The Slice: So what, exactly, are you known for?

A friend passed along a newspaper clipping.

On an Associated Press article about unrest in the Middle East, he had highlighted a passage in which residents of a certain town in Syria were described by a news source as people “known to be exceptionally fierce.”

I suspect my friend regarded that as a bit of a stereotype, one we might be slower to accept if applied to some locale closer to home. So he wrote, “What are residents of Davenport, Colville, etc., ‘known to be’ like?”

As it happens, I have a list.

Davenport residents are “known to be exceptionally handy with tools.”

Colville residents are “known to be exceptionally ready for breakfast.”

Sandpoint residents are “known to be exceptionally good dancers.”

Pullman residents are “known to be exceptionally talkative.”

Moscow residents are “known to be exceptionally beguiling.”

Bonners Ferry residents are “known to be exceptionally interested in bargains.”

Cheney residents are “known to be exceptionally prone to get mad about newspaper columns.”

Ritzville residents are “known to be exceptionally good hand-shakers.”

Athol residents are “known to be exceptionally patient.”

Colfax residents are “known to be exceptionally fond of tight pants.”

Airway Heights residents are “known to be exceptionally loud laughers.”

Medical Lake residents are “known to be exceptionally prone to hold a grudge.”

Metaline Falls residents are “known to be exceptionally fond of dogs.”

Wallace residents are “known to be exceptionally fast readers.”

Post Falls residents are “known to be exceptionally devoted to card playing.”

Republic residents are “known to be exceptionally faithful fans of classic rock.”

St. John residents are “known to be exceptionally good listeners.”

Hayden residents are “known to be exceptionally partial to cookouts.”

St. Maries residents are “known to be exceptionally big consumers of dairy products.”

Reardan residents are “known to be exceptionally taciturn.”

Pomeroy residents are “known to be exceptionally skeptical.”

Fairfield residents are “known to be exceptionally good in a crisis.”

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