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Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

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    (1878- )
    Largest city and county seat of Kootenai county
    Named after the Coeur d'Alene Native American tribe
    Incorporated as a city (1887)
    Population: 44,137
    Name means 'Heart of the Awl'
    Pronounced 'core-da-lane'

Why Coeur d'Alene, Idaho might be annoying:

    Some visitors from France used the city's name as an insult word towards the namesake native tribe.
    International visitors have to fly to Spokane, Washington in order to reach here.
    Labor union miners went on a notorious violent labor strike as they found out that a Pinkerton spy gave out information to the mine owners (July 1892).
    There was also another incident in which miners who were outraged with lower wages from the mine operators (1899).
    The white supremacist group Aryan Nations held several of its parades here.

Why Coeur d'Alene, Idaho might not be annoying:

    It is the largest city in the northen part of Idaho.
    It is filled with a lot of variety of outdoor activities including skiing at its nearby skiing resorts.
    The Coeur d'Alene Golf Course Resort is referred as one of the greatest places in the U.S. to play golf.
    It's one of the cities that are passed by the North Idaho Centennial Trail.
    It hosts one of the United States' largest Christmas lighting ceremonies.
    It is the birthplace of World War II flying ace Gregory 'Pappy' Boyington.
    Athletes John Elway of NFL fame and Wayne Gretzky of NHL fame own summer homes here.

Credit: Neo NX2004


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 7 Votes: 42.86% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 6 Votes: 16.67% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 20 Votes: 5.00% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 8 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 13 Votes: 46.15% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 20 Votes: 50.0% Annoying