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The topic choices often seem random - there's a section on whether Philadelphia is a boring city, but no mention of either Delaware or Maryland.
— Feb 05, 2014 08:06PM
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Adrian Buck
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Interesting to discover that San Francisco is still home to the largest Chinese community outside of China, despite the massive expansion of Chinese trade since 1993,
— Apr 02, 2015 02:04AM
Adrian Buck
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Two mistakes in 50 words ALCAN (not Alcan) and Marine Highway (not Maritime) - how many haven't I picked up?
— Mar 03, 2015 05:31AM
Adrian Buck
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can't believe you could write about Seattle in the 1990's and not mention Grunge :-o
— Feb 18, 2015 12:17AM
Adrian Buck
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There are now 15 million Mormons worldwide, the population has increased fivefold since Spotlight was written in 1993. Wow!
— Jan 14, 2015 12:37AM
Adrian Buck
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"...Tombstone's silver mines struck water. There was so much water the pumps couldn't keep up with it. the mines had to close." cf wikipedia "the silver mines penetrated the water table and the mining companies made significant investments in specialized pumps. A fire in 1886 destroyed the Grand Central hoist and pumping plant, and it was unprofitable to rebuild the costly pumps"
— Dec 02, 2014 03:36AM
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Two nickname problems in the Las Vegas section, known as the city of lights (sin city?) and 'cowboy' Vic is actually Vegas Vic.
— Dec 01, 2014 06:51AM
Adrian Buck
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Did he base his treatment of the 'wild west' on the plot of 'Little Big Man'?
— Nov 16, 2014 02:23AM
Adrian Buck
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"Whites killed buffalo for their skin and for sport". Maybe but what about for farming and for railways?
— Nov 08, 2014 03:43AM
