Tell us what's your hometown/city known for

[KEVIN_224]

New Britain, CT: Stanley tools. I never see any Stanley Works signs now though.

[I-55]

Fort Wayne, IN

Big Hospitals, first NBA game, (then) IPFW beat IU in basketball back-to-back years not long ago.

[kphoger]

This, for better or worse: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-aerial-photograph-joliet-correctional-center-joliet-illinois-52448294.html

Also:  birthplace of kphoger

[NWI_Irish96]

This, for better or worse: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-aerial-photograph-joliet-correctional-center-joliet-illinois-52448294.html

Also:  birthplace of kphoger

You were born in a correctional center?

[kphoger]

No, I meant that's what his hometown is known for.  It's where I was born.  They should put that on the road signs or something...

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[jp the roadgeek]

New Britain, CT: Stanley tools. I never see any Stanley Works signs now though.

They moved a lot of their offices to Southington in one of the buildings that The Hartford used to occupy.

This, for better or worse: https://www.alamy.com/stock-photo-aerial-photograph-joliet-correctional-center-joliet-illinois-52448294.html

Also:  birthplace of kphoger

You were born in a correctional center?

This guy probably was born there

[US71]

My current hometown is known for Judge Parker's Courtroom (the Hangin Judge). Across town is Fort Chaffee where a lot of Vietnamese immigrants/refugees were brought to the USA (and possibly Afghan refugees) and is slowly being absorbed by housing and subdivisions.

[CapeCodder]

Nantucket: Whaling
St. Louis: The Arch, thin crust pizza, Forest Park, 1904 World's Fair, Chuck Berry, Michael McDonald

[Rothman]

St. Louis: Thin crust pizza

Wut.

Also:  A declining population.

[bwana39]

I was reared in the country. The small nearby spot in the road Sugarhill community was for the manufacture of illicit liquor.

The nearest small town, Talco was the "ASPHALT Capitol of the World"

The county seat Mount Pleasant is the utility trailer capitol. It is home to Big Tex, Top Hat, Diamond C, Performance, Texas Bragg, a handful of others.  It is also Home to Priefert Ranch and Rodeo (Gates, pens, etc.) Before the late eighties, it was only known for the smell of the rendering plant, chicken plant, and the refinery. The refinery has closed. The rendering plant and chicken plant smells have been reduced to the point you only know they are still there on a bad day.

My current home town Texarkana is known for "The Town that Dreaded Sundown". The original hometown of Ross Perot, and is the home of the US Post Office and Courthouse that sits on top of the state line of Texas and Arkansas.

[Flint1979]

Saginaw, Michigan - Tony's Home Of The Giant Steak Sandwich Since 1946.

[Daniel Fiddler]

Casey Jones is the most famous deceased resident and Isaac Tigrett is the most famous living resident.

[ET21]

Oak Lawn, Illinois
-1967 Tornado
-Birthplace of Kevin Cronin (lead vocalist for REO Speedwagon)
-Dwayne Wade attended Richards High School here
-Dave Diehl, two time Super Bowl Champion with the Giants
-Dan Donegan and Steve Kmak, part of the band Disturbed

[kphoger]

My current home town Texarkana is known for "The Town that Dreaded Sundown". The original hometown of Ross Perot, and is the home of the US Post Office and Courthouse that sits on top of the state line of Texas and Arkansas.

And here, I first knew about Texarkana because of the R.E.M. song.

[bwana39]

My current home town Texarkana is known for "The Town that Dreaded Sundown". The original hometown of Ross Perot, and is the home of the US Post Office and Courthouse that sits on top of the state line of Texas and Arkansas.

And here, I first knew about Texarkana because of the R.E.M. song.

Jeff Keith from Tesla was born over on the other side (TXK AR) and sang about it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aDj8CK-ViA

[ran4sh]

My specific hometown is not really known, although growing up I did spend a lot of time in Athens GA. Which is known for the state flagship university, which also has the distinction of being the oldest public university in the US by charter (other universities make a similar claim based on other criteria). R.E.M., mentioned directly above, also started here.

[iowahighways]

Ankeny (where I currently live): suburb growing like a weed, HQ of Casey's General Stores

Des Moines: state capital, the Iowa State Fair, insurance/financial companies, hometown of Slipknot

[Flint1979]

Ankeny (where I currently live): suburb growing like a weed, HQ of Casey's General Stores

Des Moines: state capital, the Iowa State Fair, insurance/financial companies, hometown of Slipknot

I was in that town twice in a month span about 13 years ago and it seemed like it was out in the cornfields at that time.

[kphoger]

Ankeny, to me, is known as the location where 44,000 AADT starts sharing just four lanes of I-35.   

[Flint1979]

Ankeny, to me, is known as the location where 44,000 AADT starts sharing just four lanes of I-35.   

I think there are a lot of cases in a metro area where an interstate highway goes down to four lanes way too quickly.

[iowahighways]

Ankeny, to me, is known as the location where 44,000 AADT starts sharing just four lanes of I-35.   

In the Iowa DOT's defense, there are plans to six-lane it northward to Ames, but the only stretch that's funded is from the current end of the six-lane at exit 94 northward to IA 210 in Huxley.

[kphoger]

Ankeny, to me, is known as the location where 44,000 AADT starts sharing just four lanes of I-35.   

In the Iowa DOT's defense, there are plans to six-lane it northward to Ames, but the only stretch that's funded is from the current end of the four-lane northward to IA 210 in Huxley.

Oh, good grief.  AADT hardly drops at all north of that point.  Counts are pretty steady all the way up to US-30.  North of Ames is one-third lower than south of Ames:  the six-laning should extend at least to there, if not Story City.

And, for what it's worth, a similar drop happens at US-20, where nearly one-third of the remaining AADT drops off.

[webny99]

Ankeny, to me, is known as the location where 44,000 AADT starts sharing just four lanes of I-35.   

In the Iowa DOT's defense, there are plans to six-lane it northward to Ames, but the only stretch that's funded is from the current end of the four-lane northward to IA 210 in Huxley.

Oh, good grief.  AADT hardly drops at all north of that point.  Counts are pretty steady all the way up to US-30.  North of Ames is one-third lower than south of Ames:  the six-laning should extend at least to there, if not Story City.

And, for what it's worth, a similar drop happens at US-20, where nearly one-third of the remaining AADT drops off.

It could certainly use six lanes, but it's also a first-world problem compared to what states further east are used to. See I-78 in PA, I-83 in PA,  I-376 in Pittsburgh, I-81 in Virginia, I-95 in South Carolina, etc. Even portions of I-90 here in NY have comparable volumes to that section of I-35, and with considerably more truck traffic. And at least something is happening on that stretch of I-35 - that's more than can be said for a lot of the above routes.

[CapeCodder]

St. Louis: Thin crust pizza

Wut.

Also:  A declining population.

No shit.

[Life in Paradise]

St. Louis: Thin crust pizza

Wut.

Also:  A declining population.

No shit.

You could also say the arch, Budweiser's home, and the big city associated with Ferguson, MO.