tyrant lizard Posted December 7, 2012 #1 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I'm trying to compile a list of nick names for cities and towns. So if you live in a city, and it has a nick name, please share. I live in London, so called the Big Smoke. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffey Posted December 7, 2012 #2 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Originally from Aberdeen (well near it) so it's called "The granite city" Lived in Birmingham for a few years it's called "Brum". Norwich doesn't have one as far as I know. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetpumper Posted December 7, 2012 #3 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Albuquerque = The Duke City. I prefer "The Sh*thole". 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffSplitkins Posted December 7, 2012 #4 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Syracuse, NY = The Salt City In recent years they have tried changing that to The Emerald City but it didn't take (I'm very glad about that too because the nickname Emerald City belongs to Seattle. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taun Posted December 7, 2012 #5 Share Posted December 7, 2012 (edited) I've heard Oklahoma City called: OKC (the most common one of course) Spin City (when tornadoes pass through) The Big Friendly The Cinderella City Edited December 7, 2012 by Taun 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+and-then Posted December 7, 2012 #6 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Mobile, Alabama - the Port City, a couple hours drive from New Orleans La. the Crescent City aka the Big Easy and East is Pensacola Florida - the City of Five Flags 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princess Serenity Posted December 7, 2012 #7 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Baltimore City = Charm City That's all I know in the state of Maryland. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonecrusher Posted December 7, 2012 #8 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I don't think Middleton has a nickname unless your referring to the natives... We are called Moonrakers due to some urban myth which I strongly deny. It's based on a story that an old Middletonian thought he could catch the moon in a pond. A tad unfair and a slur on this fine town. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hasina Posted December 7, 2012 #9 Share Posted December 7, 2012 Houston gets H-Town cause we're stuck in the '90's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted December 7, 2012 #10 Share Posted December 7, 2012 I'm trying to compile a list of nick names for cities and towns. So if you live in a city, and it has a nick name, please share. I live in London, so called the Big Smoke. Oxford - The City of Dreaming Spires. Question - Are you compiling this list for a purpose, or just for fun? The reason I ask is that I've found a comprehensive list on line, but I'll not tell you the address as it may spoil your amusement. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tyrant lizard Posted December 8, 2012 Author #11 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I was just wondering about it. No real reason behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonecrusher Posted December 8, 2012 #12 Share Posted December 8, 2012 Phillidelphia's called the City of Brotherly Love. According to Jonathan Kellerman,Seattle is the Drizzle City. I want that one confirmed for posterity's sake. While the unofficial name for Manchester is on the tip of my tongue. I don't think it's unflattering though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ealdwita Posted December 8, 2012 #13 Share Posted December 8, 2012 I was just wondering about it. No real reason behind. Then try this...... http://got.net/~land...sts/CityOf.html While the unofficial name for Manchester is on the tip of my tongue. I don't think it's unflattering though. In the 19th.Cent. Manchester was called 'Cottonopolis', because of the vast number of cotton mills built there. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheLastLazyGun Posted December 9, 2012 #14 Share Posted December 9, 2012 I live near Manchester, which has been called Madchester. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Really Swell Posted December 10, 2012 #15 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I guess Chicago is called "the windy city". And NYC is called "the big apple". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonecrusher Posted December 10, 2012 #16 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I live near Manchester, which has been called Madchester. Where exactly then? It sounds suspically like Saddleworth,Mottram or Mossley. Maybe even Littleborough right next to Hollingworth Lake. We might be able to compare war stories from the North West. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BiffSplitkins Posted December 10, 2012 #17 Share Posted December 10, 2012 According to Jonathan Kellerman,Seattle is the Drizzle City. I want that one confirmed for posterity's sake. I've never heard of it referred to as the Drizzle City. From Wikipedia: Nicknames From 1869 until 1982, Seattle was known as the "Queen City".[106] Seattle's current official nickname is the "Emerald City", the result of a contest held in 1981;[107][108] the reference is to the lush evergreen forests of the area. Seattle is also referred to informally as the "Gateway to Alaska", "Rain City", and "Jet City",[108] the last from the local influence of Boeing. The Seattle area has also been called "The 206" in reference to the telephone area code. The city has two official slogans or mottos: "The City of Flowers", meant to encourage the planting of flowers to beautify the city, and "The City of Goodwill", adopted prior to the 1990 Goodwill Games.[109] Seattle residents are known as Seattleites. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Knight Of Shadows Posted December 10, 2012 #18 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Damascus - city of Jasmine 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Indiogene Posted December 10, 2012 #19 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Los Angeles has a number of nicknames based on its character of warm climate and opportunities come along with it: "L.A" is one, but it's the "City of Angels", and I heard of it called the "Big Orange" to compare themselves with the "Big Apple" we know as New York City. The locals are called "Angelenos" living in "La-La-Land" or the "Southland" the regional nickname for Southern California or better yet, "So(u)Cal". L.A. is a diverse community but formerly was called "Los Anglos" and "Iowa under Palm trees" due to its Anglo-Midwestern feel in the early and mid 20th century periods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
draugr Posted December 10, 2012 #20 Share Posted December 10, 2012 My tiny birthtown of Tifton, Georgia is lovingly referred to as "Not Fit". And that really just about sums the whole place up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonecrusher Posted December 10, 2012 #21 Share Posted December 10, 2012 I've never heard of it referred to as the Drizzle City. From Wikipedia: Nicknames From 1869 until 1982, Seattle was known as the "Queen City".[106] Seattle's current official nickname is the "Emerald City", the result of a contest held in 1981;[107][108] the reference is to the lush evergreen forests of the area. Seattle is also referred to informally as the "Gateway to Alaska", "Rain City", and "Jet City",[108] the last from the local influence of Boeing. The Seattle area has also been called "The 206" in reference to the telephone area code. The city has two official slogans or mottos: "The City of Flowers", meant to encourage the planting of flowers to beautify the city, and "The City of Goodwill", adopted prior to the 1990 Goodwill Games.[109] Seattle residents are known as Seattleites. Thanks for clarifying that. I wanted to make sense of all that slang in a Kellerman book. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Initializing... Posted December 10, 2012 #22 Share Posted December 10, 2012 Adelaide - City of Churches.............and serial killers. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sarah_444 Posted December 11, 2012 #23 Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) Hamilton - The Hammer or Steeltown Toronto - T.O or T dot Edited December 11, 2012 by sarah_444 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keel M. Posted December 11, 2012 #24 Share Posted December 11, 2012 (edited) Mobile, Alabama - the Port City, a couple hours drive from New Orleans La. the Crescent City aka the Big Easy and East is Pensacola Florida - the City of Five Flags Thanks for stealing my reply and then. Edited to say that when I lived in Fresno, California, I heard the nickname for that city is No Town. Edited December 11, 2012 by Lady Kasey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rashore Posted December 11, 2012 #25 Share Posted December 11, 2012 A lot of people that live in Racine, WI call it "the biggest small town". Milwaukee, WI is often called Brew town or Brew city. Kenosha, WI is often called K-town. Green Bay, WI is sometimes referred to as "where all the FIBs go". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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