# City nicknames **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 13, 2006, 8:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516 "2006-09-13T08:12:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Omega\_Glory](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/7c8e57/32.png) [@Omega\_Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omega_Glory)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/21 "2006-09-13T13:05:01Z")
[QUOTE=IvoryTowerDenizen] Buffalo, New York: The City of Good Neighbors [/QUOTE] It’s also the Queen City. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 1:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/22 "2006-09-13T13:10:57Z")
Petaluma, Ca - Armwrestling Center of the Universe Fort Collins, Co - Home of the Fighting Lambkins ---
**Author:** ![cmkeller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmkeller/32/118_2.png) [@cmkeller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmkeller)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/23 "2006-09-13T13:11:16Z")
Seattle - The Emerald City Portland, OR - City of Roses ---
**Author:** ![Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ccd318/32.png) [@Paul\_in\_Qatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paul_in_Qatar)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 1:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/24 "2006-09-13T13:15:53Z")
Jeddah, ‘Mother of the Red Sea,’ ‘The City of Art.’ ---
**Author:** ![Cliffy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/59ef9b/32.png) [@Cliffy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cliffy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/25 "2006-09-13T13:17:16Z")
[QUOTE=Kalhoun] I cringe when people call it “Chi Town.” Eeeew. Stop it! [/QUOTE] DO you mean when they pronounce it wrong? Because I always thought “Shy-town” was a great nickname. Also, “The Shy.” D.C. – “Chocolate City,” but given gentrification this is being replaced by the now more demographically accurate “Drama City.” –Cliffy ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/26 "2006-09-13T13:29:29Z")
Scranton, PA is known as ‘The Electric City’. Something about early & widespread use of electricity and the large electric towers along the mountains surrounding it. (The stuff you learn while eating at Cooper’s…) ---
**Author:** ![StinkyBurrito](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9e5f3/32.png) [@StinkyBurrito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StinkyBurrito)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/27 "2006-09-13T13:29:57Z")
Cleveland, OH = C-Town, The Mistake by the Lake, Land of the Cleves Columbus, OH = C-Bus Akron, OH = A. K. Rowdy, The Kron ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 1:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/28 "2006-09-13T13:37:35Z")
Truckers have interesting nicknames for places, and some of them have become part of the popular vernacular. Here’s a link to some [trucker/cb lingo](http://www.thetruckersreport.com/trucker_lingo.shtml). ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/29 "2006-09-13T13:47:14Z")
[QUOTE=Omega Glory] It’s also the Queen City. [/QUOTE] Cincinnati is also called the Queen City and/or Porkopolis, at least by locals. I can’t think of any common nicknames for the cities around here (Tampa, St Petersburg, Clearwater, Sarasota, etc). Maybe “Gods Waiting Room” for St. Pete, although I’ve also heard that for all of Florida. ---
**Author:** ![Booker57](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Booker57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Booker57)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/30 "2006-09-13T14:08:16Z")
Rochester N.Y. The Flour/Flower City The first was from all the mills on the river Genesse. The second comes from the lilacs. ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/31 "2006-09-13T14:34:22Z")
[QUOTE=cmkeller] Portland, OR - City of Roses [/QUOTE] aka PDX, P-town, Stumptown, Bridgetown, Potland. ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/32 "2006-09-13T14:41:59Z")
[QUOTE=Omega Glory] Buffalo – It’s also the Queen City. [/QUOTE] Helena, Montana, is the “Queen City of the Rockies.” Seattle is the Emerald City and (formerly) Jet City. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/33 "2006-09-13T14:52:47Z")
Toronto is also called the Queen City, as well as Hogtown or The Big Smoke. Montreal is the City of Saints or _la ville aux cent clochers_ (city of a hundred spires), or _la métropole_ (the metropolis). Quebec City is _la Vieille Capitale_ (the old capital) or _le gros village_ (the overgrown village). Also, lest you think that Montreal’s Sin City reputation is recent, I’ve heard that Quebec City was already called “the city of sheep” and Montreal “the city of wolves” … in the 1600s. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/34 "2006-09-13T14:57:30Z")
Oh yes, and mustn’t forget Winnipeg, aka Winterpeg or The Peg. ---
**Author:** ![Ponder\_Stibbons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponder_stibbons/32/343_2.png) [@Ponder\_Stibbons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponder_Stibbons)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/35 "2006-09-13T14:58:30Z")
I’ve always thought it odd that Chicago is known as “The Windy City” when it’s _Boston_ that’s known as “Beantown”. 😃 Then there’s Dallas (Texas), which only has “The Big D” to go by. Rather boring and nondescript, but I guess that’s Dallas. ---
**Author:** ![Ellen\_Cherry](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellen_cherry/32/3600_2.png) [@Ellen\_Cherry](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellen_Cherry)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 3:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/36 "2006-09-13T15:00:46Z")
Loaded Dog – why > [@](#): > > Canberra: Yuk! (by everyone) ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 3:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/37 "2006-09-13T15:02:52Z")
Indianapolis = The Circle City. Because it’s in the shape of a circle. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/38 "2006-09-13T15:14:10Z")
Schenectady, NY: “The Electric City,” or, more grandiosely, “The City that Lights and Hauls the World.” Both very dated, alas. Warrensburg, NY: “Gateway to the Adirondacks” Southold, NY: “Oldest English Settlement in New York State.” ---
**Author:** ![Jodi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/7feea3/32.png) [@Jodi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jodi)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/39 "2006-09-13T15:18:07Z")
Also . . . . “Lake Wobegon: Gateway to Central Minnesota.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![ZipperJJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zipperjj/32/211_2.png) [@ZipperJJ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZipperJJ)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/40 "2006-09-13T15:25:31Z")
Macedonia, OH - The Crossroads of Northeast Ohio (Eh, you’ve never been there. Just passed through I’m sure.) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516.md?page=3)