Tell us About the Area you Live
By momalisa65
@momalisa65 (1971)
United States
June 28, 2008 3:44pm CST
I thought it would be intersting to find out about the areas our myLot friends live.
Post links, if you can, to things in your area that may be of interest to everyone.
I live in Altoona Pennsylvania, USA.
http://www.altoona.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altoona,_Pennsylvania
This area is known for the Railroad and the famous Horseshoe Curve (which is a train track that winds around a mountain and it's the shape of a horseshoe.
www.railroadcity.com
Here is the link to our Newspaper:
www.altoonamirror.com - Altoona Newspaper
Our local baseball team is called "The Curve"
www.altoonacurve.com
There are two Amusement Parks in this area:
http://www.delgrossos.com/dap.html - Delgrosso's Amusement Park, Tipton PA
http://www.lakemontparkfun.com/doc/attract.html - Lakemont Park, Altoona PA
And here is an article on a famous hotdog place we have here:
http://www.newcolonist.com/texasdog.html
We have a Penn State College Campus in Altoona.
The main one is in State College PA which is about 40 miles from here.
http://www.aa.psu.edu/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penn_State_Altoona
Your Turn!
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@Shanna8608 (45)
• United States
28 Jun 08
I live close to Savannah Georgia where part of Forrest Gump, Midnight In the Garden of Good and Evil and the Legend of Bagger Vance was filmed.
www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20041669_20041673_15433584_9,00.html
wikipedia.org/wiki/midnight_in_the_garden_of_good_and_evil
wikipedia.org/wiki/the_legend_of_bagger_vance
We are also well known for our St Patricks day parade.
savannahstpatricksday.com
We also get a lot of tourists to see historical downtown Savannah.
officialsavannahguide.com/attractionz.shtml
Hope you enjoy the sites :)
@dianagnes (1088)
• Singapore
29 Jun 08
I live in the East side of Singapore.Singapore is a tiny island on the map.She is part of South East Asia.The Area where i live is named "Tampines" it cames from a name of a tree.Most of us here live in flats as the limited land here could not afford to have land houses.Its have a high standard of living and everything is well equipped for the people to live in a safe and peace country.Everwhere we go here,money is needed.Prices increases more and more..its somewhat a burden for us living here.Those working adults of course,for student like me..live life per normal.My Tampines area,i have been staying this area since i was young but have move houses three times at the same area.;)
Its Near my primary and secondary school..a few walks away.Its the top living area in Singapore.
@ambkeb (782)
• United States
29 Jun 08
I live in a little TINY town in Southern Missouri. The population is a little less then 100 people. There is a small gas station, the post office, and an elementary school. The elementary school is for kids who live in about 10 of the other small little towns around here. I believe there is about 200 or so kids in the school. The highschool is about 15 minutes away and combines two elementary schools. To get to anywhere like walmart or any place like that we have to drive about 30 minutes. The nearest mall is about 45 minutes away.
BUT...I do like living here...its quiet. My nearest neighbor is about a mile down the road. My kids also have lots of room to play outside, I also dont really worry about my oldest (4 year old) playing outside by himself. (I do check on him of course...but mostly to make sure he's not messing with stuff he shouldnt) It is one of those places where everyone knows everyone...which in my opinion is a good thing. If something were to happen to your house or property while you were on vacation or something...you better believe that every single one of your neighbors will know exactly who done it. But it is very rare for anything to happen around here. Its like living in Mayberry...only without the cops HAHA (yes there are no local cops)
@vanities (11395)
• Davao, Philippines
29 Jun 08
i live in Davao city and there are lots of tourist spots which you can go...i just name a few..that is Paradise Island,pearl farm,crocodile park and the mt apo itself where you can climb with a hired tour guide..
@Bluepatch (2476)
• Trinidad And Tobago
29 Jun 08
I live in Cascade in Port of Spain, Trinidad.
In a tower of apartments overlooking a valley. I'm on the top floor and from my porch I have a view with the road below and a bunch of nice houses laid out along the sides of the valley and along the road.
Next door is a house that belongs to a friend of mine with a swimming pool and landscaped gardens.
Across the valley the President of the Senate lives in a house near the top of her side of the hill.
A tiny river, practically a gully, runs alongside my apartment tower.
Its three minutes from downtown Port of Spain.
A chosen place.
@Juduka (118)
• Finland
29 Jun 08
I live in Raisio Finland. The biggest small town in the country. It's located near a major city and offer many commercial venues.
Excellent place to live. I personally consider this to be the richest and most bustling sub-urb in whole of Finland. The biggest employer of Raisio and a huge employer for the surroundings aswell is Raisio OY www.raisio.com/www/page/mainpage
Nice company, feeds the country. Owned and founded by local farmers and independent investors.
Since I can't yet paste I leave out the actual website of the city, but googling raisio will find it, it's in france, german, english and swedish aswell as finnish of course.
@kalav56 (11464)
• India
29 Jun 08
Well, I Live in Mumbai and this is the commercial capital of India. It is an island surrounded by the ocean and the population here is unbelievable. It is a very expensive place and most of the corporate houses are here. It is in Maharashtra and if I have to describe the place in detail it would take ages and pages.
It is a place where there are not only people who speak marathi live but THERE is a wide mix of people from all over India. Housing is a terrible thing here and people who are fortunate to live in a house that has two bed rooms and a spacious kitchen are exrremely lucky because we have to pay through our nose to get this. The traffic here is terrible and though travelling by local trains needs a unique spirit of adventure this is the fastest mode of transport.
We have some special delicacies thata re unique to Mumbai and eating joints abound in this place. Crowd crowd crowd everywhere!-this is Mumbai
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
29 Jun 08
hi momalisa I live in southern ca in a cityof 60000 people
called Tustin. It is a busy modern city of gorgeous trees and
gorgeous flower gardens and people do take pride in their
homes.we are about eight miles from Newport Beach and the
Pacific Ocean. we were founded by Columbus Tustin. In orange county we have Disney Land and Knotts berry farm and The University of Ca Irvine where I got my ba in English.We have the Orange County Register paper and the Los Angeles Times. tustin is now in the process of building a brand new library which should be done in 2009 and hallejuah for that. we need a new library so badly. tustin is a great medium sized city and a wonderful place to live.We are a city of trees and around the library are planted Jacarands trees which bloom in gorgeous lilac colored bloom, a very beautiful sight to see.