What city/state are you living in ?

[aquaman]

And if you know it ha ha , what is the "motto."

Me, Columbia South Carolina

Motto: "Columbia, it's a capital place to be."

How ridiculous is that?

[truthbetold]

1. Near Buffalo, New York.

The motto?

Not sure..."don't get shot"?

[montana_hazeleyes]

7. LOL

!

[SmileyBoy]

2. Fargo, North Dakota

A hip, trendy college city of 97,000. Metro population 202,000.

[LastKnight]

3. currently Sioux Falls SD but am moving to Fargo/Moorehead area...

... in the fall for college. im pretty excited bout it.

-LK

[SmileyBoy]

4. NO WAY!! Are you going to State???

I'm currently a sophomore at NDSU. I'm from Fargo originally, lived in Mpls. for 11 years, went back to Fargo last year for college. I tranferred from tech school in the north Mpls. suburbs. I'm studying architecture here right now. I'm on the Bison football team too.

[LastKnight]

5. no... Concordia Moorehead, but...

i visited the area and its lookin like im gonna be spending alot of time over in fargo, ive already got a possible job lined up, which is actuially technically in fargo, if i decide to take it.

-LK

[SmileyBoy]

6. That's good. We already have five or six DUers in the FM area.

We should all have a get-together sometime.

[Quetzal]

8. Kihei, HI

State motto: "Ua mau ke 'ea o ka 'aina i ka pono" which translates into "The Life of the Land is Perpetuated in Righteousness"

[KamaAina]

102. E komo mai, Quetzal, and welcome to DU!

We can always use more kama'aina posters hereabouts. :hi:

Aside: Pono can be translated as righteousness, balance, or harmony. Try all three in our motto and see which works best...

[LibDemAlways]

9. Oak Park, CA

A small LA suburb where we don't have a motto. If we did it would probably be "Oak Park : Where you can't be too rich, too thin, drive too big an SUV, or have too little between the ears."

[RebelOne]

10. Woodstock

not "the" Woodstock, but a town just north of Atlanta, GA. Don't think there is a motto.

[Champ]

11. Mesa, Arizona

and I don't know the motto.

[MichaelUK]

12. Aberdeen, Scotland

Probably is a motto, but I'm not aware of it

Something along the lines of: "Gi' ous a beer, and fit ya lookin' at, ye wee pr*k"

[blondeatlast]

82. Another DUer in the area--we had a failed meetup last night,

I'll try to work one out in the next month or two.

:hi:

Edit--Phoenix here!

[Don_G]

13. Louisville, KY

State Motto: "United We Stand, Divided We Fall" (dosen't apply to the Republican Administration though).

Louisville's Motto on the First Saturday In May: "They're Off (Kentucky Derby)

[name not needed]

14. bridgewater, nj

[Mr.Green93]

15. Now, Being

[Intelsucks]

16. Austin, Texas - The live music capital of the world

n/t

[LDS Jock]

27. me too!!

Although I never go hear any of it.

[Intelsucks]

30. Welcome. There are quite a few Austinites here.

n/t

[GOPisEvil]

44. Another one here!

:hi::hangover:

[NoPasaran]

66. And another one

And Texas is officially The Friendship State. You could look it up.

[Maestro]

52. OT: Is Eric Johnson still playing around Austin?

:headbang:

[GOPisEvil]

98. I don't see his name often.

But I've seen it a few times. I don't keep up with him much, though.

[bearfan454]

70. We do have it good here.

I'm in Taylor, 20 minutes from Round Rock. When is the next meeting at Curra's ? On a Saturday I hope.

[Andy_Stephenson]

80. From Texas...Killeen...but

I live in Seattle now.

[achtung_circus]

17. Some are just weird

I used to live near a small Alberta town called Tofield. It's motto? posted at each end of town on large sign.
"COME SHARE OUR VIEWPOINT"
which I found alternately fatuous or threatening.

