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Riever: I believe that a major real reason why Americans are joining the army in fewer numbers these days has a lot to do with the fact that wars are no longer being "fought for our......

in response to: Veterans Day, 2008 by jack

Suzy R. (gradstein): to: Esther Herschman (Rechstschafner), Teri, and Keith Bernstein- My cousin, Doc S, just clued me into this site. I am Ida Gradtein's daughter, and it realy makes me feel good to hear the nice......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

Uh-huh: As a Torontonian I am apalled, embarassed, but not surprised that so many Torontonians are mouthing off on this site, and almost as many Montrealers. This insecure self-obsession comes of living next to the most......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Alan Kupperberg: Eastern Parkway Memories By Alan Kupperberg Searching the Internet for information on Dubrow’s Cafeteria and the Famous restaurant on Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue, I discovered this wonderful site. It brought back many wonderful memories for......

in response to: Eastern Parkway Memories by Unknown

snappyhat: I come to Norway alot for work. Mostly around Aalesund, and Ulsteinvik. I really love this country and the people I've met. The hot dog is not a diet staple but is......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

jack: mr. malik, why don't you include some pictures? i believe you are a journalist and somewhat famous in your india, but some pictures of your beautiful country would be nice to see....

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

ImpMyHyde from Kansas: Scott, I have been to Belleville a couple of times. The last was when I stopped there I was passing through but did get to see the Visitor’s Center. There isn't another one like it in......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

pfffft: nice sentiment, scott...and i used to subscribe to that philosophy....until i moved to jacksonville, fl. as an airforce brat, i have seen a lot of this country AND planet...let me tell you, this town is......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Rune Willem: I come from Norway. One of the richest country in the world. Unfortunately we have people who sit or sleep like this gentleman does. It is a shame that the goverment dosen´t do much for......

in response to: Sweet Dreams by Bumface

mike: im from the philippines, and i think all cities are awesome, specially shanghai and dubai with its fast growing rise of structures. Also the Global city in Taguig is developing fast. i heard the Tallest bldg......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

eyeofodin: England fascinates me...I worked there for a summer teaching Germans and Italians (axis powers of course!) English in the country side of Suffolk. I loved every minute of the weather and afternoon cocktails. ......

in response to: Hogwarts? by Catherine Penfold-Waxman

anon (c-76-112-237-209.hsd1.mi.comcast.net): http://www.mapquest.com/maps/map.adp?city=Lulu&state=MI&country=us...

in response to: Michigan Places That No Longer Exist 001 by Cosmo

Barker777: I love Jacksonville. We moved here from Northern California and have not been back to Nor Cal since - 5 years now. Same as Nor Cal – spread out but if you can......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

pieter: Hi, I am from Holland, and I once had a Buddybike side by side tandem given to me, and had lots of fun with it. It was the funniest thing I ever had. It is......

in response to: Side-by-Side Tandem Bicycle: by Peter

Sean O' Muileann: Do u think that bobby was scared, fighting for the cause is one thing, coming within an inch of your own life, knowing the risks and chances of being killed on active duty, but to......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

Jason: What's most ironic is that liberals are deeply "conservative" when it comes to gentrification. They are seeking to take a vibrant city of constant flux and movement and freeze it in time. No one group......

in response to: Humboldt Park & Gentrification by Xavi

Lino: Hello everyone. I came from Italy in holiday and end up working in Netherne as a porter first and then in the kitchen. The patient was treated very well and I have great memories. Beautiful......

in response to: Netherne Mental Asylum by Simon Cornwell

little ukraine: sheesh. growing up on long island i was always told that tornadoes were not a thing that happened in my part of the country, though the past two or three summers have seen a......

in response to: Cameraphone Funnel Cloud by jeeff

GRANSON OF ALF DOLE: hi diane hope you are well, i lived with my grandad for 8 years and heard all the story about the pearlys,and i think what a great thing they did and do now it does......

