Tell us about the Town where you live?

[Silly Dreamer]

I really like Bath, I live in a nice quet area called Larkhall Village, from here is only a 15 minuet walk into the city center. The city gets its name fromfrom the roman Bath in the centre of the city I have'nt been there yet though even if I have eat in the resurant next door! We are near to Bisrtol a major port and you can get to hostorical sites like Stonehenge from here!! It is also stepped in mythic histroy with Solsbury Hill being the site of a battle involving King Arthur!! (as well as a song name) All in All Bath is the greatest!!!

[Silly Dreamer]

So whats everyone elese Town like?

[SOFTBALLGIRL]

Racine is a industrial city of over 80,000 people on Lake Michigan.
Racine is famous for SC Johnson Wax Family Company, Case Tractors (Farm & Consruction). Was founded by the Danish which they came up with a pastry, called Kringle. I can't wait to move to Minnesota so I can move away from Racine.

[Stephania5]

Toronto is the biggest city in Canada, with a population of over 4 million people. It's located on Lake Ontario, one of the 5 Great Lakes. Some of the landmarks in Toronto include the CN Tower- the tallest free-standing structure in the world- the Hockey Hall of Fame, the famed street The Danforth, Casa Loma- an historic castle- and Canada's Wonderland.

Downtown Toronto is only about 10 minutes from my house. And like many downtown areas, there's the nicer areas, and then there's the nasty areas. Some parts of downtown are quite historic (although probably considered 'recent' compared to some other, older countries) yet other parts are brand spankin' new.

Toronto is experiencing a huge urban sprawl. The population is growing and spreading into the outer cities. In 1998, 6 small cities/towns- Toronto, York, North York, Etobicoke, East York and Scarborough- amalgamated into a mega city.

Many immigrants find Toronto very welcoming, as it is VERY multicultural. Immigrants have even established little communities of their own, like China Town, Little Italy, Korea Town, and the Danforth for the Greeks. Toronto's face is that of a rainbow- people from all over the world come to live here, and that's one of the reasons why people love this city so much.

[Silly Dreamer]

Thanks SOFTBALLGIRL and Steph that was intresting

Just copied this stuff from another site. My city, Charlotte, North Carolina.


The City
Located in the Piedmont region, Charlotte is the largest city in North Carolina and is in the center of the Southeast. It won’t take long for you to discover that Charlotte's location provides it with lots of sunshine and pleasant temperatures for most of the year. Charlotte was recently named one of the best places to live by Money magazine.

Demographics
Nearly 600,000 people call Charlotte home and approximately 1.5 million people live within the Charlotte metropolitan area — the largest urban area between Washington, D.C. and Atlanta, Ga.

The city is home to eight Fortune 500 corporate headquarters and plays host to nearly 400 foreign firms. The city has strong international connections with businesses from countries such as Germany, Japan, Switzerland, Canada and Italy. Charlotte’s also known as a financial center with two of the nation’s largest banks, Bank of America and Wachovia, headquartered here.

Weather
Charlotte boasts 214 sunny days a year and is generally frost-free from mid-March through mid-November.

Spring and Fall Average Temperature
72 degrees
Summer Average Temperature
88 degrees
Winter Average Temperature
50 degrees

[Marine]

Statistics & Facts

The population of Cygnet is approximately 560 (1990).
The approximate number of families is 216 (1990).


The amount of land area in Cygnet is 0.874 sq. kilometers.
The amount of surface water is 0.004 sq kilometers.
The distance from Cygnet to Washington DC is 397 miles. The distance to the Ohio state capital is 93 miles. (as the crow flies)
Cygnet is positioned 41.24 degrees north of the equator and 83.64 degrees west of the prime meridian.

The city tree is the Buckeye (by the big hill).
The city bird is the baby swan.
The Cygnet city color is Royal blue.

Attractions

Cygnet attractions:

War memorial, Hudsons, Village Inn


Bwahaha...I didn't know the VI and Hudsons was an "attraction"...

By the way, I don't actually live in it. Closest recognizeable town I live near...unless you consider "Trombley" a town...

[Gilly]

Marz is a boring village with a population of about 2000 people... We ain't got anything interesting here and we haven't got any sights, we have got NOTHING. You can do absolutely NOTHING here! The only thing that's not that bad is that I live near a forest...

I live in Drachten that's in the north of Holland. Drachten is located in Friesland. Cities nearby are Leeuwarden, Heerenveeen and Groningen. Drachten has about 60 000 inhabitans. Lot's of industry here. Traffic is kinda problematic.... Too many cars and trucks on way too small roads. Not really a lot of attractions some museams and a theatre plus several cinemas. The weather is in spring and fall rainy but in summer most of the time about 25-30 degrees! The centre of Drachten is really old and some famous painter designed the colors of the houses. I cannot remember his name.... lol But it was in the DADA style.

