln Memorial is the Tidal Basin, framed by Washington's famous Japanese cherry trees. The government of Japan gave the cherry trees to the United States in 1912. Reflected in the water of the Tidal Basin is the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. This circular, colonnaded marble memorial contains a bronze standing figure of Thomas Jefferson by sculptor Rudolph Evans. Roughly halfway between the Jefferson Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial is the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial, which opened in 1997.

D. NeighborhoodsPrint section

The once-premier neighborhoods near early federal activity, notably Georgetown, Foggy Bottom, and Capitol Hill, all declined over time. Although they were rediscovered and restored in the second half of the 20th century, in the interim newer communities became popular. In the mid-19th century streetcars began to offer easy commutes to areas outside the city core. At this time, Anacostia's Uniontown section, where abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass settled after the American Civil War (1861-1865), and LeDroit Park, near Howard University, developed as Washington's first suburbs.

In the early 20th century, Mount Pleasant, a few miles north of the White House, became popular. With the availability of automobiles, first Cleveland Park and subsequently Wesley Heights and American University Park emerged as preferred residential destinations. Just above the old downtown, the area known as Shaw emerged as the most prominent black section of the city. The concentration of theaters and other social activities there gave U Street the nickname of Black Broadway. Somewhat further above the old city, the Adams Morgan section emerged in the 1960s as one of Washington's most diverse neighborhoods, with large populations of Latin American and Caribbean immigrants.

Over the years, the suburbs outside the city have grown rapidly. In addition to older areas such as Arlington, Virginia, and Chevy Chase, Maryland, new suburban office and retail complexes have emerged at Tyson's Corner and Pentagon City in Virginia and Freedom Plaza in Maryland.

III. PopulationPrint section

Washington, D.C., grew slowly from the time of its origins until the Civil War. Its founders expected it to emerge as a great city because of its favored trading site along the Potomac River. However, the city proved incapable of fully exploiting its opportunities—due to, among other things, a lack of federal funding for development—and it lagged behind other major port cities along the eastern seaboard. Washington's population boomed during the Civil War, rising from a modest population of 61,122 in 1860 to 109,199 only a decade later. During the first half of the 20th century, the federal presence in the city expanded, and population grew with it, reaching a peak of more than 800,000 in 1950.

The city's population dropped thereafter, as it lost residents to the suburbs. Nearly 69 percent of the metropolitan population lived in Washington in 1940; by 1960 that number had fallen to 37 percent, and to less than 12 percent in 2000. In 2000 the population of the city was 572,059. In contrast, the population of the metropolitan area in 2000 was 4,923,153.

Partly because the District of Columbia was originally formed from slaveholding states, the national capital has always had a significant black presence, approximately 25 percent of the population from its origins until World War II. After the war, many white families relocated to the suburbs, and the city's demography changed. In 1957 Washington became the first major city in America with a black majority. Between 1950 and 1960 Washington's black presence grew by nearly 50 percent, from 280,803 to 411,737, while the white population declined by one-third.

Until recently the great majority of the black population was located inside the city. But like an earlier generation of whites, the black middle class began to leave the city and move to the suburbs. In 2000, blacks constituted 60 percent of the city's population, compared with 30.8 percent white. Asians are 2.7 percent of inhabitants, Native Americans 0.3, Native Hawaiians and other Pacific Islanders 0.1 percent, and people of mixed heritage or not reporting ethnicity 6.2 percent. Hispanics, who may be of any race, constituted 7.9 percent of the population. The city had 343,300 black residents in 2000; however, just the two surrounding counties of Prince George's, Maryland, and Fairfax, Virginia, contained a combined population of 585,600 black residents.

During the early 19th century, Washington lacked the industrial base that drew immigrants to other cities, and so the population retained its largely native-born character. In the late 19th century, small Italian and Eastern European Jewish communities formed, creating their own churches and synagogues and associated ethnic institutions. Many descendents of these immigrants left the city for the suburbs in the 1950s, along with much of the rest of the white population. While the Italian Roman Catholic Church, Holy Rosary, still functions near Union Station, few of its parishioners still live in the city. Most of the early synagogues near downtown have left, replaced by black Protestant congregations.

A small Chinese community formed in Washington in the late 19th century. Originally concentrated downtown along Pennsylvania Avenue, Chinatown moved several blocks north to make way for completion of the Federal Triangle office complex in the 1930s. Chinatown still exists along H Street NW, but only about a third of Washington's 3,000 Chinese listed in the 1990 census live in that area. An additional 37,000 Chinese live in surrounding suburbs. In the suburbs, they are joined by more recent immigrant groups from Asia, most notably Vietnamese, Cambodians, and Lao. Both suburban Maryland and northern Virginia support Asian populations of about 100,000 each.