in response to: The Pearly Kings and Queens by Jamie

Police&Vet.1967: Sad, What the college boys and politicians have done to our country so they can line their pockets....I own a 70 Impala conv. built at this plant(6-23-70)....when car were built to last..unlike the plastic junk......

in response to: Abandoned General Motors Plant by Peter

Ed: Bushwick Buddies is a private web site devoted to former residents of Bushwick, Brooklyn. You can register by contacting the administrator at bushwickbuddies.com. For the most part the site consists of pictures of 1950s Bushwick and......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

Liz in Canada: I am Canadian and my ancestry is Irish/Scottish. Some of my ancestors were Catholic and some were Protestant, but I am non-religious by choice. My Irish ancestors were forced out of Ireland and......

in response to: NYC: The Empire State Building at Sunrise by Peter

LUCKY: hairsy ......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Ekimsknird: Yeah my wife and I went to Norway last summer (when the dollar was pretty close to the kroner) and we took out some relatives for pizza. Two large pizzas with 2 or 3......

in response to: Typical Norwegian Food by Rune-Willem

Edward LAMB: I am very familiar with this tunnel having personally "discovered" the place way back in 1969... The following, if you please, is an excerpt from my own story : I had, one day, roaming through Riverside Drive......

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

A: Jacksonville is a really nice place to live compared to a lot of places in the country. There are really only 3 good public high schools......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Who Cares for Kensington: Someone steps forward with help related to providing taxpayers with taxpayer funded services. What a country! And thanks for the contact information....

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Country Boy: Peter, am sorry I didn't see this months ago so I could respond then. Thank you for your photos and update on the progress at "ground zero". I apologize for everyone for not being as......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

chae sone: Mad cowed assemblymen. WHO REPRESENTS KOREA? The Korean people want to be free from the mad cow riots. It reminds Rousseau’s statement. “Man is born free, yet everywhere he is chains.” In this social condition, he proposed......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

Chris : First of all Toronto is hated on by all Canadians outside of the Golden Horse Shoe. One of the main reasons why is,....... the Toronto Maple Losers!!!!!!!!. It's a hockey country and the leafs used......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Who Cares for Kensington: Carol, I left the neighborhood because I felt forced to do so by crime and apparent bleak future prospects.I moved to another section of the city that wasn't the greatest, but it served and a......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Who Cares for Kensington: I'll leave race out of my comments and will continues to focus on the radical change of culture and values. The changes are what thay are and I am sure that the government nor activists......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

serlingrod: In response to the last post - first of, let me say that I live in Philadelphia and have worked as a community organizer in Kensington for the past several years. I mention this to......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Who Cares for Kensington: Everyone has someone else to blame and I guess that's the ameriacan way for losers these days. Buildings, streets and real estate agents do no breed ignorance, but sub-cultures do and Kensington is definitely a......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Anne - Ontario: Hi John, So it is you. Hope you are well and are enjoying retirement by now. We are both retired and travel as much as possible. Our daughters live out of town and also out......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Gilligan: There are many places in this country I will never see in person, I thank you for taking me to this one....

in response to: The Freedom Tunnel by Peter

Me: Re to Hutchinson Escapee Actually the Dillon Grocery Store chain was founded in the Sterling and Lyons area. As far as the judicial system being corrupt,show me one that isn't.The men who run this country are......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Peter: lol, eg... until i snapped this flick and wiki'd "eritrea", i really didnt know anything at all about the country save for its general geographical location......

in response to: Est. 1985 by Peter

EvilGentleman: Jeez, and I had always thought that Eritrea was a country on Africa's Red Sea coast which recently (early 1990's) gained its freedom from Ethiopia. Capital Asmera, population around 5 million? And a former Italian......

in response to: Est. 1985 by Peter

eyeofodin: The US beef thing is nothing but a big hysteria over in S. Korea in the present. I do give props to the government willing to resign because of the people's disapproval...isn't that how......

in response to: Night Walk 3 by Chiamattt

정이 김: South Korea is the Country not a City name! You are ignorant American if you do not know we have many city in ONE Counry called South Korea! Go back and eat your Dirty USA's......

in response to: Night Walk 3 by Chiamattt

정이 김: American want to send beef infected with mad cow — so dangerous that the Americans refusing to eat it — to my country! Myung-bak Lee sign a deal with America to lift a ban of......

