When thinking about what to write about my city I realized that there really was much to say. I tried to look up the history and the only thing remotely interesting, while sort of disappointing, was that Highland also refers to a geographical area of the City of San Bernardino (generally north of Highland Avenue and east of Del Rosa Avenue to the eastern city limits). So really my "city" is more of an area! It was actually funny to read that. When I asked my mom for ideas she told me that I spent most of my time in our neighboring city Redlands and to talk about something there instead. So after thinking a little I decided that; yeah that was where I spent most of time. That’s where I play and now coach soccer, where I went to middle school and high school. Redlands has always been known for its oranges and every year on the front of our yearbooks would be pictures of oranges or orange trees. Redlands was the first city to have center medians with trees or gardens in between roads and Redlands is still regarded as the "Jewel of the Inland Empire." I have never heard it referred to as that but when I look on Wikipedia that is what it said. I also found out that its approximate population is around 72,008 people. Some famous residents are Landon Donovan, a professional soccer player for Galaxy; Neal T. Baker, founder of Baker’s Drive Thru (which I thought was cool because I love Bakers); Patrick Johnson, a professional football player for the Baltimore Ravens; Josh Whitesell, a professional baseball player for the Arizona Diamondbacks; and Dave Stockton, a professional golfer; just to name a few. These are just a few things I found out when looking up Redlands but I was fun to learn more about it.