Hispanics form the other major immigrant group in the area. Although the District of Columbia's population is about 5 percent Hispanic, the largest number of these immigrants are located in the suburbs: an estimated 90,000 in Maryland and 100,000 in Virginia. In 1991 the Washington metropolitan area ranked tenth in the nation as a destination for new immigrants.

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[Guest jroo]

heres the link if you want to read pages 2 and 3.

http://encarta.msn.com/find/concise.asp?mod=1&ti=761576320&page=2

enjoy, and welcome to my hometown!

[therunner]

I think that was just a little too much info about DC. I think you could've just said "I am from DC" and then we all would've known.

But thanks for participating.

[Guest jroo]

Originally posted by therunner

I think that was just a little too much info about DC. I think you could've just said "I am from DC" and then we all would've known.

But thanks for participating.

hahahahah

and i really needed to know how many stoplights your home town had? firemen, or sheirffs?

[Guest jroo]

At this time, Anacostia's Uniontown section, where abolitionist leader Frederick Douglass settled after the American Civil War (1861-1865), and LeDroit Park, near Howard University, developed as Washington's first suburbs.

holy shit Frederick Douglass is from Anacostia! i wonder if he used to carry a gat? thats some rough shit out there.

[therunner]

Originally posted by jroo

hahahahah

and i really needed to know how many stoplights your home town had? firemen, or sheirffs?

It is your choice to come to this message board and click on the topics that YOU want to read, if you do not want to read the topics then DON'T CLICK ON THE LINK, but since it is you, I suggest that maybe you NEVER post on this site again.

[Guest jroo]

Originally posted by therunner

It is your choice to come to this message board and click on the topics that YOU want to read, if you do not want to read the topics then DON'T CLICK ON THE LINK, but since it is you, I suggest that maybe you NEVER post on this site again.

hey, lick my balls and read pages 2 and 3 about dc. are you working today?

[tinybutterfli]

I'm from Houston, TX. I'm not going to look up any info for all of you - you've heard of it I'm the exception the rule that things grow BIG in Texas *giggle*

[shadygroovedc]

Originally posted by tinybutterfli

I'm from Houston, TX. I'm not going to look up any info for all of you - you've heard of it I'm the exception the rule that things grow BIG in Texas *giggle*

You hear the one about Steers and Queers? So, where are your horns?

[Guest jroo]

Originally posted by shadygroovedc

You hear the one about Steers and Queers? So, where are your horns?

what does the HM on the sign mean?

[shadygroovedc]

Originally posted by jroo

what does the HM on the sign mean?

It's supposed to be "Hmm". But I think that smiley's retarded and doesn't know how to spell.

[crank47]

Born in DC, grew up in Bethesda, MD.

Bethesda:

- Estimated average household income is $95,979

- 67.7% of the population holds a college degree, and 39.2% hold graduate/professional degrees

[shadygroovedc]

Originally posted by crank47

Born in DC, grew up in Bethesda, MD.

Bethesda:

- Estimated average household income is $95,979

- 67.7% of the population holds a college degree, and 39.2% hold graduate/professional degrees

Whoa the average household income is only $95K? How the hell do they afford those super expensive houses on $95K? Something fishy going on in Bethesda...

[merkie]

I grew up in Linthicum, MD, which is where the BWI airport is located. That is right, planes fly so low to my parent's house that you can read the side of them with ease and in the summer when everyone is traveling it sounds like you are on the runway.

The town of Linthicum Heights, Maryland is situated in the northern part of Anne Arundel County Maryland.

Linthicum Heights has a population of approximately 2,000 and is strictly a residential community -- the only commercial enterprises being two grocery stores, a drug store, and several gas stations.

It sounds like podunk MD, but I grew up only 15-25 minutes from downtown Baltimore, Ellicott City, Towson, and Annapolis and 35 minutes from DC.

[ellywelly]

Okay.. here's mine..

I was born in LaPaz, the capital city of Bolivia which is the highest capital in the world. Ski resorts there operate only on weekends during the South American summer. At an elevation of over 17,000 feet, it is too cold to operate during the winter. It is also in the Guiness book for having the highest navigable lake in the world.

Ohh.. Bolivia is also one of the world's three leading growers of coca, the raw form of cocaine.

[joeygk]

Originally posted by shadygroovedc

Whoa the average household income is only $95K? How the hell do they afford those super expensive houses on $95K? Something fishy going on in Bethesda...

That's actually really high. Something about when they do averages it brings down the number???? I know nothing about math, so don't ask.

When Newsweek came out w/ their rankings of wealthiest cities.....the top 5 cities all only averaged around 120K per household.