[TRENTY]

Originally posted by Gilly
Marz is a boring village with a population of about 2000 people... We ain't got anything interesting here and we haven't got any sights, we have got NOTHING. You can do absolutely NOTHING here! The only thing that's not that bad is that I live near a forest...

What do you mean you like to swing about the trees or you hang about the forest waiting for any unsuspecting man to pounce on!

[canoilers]

Edmonton is now the second largest city in Alberta and the 3rd largest western Canadian city. The City is 900,000 and growing. The city's major industry is oil and is the life blood of the province. Edmonton is the capital of Alberta and is known as the gateway to the north. We have the worlds largest mall and its getting bigger. We have alot of parks and is one of North Americas cities with the most parkland.The major reason for that is our beatiful river valley which the city for the most part has left alone. We have the worlds largest street preformers festivals in the fringe theatre festival. This town loves it sports being the only Canadian city that has pulled in NFL sized crowds to its CFL games on a regular basis. Which by the way I don't think Edmonton would have a problem with supporting an NFL franchise, I think we'd support it like the people in Greenbay, like we do our Oil. I live on the west end of the city and have done so since I moved to Edmonton in 1990. Since I moved to Edmonton it has become a part of me and am proud of this town and all it does.

Originally posted by TRENTY



What do you mean you like to swing about the trees or you hang about the forest waiting for any unsuspecting man to pounce on!

Tarzan and Jane!!!

Originally posted by canoilers
Edmonton is now the second largest city in Alberta and the 3rd largest western Canadian city. The City is 900,000 and growing. The city's major industry is oil and is the life blood of the province. Edmonton is the capital of Alberta and is known as the gateway to the north. We have the worlds largest mall and its getting bigger. We have alot of parks and is one of North Americas cities with the most parkland.The major reason for that is our beatiful river valley which the city for the most part has left alone. We have the worlds largest street preformers festivals in the fringe theatre festival. This town loves it sports being the only Canadian city that has pulled in NFL sized crowds to its CFL games on a regular basis. Which by the way I don't think Edmonton would have a problem with supporting an NFL franchise, I think we'd support it like the people in Greenbay, like we do our Oil. I live on the west end of the city and have done so since I moved to Edmonton in 1990. Since I moved to Edmonton it has become a part of me and am proud of this town and all it does.

Heeeyyy Edmonton has the biggest mall in the world right? I think that's the best thing about Edmonton!

[Gilly]

Originally posted by TRENTY



What do you mean you like to swing about the trees or you hang about the forest waiting for any unsuspecting man to pounce on!

sure
No I think it's just nice living near a forest because I like nature very much, you can go for a walk and so on... don't know, just like forests But I definitely don't like my hometown!!

[canoilers]

Originally posted by ka-ching


Heeeyyy Edmonton has the biggest mall in the world right? I think that's the best thing about Edmonton!

For me the oil would be number one.

[chloe]

Originally posted by Marine
Statistics & Facts


Bwahaha...I didn't know the VI and Hudsons was an "attraction"...

" a town...

Heck, I didn't think that there were any attractions in the whole state of Ohio.....

Well, besides Cedar Point and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum.....

Nana

[La Diablesa]

WITH YAHOO LITTLE HELP

VALENCIA:

Valencia is famous for food and revelry -- it's the home of paella and Las Fallas, a weeklong fiesta in March that climaxes with the burning of hundreds of enormous papier-mache figures. This city of 738,000 inhabitants is located in the fairly dry, rugged and hilly terrain that's perfect for growing Valencia oranges -- in fact, citrus and other crops grown in the region make it the agricultural center of Spain.
Visit Valencia's historical museum and cathedral, its beautifully preserved Gothic area and Spain's largest indoor food market, which is filled with fresh produce, meats and fish. In summer, try paella in one of the restaurants along the beach. Near Valencia is the restored Roman theater at Sagunto.

WELL NOT MENTION OUR BEACHES,VALENCIA C.F AND THE SEXY WOMEN PLUS LOT OF NEW THINGS THAST WE HAD RECENTLY AS L'HEMISFERIC(WITH THE PLANETARIUM),OCEANOGRAPHIC (THE SEA WORLD) AND THE ARTS PALACE AND PALACE OF MUSIC

[La Diablesa]

FOR ALL OF U THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT *LAS FALLAS* ARE HERE

WELL BTW TODAY STARTS LAAAAAAAAAAAS FAAAAAAAAALLAAAAAAAS WOOOOOOOOW PARTY TONITE WELL PARTY EVERY NITES!!!!!

