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jberryhill

(62,444 posts) Fri Dec 16, 2011, 06:15 PM Dec 2011

Do you live in a holy city? Which one? [View all]

I can't figure out why every third city is "The Holy City of (city)"

Whether it is Qum, Bethlehem, or Exit 34 on the Syria turnpike, it they all seem to be holy cities.

So why can't I say I grew up near the holy city of Philadelphia?

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Do you live in a holy city? Which one? [View all] jberryhill Dec 2011 OP

No, I live in a swamp. Chan790 Dec 2011 #1

I was there for the rain the other day... jberryhill Dec 2011 #2

No, I live in a valley. Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2011 #3

Do you get along with the Hill People in this Valley? jberryhill Dec 2011 #6

lol Tuesday Afternoon Dec 2011 #7

I live in the holy city of Water geardaddy Dec 2011 #4

That the only "Holy Twin Cities" jberryhill Dec 2011 #5

Well, the other Twin City is named after a saint, so I guess they think they're holy. geardaddy Dec 2011 #9

Which saint is Saint Paul named after anyway? jberryhill Dec 2011 #16

St. Pig's Eye. geardaddy Dec 2011 #30

well, since Tim Tebow has appropriated "GOD" for HIMSELF (and the Broncos).... hlthe2b Dec 2011 #8

No, I've been to Denver and there is nothing holy on E. Colfax Ave jberryhill Dec 2011 #13

There's a lot of "oh, Gawd, Oh, GAWD!" going on up and down Colfax, though if you listen... hlthe2b Dec 2011 #34

Not a city TheCentepedeShoes Dec 2011 #10

Which bothered the dog more? jberryhill Dec 2011 #14

He stuck his head around the corner TheCentepedeShoes Dec 2011 #24

Mine barks when Michele Bachmann is on TV jberryhill Dec 2011 #25

Apparently Guatemala City is 'Holey' RZM Dec 2011 #11

My city is named after a cow. UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #12

That's the one that laughs, right? jberryhill Dec 2011 #15

Cows don't have a sense of humor UnrepentantLiberal Dec 2011 #31

Ahh, Jersey cows-- the prettiest darned cows you ever saw... hlthe2b Dec 2011 #35

Damn right!!! That sMOOkie is really dairylicious. n/t MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #51

LynneSin lives off of Exit 3/4 of the Delaware Turnpike. madinmaryland Dec 2011 #17

That is the Holy City Of Wilmington jberryhill Dec 2011 #18

No, but I'm just a few miles away KamaAina Dec 2011 #19

Thread win jberryhill Dec 2011 #20

Last I heard it was $11 million. KamaAina Dec 2011 #21

Great! We only need another million! jberryhill Dec 2011 #22

Holy Crap, Holy City! hunter Dec 2011 #82

I live in the holy city of Redding XemaSab Dec 2011 #23

I live about 15 minutes from the Holy Land Experience OriginalGeek Dec 2011 #26

I don't think they count Lady Freedom Returns Dec 2011 #29

Seriously, that must be it jberryhill Dec 2011 #39

well i'm not trying to get classified as a domestic terrorist OriginalGeek Dec 2011 #47

Or crash into it with a Tonka truck loaded with them jberryhill Dec 2011 #64

holy city of nyc La Lioness Priyanka Dec 2011 #27

That's not holy jberryhill Dec 2011 #41

Allen Ginsberg disagrees. Chan790 Dec 2011 #78

I drove through St. Louis once. Ptah Dec 2011 #28

Did you see the site of the St Louis Space Needle tragedy? jberryhill Dec 2011 #65

don't live in or near a city of any kind but... Kali Dec 2011 #32

Yeah, very much so pokerfan Dec 2011 #33

I live in the un-holiest of cities. ohiosmith Dec 2011 #36

If you worship Enron or Mark Rothko, I live in your holy city. Bucky Dec 2011 #37

Many years in the Mormon Mecca, but now escaped. dimbear Dec 2011 #38

Ah, you got up to Logan, then? jberryhill Dec 2011 #40

Well, I live in a suburb of the city of the angels... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2011 #42

Isn't a "suburb of LA" redundant? jberryhill Dec 2011 #43

Well, I suppose any town that lies around LA could be called a suburb... CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2011 #44

Then how do you know when you are in one? jberryhill Dec 2011 #45

Damned if I know! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2011 #46

But you are in one, right? jberryhill Dec 2011 #48

You are certainly the persistent one! CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2011 #49

Lol, whatever you think it is, is what counts jberryhill Dec 2011 #56

I lived in West Chester, PA -- which is considered a "suburb" of Philly... MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #52

You'd rather be a suburb of Chester? Lol jberryhill Dec 2011 #54

Because "The City of Brotherly Love" is already cool enough. Don't be greedy!!! n/t MiddleFingerMom Dec 2011 #50

That's what we say whenever there is a fight jberryhill Dec 2011 #55

Hell yes! There are holes in the street, holes in the sidewalks, holes where businesses used to be Rowdyboy Dec 2011 #53

If Canton had tourists, you'd have a heck of a T-shirt jberryhill Dec 2011 #58

Sounds like people here would fit in just fine....if you catch my drift.... Rowdyboy Dec 2011 #73

Vancouver, BC. Just for the weather. Forget the rioting when we lose a Hockey Game to the US! akbacchus_BC Dec 2011 #57

That would be "the hockey city" not "the holy city" jberryhill Dec 2011 #61

Gimme a break, I was being sarcastic! akbacchus_BC Dec 2011 #66

I live in the City of the Sacrament. LeftyMom Dec 2011 #59

Here's something really cool jberryhill Dec 2011 #62

Yep. LeftyMom Dec 2011 #68

i live in a holy beer city fizzgig Dec 2011 #60

Did the beer make the city holy, or famous? jberryhill Dec 2011 #63

I think you came in and messed up akbacchus_BC Dec 2011 #69

we are very well known for our beer fizzgig Dec 2011 #70

Yes, but you always know the exact time there jberryhill Dec 2011 #71

truth fizzgig Dec 2011 #72

Anywhere my ass sits is holy. Solly Mack Dec 2011 #67

No, but I live right next to Holy City, CA REP Dec 2011 #74

Welllllll, it's prolly more "saintly" than "holy" Amaril Dec 2011 #75

"Believe it or not!" jberryhill Dec 2011 #76

I live in Oxford, England LeftishBrit Dec 2011 #77

The pagan British needed a lot of reminders jberryhill Dec 2011 #79

I live in the City of "Holy Shit, there's guys walking around naked in the Castro!" pink-o Dec 2011 #80

The city of Saint Francis, of course. kwassa Dec 2011 #88

To me, all of California is holy Taverner Dec 2011 #81

Even Fresno? jberryhill Dec 2011 #83

Me too!!! pink-o Dec 2011 #86

with cities named after Saint Francis, Saint Didacus, Saint Joseph, Saint Louis bishop, Saint Claire kwassa Dec 2011 #89

Bonny Doon is Holy Taverner Dec 2011 #90

I live in the "Christmas City" Wait Wut Dec 2011 #84

I live in Dallas, and if they don't fix the potholes in the street, I'll tell you what. Bolo Boffin Dec 2011 #85

The holy city of Oakland. slutticus Dec 2011 #87