Place nicknames
 

I think this been done before but anyone have any fun nicknames for where you live or places you like to visit? Let's not get too nasty, just a little mid-week humor.<BR><BR>I live in Milwaukee - the Brew City -Appropriately nicknamed as I can smell the beer being brewed in the Miller Valley on my daily commute. (Actually, I think it's the hops and/or barley being roasted.)

Atlanta=Hell (particularly in the summer)

Las Vegas = &quot;Lost Wages&quot;

Indianapolis = Naptown. <BR><BR>Though this is from my youth 30 years ago and seems to be fading in usage. Maybe because Indy isn't such a sleepy, little town anymore.

El Segundo CA: &quot;Where the Sewer Meets the Sea&quot; (the Hyperion water treatment plant is nearby)-- rather mean name for a sweet li'l bedroom community<BR><BR>Long Beach CA: &quot;Iowa by the Sea&quot; (a huge number of Iowans have settled there since WWII)-- makes it sound rather bucolic (and for the record, LB is actually a good place to live, IF you know where to settle)

Baltimore = Charm City (if you can hear this said with a Balmer accent, you've died and gone to heaven!)

<BR>NYC=Fun City used during the Lindsay Era of grime, crime and apathy<BR><BR>NYC=Big Apple I have heard various reports on this one, anyone have the real reason?

Seattle = The Emerald City

Pittsburgh<BR><BR>Steel Town, Iron City.....The Burgh<BR><BR>the first 2 don't really apply anymore<BR><BR><BR><BR>

San Jose = The Capital of Silicon Valley<BR>

San Francisco - Whatever you call us, don't call us FRISCO!<BR><BR>

I don't know about a nickname for the town, outside of Beantown, but people from Massachusetts are often nicknamed Massholes.

Atlanta = Hot Altanta<BR>Berkeley = Bezerekley<BR>

Detroix

Chattanooga - Scenic City

And San Diego is America's Finest City.

San Francisco = Baghdad by the Bay

Worcester, MA - Wormtown<BR>about 15 miles east of Podunk

hell-a!!! It truly is....(except for the nice weather and beaches).

Los Angeles - La La Land<BR><BR>SFer, shades of Herb Caen. I was going to say Bagdad By The Bay too, but because of recent events.... ;-)

New Orleans: The Big Easy. The city that care forgot. Nawlins. Just dont call us New OrlEEEEns. <BR><BR>Maine: Mainiacs<BR>Tampa/St.Pete: Gods waiting room<BR>Nantucket: Tucket. Ack. Grey Lady<BR>Heres one I've always wondered about; Indiana - what the hells a Hoosier??

For several theories as to how The Big Apple got it's nickname, check out the St. James Encyclopedia of Pop Culture.<BR> http://www.findarticles.com/<BR>g1epc/tov/2419100124/p1/article.jhtml/

Salem, Mass: Witch City<BR>Atlanta: the big A<BR>Georgia coast: The coastal empire<BR>Philly: City of brotherly love

Jon_Eric, if you _really_ want to know about Hoosiers ..<BR><BR>http:/www.indiana.edu/~alumni/<BR>fun/hoosier.html<BR><BR>Yes I know that I have too much time on my hands, but this sure beats housework.

Buffalo = The Queen City (of the Great Lakes)<BR><BR>During the 1970's it was referred to as the &quot;Armpit of the East.&quot;

Here are some from my area of the country.<BR><BR>Asheville, NC...<BR><BR>Paris of the South (official)<BR>San Francisco of the South<BR>South Berkeley<BR>Ashevegas<BR>America's New Freak Capital (according to Rolling Stone)<BR>Happiest City for Women in America (according to some magazine or other, but the Chamber of Commerce has REALLY run with this one)<BR>Number 1 Urban Haven in the World (according to another magazine, and an accolade that just gives the Chamber of Commerce fits)<BR>

Smog City -- L.A., but I think a few others have us beat.<BR><BR>The latest new nickname for London (although maybe my English mates were referring to England as a whole) is &quot;Blighty&quot;. I've now heard this twice in the last month. Is it London or England? Anyone?

Rochester NY -- Flour City which city fathers rewrote as the Flower City<BR>Boston -- not just Beantown but &quot;The Hub&quot; (of the universe, of course)<BR>Chicago - Windy City (all double entendres relevant); City That Works; City of Big Shoulders --&gt; City of Big Armpits<BR>Charlotte NC also calls itself the Queen City but with only one meaning intended <BR><BR><BR>

Dallas, Texas = The Big D<BR>San Antonio = Alamo City

<BR>Durham, NC: The Bull City and the City of Medicine<BR><BR>Chapel Hill, NC: The Southern Part of Heaven<BR><BR>Carrboro, NC: Paris of the Piedmont.

Surfergirl - Blighty is a colloquial name for England, and does not really mean London. It was originally used by the soldiers in WW1.<BR><BR>From Urdu &quot;bilayati&quot; � meaning foreign; passed on from soldiers of the Anglo-Indian army.