Talk:Richland, Washington

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Starting Richland, Washington discussion page. BiggKwell 00:13, 28 August 2006 (UTC)

Great. Waht do you want to talk about? Williamborg (Bill) 03:58, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

There is a considerable amount of info on the historic Richland "Alphabet Houses" at http://hanford.houses.tripod.com/ but the information there gives no attributions. I'm trying to locate a source for documentation.

It's "Bookwalter", not "Brookwalter". --DMC198.232.211.130 23:04, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] "Sister City"

Why is a sister city in Taiwan given? There is no explanation provided.--Grendlefuzz 11:56, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Pop culture references

In Douglas Coupland's "Shampoo Planet", Richland serves as the loose basis for the main character's fictional hometown "Lancaster". Similarities include the desert climate, the Columbia River, neighboring Pasco, inclusion in Benton County, proximity to nuclear production facilities, and the the high school's mushroom cloud mascot. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.84.164.250 (talk) 04:25, 16 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] "Famous People"

You should add Travis Buck of the Oakland Athletics to famous people. He was born and raised in Richland and he attended Richland High.

[edit] Hanford workers camp location

I have removed this from the text of the article, as it was inappropriately placed there:

"Correction.

The Hanford construction workers housing camp built during WW II was located approximately 35 miles (56 km) north of Richland. The construction workers camp that was built for the early Cold War (1947-49) expansion was located less than five miles north of Richland."

If a good reference could be found to clear up the disagreement, that would be well. — Saxifrage ✎ 17:15, 30 August 2007 (UTC)