| Page Views: 3,473 Last Visit to Duarte: May, 2008 I Live Here | Duarte My Home by Goner - last update: Aug 6, 2008 |
Since Duarte is my home town I thought I should write something about it, but I thought who in the world would be interested in Duarte. But, Duarte has one claim to fame and that is the City of Hope, a world renown cancer research center and hospital. Then I remembered we build and decorate many of the floats in the Rose Parade which is televised throughout the world every New Year's Day.
Duarte is also on the historic Route 66, each year we celebrate with a parade and throughout the year, try desperately to keep Route 66 alive by naming buildings ?Route 66 Tavern? or Route 66 Car Wash and whenever a new business starts it's also named Route 66 something or other. Those not familiar with Route 66; it's the old highway that ran coast-to-coast long before freeways by-passed the cities and towns. Many of the small towns were nearly abandoned as their revenue from truckstops and cafes dried up from lack of travellers. These small towns were the real heart of America and a great movement to memorialize this route has begun. |
|  | We Still Have Horses There is still horse property in Duarte, it's slowly being sold off at exhorbitant prices as more housing is needed. These guys are right across the street from where I live and I visit them often. |
| | Where is Duarte Duarte sits in the San Gabriel Valley 7 miles east of the Rose Bowl in Pasadena on the north side of the 210 Freeway in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains.
A few facts:
Duarte is a small town, with only 22,015 residents as of the1999 census. More like 25,000 now.
The distance from Duarte to Washington DC is 2410 miles.
The distance to the California state capital is 362 miles. (as the crow flies)
The Duarte city flower is the The Daisy (you see them everywhere).
Duarte median income is $70,000 and median house prices are $488,995 . |
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| Pros: | "A Small Town" | | Cons: | "Might be Too Crowded in a Few Years" | | In A Nutshell: | "A Great Place to Live" |
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Yaqui Tue Jul 14, 2009 04:17 UTC
Duarte looks wonderful. Looks like it has that small town feel. Great places to raise a family and to explore. Thanks for the lovely tour! | quicksilver92 Tue May 19, 2009 16:10 UTC
You can visit this events website at www.duarteroute66parade.com for more information. | kyoub Sun Mar 8, 2009 14:14 UTC
A great place to live. I love California. | rozehill Wed Aug 27, 2008 08:24 UTC
I hope we have time to go along the local trail!! |
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