Your Home/Current town.

[zack54attack]

Your Hometown/Current town: Rockford, IL
Population: 152,871
Sports Teams (if any): Rockford IceHogs, Rockford Riverhawks And Rockford Peaches way back when
Unique Fact: Rockford Sucks.

 

[Sunbiz1]

Your Hometown/Current town: Elgin, IL
Population: 100K, many currently in the US illegally.
Sports Teams (if any): Kane County Cougars, MLB minor league varies from year to year.
Famous People From Your Town: You kidding me?
Tallest Building: Some church downtown
Unique Fact: Known for it's historical homes and abundance of Mexican restaurants.

 

[derosabomb]

Your Hometown/Current town: Elgin, IL
Population: 100K, many currently in the US illegally.
Sports Teams (if any): Kane County Cougars, MLB minor league varies from year to year.
Famous People From Your Town: You kidding me?
Tallest Building: Some church downtown
Unique Fact: Known for it's historical homes and abundance of Mexican restaurants.

i saw a homeless guy having a mouthparty with his homeless girlfriend last year while i was on a bike ride through elgin. it was pretty awesome, i would watch again!!!

 

[cubsneedmiracle]

I'll take my hometown area.. since my current town blows ass

Hometown Union IL
Population.. something like 1,000 or 2,000
Sports teams are next door in Marengo
Famous people 1908 Cubs pitcher Carl Lundgren was from the town next to Union
Tallest building.. no idea
Unique fact. Union has the largest Railroad museum in the US.

 

[FirstTimer]

Good thread!

 

[Fuller Schettman]

Your Hometown/Current town: Mountain House, California
Population: about 12,000
Sports Teams (if any): MH Flag Football, MH Golf Club, MH Adult BB League
Famous People From Your Town: only 1: American Idol's Thia Meguia
Tallest Bulding: My house (or any 2-story home for that matter)
Unique Fact: Mountain House was founded in 2001 as a green community with a master plan of 12,500 homes and 45,000 residents by 2025. But the housing bust resulted in MH becoming the most under water town in America. Growth has slowed to a crawl and all of the promised amenities such as a business park, retail and community center have yet to materialize. Although our high school is supposed to begin construction in August. Nevertheless, we moved here in December and absolutely love it!

 

[Chicagolove]

Your Hometown/Current town: Wheeling, Illinois
Population: 38,555
Sports Teams (if any): Wheeling High School
Famous People From Your Town: Haley Reinhart, John Francis Daley from "Bones"
Tallest Bulding:???
Unique Fact: Is 35% Mexican. Wheeling High School is a ghetto wasteland. A lot of the people that live in Wheeling go to Buffalo Grove High School, including myself.

 

[R_Mac_1]

I live in a town called East Moline, but it's part of a larger group of towns called the quad cities (even though it includes five cities). So, I'll list both because the whole area is kind of like one big city.

Your Hometown/Current town: East Moline, IL; Quad Cities IA/IL
Population: 20 K in EM, 240K in the 5 included cities, 380k in the greater QC metro area
Sports Teams (if any):Quad Cities River Bandits (Single A cardinal affiliate), Quad City Mallards (CHL hockey team)
Famous People From Your Town: John Deere (they have multiple factories and the headquarters is here), Ronald Reagan (born nearby and started professional career on the radio here), Don Nelson, Acie Earl, Brad Hopkins, Roger Craig, Pat Angerer, Pat Miletich, MMA fighters that fight out of the area including Spencer Fisher, Tim Sylvia, Robbie Lawler, Matt Hughes
Tallest Bulding: Probably the Kone Elevator building...not many tall buildings here
Unique Fact:Visit Quad Cities

 

[EnjoyYourTiger]

Current town: Chicago.
Pop: Lots.
Sports teams: Srsly?
Famous people: Oprah
Tallest building: Sears (Willis) Tower?
Fun fact: Home to the worst baseball team in the universe. And for once I'm not being a douche towards the Sox.

 

[FirstTimer]

I live in a town called East Moline, but it's part of a larger group of towns called the quad cities (even though it includes five cities). So, I'll list both because the whole area is kind of like one big city.

Your Hometown/Current town: East Moline, IL; Quad Cities IA/IL
Population: 20 K in EM, 240K in the 5 included cities, 380k in the greater QC metro area
Sports Teams (if any):Quad Cities River Bandits (Single A cardinal affiliate), Quad City Mallards (CHL hockey team)
Famous People From Your Town: John Deere (they have multiple factories and the headquarters is here), Ronald Reagan (born nearby and started professional career on the radio here), Don Nelson, Acie Earl, Brad Hopkins, Roger Craig, Pat Angerer, Pat Miletich, MMA fighters that fight out of the area including Spencer Fisher, Tim Sylvia, Robbie Lawler, Matt Hughes
Tallest Bulding: Probably the Kone Elevator building...not many tall buildings here
Unique Fact:Visit Quad Cities

 

[CODE_BLUE56]

Current town: Twin Cities(Bryan College Station) Texas
Pop: 75-80K in CS 140 K overall
Sports teams: High school teams and A&M
Famous people: a couple of no name NFL players(Ty Warren, Martellus Bennett,Nguyen,and Acie law are notable A&M alumni)
Tallest building: idfk...maybe the Hilton Hotel
Fun fact: Its hot as hell, barely any seasons, enjoy

 

[Uman85]

Your Hometown/Current town: Lexington, Kentucky
Population: 295,803 Metro: 472,099
Sports Teams (if any): Lexington Legends(Single A affiliate of the Houston Astros)
Famous People From Your Town: World Champion sprinter Tyson ***, MLB player Austin Kearns, Philadelphia Eagles kicker David Akers, Henry Clay, actor George Clooney, Backstreet Boy Brian Littrell, Jefferson Davis--president of the Confederacy, actress Ashley Judd, NBC sports anchor Tom Hammond, country group Montgomery Gentry, Mary Todd Lincoln--wife of President Abraham Lincoln, actor Jim Varney--famous for his Ernest movies and former NFL player Dermontti Dawson
Tallest Building: The 5/3 Building
Unique Fact: The Horse Capital of the World, ranked by Forbes as one of the seventeen cleanest cities in the world.

