We are now getting to the tricky bits. I only had one U and one V before Marc and Rol stepped in to help me
The picture above is the U that I had. Union City is an Almeda County, California rather than the Rust Belt as you would probably imagine. Incorporated in 1959 by combining the communities of Alvorado and Decoto and has a population of 72K. Oh, and the song by Blondie is Union City Blue and NOT Union City Blues as the Robster was keen to point out in a previous post.
In last week's comments Marc advised that there a city in the Mohawk Valley in New York State called Utica. It has a population of 65K and is part of the Rust Belt. Marc did not have any songs in mind but after a fair bit of searching I managed to dig up a song called Utica by a band called Over Time. I'm afraid I have no further information than that to add.
We are back to California for the first of the Vs and we welcome back Lucinda Williams who is no stranger to this series. She has a song called Ventura on her 2003 album World Without Tears. Tom Petty also references the road Ventura Boulevard on Free Fallin' . Ventura is actually officially named San Buenaventura and is the county seat of Ventura County and has a population of 110K.
Time for Rol to step up to the plate. One of his suggestions was Vacaville yet another Californian city. It is on the edge of the Sacramento Valley with a population of 102K making it the third largest city in Solano County. Vacaville is also the name of a song by a band called Tullycraft who are, as Rol pointed out, firm favourites of our dear friend Brian.
Finally Rol points us in the direction of Virginia Beach with a great song from Johnny Dowd. Virginia Beach is an independent city in the South East coast of Virginia with a population of just under 450K making it today's largest city. Although mostly suburban in nature it is the largest city in Virginia.
Next week we are on much firmer ground as we look at cities beginning with W.
Glad to be of assistance. I'm sure you need no help for W, and as long as you make sure to drive the main road, searching in the sun for another overload, I'll be happy.
ReplyDeleteI will however, point you in the direction of Wichita Falls, which is a separate city to the one mentioned above. If you have the time, American Aquarium do a cracking song named after WF.
DeleteWell done on the U-V entry. Did we already have the Jayhawks in this series? Would go down nicely with next week’s installment... from their best album no less. - Brian
ReplyDeleteSouix City, Nevada California and Tampa to Tulsa have already appeared
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