Talk:Lynchburg, Virginia

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[edit] City Unto Itself

It's my understanding that all incorporated cities in Virginia are independent of the counties surrounding them. Am I wrong?Steven (talk) 17:12, 4 March 2008 (UTC)

That's right. The phrase, however, doesn't refer to legal autonomy, but to physical and (perhaps) psychological. That is, there is no county enveloping the city, as with Charlottesville. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Twins Too! (talk • contribs) 00:36, 6 March 2008 (UTC)

Its more a geographical, political and cultural reference. Though, as Lynchburg grows and the world shrinks, its not as significant as it used to be. Its more of a historical reference. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.56.119.72 (talk) 20:53, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Items for Consideration

  • Haysom Murders by Elizabeth Haysom & Jens Soering
  • Notable Residents: Is there any qualification criteria for "notable residents"? If not, my suggestion is that a notable resident should, at the very least, have their own wikipedia page.
  • The major neighborhoods including the "original" seven hills
  • Political history. More specially... mayors, notable counsel members and officers, historic political events
  • The economic comparisons in the article are very weak (Lynchburg is one third of the size of Richmond) and seems to ignore positive data such as the fact the city has one of the strongest housing economies in the nation (Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 12.5.1.207 (talk) 21:11, 22 October 2007 (UTC)

The economic comparisons look just fine to me.

Re: notable, you may have noticed I removed a couple of "red-link" entries (people added who do not have a Wikipedia entry). I think it is a good rule-of-thumb to use the reasoning you stated otherwise the list will grow out of control. I have already had a query from the person who added the people I subsequently removed and I told them this much also. Good work, well done. Bubba hotep 20:56, 20 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Notable without Wikipedia Entries

  • Morton, Rosalie Slaughter 1876—1955, American surgeon, b. Lynchburg, Va., M.D. Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, 1897.

[edit] Sister City

Appears that Glauchau, Germany may soon be a sister city. [1] —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 12.155.101.86 (talk) 17:57, 13 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Christ College

Why does Christ College link to a college in Tasmania?

What is the origin of the name Lynchberg?

I was wondering that too. The article implies that it comes from the site of Lynch's Ferry. I suspected, as you probably did, that it might have come from... well, you know... --BDD 05:15, 17 May 2005 (UTC)

Lynchburg was founded by a Quaker, John Lynch, in the late 1700s. Lynch's ferry was John Lynch's business - ferrying goods across the James River at the point that would eventually become Lynchburg. The name has nothing to do with the term you may be referring to.


And hey, for fun, try and figure out who Carly Jean Eccles is. I believe she is related to Lynchburg College Dean of Students John Eccles and is otherwise completely unnotable.

Removed some info about the "lynchburg virgina" blog as it was POV and not relevant to the Lynchburg article.

[edit] Salt Lake City of the South

"The city is also sometimes jokingly called the "Salt Lake City of the South" by younger residents due to its strong religious base with Falwell Ministries and Liberty University." - Which younger residents? This sounds like a weasel word issue. Please provide a reference.

Well, Jerry Falwell did compared his Liberty University to Brigham Young University on many occasions stating that he wanted Liberty University to be to young evangelical Christians what Brigham Young University is to young Mormons. He stated that several times through the years. VsanoJ 18:11, 6 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Minor Edit in Transportation

Cities larger than Lynchburg not on Interstates: Fresno, Bakersfield, Modesto and Santa Rosa CA, Athens GA, and Brownsville TX (all in the 100,000-400,000 population range)...fyi.

[edit] Merge

The page John Lynch (1740-1820) was just created today - it seems to be mostly about Lynchburg the city, and less about Lynch the man. It seems from my unlearned eye that there might be some things that can be added here, but somebody more expert then me should probably check it out. CosmicPenguin (Talk) 03:56, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

Deleted already. A complete copyright violation from [2] which may be worth using a source. -- Ricky81682 (talk) 09:23, 13 November 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Media section bias

"Some would say that most media in Lynchburg has a right wing and conservative slant. Do to the diversity of residents the police department has been known to bribe news stations to pick and choose stories that are "safe" for all residents"

There is no citation, poor spelling and against NPOV. I am deleting it.


[edit] Media section bias

I know this is not a chat forum or such, but still...reading the Lynchburg Wikipedia page you get a picture that really does not reflect this town. What is going on? Yes, I can see that people want to be proud of their home town. This is NOT Silicon Valley. Good jobs ARE hard to come by. Sad, but true. VsanoJ (talk) 19:17, 27 November 2007 (UTC)

Its not hard to get a good engineering job, assuming you're a good engineer. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.56.119.72 (talk) 20:55, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

So, unless you are an engineer you really should stay FAR away from Lynchburg, right? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 64.203.182.109 (talk) 17:01, 8 May 2008 (UTC)