In Pictures: The World's Cleanest Cities - Forbes.com

 

[nvanprooyen]

Current town: Orlando, FL

Population: Orlando itself is around 250k people. The metro area is about 2M.

Sports teams: Magic, Predators (arena), UCF if talking Orlando itself. Bucs, Lightning, Rays, Daytona Beach Cubs if we're talking Central FL in general. Probably more shit I'm forgetting about.

Famous people: Tiger Woods, A.J. Pierzynski, Daniel Tosh, Brandon Marshall, Carrot Top, Wesley Snipes and a bunch of boy bands.

Tallest building: Pretty sure it's the SunTrust building: http://www.glasssteelandstone.com/BuildingDetail/361.php

Fun fact: New Smyrna Beach where I go practically every weekend, is the shark bite capital of the world. Last night I was shit faced and went swimming in the ocean there at like 3am (35th birthday). Probably not my smartest move.

 

[nickofypres]

Born in Toledo, lived there till 1993.

Lived in beautiful city of Oregon, OH; the Big O, the City of Lights, Tree City USA, etc from 1993-2008

Lived in Millbury, OH from 2008-2010 then moved back to O-town, which I
currently still live.

 

[AddisonStation]

I wanted to start a thread about your hometown or current town. This prolly wont be for the people from chicago but more for the people on here not from chicago. But it could be a fun way for others to find out more about the city you are from or currently in.

Your Hometown/Current town:
Population:
Sports Teams (if any):
Famous People From Your Town:
Tallest Bulding:
Unique Fact:

True hometown: Alexandria, MN.
Hometown i consider: Des Moines, IA.
Current: Knoxville, TN
Sports teams: UT Vols, AA Smokies (cubs affiliate), knoxville ice bears minor league hockey.
Famous people: Johnny knoxville, Kenny Chesney, Phillip Fulmer, others.
Tallest building: the sunsphere, as seen in the simpsons.

 

[nwfisch]

Your Hometown/Current town Dubuque Iowa
Population:60,000
Sports Teams (if any) Dubuque Fighting Saints USHL Home of Dubuque Packers in 70's.
Famous People From Your Town:Kate Mulgrew and Tony Danza went to University of Dubuque. Bryant Gumbel went to Loras College
Tallest Buldingrobably Roshek Building, home to IBM
Unique Fact Dubuque is the only American city with 3 us besides Albuquerque.

 

[FirstTimer]

Your Hometown/Current town Dubuque Iowa
Population:60,000
Sports Teams (if any) Dubuque Fighting Saints USHL Home of Dubuque Packers in 70's.
Famous People From Your Town:Kate Mulgrew and Tony Danza went to University of Dubuque. Bryant Gumbel went to Loras College
Tallest Buldingrobably Roshek Building, home to IBM
Unique Fact Dubuque is the only American city with 3 us besides Albuquerque.

Also, it has the highest point in Iowa(I think). I believe Keane(I think that's the name of it. The dorm up the hill from the old Field House) Hall at Loras College is the highest point in Iowa.

 

[tbo41fan]

Ill do 2 of these since I live in 2 different places during the year


Your Hometown/Current town: Hometown= Phoenix, AZ
Population: 4.2 mil
Sports Teams (if any): Suns, Coyotes, Cardinals, Diamondbacks, Mercury, Rattlers
Famous People From Your Town: Alice Cooper (went to my high school), Chester Bennington, Richard Jefferson, many more
Tallest Bulding: Chase Tower (483 ft)
Unique Fact: South Mountain Park covers more than 20,000 acres, making it the largest city park in the world.....It is illegal to hunt camels here

 

[tbo41fan]

Your Hometown/Current town: Current Town (Where I live 9 months of the year)= Tucson, AZ
Population: 520k
Sports Teams (if any):University of Arizona Teams, Tucson Padres (SD AAA team),
Famous People From Your Town: Brooke Burke, Ian kinsler
Tallest Bulding: UniSource Energy Tower (330 ft)
Unique Fact: Tucson is the oldest continuously inhabited settlement in the United States. Natives began farming here nearly 3000 years ago.

 

[Gustavus Adolphus]

Your Hometown/Current town: Oak Forest/Lockport
Population: 27k/25k
Sports Teams (if any): Nada, just high school teams for both
Famous People From Your Town: Jason Fraser, Tim Byrdak, some jagoff who was in American Idol, Danny Donegan (lives there, I believe) / Can't really name a famous person from Lockport as it's a township of Joliet
Tallest Bulding: It's a suburb...
Unique Fact: Irish Fest at Gaelic Park, haunted Bachelors Grove Cemetary and Al Capone connection / Gaylord Building, Corridor (Lock #1), Abraham Lincoln stopped here during his campaign, Civil War Days is awesome at Dellwood Park

How come I'm just finding this out now???