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

Jamie: i thought South Korea was a country...

in response to: Night Walk 3 by Chiamattt

jack: screw 'em, lets give the beef away to the poor people and welfare cases we have here, lets feed our country first and take care of Americans first....

in response to: Anti-US Beef/2MB Protests by chiamattt

Swanson from SD: Some of you people have not traveled the country....Belleville is a perfectly average small town in this century, fighting to stay alive.. According to some, everything is better and greener somewhere else, it's not, just......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 3 by Scott Sargent

RN1980: My question to all you HATERS is: What makes your town/city so much better? Every community in this country as problems with drugs and poor "white trash" or "illegal immigrants". The photos posted......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Nick: I am glad I live in a country where I can concrete crushed glass at the top of my fence, or put up razor wire or even add an electric fence overhang to the top......

in response to: Anti-Climb Paint by kobe

Bobby: In response to Al G: I have spent many nights in Buffalo and the surrounding area while in a temporary work situation. I have nothing but admiration for the people and the beautiful countryside. You......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 9 by Scott Sargent

Linda Kornilieff: this is the most awsome site i've ever seen.. I drove from Athen, TN to Trinidad, Colorado in July of 2007 to visit my brother. he took us to this awsome castle.. Jim biship......

in response to: Bishop Castle: Another Self-Made Masterpiece by Jim Bishop

hils34: wow this stuff is crazy!!! yeah i agree with everyone. i have to research about a book. and i got here. everyone has different opinions. people shood not regret what they had done in the......

in response to: Humboldt Park by corsakti

jack: the earliest i remember is Staten Island in 1948, it was country then, i was 6, but there is a story i personally know is true, because i made it up so there, and it......

in response to: Staten: Once Upon a Line by CartLegger

James cashan: RE: Rob Walls R Tynan, Totally agree with your strong sentiments, The other night me and my partner Zak (zakia Cassim) Were having our tea at the boathouse , they have built a decking area at......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

jack: ok, i stand corrected, i know that they are a studious people and creative, but i guess your correct about some people here thinking that the north is wanting to invade the south, i guess......

in response to: Cosplay by chiamattt

James cashan: RE: Jon Burgess, ha ha well spotted jon i dont think that public demand, finance nor desire is great enough for that. K.O.T.S. Fans and those that remember us are a rare commodity,although i......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

anon (205.173.35.130): I have lived in Jacksonville for all of 3 months now, and I have to say that I haven't found it all that great. Once you get over the beach and the shopping/dining, there......

in response to: Scenes from a Little Town Called Jacksonville by Jones

Me: To Unhappy: If you want this city ran by people who will "be there",then vote for who you think is qualified to run this city right. Everyone complains,but does nothing to change things. For example,everyone......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

derry republican: these ten brave men gave there lives for are country wonder wat they would think now of them judas sinn fien traitors in stormont with the brits. sinn fien are not interested in an united......

in response to: Bobby Sands: An Cumann Cabhrach biography of 1981 by Marcella32

Cyril Bagshaw: Hi Rob, You have bowled me out for a duck on that one !! I thought I had heard of most of the streets in the district, but I have never heard of Occupation road, but......

in response to: Irlam, Manchester by Andrew Smith

Movin to Wick: actually I am from Brooklyn, Sheepshead Bay, but I have been out of the country for a time and had some concerns about that specific block because I just found and apartment there and it......

in response to: My House in Bushwick by matthew

CB : It is easy for anyone to put down our inner city areas and declare them a war zone. But the truth of the matter is that if we had more people involved to make change......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

