I live in melbourne, australia. We've got some buildings from the 1880's here, and alot of supposedly haunted spots. anyway, here are some pics of it. 
It started out as a settlement and grew alot during the gold rush .
Post some history of your city
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Pittsburgh (pronounced /ˈpɪtsbərɡ/, originally /ˈpɪtsb(ə)rə/[citation needed]) is the county seat of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and the second largest city in the state. Its population was 334,563 at the 2000 census; by 2006, it was estimated to have fallen to 312,819.[5] The population of the seven-county metropolitan area is 2,462,571.[6] The city's Downtown retains substantial economic influence, ranking at 25th in the nation for jobs within the urban core (and is 6th in job density).[7]
The characteristic shape of downtown is a triangular tract carved by the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers, where the Ohio River forms. The skyline features 151 high-rise buildings,[8] 446 bridges,[9] two inclined railways, and a pre-revolutionary fortification. Pittsburgh is known colloquially as "The City of Bridges" and "The Steel City" for its many bridges and former steel manufacturing base.
While the city is historically known for its steel industry, today it is largely based on healthcare, education, technology, robotics, and financial services. The city has made great strides in redeveloping abandoned industrial sites with new housing, shopping and offices, such as the SouthSide Works. While Pittsburgh faced economic troubles in the mid 1970s as the steel industry waned, modern Pittsburgh is economically strong. The housing market is relatively stable despite a national subprime mortgage crisis, and Pittsburgh added jobs in 2008 even as the national economy entered a significant jobs recession.[10] This positive economic news is in contrast to the late 1970s, when Pittsburgh lost its manufacturing base as those jobs moved offshore.
In 2007, Forbes magazine named Pittsburgh the 10th cleanest city,[11] and in 2008 Forbes listed Pittsburgh as the 13th best city for young professionals to live.[12] The city is consistently ranked high in livability surveys. In 2007, Pittsburgh was named "America's Most Livable City" by Places Rated Almanac.[13] Furthermore, in 2009, Pittsburgh was named most livable city in the United States and 29th-most-livable city worldwide by The Economist.[14]
Pittsburgh will host a G-20 Summit meeting in September 2009.[15]
And if you don't live under a rock you know we got the best sports teams around well besides baseball which we don't talk about.
St. Louis is the gateway to the west.
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I am a neighbor, so to speak. My current town is the site of a world reknown University, of Science, and Technology. Also, it has a mining bureau, it is the site of a fort during the Civil War, and it was the main base for Union troops stationed in MO.
My original hometown, where me heart lies, has the second most fountains of any city in the world, it is awesome, most of the population is Irish, or descendents of Irish, Owen Hart died there, we love St. Pattys day ( we celebrate it two days of the same week), we have a football team who owned back in the sixties and seventies, someone was gunned down at our Union Station, and its a beautiful place with a lovely bridge overlooking the MO river, the Paseo.
Its easy.
Breda in the south of The Netherlands, more than 750 years old.
A very cosy and laidback city.
Our prison ;)
not much of a history for the actual city, hosted the 1956 Olympics and 2006 Commonwealth Games, was the capital city of Australia until there was a dispute between Sydney and Melbourne in which they decided to build a new capital and after that theres not much history just fun facts like
It has the most extensive tram system in the world
It has retard weather in which it can be cold then hot then warm the hot then cold in one day
the population is 4 million in the city
the name melbourne is named after a english prime minister
and thats about it, doesnt have history like paris or london but i still like it here :D
Great City:)
not much of a history for the actual city, hosted the 1956 Olympics and 2006 Commonwealth Games, was the capital city of Australia until there was a dispute between Sydney and Melbourne in which they decided to build a new capital and after that theres not much history just fun facts like
It has the most extensive tram system in the world
It has retard weather in which it can be cold then hot then warm the hot then cold in one day
the population is 4 million in the city
the name melbourne is named after a english prime minister
and thats about it, doesnt have history like paris or london but i still like it here :D
solidte
Angeles City (Tagalog: Lungsod ng Angeles; Kapampangan: Ciudad ning Angeles), located within the province of Pampanga in the Philippines, is locally classified as a first-class, highly-urbanized city. The city administers itself autonomously from Pampanga and, as of August 2007, it has a population of 314,493.
Angeles is served by the Diosdado Macapagal International Airport inside the Clark Special Economic Zone (formerly Clark Air Base and now renamed Clark Freeport Zone), which is located in the northwestern part of the city. Being the former home of the largest United States Air Force base outside of the continental United States, it was significantly affected by the base pullout brought about by the eruption of Mount Pinatubo in 1991 as the economy of Angeles was heavily dependent on the American base at that time.
Angeles has been dubbed the "Entertainment Capital of Central Luzon."* According to the Center for Kapampangan Studies, the dish sisig originated in this city and has been on the menu since the 1730s. Thus Angeles has also become well-known as the culinary center of Pampanga.
*because we've got bars xP
That's the history, as for sites well... we've got:
A hat shaped tent:
An old church:
An old mansion that currently houses the Central Bank of the Philippines in Central Luzon (Never knew that before):
All taken from Wikipedia :P I want to leave this city so badly.... Actuallly, I'd like to leave this country as soon as possible....
