AnneTeak
Member
- Location
- Boston, MA
My town is famous for the first and oldest public lending library in continuous existence in the United States. It was founded in 1790 in Franklin, Massachusetts with a donation of books from Benjamin Franklin.
What is your city/town famous for?
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hearlady
Homebody
- Location
- N Carolina
Jet noise!
AnneTeak
Member
- Location
- Boston, MA
Do you ever get used to it? Does everything shake in your home?
hearlady
Homebody
- Location
- N Carolina
We are not near the flight line so we don't get much. On a low ceiling night you can hear the engines starting though. Sounds like very far away thunder.
hollydolly
SF VIP
- Location
- London England
I would tell you, and you would be surprised but it's a very small town, and I don't want to identify it on here.. so my nearest largest town 20 miles away is London... guess what it may be famous for ? 
fuzzybuddy
SF VIP
- Location
- The Sticks, Northeast PA.
A famous British general "rested" here in 1740 or so. We have a gay nudist camp, and the highest point in eastern PA- Pimple Hill.
Marie5656
SF VIP
- Location
- Batavia, NY
We are part of the Seneca Nation of Indians. Not a lot of note
Batavia, located on the Tonawanda Creek at the for
mer junction of two major Indian trails, was founded in 1801 by Joseph Ellicott, resident agent for the Holland Land Company. Four years earlier, the Holland Land Company had purchased 3.5 million acres including the current site of Batavia from Robert Morris, “Financier of the American Revolution,” who in turn had acquired the land from the State of Massachusetts. The Seneca Nation, with the exception of reservations existing still today, in exchange for a payment of $100,000 ceded its rights to this land in the 1797 Treaty of Big Tree.
Batavia, located on the Tonawanda Creek at the for
Marie5656
SF VIP
- Location
- Batavia, NY
I hear they have a Bridge. And a big clockI would tell you, and you would be surprised but it's a very small town, and I don't want to identify it on here.. so my nearest largest town 20 miles away is London... guess what it may be famous for ?
hollydolly
SF VIP
- Location
- London England
Do they ? that sounds posh......I hear they have a Bridge. And a big clock
...someone mentioned something about a an 800 room Palace once.. with some fancy people living in it.. but I;m not sure..
CinnamonSugar
A Quiet American
The Bridge to which you probably refer was actually bought, dismantled and reassembled on a lake in Arizona. Here’s the back ground. I’ve been there.I hear they have a Bridge. And a big clock
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_Bridge_(Lake_Havasu_City)
Of course there are still bridges in London…
hollydolly
SF VIP
- Location
- London England
this is actually London Bridge...
this is Tower Bridge that people mistake for London bridge..
Pecos
Well-known Member
- Location
- Washington State
Horse training and racing. Polo, golf and lots of "old money" from wealthy people up North who came down here with their horses during the winter months. The Hope Diamond was here for a very long time, and the woman who owned it kept it in her "sock drawer." We still have several polo fields and at least three racetracks. A lot of the old mansions have been well maintained, but some have fallen into disrepair.
Gaer
"Angel whisperer"
- Location
- New Mexico U.S.A.
Billy the Kid, Pat Garrett, horse racing.
Warrigal
SF VIP
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
The Harbour, Opera House and the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Alligatorob
SF VIP
peaches 
oldpop
Member
- Location
- Inner Space
Pine trees / turpentine
RubyK
Well-known Member
- Location
- Minnesota USA
Minnesota is famous for having 10,000 lakes. Actually, we have more than that.
dobielvr
Well-known Member
- Location
- California
Lots of agriculture.
Raisins, peaches, grapevines.
Raisins, peaches, grapevines.
About 10 years ago I rented a sea-doo and rode it under London Bridge then up Lake Havasu and further up the Colorado River. It was super hot there in mid-July
Was a super fun day!
Amelia B
Member
- Location
- Southeast Wisconsin
My town isn’t particularly famous for anything, but the next town over is the birthplace of Caroline Ingalls.