You are an idiot.: Of course you would show the picture of the crappiest hotel in the city to try and prove your point. "Passing through" does not give you enough taste of a city, especially one as interesting......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Joe: In response to LINDA from 4/13/2008. I left 29 years ago and also felt at that time that I had to GET OUT of Kensington. I had just purchased a home there (my wife wanted......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Andrew Smith: Here's some photo's contributed by Dom Smith (friend but no relation) - photo's of Irlam in the late 1980's The parade on the estate - butchers on the left, newsagent in the middle (run by Dom's......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Peter: tom: i think its ludicrous to simply look at the "thousands of lives lost that day" without trying to dig deeper into the why and how of it. i think it disrespects both those who......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

Tom: hi, i'm from the u.k, so u probably won't care what i think, but sod it. I dnt kno the politics of your country v.well, but wether it's a cover up or not, the terrible......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

ya boy $$moneymike$$74: Candyman was just a movie.They just wanted to make a good movie and what better way to do that then to make a flick in the largest project home in Chicago, better yet the country.......

in response to: Cabrini Green [whats left of it] by corsakti

Hobson: I lived in Israel for 4 years in the early 70's. I bought one of these from a medical student who was leaving the country. It was 11 years old. I paid $125.00 for it.......

in response to: Citroën 2CV by Peter

Joe: It is interesting to see so many postings from current/past Kensigtion folks (and others that give an address that has nothing to do with the neighborhood). I grew up there from 1957 throghh 1972, and......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

Tex: You are absolutely right, we should be thankful for what we have and the great country that we live in. We are very blessed and fortunate to live in a country where we have......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

This note is for you: What lucky people in Hutchinson, Kansas, USA, to be able to have a place to live and call it "home". Do you know how much a person earns in a "third world" country?, did you know......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Sheila hilton: Hya Sue, I also used to go (albeit for a very short time), to the dance place above the Red Rose Inn. Didn't it used be be called The......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

DAMN: This page has been here for about 4 years and after reading all this shit i got the following 1) JA (if actually him) posted twice. TWICE! 2) Bombing gets the job done faster than piecing 3)JA's......

in response to: JA: A True NYC King by Peter

bubba: What I dont understand is....if so many people dont like the HA, why do you "know" so much about them. I cant count how many times I have just read that they are dope......

in response to: Hell\'s Angels - New York City by sine

Bob: March 7th 2008: Are you serious? If you seen a termite in your house, would kill just that one or would you tear the house apart and kill every one of those bastards? That's just one reason we......

in response to: Ground Zero: lower Manhattan as it looks today by Peter

JoAnn 2/26/08: I grew up in 1252 Madison Street, married by boyfriend (who lived down the block)lots of years later. I went to Bushwich High School for 1 year than dad died and Mom and I......

in response to: Bushwick: History in the Making by upfromflames

jack: little frenchie, i saw this car around europe quite a bit, one night i ran out of gas and stopped in a church graveyard and i syphered some gas out of the tank of that......

in response to: Citroën 2CV by Peter

ME: All these looters back in 1977 were they neighborhood people or people who came into this country legal or illegal for a better life. Looks like they got it. Its still going on. Some people......

in response to: Bushwick \'77: When the Lights Went Out by upfromflames

Cyril Bagshaw: Viewed from our shop about 1970 of Fiddlers lane primary school [[img:26036]] Our young son Brian at the time and now sadly missed having passed away on the 19th january this year is seen ouside the school......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

jack: i'll be in mission viego in may, love that part of the country....

in response to: Rainy Lake Views by joey

magu nguru: well i have a website that aims to focus on development issues for the country and to inspire growth and the like well for cheche do you have any ideas on how to improve the......