LAS FALLAS:

After almost a year of preparations and two weeks various celebrations, Valencia overflows with gaiety, energy and fireworks during the celebration of its Major Festival: the Fallas.. This regional capital by the Mediterranean coast near the mouth of the river Turia celebrates in tremendous style, one of the best known and emblematic festivals of Spain, as well known as the San Fermin festival in Pamplona.

Fallas portray scathing critical and often humorous expressions of important events, both nationally and internationally. The Fallas, from 13th to 19th of March, are creations of paper mache, wood and wax, which the Valencians, divided into different groups according to quarters or barrios and even streets, build in the streets and burn on the night of the feast of St. Joseph. These figures, called "ninots" by the Valencians, allude to events and personalities of the day. The ninots, half satirical, half symbolical, are created in a style somewhere between comic strips and Walt Disney cartoons. The figures, which represents a whole year's work for hundreds of people, are burnt on the night of March 19th in towering flames, and each bonfire is a temple devoted to this colossal festival of fire.

From that time he has used fire to overcome the darkness of the night, to cook food, to defend himself from enemies, and even as a means of communication. There are many human rituals in which the principal protagonist is fire. In Spain, on the night of St. Joseph, St. John and St. Anthony, honor is rendered to those saints by burning of huge bonfires. For one week the Valencians and their visitors are both spectators and participants in a spectacle which goes beyond the walls of the great theater which this city becomes. The tourist influx and the international projection of the Fallas grows every year. When man discovered fire he stood marveling before such a strange phenomenon.

On the origin of the Valencian Fallas there are various theories which have tried to place these popular festival in time. This is not a simple matter as there is hardly any documentary evidence. The closest theories to reality, however, are: Vicente Salvador's theory, that of Sol and the theory of the "Ninot" in the middle of Lent.

The first two agree that the celebration of the Fallas began in the Middle Ages. Vicente Salvador considers that the origin of the Fallas could have happened at the time of the medieval guilds. On

the night of St. Joseph the carpenters' guild used to light a bonfire in honor of their saint. In it, they burnt the standing pole on which they had kept their lamp during the winter - the estai - and the sweepings from the workshop. Which the passage of time, however, matting and various old pieces of junk were added. The custom of burning an effigy in the blaze is somewhat subsequent. The feuds

Between the different workshops provoked the creation of grotesque figures which represented rivals, for the purpose of making everyone laugh at them. The effigies were thrown onto the fire together with the old pieces of junk.

The second theory, that of Sol, suggest that the actual tradition of lighting bonfires in honor of the saints arose from pagan customs which Christianity made its own, as it was too difficult to prohibit or condemn them, since they were already ceremonies of great popularity. The theory of the Ninot in the middle of Lent, the third, relates that during the 17th century, effigies tied to a stick were burnt in the market place. It would seem that the first of these represented Mahomet. This act brought together a large number of townsfolk who celebrated the burning.


The first written testimonies of the Valencian Fallas date from the middle of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th. By this time, the protagonist of the Falla festival were the fire and the effigies, as well as the entire town formed part this splendid spectacle. This aspect has confirmed Valencia's position as one of the most entertaining cities in Europe.



The Fallas are divided into seven important stages. Public enthusiasm ensures that Valencia is adorned in festival garb and everybody takes to the streets. The ceremonies which make up the whole week of the festival are: the nomination and proclamation of the Queens of the Fallas for the year, the Exaltation, the Crida, the Cavalcade of the Ninot the Offering of Flowers, the Planta and the Crema.
The " mascletá" is the noisiest act of the whole fallas celebration. rows of, and single, firecrackers (by the thousands), making valencia as deafening as the shot heard around the world.
The "Mascletá" is the noisiest act of the whole Fallas celebration. Rows of, and single, firecrackers (by the thousands), making Valencia as deafening as the shot heard around the world.

The Exaltation is, with the Offering of Flowers, one of the most colorful moments of the Fallas. In this ceremony, Valencians and the various institutions pay homage to the Falla Queens who receive their sashes and jewels of office in the Palau de la Musica. As the Attendant Courts of the Falla Queen and the Falla Princess go up to the stage, the place begins to be filled with baskets of flowers donated by Valencian and a few Spanish collectives. One of the most important figures at the Exaltation is the chairman, who represents the world of culture and makes a speech to all those present which can be of a justificatory or political nature or poetic.



