Talk:Bristol, Tennessee

message: You cannot describe Bristol accurately without including a description of Bristol, Virginia as well.  Although technically two cities, together Bristol, TN and Bristol, VA function geographically and economically as one.  Bristol, Virginia's population is approximately 18,000, combined with Bristol, Tennessee's population of approximately 25,000 for a total of nearly 43,000.  Bristol, Virginia contains the bulk of Bristol, VA/TN's shopping venues, and also has one college as well (Virginia Intermont College.)  Bristol was, throughout most of the 20th century a manufacturing center, including steel fabrication (Bristol Steel was the 3rd largest steel fabricator in the U.S.), pharmaceuticals, defense, computers, snack foods, dairy and meat processing, and industrial bakeries.  In the late 20th century much of this manufacturing base began to erode with the merger/consolidation of various manufacturing corporations nation-wide.  As a result, Bristol was reduced in stature both from an economic and population standpoint.  Once the lead the city for the Tri-Cities metropolitan area (Bristol, Kingsport, and Johnson City, TN/VA, with an estimated population approaching 500,000), it is now the smallest of three cities, even with its combined two-state population.  Bristol has recently seen a brightening of its economic and cultural prospects with the revitalization of its downtown, which now hosts a very successful Bluegrass, Country, Folk, and Americana music festival known as "Rhythm and Roots", which attracts tens of thousands of visitors, and top-notch musical performing groups from across the globe.  Downtown Bristol has been designated as an historical district.  The Bristol Motor Speedway has also contributed to Bristol's economic growth, attracting 160,000 attendees at each race, with several such races taking place each year.  The northeast end of Bristol has also experienced a great deal of retail development over the past 20 years, making it one of the largest retail districts in the Mountain Empire region.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 67.160.239.228 (talk) 20:43, 16 August 2008 (UTC)

message: If a two towns that are fairly close to each other but are relatively independent grow into each other, then you could say they are twinned.
But surely if a single town is founded on or near a border, and the growth of the town means some suburbs, or even the main business district of the town is now on the other side of the border, surely it is still one town. The parts of the town over the border are not twinned with itself. A state line through a town doesnt automatically create twins. Newark is not a twin of New York. So I'm having trouble with the constant reference of Bristol TN/VA being referred to as a twin city of itself. Surely a requiste of a twin is that they have different names!  210.7.132.80 (talk) 02:53, 22 June 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Hm, I've seen lists of twinned towns that had the same name in different countries.  (See also twin cities.)  Legally, Bristol is two cities.  —Tamfang (talk) 19:53, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: The two cities are legally separate and distinct. It is true that in some respects it is one town, but in other respects it's two distinct places. This is much like the situation of Minneapolis and St. Paul and other places that call themselves "twin cities", "quad cities", etc. --Orlady (talk) 21:02, 15 July 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Border towns arent twin cities with themselves 

message: : The boundaries of both cities run parallel to each other along State Street located in their common downtown district.
One might say this raises an issue parallel to that of the previous section.  The word parallel implies two or more lines, and therefore a gap between the two cities.  Is that the case, or should the sentence instead read something like this?
: The boundary between the two cities is that of the States, which runs along State Street in their common downtown district.
—Tamfang (talk) 17:22, 14 March 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  how many boundaries? 

message: An article about an incident in Charleston SC involving a doctor that practices in Bristol TN at the Bristol Regional Women's Center -- Doctor charged with pointing handgun at abortion protestors -- has been offered as support for the idea that the above practice (which provides abortion services) is controversial within the local community, and notable enough for inclusion in this article.  I have searched for an article actually about the practice itself, and how it is regarded within the community, and have come up empty.  Until I or someone else comes up with such an article regarding the clinic, I can't see it as notable enough for the article.  Thanks much -- Foetusized (talk) 17:04, 17 October 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bristol Regional Women's Center 

message: Article attributes the naming of the city after Sarah Palins daughter, Bristol??  She has been on Earth for 30 or so years!!  Bristol Tenn has been around over 100 years!!98.170.239.161 (talk) 14:30, 11 September 2016 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sarah Palin?? 

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message: Should the town's Social Media Comments Policy restricting certain kinds of comments on its public forum, its being challenged, and the government's response be included? (https://www.thefire.org/news/bristol-tennessee-bans-comments-its-social-media-pages-would-negatively-affect-citys-image)  2600:6C67:1C00:5F7E:5C0C:3337:E369:DD0E (talk) 17:45, 24 September 2023 (UTC)
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