A city in northwestern Washington a few miles from the Canadian border, home to Western Washington University. It's the largest city north of Everett, but it keeps its "smalltown" feel with a large population of bicycle riding hippies and earthmuffins and a "whatever goes" sort of mood.
The bicyclists and pedestrians think they own the place, they will literally walk into a busy road and expect people to stop for them. Besides aging hippies, Bellingham is a haven for homeless people and meth-addicts, who rarely catch the attention of the police who are too busy passing out MIPs at college parties. The city is an interesting blend of hippies, yuppies, college students, homeless, drug-users, rednecks, white trash, Canadians and so forth.
Probably one of the easiest places to get inexpensive, quality marijuana in the pacific northwest.
The weather in Bellingham is known for being unpredictable, even for the region. It will literally go from 55 and sunny to snowing to hail to windstorm and back to sunny in an hour.
A good place to go to college, but if you want to actually do anything with your life, escape while you can. Bellingham has a way of luring people in and trapping them forever.
The bicyclists and pedestrians think they own the place, they will literally walk into a busy road and expect people to stop for them. Besides aging hippies, Bellingham is a haven for homeless people and meth-addicts, who rarely catch the attention of the police who are too busy passing out MIPs at college parties. The city is an interesting blend of hippies, yuppies, college students, homeless, drug-users, rednecks, white trash, Canadians and so forth.
Probably one of the easiest places to get inexpensive, quality marijuana in the pacific northwest.
The weather in Bellingham is known for being unpredictable, even for the region. It will literally go from 55 and sunny to snowing to hail to windstorm and back to sunny in an hour.
A good place to go to college, but if you want to actually do anything with your life, escape while you can. Bellingham has a way of luring people in and trapping them forever.
by MGutierrez May 10, 2009
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Has more canals than Venice.
Has an area of about 300 sq. km (100 sq. mi). Without Brum, not only would there be no guns (most bullets and guns are made to Brum standards), but half of things would not exist due to the progress made by Brummies in the industrial revolution, including municipal government (making Birmingham the oldest local authority in the world), the gas lamp, and the original Mini, the discovery of oxygen, the use of cotton wool in medicine, state banks, plastics, the steam engine.
Oh, and the bus stop and the bus timetable.
It's very multicultural - there's a mosque, a Christian youth group, and a KFC within 200m of each other.
Every single motorway passes through the city.
It's great for a night out, and the Bullring is the largest mall (by footfalls and shops per sq. m) in Europe.
It has more curry houses on one street than the Asians do.
Birmingham Uni is the first public uni in the West. In fact, UoB is nearly at breakthrough for a cancer drug.
Home of the Civil Rights movement.
Birmingham is not a concrete jungle. It has more greenery than Paris. The green in the city has made it won Greenest City 14 years in a row.
Several famous places are named after areas of Birmingham; Hollywood, Broadway, and California!
So, to conclude: Suck it London.
Has more canals than Venice.
Has an area of about 300 sq. km (100 sq. mi). Without Brum, not only would there be no guns (most bullets and guns are made to Brum standards), but half of things would not exist due to the progress made by Brummies in the industrial revolution, including municipal government (making Birmingham the oldest local authority in the world), the gas lamp, and the original Mini, the discovery of oxygen, the use of cotton wool in medicine, state banks, plastics, the steam engine.
Oh, and the bus stop and the bus timetable.
It's very multicultural - there's a mosque, a Christian youth group, and a KFC within 200m of each other.
Every single motorway passes through the city.
It's great for a night out, and the Bullring is the largest mall (by footfalls and shops per sq. m) in Europe.
It has more curry houses on one street than the Asians do.
Birmingham Uni is the first public uni in the West. In fact, UoB is nearly at breakthrough for a cancer drug.
Home of the Civil Rights movement.
Birmingham is not a concrete jungle. It has more greenery than Paris. The green in the city has made it won Greenest City 14 years in a row.
Several famous places are named after areas of Birmingham; Hollywood, Broadway, and California!
So, to conclude: Suck it London.
Alice: Birmingham? That backwater place in the Midlands?
Bob: No, jackass. Stop breathing, and get off at the next stop, because Brummies discovered both of those things.
EXAMPLE 2:
Alice: This London curry sucks.
Bob: Time to get in our Mini! Alice... TO BIRMINGHAM!
Bob: No, jackass. Stop breathing, and get off at the next stop, because Brummies discovered both of those things.
EXAMPLE 2:
Alice: This London curry sucks.
Bob: Time to get in our Mini! Alice... TO BIRMINGHAM!
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A city located in Northwestern Washington that is full of tree-hugging, pot-smoking hippies. Home to Western Washington University and the D.C. sniper.
by Holddogg October 20, 2008
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Despite various controversies within the state of Alabama over the stereotypes that Birmingham-Southern students get, they're not all without merit, because many of them are true. B-SC students are typically from Old South families, and have grown up accustomed to receiving the finer things in life. However, they are also known for their extremely hard work ethic.
Despite various controversies within the state of Alabama over the stereotypes that Birmingham-Southern students get, they're not all without merit, because many of them are true. B-SC students are typically from Old South families, and have grown up accustomed to receiving the finer things in life. However, they are also known for their extremely hard work ethic.
Birmingham Southern College has many affluent students, but that doesn't mean all the things you hear about the school are true. All of the students aren't self-obsessed and stuck up.
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Get the birmingham city mug.One of the most prestigious universities in the Midlands area of the UK and in the UK in general. Once home to great minds such as Neville Chamberlain and former UN weapons inspector David Kelly.
by MokoMojo! October 1, 2008
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