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[torbee]

MARX: What the puck? This Quad-Cities man built a replica of the new I-74 bridge. It's also a shuffleboard.

Joe Gende's replica of the new I-74 span is 18 feet long and weighs 1,000 pounds. It's also a shuffleboard.

qctimes.com

 

[anon_01irjibf16qqj]

The Quad Cities is a weird place

 

[Niko13]

That's pretty cool, actually

 

[torbee]

The Quad Cities is a weird place

Accurate

 

[WhiteSoxClone]

That's awesome! Too bad that its going into someone's basement. That belongs in a hipster bar or brewery tap room.

 

[LesClaypool]

HROT LOVES BRIDGES!

 

[lucas80]

HROT LOVES BRIDGES!

Literal, metaphorical, or both?

 

[GOHOX69]

The Quad Cities is a weird place

But the pizza is awesome. There, I fixed it!

 

[torbee]

But the pizza is awesome. There, I fixed it!

Also accurate.

The Quad Cities is quirky. For example, I actually was in SIX of the Quad Cities - Davenport, Bettendorf, Moline, East Moline, Rock Island and Milan - during the course of the day yesterday. 🙂

 

[TJ8869]

In related news, Joe Gende hasn't had sex in six months.

 

[CarolinaHawkeye]

Also accurate.

The Quad Cities is quirky. For example, I actually was in SIX of the Quad Cities - Davenport, Bettendorf, Moline, East Moline, Rock Island and Milan - during the course of the day yesterday. 🙂

Bettendorf and Milan were late comers to institution known as the Quad Cities.

 

[TJ8869]

Lol @ Milan. It's a village, not a city. Milan wasn't even a city when it had the Showcase Cinemas 20 years ago.

 

[HawCory]

Lol @ Milan. It's a village, not a city. Milan wasn't even a city when it had the Showcase Cinemas 20 years ago.

Razz M Tazz(sp?) kicked ass, though.

 

[win1forthe]

Can’t wait to see his creation for the Bison Bridge.

 

[TJ8869]

Razz M Tazz(sp?) kicked ass, though.

Don't forget Skate Ranch. My first two dates in high school were in Milan. Took one girl to the Showcase Cinemas and took another girl to Skate Ranch.

But MIlan still isn't a city.

 

[torbee]

Don't forget Skate Ranch. My first two dates in high school were in Milan. Took one girl to the Showcase Cinemas and took another girl to Skate Ranch.

But MIlan still isn't a city.

I am afraid you are wrong.

In Illinois code, any municipality with a population greater than 2,500 is legally defined as a “city.”

Municipal governments are the cities, villages, and incorporated towns.[2] The minimum size for incorporation as a city is 2,500, and the minimum size for incorporation as a village varies by the county population.[2] Municipalities having a population above 25,000 automatically have home rule status, whereas smaller municipalities have the option via referendums.[2]

Milan’s current population is 5,056. Therefore, it is a city in Illinois.

 

[TJ8869]

I am afraid you are wrong.

In Illinois code, any municipality with a population greater than 2,500 is legally defined as a “city.”

Municipal governments are the cities, villages, and incorporated towns.[2] The minimum size for incorporation as a city is 2,500, and the minimum size for incorporation as a village varies by the county population.[2] Municipalities having a population above 25,000 automatically have home rule status, whereas smaller municipalities have the option via referendums.[2]

Milan’s current population is 5,056. Therefore, it is a city in Illinois.

Milan doesn't even call itself a city.

https://www.milanil.org/

 

[WorldSeriesChamps2015]

Anyone else getting a major erection right now??????

 

[torbee]

Milan doesn't even call itself a city.

https://www.milanil.org/

That makes just marketing. Looks “quaint.”

 

[TJ8869]

That makes just marketing. Looks “quaint.”

Marketing or not, Milan is still a village. Having a population greater than 2500 doesn't automatically make it a city, it makes it eligible to incorporate as a city. Milan never incorporated as a city.

Illinois Municipal Code

(65 ILCS 5/2-2-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-2-4)
Sec. 2-2-4. Any incorporated town or village having a population of not less than 2,500 persons including 2,000 living in immobile dwellings, may incorporate as a city in like manner as is provided in Sections 2-2-1 through 2-2-3.

 

[torbee]

Marketing or not, Milan is still a village. Having a population greater than 2500 doesn't automatically make it a city, it makes it eligible to incorporate as a city. Milan never incorporated as a city.

Illinois Municipal Code

(65 ILCS 5/2-2-4) (from Ch. 24, par. 2-2-4)
Sec. 2-2-4. Any incorporated town or village having a population of not less than 2,500 persons including 2,000 living in immobile dwellings, may incorporate as a city in like manner as is provided in Sections 2-2-1 through 2-2-3.

That’s just like your opinion, man. 😉