Aug 18, 2020 · A few places that come to mind: Cairo, Illinois. We've talked a lot about Cairo on Cyburbia. The following is a quote from Clark E. Carr in The Illini: The Story of the Prairies (1912): Chicago will be a great city, but Cairo will be the great city. Look at her position, on the great Father of Waters, at its confluence with the Ohio!

Dec 15, 2020 · I've been there, and it's an even sadder place than Cairo. Horizon CIty, Texas, is one of many "desert land speculation town on steroids" communities found throughout Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California.

Jun 21, 2011 · Thomasville is a great little southern secret. Those live oaks are amazing and probably over 150 years old. Did you make it over to Cairo and tour the syrup making factories? Next time you're on a trip in south GA, go see the city of Douglas.

Oct 6, 2022 · Crummy military towns Don't get me started on military towns unless you have the rest of the afternoon. (And for the record, I was a military brat, and went to high school in Havelock, N. C. . . . )

Jun 14, 2010 · It's from 1987 but talks about the modernization of these ancient cities in detailed essays, covering Sana'a, Cairo, Beirut, Islamic Jerusalem, etc. It's probably pretty dated but could give you a glimpse at what was going on in the 80s and the foundation it laid for today's cities; I was 1 when it came out but reading it today it is still ...

May 10, 2011 · Heard on the Wweather Channel this morning that the Army Corps are considering making a breach in the levee at Cairo, IL (yes our favorite town) to alleviate upriver flooding pressure.

Oct 5, 2009 · I have never been supportive of Chicago in this bid, even though I live here. I think that it would have been a logistical nightmare to rely on public transportation (while juggling the millions of workers who commute into and out of the city). Daley spent tens of millions of …

Aug 16, 2007 · Our county will soon be embarking on the development of a County Comprehensive Plan. Up until this point we have spent the last five years working with individual municipalities with the development of their individual comprehensive plans. The methods of public participation we have used were...

Aug 6, 2003 · Cairo HS in far southern Illinois (and that's pronounced KAY-row) has the Pilots. Fine enough. But their girls' teams are called the Co-Pilots.

Feb 21, 2014 · Good old Cairo, Illinois comes to mind, but it's really more remote than rural New Mexico when you take into consideration proximity to airports, research institutes, and the like My guess is that if the project comes to fruition, will end up …