What is your city's nickname?

[ccharles000]

Greensboro,NC is the Gateway city


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_city_nicknames_in_the_United_States

[Iggo]

1. El Lay.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

2. Baltimore (the city I identified with growing up) is Charm City, hon.

Of course, the usual snarkies often eliminate the first "c", but that's all right.

[tabbycat31]

3. I'm sure my town dosen't have a nickname

the one closest to me was not on the list but it's known as "The City By the Sea" (Asbury Park, NJ)

[azmouse]

4. Valley of the Sun

[eauclaireliberal]

5. Clear Water

Actually, that is the French translation, who named it to begin with.

[BeachBaby]

6. The City of Brotherly Love.

Also known as Killadelphia. :P

[backtoblue]

7. RussVegas

Russellville, AR - silly nickname because we are in a DRY county and bordered by the Ozark mountains and the Arkansas River. :eyes:

[bif]

8. Motown, The Motor City, The D

[bigwillq]

9. Elm City

New Haven, CT

[fizzgig]

10. we've been referred to as the napa valley of beer

and the city calls itself 'the choice city,' but i've never heard anyone outside of city council use that one. the fort, foco and fort fun are those ones i hear most often and my fiance calls it snort collins.

[underpants]

11. The River City

we have a boulevard name Boulevard

[TZ]

12. Many...

National's Capitol is the one I like best...;)
My birth city of Cincinnati has some interesting ones'...The Queen City or the The Blue Chip City...

[3.14158675309]

43. ONC

:hi:

[Lex]

13. The Bull City.

[raccoon]

14. "Raccoon's Birthplace."

Well, no, not really. I used to have a real yen to be famous. :-)

[RebelOne]

15. Many, but I prefer Hotlanta because the rest of them are new to me.

A-Town
The Big A<5>
ATL or the ATL<65>
The Big Peach<5>
City of Peace<5>
The City Too Busy to Hate <66><67>
Dogwood City<5>
Hotlanta<5>

[I Have A Dream]

16. Pittsburgh, PA -- The Burgh. nt

[cwydro]

17. Key West

is the Conch Republic.

Also Key Weird.

My hometown of Charlotte is the Queen City.

[1gobluedem]

18. Tree City

Ann Arbor, MI.

[CreekDog]

19. San Francisco is "The City"

that's the only locally approved nickname. :P

[Arugula Latte]

26. If you call it "Frisco" Herb Caen will come back from the dead and bludgeon you

with a loaf of stale sour dough. :)

[dembotoz]

20. the black hole where dreams die

thinking it is time for me to move....

[no name no slogan]

21. "Murder Capital of the Midwest"

Just kidding.

Minneapolis: City of Lakes

St Paul: The Capital City, The Saintly City, Pig's Eye (after the founder of the city, Pierre "Pig's Eye" Parrant).

[LipMyReeds]

39. "the cities"

Having spent way too much of my life in BFE, Minnesota, I had always heard your area referred to simply as "the cities." Granted, most of the people who call it that look forward to spending the weekend at 'the lake' or 'the cabin.'

I've also heard Minneapolis referred to as "Murderopolis"

[Pool Hall Ace]

22. My official residence is the City of Oaks

:hi:

[SeattleGirl]

23. Seattle is The Emerald City. n/t

[Jamastiene]

24. Rockingham is The Rock.

Named after the racetrack. There's a big rock out in front of it. How imaginative. I'm glad there wasn't a giant turd out there. We'd be called The Shit then. :eyes:

[DS1]

25. Clipper City

[SoxFan]

27. Manch Vegas!

OK, so "The Queen City" is more official, but I'm sticking with Manch Vegas, baby!

[Arugula Latte]

28. "Stumptown," "Bridgetown," "Rip City," "City of Roses," or just "PDX"

Portland, Oregon

[Throd]

29. Scrotumento

[Iggo]

38. LOL...We just call it Sacktown.

Same difference, I guess...lol.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

30. The Big Apple or The City That Never Sleeps.

[DS1]

32. Gotham

is my fave

[Starbucks Anarchist]

34. Yep.

[3.14158675309]

44. I live a few blocks from Minneapolis, which they've dubbed "The Mini Apple"

[Lucian]

31. Hickville.

That's my nickname for the city, not official.

[NOW tense]

33. Well I thought my hometown nickname was "Jesus Saves"

because of the huge sign, but I guess that one of the churches signs.

[Deep13]

35. The mistake by the lake. Cleveland, OH

I don't actually live in Cleveland, but it is the closest decent sized city.

[ceile]

36. Live Music Capital of the World

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austin,_Texas#Arts_and_culture

[KamaAina]

37. The Big Pineapple.

Silly me. I actually thought I'd coined that. D'oh!

[Left Is Write]

40. The City of Trees.

[mnhtnbb]

41. The Southern part of heaven...is Chapel Hill, NC

http://www.ci.chapel-hill.nc.us/index.asp

[madinmaryland]

42. The community that James Rouse built

(and designed). It was a planned community designed in the early 60's.

[unpossibles]

45. It used to be "Conservativeassholopolis"

but now we just call it Cincinnati

[Drunken Irishman]

46. Crossroads of the West.

I refuse to use The City of Saints.

I ain't a saint.

[cherish44]

47. The Bunghole of Illinois

I don't know if that's its official nickname, but that's what I call it.

[WinkyDink]

48. Bethlehem, PA---the Christmas City.

[Bucky]

49. Magnolia City, Bayou City, H-Town, Space City USA, Hustletown, Syrup City, and

The Golden Buckle of the Sunbelt.

It's not called "The City with an Inferiority Complex About Dallas," but it should be.

[trof]

50. Foley, AL: "The Forward City". Go figure.

:eyes:

[whistler162]

52. Better than Foley, AL the appendix or table of contents city;)

[whistler162]

51. The Salt City

[Ptah]

53. The Old Pueblo or The Baked Apple

Tucson, AZ

[Pierre.Suave]

54. The Best Place To Live Ever!

Seriously... :P

[Sultana]

55. Pompey