San Diego, California. Literally meaning whale vagina :P We have the best weather, beautiful beaches, hot women, and we keep it classly.
San Diego (pronounced /ˌsændiˈeɪgoʊ/), named after Saint Didacus (Didacus of Alcalá) in Spanish, is the second-largest city in California and the ninth largest city in the United States, located along the Pacific Ocean on the west coast of the United States. The California Department of Finance estimates the city's population at 1,353,993 as of January 1, 2009.[2] This coastal city is also the county seat of San Diego County[3] as well as the economic center of the San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos metropolitan area. As of 2008, this metropolitan area is the 17th-largest in the United States with a population of 3,001,072 and the 38th-largest metropolitan area in the Americas when including Tijuana, Mexico. According to Forbes the city of San Diego ranks as the fifth wealthiest in the United States.[4] Tourism remains San Diego's third-biggest industry, behind manufacturing and the military.
San Diego's economy is largely composed of agriculture, biotechnology/biosciences, computer sciences, electronics manufacturing, defense-related manufacturing, financial and business services, ship-repair and construction, software development, telecommunications, and tourism. The presence of the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) with the affiliated UCSD Medical Center promotes research in biotechnology.
Manchester History - an overview
There have, (arguably) been 2 Manchesters. The first, the Roman fort at Castlefield , and the second, around the Cathedral and Chetham's Music School , which formed the medieval town of Manchester. By the time of the Norman Conquest of Britain in 1066, the region was clearly Anglo-Saxon, and their name for the town was "Mameceaster". (It was not to be until the 17th century that the name "Manchester" would come into popular usage). In early times, Manchester was a little-known hamlet adjacent to, and belonging to the then noble town of Salford.
Mamuciam
After the Roman withdrawal from the fort at Mamuciam (Latin = "a breast-shaped hill") around 410 AD, the town (and the fort) fell into ruin and was prey to various invading factions from abroad - notably the Angles and the Danes and the Saxons, all of whom occupied the region at various times, and over a long period became assimilated into the local population. "Mamuciam" in Latin means "a breast-shaped hill" - Agricola's description of the place where he built the original fort overlooking the River Irwell, somewhere around present day Camp Street (now in Salford).
Manchester's Medieval Fortifications
There is a brief historic reference in the town records of one Edward the Elder, son of King Alfred the Great, taking over the town in 920 AD and making repairs to the "fortifications", (probably based around the present cathedral), which would still have been little more than a wooden palisade.
Norman Manchester & Domesday 1086
In gratitude for the support which Norman barons had given in the conquest of Britain, King William (the Conqueror) granted generous rewards of lands and holdings to them. Salford was thus granted to one Rogier de Poitevin (also known as Roger de Pitou), which included several feifdoms, the Manor of Manchester amongst them. Later, de Poitevin granted this manor, in turn, to one of his own supporters, Albert de Greslé (also known as Albert Grelley).
Grelley was to become the first Baron of Manchester, and the Grelley family held the manor for the next 200 years. In 1086 there is a brief mention of Manchester in William's great commissioned Domesday Book, by which time it was a recognised ecclesiastical centre with a parish covering over 60 square miles. The town had, in 1222, been granted an annual fair, which was held on Acresfield, just outside the town, (now St Ann's Square), and lasted 2 days; this was extended to 3 days in 1227. By this time the town had its own court. There was also a weekly Saturday market held in Market Square, just off Market Street, sited roughly where Shambles Square stood. (This square was demolished in the IRA bombing of Manchester in 1996, and was located to the rear of the Marks & Spencer Department Store which has been rebuilt after that bombing).
Glasgow.
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and third most populous in the United Kingdom.
From the 18th century the city became one of Europe's main hubs of transatlantic trade with the Americas.
Glasgow was known as the "Second City of the British Empire" for much of the Victorian era and Edwardian period.
Today it is one of Europe's top twenty financial centres and is home to many of Scotland's leading businesses.
In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Glasgow grew to a population of over one million and was the fourth-largest city in Europe.
Meh nothing too exciting lol
It's a growing area... especially in the suburbs of this city, one of which I reside in. The awesomest city!I love it here!
not much of a history for the actual city, hosted the 1956 Olympics and 2006 Commonwealth Games, was the capital city of Australia until there was a dispute between Sydney and Melbourne in which they decided to build a new capital and after that theres not much history just fun facts like
It has the most extensive tram system in the world
It has retard weather in which it can be cold then hot then warm the hot then cold in one day
the population is 4 million in the city
the name melbourne is named after a english prime minister
and thats about it, doesnt have history like paris or london but i still like it here :D
solidte
- Believed to be 60,000 years old with archaeological evidence of settlements from the Paleolithic age.
- Numerous Iron Age forts located around the city
- Many Roman settlements and remains, too (villas, forts, etc)
- It was one of England's largest Medieval towns
- Became a centre for trade
- The city suffered severe damage during World War II
Can you guess the city?
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