Post your Hometown, Pride or Hatred Thread

[Rusty Nails]

Grew up in Rice Lake, WI. Moved to Fergus Falls, MN. Went to high school in Fargo, ND. There's been a lot of talk of "The City". Fargo is what NYC wants to be. It's like the Istanbul of the Midwest.

Since leaving Fargo, I have lived in Grand Forks, ND. Winston-Salem, NC. Fayetteville, NC. Anchorage, AK. Tacoma, WA. Charlottesville, VA. And now -- Waialua/Haleiwa HI. Despite too damn many years in Nodak, that is what I would call home if anyone asked me. Since I left, I've definitely lived in some really cool places and seriously enjoyed moving around. That said, the only property I own is in the Kootenays of B.C. Gotta keep my eye on the prize!

[born2snowboard99]

Hometown is nothing special but home mountain for me is Alpy. Love it for its location, 45 mins away, hate it for the crowds on Ch 2, has a good atmosphere and generally a very chill place to be. Plus Alpy fries at lunch are amazing.

[MOHSHSIHd]

Fargo is what NYC wants to be. It's like the Istanbul of the Midwest.

POTD!!!!


Thats gold right there!

[skipast75]

This is a pretty cool thread, actually....

Marquette, Michigan. I love it. Population of only 30,000, and that includes 10,000 college students.

We have a ski area 8 miles from my house that opens in mid November and closes in mid to late April. It's only 600 feet of vertical, but it is open till ten pm every night. It will definitely keep your skills sharp for western trips.

We get lots of snow in the winter:





We have a sled dog race that starts on the main street downtown, which is pretty much the social highlight of our winter... Drunken yoopers everywhere!



Summer is unbelievably nice:



My buddy Scott and his girlfriend, Kimberly:

Your town IS kick ass, Like a mini Duluth with more snow. Never seen so much damn snow in a city in my life, And I live in big sky mt...

[gbarnum]

Chantilly, Virginia is where I grew up, although I'm in the Denver suburbs now.

Unfortunately, now it looks like this:


The Shenandoah was only about 45 minutes away.


Played in Cub Run as a kid.


When we could get away, the Monongahela National Forest called to us...

[manx]

Not much too this little town on the banks of the Cumberland River. Lots of bad stuff going on there now with meth and such but I had a good time . No crowds and lots of National Forest to romp in. I don't think I could go back there now but I am still in love with the land. I miss the biodiversity. I was shell shocked when I moved to Boulder, CO.


main street circa 1900


Spent allot of time in the Dan Boone National Forest. No crowds just me a my buds hiking, camping and fishing. I really came to love the outdoors there.

The forest there is like a fckn jungle


Just about 40 minutes down the road is The Big South Fork. Spent allot summers there camping and backpacking. Finally went back last year and did this section with all my buds in a raft. Made it all clean except for this one "Double Drop" it dumped us all in the water. We got slammed into the big rock on river left. I am dreaming of going back in getting it done in my kayak.


I really love the land there. My ancestors were among the first settlers to come into Kentucky through Cumberland Gap. I am torn between Colorado and back woods of Kentucky.

[Dobish]

i was born here....

there were some of these...


and they made these....


then I moved to Monroe CT for a couple of years, and then I moved here...

and we could ski here:


Then I moved here:



then here:


then here:


then here:

[iceman]

I haven't been to the new Charlies, but many fond childhood memories of the old one; that and the Fairview...

My cousin owned the old Fairview until it burned down about ten or twelve years ago, I know Brant Rock, kid.

[justcuz]

Grew up here, in Toledo, OH. Fine place to grow up. Played lots of hockey and enjoyed the summers with buddies.




Moved here in 2000 (Houghton, MI). Not far from Yooper's home of Marquette.



The summers just rule here. Nice climate, great water skiing, sailing on Lake Superior is within 5 minutes, decent mountain biking. Hard to beat living here.

Plenty of snow, too.

[yooper]

Moved here in 2000 (Houghton, MI). Not far from Yooper's home of Marquette.
The summers just rule here. Nice climate, great water skiing, sailing on Lake Superior is within 5 minutes, decent mountain biking. Hard to beat living here.

Plenty of snow, too.

I love Houghton, too. Portage Lake/canal is awesome.

[LIP]

Grew up in Rice Lake, WI.

Rice Lake!!! I'm from the big city, Eau Claire. I've shredded many pair of gloves on the rope town at good old Mt. Harscrabble. Good times.

[The AD]

Moved to Fergus Falls, MN.

Were Rocky and Bullwinkle your neighbors?

Oh, sorry, that's Frostbite Falls.

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This building is one of the architectural highlights of my hometown, Lansing, Michigan:


Need I say more?

[TeleHoar]

Lakewood Colorado is the fourth most populous city in the State of Colorado and the 164th most populous city in the United States. The City of Lakewood was incorporated in 1969. At the time of incorporation the city population was already over 90,000, making Lakewood one of the largest cities, at the time of original incorporation, in the history of the United States.

I grew up just a few blocks from Lakewood's #2 Tourist attraction. The 2.99 steak breakfast is legendary. I do not recommend ordering the open-face turkey sandwich when on mushrooms, any other time it is quite good.



Our #1 Tourist attraction and an actual place.

Most South Park watchers seem amazed that this place actually exists.


My Dad worked at the Federal center. The most Goverment offices in one place outside of D.C.
I used to have the run of the place and it is pretty cool some of the stuff located in there. The USGS was a neat place and their topo-map room was the amazing.

My Dad will still pop by the USGS before Christmas because they give away free topo maps that are outdated. He uses them to wrap presents.


Lakewood was home to one of the original shopping malls, still one of the neatest malls I have ever been in. The old Villa Italia. (Now the Belmar Center)

[jbach]

Born and raised in Waco, Texas. Yes, that Waco. It was surprisingly a pretty nice place to grow up as long as you're on the right side of town. When I go home to visit, I see someone I know every place I go.

Home of Dr Pepper:


The largest Baptist University in the world:


Former home to religious wackos:


Now home to this guy's ranch:

[montanamike]

there's big sky where i live in the winter, duluth where i grew up and hang out in the fall, and kodiak, where i've been spending my summers. home. life is good.

[birdman34]

Olympia, Wa baby

[ill-advised strategy]

one more for marquette/big bay mi



this is my hometown...
heh..and I went to school with these guys. how did they get so old?











best place to grow up in the world!







edit: almost forgot teh sweet weather




Marquette, Harvey, Buckroe, Trowb, Halfway, Big Bay....

[skipast75]

I started in Duluth but ended up in Lincoln Michagan. Then Duluth, then Minneapolis, then Big Sky.

[montanamike]

spirit mountain kicks ass

[hugetoflat]

Peterborough, Ontario.. Both sucked, and blew.

yetiman I love that the guy had to sidestep up the hill in the middle of his park run to hit all the features!

[FreakofSnow]

Spent 20 years in Crestline, CA right about here



Drank beers in Fort Collins for 5 years


Kicked up some cold smoke in Bozeman for a while


Settled in Missoula

[Rontele]

Born and raised in Bloomfield Hills, Mi. Went to college in Ann Arbor, then moved to Breckenridge, then St. Louis for a year, before Chicago, and now...Denver.