Raymond Vernon reports that residents of East St. Louis have been driving across the Mississippi, through the heart of downtown St. Louis and out to the western suburbs for major shopping, simply because parking is easier at the big branches than it is in the heart of town.

Undoubtedly none of the residents realize the influence their town has had on American military history, or the deeds of valor that have been done in its name.

Notable past and present residents of the town include:

By the American Revolution, most residents lived near the Common and Harvard College, with farms and estates comprising most of the town.

'" Morris's second documentary would be about the town and bear its name, although it makes no mention of Vernon as " Nub City ", but instead explores other idiosyncrasies of the town's residents.

Outside the downtown area, residents rely on private wells that are not maintained by the town.

The year 1997 was a busy time for Voight in which he appeared in six films, beginning with Rosewood, based on the 1923 destruction of the primarily black town of Rosewood, Florida, by the white residents of nearby Sumner.

The road leads to a town of a mere 600 residents.

* 1942 – Holocaust: The SS murders 588 Jewish residents of the Podolian town of Zinkiv ( Khmelnytska oblast, Ukraine ).

On 27 November 2003, the Dutch Justice Minister Piet Hein Donner announced that his government was considering rules under which coffeeshops would only be allowed to sell soft drugs to Dutch residents in order to satisfy both European neighbors ' concerns about the influx of drugs from the Netherlands, as well as those of Netherlands border town residents unhappy with the influx of " drug tourists " from elsewhere in Europe.

New Malden is often affectionately referred to as ' New Mouldy ' by local residents in reference to the town.

On Boxing Day and New Year's Day, it is a tradition for some residents to don blackface and parade through the town singing ' minstrel ' songs.

But when, as punishment for piracy, an East India Company vessel bombarded Doha in 1821, destroying the town and forcing hundreds to flee, the residents had no idea why they were being attacked.

* 1909: Greek Town, a successful Greek immigrant community in South Omaha, Nebraska is burnt to the ground and its residents are forced to leave town.

Divided between the new town ( a zona nova in Galician, la zona nueva in Spanish or ensanche ) and the old town ( a zona vella in Galician or la zona vieja in Spanish, trade-branded as zona monumental ), a mix of middle-aged residents and younger students running throughout the city until the early hours of the morning can often be found.

There, the Lutheran majority barred the Catholic residents of the Swabian town from holding an annual Markus procession, which provoked a riot.

There are 49 members on the town council, elected by residents every four years using a proportional system of representation.

In fifty years, Yerevan was transformed from a town of a few thousand residents within the Russian Empire, to Armenia's principal cultural, artistic, and industrial center, as well as becoming the seat of national government.

In addition, the Disney-controlled town of Celebration, Florida, which was built with many of Walt Disney's original ideas, which have evolved into a form of New Urbanism, was deannexed from Bay Lake and the District to keep its residents from having power over Disney by providing for separate administration of the areas.

Condorcet was born in Ribemont, Aisne, and descended from the ancient family of Caritat, who took their title from the town of Condorcet in Dauphiné, of which they were long-time residents.

The small town of Audley is no longer a refuge where everyone knows the lifestory of every neighbor ; the residents of Audley must accept Lucy Graham's account of herself since they have no other information about her past.

For example, after being flooded more than 30 times since their town was founded in 1845, residents of Pattonsburg, Missouri, decided to relocate after two floods in 1993.

* Evanston, Illinois, a Chicago suburb of 75, 000 residents, became the largest town to ban handgun ownership in September 1982 but experienced no decline in violent crime.

It seems rather peculiar that residents of apartments are denied the right of providing themselves with the protection and companionship of dogs.

Nearly 18 per cent of West Berlin's 2,200,000 residents are sixty-five or older, only 12.8 per cent are under fifteen.

Mr. Hawksley said he believed there are a number of qualified city residents who would be willing to take the full-time CD job.

Santa's lieutenants in charge of the Journal-Bulletin Santa Claus Fund are looking for the usual generous response this year from Cranston residents.

* Cultural divisions are tools of the modern scientist, and so should not be considered similar to divisions or relationships the ancient residents may have recognized.

African Americans ( also referred to as Black Americans or Afro-Americans, and formerly as American Negroes ) are citizens or residents of the United States who have total or significant partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa.

The municipalities merged in the course of the latest municipal reform of the 1970s are also called Stadtbezirke ( quarters or districts ), and are Ortschaften (“ settlements ”) in terms of Baden-Württemberg ’ s Gemeindeordnung ( municipal code ), which means, each of them has its own council elected by its respective residents ( Ortschaftsrat ) and is presided by a spokesperson ( Ortsvorsteher ).

The real percentage of foreign residents is higher, since the Alicante metropolitan area is home to many Northern European retirees who are officially still residents of their own countries.

In the same pattern, a sizable number of permanent residents are Spanish nationals who officially still live in Madrid, the Basque provinces, or other areas of the country.

The affected residents are living in substandard conditions with many genetic diseases.

A recent change in legislation now allows Indiana residents to purchase alcohol on Election Day after all polls are closed.

In August 2011 a joint raid between the American DEA and local British Virgin Islands police arrested a number of residents who are accused of being involved in major drugs transshipments.

According to Leila Sansour, Bethlehem residents are confined to less than 13 % of their original pre-war land.

Environmental concerns regarding dust from the Trade Center are a continuing source of concern for many residents, scientists, and elected officials.

* When Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark arrive at the Capitol in the 2012 film The Hunger Games, a pair of pink borzoi are shown on screen — an illustration of the Capitol residents ' gaudy lifestyle.

Approximately 3, 300 more residents are citizens of various other countries.

These are followed by Westport, which has 5, 543 residents and Claremorris, with a population of 3, 412 in the 2011 census returns.

82 % of Canadians outside Quebec speak English natively, but within Quebec the figure drops to just 7. 7 % as most residents are native speakers of Quebec French.

The school owns and runs a sports centre and swimming pool, Kings Fitness & Leisure, with facilities that are used by students as well as residents.

Cadillac hosts the Wexford-Missaukee ISD Special Education for residents of the two counties who are in need of special services.

These are either permanent residents of the Mediterranean, or just occasional visitors.

All those born in Iceland, and all new residents, are automatically registered.