in response to: A Call for Reason in Our Country Kenya by magu nguru

noname: Re: Former Hutchinsonite. I have to agree. Seems odd to has some asshole in California commenting about a town that he does not inhabit. Hutchinson is truly the worst of the worst. These statistic that......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Billy Carbino: the gurken is massive and i thing thay chose the right country and place to put well done builders...

in response to: The Gherkin by Hasslehoff

jack: odin,do your best for our government, it is hard workers that keep this country plodding along, forget about your shadow, it will always be there beneath you, remember you are the human made in the......

in response to: Inside The Machine by eyeofodin

Achiever: I like living in Hutchinson; however, it has shrunk. When my family moved here in 1980 there were more than 50,000 residents in the city, not the whole county. Because of our wonderful city government,......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Rob Tynan: Hi Nat Im afraid its already gone. It has been replaced by apartments /rabbit hutches / executive homes or what ever you would like to call them about 4 years ago. Developers get more money for......

in response to: These Things No Longer Exist by Andrew Smith

Camara: "And all u Toronto losers. Nobody in your country likes you, i spent 2 months in canada last yr and everyone agrees you ppl are butt ugly, im sorry but its true. me and my......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Ken: What are you people talking about? Kensington (at least parts of it) are getting better not worse, there are many great things going on here and I am offended by some of the comments that......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

jack: my daughter-in-law is brazilian, beautiful and brainy, nice country and i never went there, duh?????...

in response to: Going Up by livia

Fred, The.: I'll agree that there are still alot of good people here with good hearts beating in them and it is a shame that they're not more visible.. There sure are alot of able bodied welfare......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Terry: I love that the original complaints and pics from this person come from the closest and cheapest CHAIN restaurants and hotels to the exit ramp off the highway. I dont like Dennys so I......

in response to: America's Most Boring Towns: 1 by Scott Sargent

Freddy: I used to skate like every single day from when I was 10-17. Slowed down only a little and pretty much stopped at 20 when I left the country to travel. I'm 33 now, i......

in response to: I\'m Too Old for Skateboarding by JJ

chitown chillin: i'm from chicago, and for a country that has just about twice as many people as the state of illinois (and only about ten times the number of folks in my city) your cities are......

in response to: The Top 10 Canadian Skylines by CE

Evinrude: Alfred, people like you are the problem with this country. A socially ran country fails, do the research. Why don't you just join the communist party! Free market is what has built this country. If......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

Proletariat: It's my duty to care about others. You're right, I've never lived in kensington, however I've lived in worse places. I've lived in the poorest country in South America, where more than 50 % of......

in response to: Kensington, Philadelphia - July 2004 by CE

EvilGentleman: Now, back to my silly list... 59 - There is a potential for collisions between cross-country skiers and bicyclists. 60 - During snowstorms, the roads grind to a halt, but the cyclists still weave in and out......

in response to: You Know You\'re in Montreal When... by EvilGentleman

Evinrude: Hutchinson is truly a trash heap. However Kansas as a whole really sucks. People are are ass backward. Whatever the rest of the country is doing, Kansans do the opposite. This state as a whole......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 10 by Scott Sargent

T DAWT: Toronto is underepresented in pictures. Did you know the skyline actually isn't along the lake but North/South. It'll probably soon surpass Vancouver in terms of density and has some nice tall buildings in......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio

Gems: This is like the worst city on earth, there is nothing to do. Not only in La Junta not "One of America's best kept secrets! La Junta is a growing city on the High Plains of......

in response to: America\'s Most Boring Towns: 8 by Scott Sargent

Elicar: Alkawl, I don't know where you are from, but there are gorgeous weathers (even in the winter) and there are awful weathers here in Canada. And knowing such could make your life a lot easier. Yes,......

in response to: It Will Be a Long Winter Part II by Elicar

Jason: Most Canadians are so frighteningly provincial. Regionalism dominates almost every region of the country except maybe Toronto. They cannot compliment themselves without putting someone or thing down from the rest of the country. It's a......

in response to: The Top 15 Skylines in the World by Luigi Di Serio