Then there's Biggar Saskatchewan

WELCOME TO BIGGAR
POPULATION: 998,850
less than Winnipeg
New York is Big
But this is BIGGAR

Then there are the towns that will do anything to set themselves apart. I have seen and photographed the following, all in Alberta.
Unfortunately the photos aren't easily accessible or I would post photos.

Redwater: World's largest oil drilling rig

St. Paul: World's first UFO landing pad. The tourism info booth next door is a flying saucer.

Vilna, Pop. 290: World's largest mushrooms. Steel mushroom cluster 30 feet high.

Andrew, Pop. 550: World's largest Mallard duck. A steel duck with a wingspan of about 60 feet. It is on a pylon and appears to be strafing Main St.

Torrington, Pop. 600: An entire museum dedicated to western "culture" expressed by hundreds of stuffed and costumed gophers (actually Richardson Ground Squirrels), really extraordinarily creepy.

Glendon, Pop. 700: World's largest Pyrogi (Ukrainian dumplings) a fork about 50 feet tall with an enormous dumpling impaled thereon.

Vegreville, Pop. 5,000: World's largest Pysanka (Ukrainian Easter egg) about 60 feet tall, 'nuff said.

Mundare, Pop. 2,000. World's largest Kubassa (Ukrainian sausage) Mundare Sausage is famous throughout Alberta and the city fathers decided to honour that. The structure is supposed to be 2 sausages, they rear about 65 feet into the air and look like nothing else but duelling penises.

Are there others?

[flamingyouth]

18. Seattle, Washington

on a nice sunny day. :-)

[Droopy]

19. Miamisburg, Ohio

I don't think we have a motto.

[doc03]

38. Middle of nowhere, Ohio (With God all things are possible)

Was, Not sure now, some nut was trying to get God taken out of it a while back.

[U of M Dem 07]

20. Currently, at school in

Ann Arbor, Michigan. Motto? ...I don't think we have one. :)

[AlecBGreen]

21. Winchester, VA

motto? Not sure its official but were "the Gem of the Shenandoah Valley" and also the "Apple Capital of the World" (seriously, we have an Apple Blossom parade every year. Its cool)

Our state motto is "ever thus to tyrants" and the flag shows a bare-breasted lady Liberty standing on top of some big whig with a spear in him. Too bad the peeps here really dont ever think about that motto, cause we went for Bush in 00 and probably will go for him in 04 :(

edit: speling

[DancingBear]

73. Hi AlecBGreen!

I'm 20-25 minutes away from you (east on I-66) - Fauquier County.

[Penndems]

86. And I'm in Prince William County - Woodbridge, Virginia

which doesn't have a motto that I'm aware of. :)

[AspenRose]

33. Sure you do...

it's GO BLUE ;-)

[U of M Dem 07]

45. Good point!

:)

[ronnykmarshall]

22. West Hollywood, CA

"Oh, give me a home where the homosexuals roam and queers and the drag queens play! Where seldom is heard, a Republican word and boys and the girls are all GAY!"

[devilgrrl]

49. WeHo here too...

Hey Ronny, you forgot to include us dowdy straight broads and the elderly Russians, we live in WeHo too! :mad:

That motto needs to be re-written! :silly: ;-) :crazy:

[sir_captain]

23. New York, NY

The city that never sleeps!
The city so nice, they named it twice!

Actually, I have no idea what the motto is. Though for a while, I think Letterman and Giuliani had settled on, "Our city could kick your city's ass"

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

24. Centerville (suburban Dayton) Ohio

welcome to Pleasantville.

[opiate69]

25. Lacey, Wa

(Actually, Old Nisqually..) Just outside of Olympia. I have no clue what the state motto is, though...

[DontBlameMe]

96. Old Nisqually?

As in Old Nisqually Road? Isn't that technically Olympia? I grew up there, went to Yelm HS, is why I ask.

[mvd]

26. The Collegeville, PA

area.

[gyopsy]

28. Orlando, FL

Motto: Come for Disney, stay for everything else

There really is more to Orlando than Disney these days.

[Solon]

29. St. Charles, Misery

"Home of the Morans." <--named for the infamous photo at our Boeing plant.

