What is your hometown

[Klayfish]

To my knowledge, no film of the incident survives. The thing is, the real santa didn't show up. So they had to yank some kid out of the stands in a santa suit to do it.

http://www.espn.com/video/clip?id=7375517


I do find it funny in an ironic way that for all the nasty incidents that occurred including deliberately puking on a 10 year old and brutally injuring the guy who was the opposing team's mascott that this relatively mild incident in comparison is what they're known for.

Yes, the truth of the story is far different than the hype. But that's OK, we wear it with pride and have a sense of humor about it. And yes, Philly has a ton of wonderful things, and people.

Steel
That Billy Joel Song (he used the neighboring town because it rhymed better)
That Documentary About High School Musicals

Before we moved to Atlanta 4 years ago, we spent 7 years in the southern end...or just below... of the Lehigh Valley. We were in the Pennsburg/Bally/Barto/East Greenville area. When people ask, I find it easier to reference Allentown. And of course, my response to their next question is "Yes, that town Billy Joel sang about".

 

[mousefan73]

Wayne's World!

 

[AndreaDM]

known for ?

Rubber and Lebron James

You are just north of me as we're known for the Football Hall of Fame. Where I grew up is known for the Amish though.

 

[MiniMinnie]

Worst drivers in the Ontario area and it was once know for its flowers and nurseries.

 

[soccerdad72]

Snow and the pizza bomber

 

[prprincess]

I'll stick with the positive - Walt Whitman, Campbell's Soup, and RCA.

 

[SteveH]

Town I grew up in: Track Town USA & Hippies
Current town: 360 days of sun & nuclear waste

Asparagus and murders

I knew this was Stockton right off the bat, lived there for 2 years and got out Great people, but...

Hockey and being the slurpee capital of the world for 16 or 17 years running.

I had to pause, as where I live now we are the Slurpee Capital... but that is for single store sales, and our hockey team is only AHL.

 

[scoutie]

Most bars and churches per capita. Also, sadly..racism.

 

[powellrj]

Class of '76. This is a picture from my 10th birthday. Anybody look familiar? View attachment 323744

Is the blond kid on the end named Hedges? And the one next to him making the funny face could be my neighbor John.

 

[jimmalru80]

Jon Bon Jovi

 

[FlightlessDuck]

Snow and the pizza bomber

You mean the Collar Bomb Heist? Stuff You Should Know just did an episode about that on Thursday. And it was included in the 'Evil Genius' Netflix series.

 

[soccerdad72]

You mean the Collar Bomb Heist? Stuff You Should Know just did an episode about that on Thursday. And it was included in the 'Evil Genius' Netflix series.

Yeah, I just heard about the Evil Genius series - I am going to try to check it out. Haven't lived these since college, but my whole family is still there, so I heard a ton about the whole case.

 

[cabanafrau]

Boating.

 

[RF536]

Jiffy Mix and Jeff Daniels.

 

[2goofycampers]

The largest cotton mill complex in the world when it opened in 1872.

 

[cabanafrau]

Jiffy Mix and Jeff Daniels.

Nice town!

 

[YoYoAurora]

My former hometown: Hootie and the Blowfish
My current hometown: golf

 

[CapeCodTenor]

Alien crash of 1947.

 

[Julie's Haircut]

Assembly line cookie cutter suburban utopia.

 

[JimmyBean42]

I'll stick with the positive - Walt Whitman, Campbell's Soup, and RCA.

Camden is making a comeback!