The Offering of Flowers to Our Lady of the Foresaken in the ceremony for which Valencia is entirely dressed in its best and renders homage at the feet of her patron saint, offering thousands of bouquets of flowers, baskets of posies and floral shrine arrangements. During the twenty-four hours which the Offering lasts, the Virgin, fondly referred to by the Valencians as "Geperudeta", receives her tribute. On this day, the sobriquet of Valencia, city of flowers becomes reality, and the Basilica square is turned into a beautiful and colorful garden, with more than thirty tons of flowers decorating just one of the principal squares of the city.


The culminating night of the "Cremá".
The "Planta" is the ceremony which everyone awaits with impatience. On 15 March the paper mache effigies are assembled, not without a considerable struggle, in the squares and streets of Valencia. Hundreds of these Fallas invade the city, as many as there are houses to make them. On this day the creations of the "fallero" artists are displayed, the work of hundreds of specialists: carpenters, painters, sculptors, designers, etc. The effigies and ninots are admired by both all alike , Valencians and tourists. The Fallas show off their lively colors and enormous size, and make clear which personalities have been the focus of public opinion and attention. There are few Spanish politicians who escape from the satire of the "fallero" masters.


The Crema is the culmination of the Fallas. For some it is the saddest moment, while for others it is the high point of the festival. On the night of the feast of St. Joseph, 19 March, the Fallas are lit. The last effigies to be devoured by the flames are those Fallas that have been awarded prizes by the


Genrakl Fallas Committee and those in the City Hall square. Only one "ninot" is saved each year, from the flames by popular vote, and exhibited in the Museum of the Ninot together with those from various years which won the same privilege. Kilos and kilos of fireworks surround the monuments. At about midnight Valencia goes up in flames. The spectacle of the fire and noise, produced by more than three hundred fires spread throughout the city, is quite something to see!

BTW THERE'S MUSIC ON THE STREET AND ROCK CONCERTS AND CONTESTS OF PAELLAS AND FUN LOT OF FUN

IM ALMOST READY FOR TONITE AND ALL THE HOTELS ARE FULL THERE'S LOT OF FOREINERS LAST NITE I SAW MOST OF THEM SPECIALLY SOME ARSENAL SUPORTERS LOL

Originally posted by canoilers
For me the oil would be number one.

OIL??? I still think the mall!! But thats just me!

[TRENTY]

Originally posted by La Diablesa
FOR ALL OF U THAT DON'T KNOW WHAT *LAS FALLAS* ARE HERE

WELL BTW TODAY STARTS LAAAAAAAAAAAS FAAAAAAAAALLAAAAAAAS WOOOOOOOOW PARTY TONITE WELL PARTY EVERY NITES!!!!!

BTW THERE'S MUSIC ON THE STREET AND ROCK CONCERTS AND CONTESTS OF PAELLAS AND FUN LOT OF FUN

IM ALMOST READY FOR TONITE AND ALL THE HOTELS ARE FULL THERE'S LOT OF FOREINERS LAST NITE I SAW MOST OF THEM SPECIALLY SOME ARSENAL SUPORTERS LOL

Like i said before different worlds, i am afraid my town is more like Vanessa's (Thats Gillys Real Name Yes?, sorry if not). Just like you to be messing around with the enemy "Arsenal Fans" tut! tut!

Its a pity you don't have a Man Utd or Blackburn Rovers top as Arsenal were dire today when Blackburn beat them 2-0.

As you can see my goodwill towards other British teams only exists when they are playing in Europe.

And you still think Valencia don't have a chance against Arsenal next week!

[Silly Dreamer]

Originally posted by Gilly
No I think it's just nice living near a forest because I like nature very much, you can go for a walk and so on... don't know, just like forests But I definitely don't like my hometown!!

Aww Vanessa, the town looks very lovely on the photos my Dad found on the net!! I can understand if you don't like it though as you've lived there all your life, I know I was fed up of Sheffield *lol* Anyway i wish I had the time this weekend to visit Marz but I don't so I'll just settle for the day in Vienna with Bini, Jasmin and You

[canoilers]

Originally posted by ka-ching




OIL??? I still think the mall!! But thats just me!

Yeah the oilers our hockey team, but the mall is nice too. The oilers practice there sometimes.

[Ammoguy]

Originally posted by canoilers
Yeah the oilers our hockey team, but the mall is nice too. The oilers practice there sometimes.

Is that mall built for hockey practicing..

[Marine]

Originally posted by chloe


Heck, I didn't think that there were any attractions in the whole state of Ohio.....

Well, besides Cedar Point and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum.....

Nana

Heh, yeah...not much to do, really. There is some fun stuff to do, though, like camping and such.

[chloe]

Well, being from Michigan, I know all about camping, lakes, and outdoor stuff......

Actually, I know more about my dad swearing, throwing, and running around than the other stuff(He sure had a knack for setting stuff up)

Nana