Real motto I have no idea, we were known as "Les Petites Cotes" meaning "The Little Hills" by Louis Blanchette in 1765. Another name of course is the "First State Capital".

[saigon68]

31. Stiles, Wisconsin

North of Green Bay




We still have 12 inches of snow on the ground !!!!

[goddess40]

41. Wausau WI

We still have that white crap too. I am sooooo ready for spring.

[DODI]

32. Hartford, CT

[mitchum]

34. Athens GA, but I lived in Columbia for 12 years....

went to school there and then just forgot to move

[aquaman]

40. Hell we might know each other.

Athens is a regular spot for my wife and I to go.

[mitchum]

53. Cool!

I will be visiting Colatown on April 1 in order to see the mighty Ghetto Blaster at The Art Bar. Maybe I will see you also!

[aquaman]

55. Never heard of them.....

What are they like?

[mitchum]

57. Colatown locals who sound like a muscular Modern Lovers

Honest, I really do think that's a pretty accurate description. Frontman Kipp Shives looks like a debauched 12 yr old when he performs (singing, playing guitar, crawling on the floor and tables, hanging upside down from the rafters...)
Give them a try :)

[aquaman]

58. Sounds interesting......

I will be in Athens in May to see Sebadoh at the 40 Watt.

[mitchum]

60. So will I !

Tortoise is also coming at the end of April (also at the fabulous 40 Watt) I just got home from seeing Circulatory System and The Sunshine Fix (both ex- Olivia Tremor Control) there tonight. This is still a really great place for music.

[aquaman]

61. I'll email you before the show......

Sebadoh is gonna be the shit.

[mitchum]

62. Excellent

[aquaman]

63. Do you like 16 Horsepower..............

My wife and I are driving to Cleveland Ohio from Columbia to see this band. Amazing band.

http://www.16horsepower.com/main.html

[EstimatedProphet]

35. Columbus, GA

I think the motto is something like "Suck up to the military or we'll invade you"

[x-g.o.p.er]

36. Ft Walton Beach, FL

A lone democrat in a sea of conservatives......

[Philosophy]

74. Enterprise, Alabama

Is there room for me in your liferaft?

[Bertha Venation]

37. Waldorf, MD, where the motto is

"Why build a hospital or a tech park when we can build another Wal-Mart?"

[foxy]

39. Fayetteville NC

I haven't a clue what the motto is.

[devinsgram]

42. Hershey, PA

The sweetest town on earth.

[gyopsy]

43. been there

And have visited the factory and everything.

[Dees]

46. Ocean City, Maryland ..... where the motto is

"The family resort area...and you better be from old family money before coming here".

[sampsonblk]

76. Bellefonte, PA via Pocomoke City, MD

DU is everywhere

[Bunny]

47. Sparta.

Oh, I'm sorry, I thought you said city-state.

I live in Westmoreland County, PA. Hooterville, to be exact.

[SarahB]

48. I'm in central Connecticut

:)

[Maestro]

50. I live in Texas

Midlothian, just outside of Dallas. It used to be completely country living out here. Now it's growing extremely fast. I'm about 1 hour and 20 minutes away from Crawford and Dubbya's ranch. I still have cattle in the area just behind me, Longhorns too.

[Lorne]

51. "Home on the Prairie"

in Morris, Minnesota.

[Fleshdancer]

54. Austin, TX...the only decent place in TX

:)

[bearfan454]

69. Hi Gloria !

:hi:

[Fleshdancer]

75. Hey Bearfan!

How's life treatin' you these days?

[TX-RAT]

99. Ouch

That hurts all the way out here in Big Spring.

[MrScorpio]

56. Hampton VA

for the last five years

[furrylitldevil]

59. colorado

yes, there are a few of us here, even a mile high.

[RebelOne]

81. Lucky you.

Colorado is beautiful. Was only there once in Steamboat Springs.

[neverborn]

64. Peoria, IL

"Highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation!"

[maveric]

65. San Diego CA. "America's Finest City"

And a fine city it is.
Too bad about all the repugs and reagan lovin freepers though.

