Bet my city is worse than yours Posted: 9 months ago by donteatpoop
Every year Youngstown (Ohio) makes me proud by ranking high in crime rates despite its size. We really put up some good numbers. How do you compare?
(Don't have to compare your city to y-town, it might be better for your ego if you didnt actually. You can compare any two cities with this wonderful toy.)
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City of Villains Posted: 1 year ago by sholom22
City of Villains is a massively multiplayer online role-playing computer game based on the superhero comic book genre, developed by Cryptic Studios and published by NCSoft. Released on 2005-10-31,the game is integrated with their previous release, City of Heroes. The gameplay centers on defeating a variety of computer controlled opponents within a three-dimensional world using various powers and attacks, sometimes with the help of several other players.
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America's Fastest-Dying Cities - Welcome to Youngstown, Ohio! Posted: 2 months ago by mybrotherskeeper
What do we do DEP? Families are here, jobs are over there...... this sucks.
"Nearly 30,000 people have left Youngstown, Ohio, and they aren't being replaced by either new babies or new immigrants."
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City of Shadows Posted: 4 months ago by pocksucket
City of Shadows is a collection of photos of St Petersburg using time lapse techniques giving a sense of the faceless anonymity of the masses of the city as they go about their daily business.
The other galleries are worth a look too.
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Roman Soldier's Footprint Reveals Clues to Ancient City Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Archaeologists have uncovered a footprint made by a sandal-clad Roman soldier in a wall surrounding an ancient city in Israel that Jesus might have visited.
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America's Most Miserable Cities Posted: 8 months ago by tigertony
Forbes list based on factors such as unemployment, tax rates, commute times, weather, crime, ...
Is your city on the list?
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Pixel City Home (cool homepage!) Posted: 7 months ago by sminklogo
This is a site designed as a homepage in a pixel city style. It links to Facebook, MySpace etc and looks really good. You can even submit your own plot for free.
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The World's 25 Dirtiest Cities Posted: 7 months ago by wildminou
Presented by Forbes, this study done by Mercer Human Resource Consulting who have ranked 215 cities worldwide based on levels of air pollution, waste management, water potability, hospital services, medical supplies and the presence of infectious disease.
And the winner is...
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Settle Down in America's Safest City Posted: 2 years ago by ybne1else
New York City is still the safest of America’s 10 largest cities, according to an annual FBI report. The crime rate is only 1 crime per 37 people. How comforting. (Don't ditch the pepper spray just yet.)
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Cities of Colour Posted: 4 months ago by doggylives
Popularly known by their names of colour as much as their historical designations — the ancient Blue City known as Jodhpur, neighbouring Jaipur known as the Pink City, its former capital the Amber City, and Morocco’s Red City of Marrakech — are as much astonishingly beautiful as they are remarkably unusual.
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Supreme Court to consider death penalty for child rape Posted: 6 months ago by JDRucker
The U.S. Supreme Court this week hears arguments about whether the death penalty can be imposed for child rape, taking up for the first time in more than 30 years whether a crime other than murder can be punished by execution.
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Written in the City Posted: 2 years ago by LatueOfStiberty
Tons of street art.
Someone is trying to tell you something.
They don't know you, and it doesn't matter. they say it anyway, writing on the city itself, because the message is important.
And so we're listening.
What's your city saying?
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Survey finds Stockholm most livable city Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Stockholm was rated the most livable city in the world in a Reader's Digest survey.
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Fancy a life of crime? Posted: 9 months ago by 2manyusernames
Within the Torn City network there is something for everyone. May it be organising a bank hold-up with your friends, playing poker to fulfilling a loving relationship or much much much more. A text-based mmorpg for everyone.
*we could even create a Plime faction. I am there as KilgoreTrout*
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Dozens of cities see jump in murders, robberies Posted: 2 years ago by robfouryqr
Less than a month after the FBI reported that violent crime rates rose across the nation in 2005, there is fresh evidence that homicides and robberies are continuing to increase in dozens of cities.
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Ancient Jewish city found under Palestinian suburb Posted: 2 years ago by shredtone
Workers digging a new Jerusalem tram line have stumbled upon the remains of an ancient Jewish city from the first century AD under what is now a Palestinian suburb of the Holy City.
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Hidden City Provides Fascinating Insight into the Structures of Hellenistic Settlements Posted: 3 months ago by AutumnLotus
The discovery of an ancient city buried beneath the sands of modern-day Syria has provided evidence for a Hellenistic settlement that existed for more than six centuries extending into the time of the Roman Empire. The site provides a unique insight into the structures of a pre-Roman Hellenistic settlement.
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Underground city found in Leavenworth, Kansas Posted: 2 months ago by AfroMosHi
Some Leavenworth residents have been unknowingly walking around above an underground city, and no one seems to know who created it or why.
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10 Most Amazing Lost Cities Posted: 1 year ago by maxriter
Lost Cities were real, prosperous, well-populated areas of human habitation that fell into terminal decline and whose location was later lost. Most lost cities are found, and have been studied extensively by scientists. Here's our list of the 10 most amazing lost cities in the world.
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Kowloon walled city, Hong Kong Posted: 9 months ago by wildminou
Kowloon Walled City was the most densely populated place on Earth before it was destroyed in 1993 and turned into a park. At its peak, the “city” had 50,000 inhabitants on 0.026 km² area of land
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St. Louis named most dangerous city in the United States. Posted: 2 years ago by tomphoolry
In a twist, a city in New Jersey is named safest city in U.S.
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