这里被称为美国最“average”的城市。美国有一句谚语,在Peoria行得通的,在美国就行得通,反之亦然。我就是想去看看这个average是啥样子。
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皮奥里亚(Peoria)位于美国伊利诺伊州皮奥里亚县伊利诺伊河畔,是伊利诺伊河沿岸最大的城市,也是皮奥里亚县的县治所在。
根据美国人口调查局2000年统计,皮奥里亚共有人口112,936,其中白人占69.29、非裔美国人占24.79%、亚裔美国人占2.33%。由于皮奥里亚的人口结构与全美相类似,同时,其文化特点又很能代表美国中西部文化的主流,因此,皮奥里亚经常被当作企业新产品的试销市场和公共政策的试行点。
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- Re: Peoria, ILposted on 06/14/2009
- Re: Peoria, ILposted on 06/14/2009
- posted on 06/14/2009
Grandview Drive
Grandview Drive (sometimes spelled Grand View Drive) is a two and a half mile scenic road with adjacent park areas through Peoria and Peoria Heights, Illinois. Major portions of the road give a view of the Illinois River and its valley as well as clear views of the some of the most prestigious and historic homes in the area. Houses along Grandview Drive are among the best known in the city; the residential area on the west of Grandview Drive, opposite the river, was added to the National Register of Historic Places as an historic district in 1996.[2] A large amount of land on the valley side of Grandview Drive is owned by the Peoria Park District and is undeveloped except for park benches. The district's legal name, "Pleasure Driveway and Park District of Peoria", is a reflection of Grandview Drive's original prominence in the Peoria park system.
President Theodore Roosevelt is said to have proclaimed it the "World's Most Beautiful Drive" during a 1910 visit.[citation needed] Grandview Drive was the original location of WMBD (AM); although the WMBD callsign was assigned in FCC sequence, the callsign is associated with Roosevelt's comment.
------------------- - Re: Peoria, ILposted on 06/14/2009
这是个很可爱的镇啊,你住(或准备住)在那么?尤其是那个小红房 (I think it's the Victorian Gothic style)非常很爱。
- Re: Peoria, ILposted on 06/14/2009
没有了,去看看。这里是 headquarters for Caterpillar Inc., one of the 30 companies composing the Dow Jones Industrial Average. 二战时大部分盘尼西林都是这个出产的。
在大城市住久了,就觉得这里土的很:-)
风子 wrote:
这是个很可爱的镇啊,你住(或准备住)在那么?尤其是那个小红房 (I think it's the Victorian Gothic style)非常很爱。
- Re: Peoria, ILposted on 06/14/2009
The company where I used to work has an office in Peoria, and judging by what I felt I thought Peoria was much less impressive than this. What a pity I did not make an effort to go there on a business trip! I doubt if I will ever have a chance to visit it. - Re: Peoria, ILposted on 06/14/2009
2004年,我去过这个城市,开会,住了3天。去时正是人间四月天。很美的地方,那水那桥,印象很深。
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