[blockhead]

67. Minot, ND

why not Minot?

[Hotler]

68. Englewood, Colorado

Old motto; "Colorful Colorado", new motto; "Californicate Colorado"

[Gildor Inglorion]

71. Wiggins, Mississippi

No motto that I'm aware of. Local officials practically all Democratic, but the state will vote for the Repugs. What a pity.

[Burma Jones]

72. Boyds, MD - Our Home in the Country

Now, of course, "Our Home in the Exurbs"

[Prisoner_Number_Six]

77. I'm in the State Of Denial

--otherwise known as Dallas, Texas......

[patriotvoice]

78. Raleigh, NC

"Esse Quam Videri" - "To be, rather than to seem."

[Donkeyboy75]

79. Chicago, IL "Urbs in Horto"

"City in a Garden"

There are a lot of parks here. Supposed to be the most park area per capita of any large U.S. city.

[Padraig18]

83. Arcola, Illinois!

Motto: "Amazing Arcola--- Come grow with us!"

:)

[ProfessorGAC]

89. Wow! I Know A Guy Who Grew Up There

He lives in Wheaton now, but lived there through HS before he went away to college. His mom still lives there. She works at the alcohol plant.
The Professor

[LionInWinter]

84. Annapolis, Maryland

Motto: "Fatti maschii parole femine"
Strong deeds, gentle words

[GreenPartyVoter]

85. Coastal Maine, Vacationland

[bif]

87. Detroit suburbs

n/t

[adriennel]

95. which one?

just curious ; )

[bif]

97. Grosse Pointe Park

n/t

[Zookeeper]

100. I grew up in G.P.

I've wondered what it's like now. When I lived there it was lily-white and still very high-status (although Bloomfield Hills was gaining on it). Visually, G.P. was attractive for a suburb and it had (gasp!), SIDEWALKS! Something seldom seen in Minnesota suburbs. I didn't like much else about it, though, and left the minute I graduated from G.P. South.

How do you like it? (Feel free to PM me..) :hi:

[bif]

105. I went to South too!

What class were you?

[Jokerman]

88. "The World Capitol of Auto Racing" - Speedway, Indiana

[elfwitch]

90. Dallas, TX

And not too happy about it.

[kitkatrose]

91. Washington DC for school.

the motto...

Don't drink the water? :shrug: I have no clue.

[flakey_foont]

92. Chapel Hill, NC

[Zookeeper]

93. MinneSOTA...

Motto: L'Etoile du Nord - The Star of the North.
Nickname: Land of 10,000 Lakes.

Today, with most of our snow melted, it should be called: Land of 10 Million Mud Puddles.

[adriennel]

94. Ann Arbor, MI

I don't know if Ann Arbor has a motto - but I tend to think of it as "liberal haven of the midwest"

[ornotna]

101. Venice, Florida

I'm not sure if there's a motto, but we have the title of "Sharks tooth capital of the world"

"In 1994, the population of the City of Venice, was estimated at about 19,000; that of greater Venice are at 87000. The five communities cover a total of 80.3 square miles. Thirty-five miles of beaches line Sarasota County's coast. At the heart of Venice is the Downtown Historic District combining the best of past and present while enjoying a modern outlook.

Venice is one of the few cities on Florida's west coast that is not separated from the Gulf by a barrier island. Construction of the Intracoastal Waterway in 1963 made an island of the Venice municipal and commercial district and helped maintain the pattern of growth that continues today. Preserving the original character of Venice, the city created the Historic Venice District and an Architectural Review Board to ensure that new construction or modification of existing buildings conform to the northern Italian Renaissance style of the city's original architecture. Designation as a Florida Main Street City by the State further assures the city's heritage will be preserved."


http://www.venice-fla.com/index.htm

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

103. Oakmont, PA

Don't know if it has a motto, but the PGA U.S. Open is played here occasionally.

[KamaAina]

104. Honolulu, HI: "Queen City of the Pacific"

mostly for lack of competition: not much else out here...