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Grand Rapids, Michigan

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The Resume

    (1826- )
    Located 25 miles east of Lake Michigan
    County seat of Kent County, Michigan
    Founded by Louis Campau
    Incorporated as a city (April 2, 1850)
    Population: 189,815 (2011)
    Michigan's second largest city
    Points of interest include the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum, the Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park, John Ball Park, Meyer May House and the Kent County Civil War Monument

Why Grand Rapids, Michigan might be annoying:

    It has pretty harsh cold winters.
    It is overshadowed by Detroit.
    Its factories often pollute the Grand River and the Plastic Creek.
    A tornado killed 18 people and struck its northern and western parts, and its suburbs (April 1956).
    Its Arena Football League team, the Grand Rapids Rampage, won only one game in the 2004 season and went out of business for good in 2010.
    It was listed as one of the 10 'dying cities' by Newsweek due to the decline of population and having less young people (2011).

Why Grand Rapids, Michigan might not be annoying:

    It is largest city in the western part of Michigan.
    It gained the nickname 'Furniture City' due to five successful world leading furniture production companies it has in the city.
    It was the first U.S. city to activate a hydro-electric generator.
    Its weather gets very warm during the summer time.
    Its water got fluoridated as they were the first city in the U.S. to do so.
    It hosts several ethnic and arts festivals.
    The Grand Rapids Rampage were ArenaBowl XV Champions.
    Former U.S. President Gerald Ford and his wife former First Lady Betty Ford are buried in the memorial grounds of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum.

Credit: Neo NX2004


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 26 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 8 Votes: 87.50% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 7 Votes: 71.43% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 25 Votes: 64.00% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 131 Votes: 59.54% Annoying