cookieman15061 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers We have a winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 "But it's a big city. Do you want me to judge America by New York and Chicago and Los Angeles?" Nope. Bingo. Where I live near Phoenix, we get tourism aplenty. Conferences and such at the resorts, golfers from around the world, snowbirds wintering in second homes. I'm AMAZED at how many in Phoenix think there's nothing else here but the Grand Canyon. There's two Arizonas - Phoenix, and everything that's NOT Phoenix. Gotta get OUTTA TOWN to see what Arizona's all about. Same for New York City and Upstate New York. Los Angeles, or San Francisco, and the rest of California. Chicago, and Illinoiz. Met plenty of people from those cities and states. All the years I spent in Houston, many of the natives never went anywhere besides Dallas or Austin. Texas is a BIG state, with thousands and thousands of square miles of wilderness, ranchland, farms. Houston is just another biggass stinking city - 4th largest in the USA. People in Houston tend to be Texans still. There are many who own second homes or farms upstate. They'll tell you Houston may be IN Texas, but it ain't TEXAS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 NeoConMan, I would love to see Sedona. Always have wanted to. Flagstaff is really cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cookieman15061 Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Neo I have family in the Lake Havasu area. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Lake Havasu is cool enough, but unless you're gonna put a boat in the water there ain't much to do. MIDDLE of NOWHERE. I like the open spaces myself, but once you've been there... I mean, yeah... it's the London Bridge in the middle of the desert and all.... Sedona is a but touristy - and pricey - but the scenery is incredible in every direction. Rivals Colorado in some areas. City folks b!tch about the long drives to get anywhere in the state - all the mountains in the way and such... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted January 26, 2011 Author Share Posted January 26, 2011 Neo I may be joining you in Arizona a few years from now. I'll be farther south than you may care to go though. Rio Rico. Californiagirl's father left the kids a couple of acres and well she got the property. She seems to think that someone is going to discover gold there one day. How she knows this, I don't know. Anyway, one day we'll build a compound there. Unless of course there is gold there and then we'll be sure and mine it out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzboy Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 If I go to Arizona it will probably be to see Tombstone where the Gunfight at the OK Coral happen. Also I would check out Tucson, Phoenix area, and Flagstaff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoConMan Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Come on out guys! There are really not very many towns in the state. The vast majority of the population is in Phoenix, with honorable mention to Tucson and Flagstaff. Elsewhere, it's cool little towns scattered about with unique history. I still haven't been to Rio Rico, lotsa retirees down there. Population booms this time of year. Tombstone is cool - you'll see it all in a day. While you're in the neighborhood, schedule an overnight down the road in Bisbee. Mountains are beautiful, it's like an Alpine village built on the valley walls. Mine tour there is pretty cool. You could spend a month on the road in Arizona and not see it all. Seasons bring different activities, and difficulties. Snow closes many roads up north until May, while summer heat makes desert exploration a hazard. Lots to see here. I'll buy you the frosty adult beverage of your choice. B) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milod Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Usta be a family in Tombstone with a storefront that did excellent traditional saa holsters and belts... Might could do an interesting guitar strap... m Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Where the 3 rivers meet. Trivia question of the day..... Can you name Pittsburgh's three rivers? Allegheny, Monongahela, and Ohio Rivers We have a winner! Ahhh! you beat me to it. That was on my 8th grade Geography final. The teacher was the basketball coach and he included sports related questions(Three Rivers Stadium). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 ... and Flagstaff. That's a town I like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TommyK Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 Okay, here's one for you: The Quad cities consists of what metropolitan municipalities? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisMiller Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 They'll tell you Houston may be IN Texas, but it ain't TEXAS. I have a buddy in H-Town, (as he calls it), who is originally from Amarillo. He loves Houston for what it is, but admits there's no vacation there, with an expressway required just to get to McDonalds. He and his wife and kids get out to other parts of the state any time they can. It's pretty much the same here in Florida. Miami is unlike anywhere else. Orlando has a personality like nowhere else. Jacksonville is the most interesting combination of urban and rural in the largest city in Florida... That's right... Miami is the most populated, but Jacksonville is the largest land mass. I bet 75% of Floridians don't know that. Tallahassee is the picturesque college town and everywhere else is pretty much very rural and friendly, contrary to recent polls that show Miami to be something like the 3rd or 4th most unfriendly place in the nation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notes_Norton Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 East coast of Florida. When you say "West Coast" around here, it's assumed you are from Tampa, Naples or Ft. Meyers ;) Notes ♫ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brundaddy Posted January 26, 2011 Share Posted January 26, 2011 NeoConMan, I would love to see Sedona. Always have wanted to. Flagstaff is really cool. Put Sedona on your bucket list, it's a must see. Brace yourself for the crystal-huggers though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 Bingo. Where I live near Phoenix, we get tourism aplenty. Conferences and such at the resorts, golfers from around the world, snowbirds wintering in second homes. I'm AMAZED at how many in Phoenix think there's nothing else here but the Grand Canyon. There's two Arizonas - Phoenix, and everything that's NOT Phoenix. Gotta get OUTTA TOWN to see what Arizona's all about. Same for New York City and Upstate New York. Los Angeles, or San Francisco, and the rest of California. Chicago, and Illinoiz. Met plenty of people from those cities and states. All the years I spent in Houston, many of the natives never went anywhere besides Dallas or Austin. Texas is a BIG state, with thousands and thousands of square miles of wilderness, ranchland, farms. Houston is just another biggass stinking city - 4th largest in the USA. People in Houston tend to be Texans still. There are many who own second homes or farms upstate. They'll tell you Houston may be IN Texas, but it ain't TEXAS. If I would have stayed with my old job, I'd be living in Tempe right now. I went out there for a week in 2006. Seemed like a funky little college town. I never had a chance to get over to Phoenix though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 East coast of Florida. When you say "West Coast" around here, it's assumed you are from Tampa, Naples or Ft. Meyers ;) Notes ♫ Up here in North FL it means Cedar Key! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I was born in San Diego Cal. since then, in order; Coachella, Cal. La Quinta, Calif. Santa Cruz, Cal. Wilmington, Del. Salt Lake City, Ut. San Jose, Cal. Cottage Grove, Ore. San Diego, Cal. Yakima, Wash. Boise, Id. Eagle, Id. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJScott Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I grew up in Youngstown, Ohio. Uncle Sam moved me to Minot, ND, Guam, and San Antonio, TX. I chose for Uncle Sam to move me BACK to Minot, been here since 1993. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tazzboy Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 I was born in San Diego Cal. since then, in order; Coachella, Cal. La Quinta, Calif. Santa Cruz, Cal. Wilmington, Del. Salt Lake City, Ut. San Jose, Cal. Cottage Grove, Ore. San Diego, Cal. Yakima, Wash. Boise, Id. Eagle, Id. when did you live in Cottage Grove? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jaxson50 Posted January 27, 2011 Share Posted January 27, 2011 when did you live in Cottage Grove? 1974-75, great area... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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