Comments on: Greatest Hits of ‘07: Local Trivia

By: riley

riley — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:21:37 +0000

PORTLAND ME-
#6 on Relocate America’s Top 10 Places to Live in 2007
#12 in the world by Frommer’s in its list of Top Travel Destinations for 2007

People who have lived in Portland (or the State of Maine):

Patrick Dempsey, actor

Kevin Eastman, co-creator of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Stephen King, writer (lives in Bangor, Maine)

Alexander Wadsworth Longfellow, Jr., architect

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, poet

Liv Tyler, actress
Plus a bunch more

By: Marie

Marie — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 13:12:05 +0000

Syracuse NY – Syracuse is known for its snowfall, Syracuse recieving more snow on average than any other large city in the United States. Plus we are obviously home to Syracuse University

By: Sandie Finlayson

Sandie Finlayson — Sun, 30 Dec 2007 01:27:10 +0000

I think the most memorable thing about where I live is simply in the name….I live in Sexsmith, Alberta. It is interesting when I am trying to tell people that over the phone….”can you spell that” the ask, “sure” I Say “its S…E…X” (a pregnant pause ensues, pun intended) “S..M..I..T…H” (Laughter at the other end of the line) and then invariably I get asked “so what do you people do for fun?” or something just about as asanine!!! We are also known for having had one of the largest Canola processing plants in North America (Canola also being known as rapeseed by the way) So there you have it: the largest rapeseed plant was in Sexsmith Alberta, how ironic is that!

By: Jack

Jack — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 18:52:36 +0000

new castle, pa – 40 minutes north of pittsburgh is the fireworks capital of the US. at one point we were home to several large pyrotechnic firms. the largest, zambelli internationale, is still around. they are known for providing fireworks for the superbowl, etc.

at one point new castle was also known as the hot dog capital of the US as more hot dogs were consumed, per capita, than any other city in the US.

By: adrienne

adrienne — Sat, 29 Dec 2007 02:05:11 +0000

I live in Lawton, OK. The guy who played Jaguar Paw in Mel Gibson’s Apocalypto went to the same local university (Cameron U, go Aggies!!) as I do.

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:22:46 +0000

Casper, Wyoming – so far, the first Wyomingite to post!

Sadly, my hometown is now best known for being the birthplace of Dick Cheney. They named my high school football field and the federal building after him. Sigh.

Strangely, although the state of Wyoming does not have organized school-sponsored high school baseball, three quite well-known baseball players are from here:

Tom Browning: Pitched a perfect game for the Cincinnati Reds in the ’80’s.

Mike Devereaux: Won a couple of World Series rings and was NLCS MVP in the early ’90’s.

Mike Lansing: Played for several teams in the 90’s – 00’s (and was recently named in the Mitchell report – D’OH!).

Matthew Shepherd was a year ahead of me in high school, and a good friend of my fiance. His classmate (and a good friend of mine) Guy Padgett became the first openly gay elected official in the state of Wyoming a couple of years ago, and served as mayor of Casper.

Pete Williams, newsman on NBC, is from Casper.

I think that’s all I have to give you for now…

By: Emily

Emily — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:56:38 +0000

Garden Grove, Ca–Home to Steve Martin!! There was recently a great article in the Orange County Register about him growing up in Orange County. I still remember the picture of him in his spirit squad outfit in our High School hall of fame!

By: Nicole

Nicole — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 20:52:40 +0000

The movie Footloose was filmed in my hometown. My sister was an extra.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:11:38 +0000

Endicott NY- Home to IBM (the orginal factory still stands) and the story that Thomas Watson actually went door-to-door to sell stocks in his start-up company for around 10 cents each. Also home to Endicott-Johnson Shoe company and the Carousel Capitol of the world. Having something like 12 Carousels in area parks that were left to the city on the understanding that no one would ever be charged to ride them.

By: casey

casey — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 16:24:40 +0000

while i am from conway, sc no one to big has ever come out of this town except sheri reynolds who was once an oprah book club author
so we share a famous native with
North Myrtle Beach, SC

Aside from all the cranky residents during the summer we are also
Home of Vanna White.
we are also home of the founder of Hooters Robert Brooks
how sad.