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Lynchburg, Virginia

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Location

The Resume

    (1786- )
    Born in United States
    Independent City
    Located close to the Blue Ridge Mountains
    Nicknames: The Hill City and City of Seven Hills
    2011 Population: 76,504
    Home of Liberty University, University of Lynchburg and Randolph College

Why Lynchburg, Virginia might be annoying:

    It was the site of the Battle of Lynchburg (June 17, 1864-June 18, 1864).
    It had suffered a flood (September 1870).
    It is one of the locations of the James River and Kanawha Canal in which it didn't reach the Ohio River under its original plan.
    Its economy involved tobacco and slave trading in the mid 19th Century.
    It is where the cigarette-rolling machine was invented.
    Reverend Jerry Falwell and his son were born here.

Why Lynchburg, Virginia might not be annoying:

    The Appomattox Court House is where the Confederacy surrendered in which it led to the ending of the Civil War.
    Astronaut Leland Melvin was born here.
    It has been called the 'Pittsburgh of the South.'
    Thomas Jefferson once ate a tomato here to claim it is not poisonous according to legend.
    It has the country's first snowflex facility, the Liberty Mountain Snowflex Centre.
    It was ranked at #5 by Forbes Magazine for best places for business (2006).

Credit: Neo NX2004


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying