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.