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Only four digits, Bistroist?

Hi Pi! Glad you found the goo OK
I like your ideas. I spent some time in New York (city and upstate), but don't know Western NY very well.

I have submitted my home town -- Normal,Illinois,USA -- which apparently is in the final stages of editing/approval now since I have lost control over it.

Good luck, and have fun.

Redbeard

Well, I guess I *could* write the whole number with all the digits calculated so far, but we wouldn't want the servers to crash (yet again), do we now?

I've thought about contributing a bit on my own hometown, as it must be one of the most boring and most desolate cities in this end of the galaxy. Approx. 30-40 inhabitants in a small town in the south-western part on the largest on the Danish isles. Does that sound as much as vaguely interesting to you?

Forty digits, and I'm still working on it.

Yes, a town w/ under 100 people sounds quite interesting. Give a bit of history. Note the best reason for someone to bother showing up there. Give the best reason not to show up. How's the dining? the architecture? the people? the entertainment? the post office? Is there a library, a bookstore, a bank? What's the average income? What's the nearest large city? Can someone stay in your town at a cheap motel and commute to the more expensive regions on holiday?

I hope to find time to fill this in about my own town, as well as several towns I'll be visiting. If I didn't already say so, a friend and I will bike around this leg of NY for a few months, probably split into weekend excursions.

Thanks for all the input.