# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/41 "2006-09-13T15:55:21Z")
Isn’t New Orleans also known as The Crescent City? ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/42 "2006-09-13T15:56:27Z")
[QUOTE=NoClueBoy] Houston is The Bayou City [/QUOTE] And Space City. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/43 "2006-09-13T16:26:15Z")
I thought Nashville was known as Music City. And Petaluma, CA is also known (or was also known?) as the nation’s egg basket. Newark, NJ is known as the Brick City. I’ve heard the names Oak Town and Oaksterdam used referring to Oakland, CA, but I’m not sure how prevalent those really are. ---
**Author:** ![Beltane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@Beltane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beltane)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/44 "2006-09-13T16:27:43Z")
Atlanta, Georgia is often refered to as “the ATL” or HOTlanta. ---
**Author:** ![Beltane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/aca169/32.png) [@Beltane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beltane)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/45 "2006-09-13T16:29:04Z")
[QUOTE=Beltane] Atlanta, Georgia is often refered to as “the ATL” or HOTlanta. [/QUOTE] That is pronounced " the A.T.L." ---
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/46 "2006-09-13T16:37:47Z")
A few more British ones: Sheffield: Steel City Stoke-on-Trent: The Potteries Edinburgh: Auld Reekie ---
**Author:** ![if6was9](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/e47c2d/32.png) [@if6was9](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/if6was9)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/47 "2006-09-13T16:51:05Z")
Pittsburgh is probably called Steel City or some variation. Hollywood is also Tinsletown L.A. is sometimes La La Land Milwaukee should be Beer City or something. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/48 "2006-09-13T16:56:54Z")
Cleveland - Forest City Dayton - Gem City Cincinnati - Queen City of the West, Blue Chip City ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/49 "2006-09-13T17:00:31Z")
Milwaukee - Cream 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, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/50 "2006-09-13T17:18:51Z")
Valladolid, Spain, is known as Pucela for no apparent reason; more pejoratively, Fachadolid, because of the supposed right-wing tendencies of its inhabitants. ---
**Author:** ![August\_West](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/august_west/32/18069_2.png) [@August\_West](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/August_West)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/51 "2006-09-13T18:20:47Z")
yep, Milwaukee is Cream City. also Brew City Some more from Wisconsin: Oshkosh : “Sawdust City” due to having a lot of sawmills in it’s early days Sheboygan : “She - Vegas” because the nightlife there is just like Vegas! ---
**Author:** ![2lazy2pee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/2/4bbf92/32.png) [@2lazy2pee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/2lazy2pee)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/52 "2006-09-13T18:33:25Z")
Tucson, Arizona, is known as “The Old Pueblo.” Or, to listeners of a certain classic rock FM station, “The **Naked** Pueblo.” ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/53 "2006-09-13T19:13:19Z")
As already noted, Cleveland (OH) is known as The Mistake on the Lake, a cynical riposte to the more boosterish slogan of “The Best Location in the Nation”. Indianapolis is “Nap Town” (not necessarily negative) as well as being pejoratively known as “India No-Place”. Reno (NV) is “The Biggest Little City in the World”. San Francisco is known to Bay Area denizens as “The City”. See the old uniform of the [NBA’s Warriors](http://www.dugout-memories.com/mngold66.jpg) when they were based in “Frisco”, as some folks call it. Lafayette is called the Star City, though the origin of the term is shrouded in the mists of antiquity (which around here means “about 1830 or so”). ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/54 "2006-09-13T19:27:43Z")
San Francisco is also frequently called SFO, for its airport abbreviation. When I first moved to the Bay Area, I noticed that people in the South Bay said “I’m going to the City” for San Francisco, but “I’m going downtown” for San Jose. It bugged me that “the City” and “downtown” were two different places. Billings, Montana is “the Magic City.” I can’t imagine why. ---
**Author:** ![Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/48db29/32.png) [@Key\_Lime\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Key_Lime_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/55 "2006-09-13T19:54:19Z")
Wasn’t Minneapolis trying to be “The Minnie-apple” (as opposed to the big Apple) a few years ago? A bad chamber of commerce promotion, methinks. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/56 "2006-09-13T20:09:14Z")
[QUOTE=Key Lime Guy] Wasn’t Minneapolis trying to be “The Minnie-apple” (as opposed to the big Apple) a few years ago? [/QUOTE] Yes, and the _Plain Dealer_ tried to improve Cleveland’s image with a marketing campaign built around the slogan “New York’s the Big Apple, but Cleveland’s a plum.” As should have been expected, detractors quickly pointed out that a plum is often destined to be a prune, and that the city was more aptly characterized as “dried-up and wrinkled” than as “sweet and juicy”. ---
**Author:** ![Rick](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/9f8e36/32.png) [@Rick](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/57 "2006-09-13T20:10:48Z")
[QUOTE=Beware of Doug] aka PDX, P-town, Stumptown, Bridgetown, Potland. [/QUOTE] And thanks to the fact that there are more titty bars there than you can shake a stick at Pornland. ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/58 "2006-09-13T20:22:44Z")
We’ve already had Chicago = Windy City, but Baku (Azerbaijan) = [Windy City](http://www.azer.com/aiweb/categories/magazine/62_folder/62_articles/62_traveltips.html) Wellington (New Zealand) = [Windy City](http://www.deepfried.tv/news/news_home.cfm?Pg=480&ID=540) ---
**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, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/59 "2006-09-13T20:23:44Z")
Louisville, Ky., is the Derby City, River City and the City at the Falls (there are the Falls of the Ohio there, which is why the city sprung up at this location). Falls City Beer also sprung from Louisville and was brewed from 1905-1978. (Also known as Falls Shitty; guess why.) Additionally, Cincinnati actually WAS Porkopolis at one time, I do believe. My city, Lexington, like to call itself The Horse Capital of the World. Woo. ---
**Author:** ![delphica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e9a140/32.png) [@delphica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/delphica)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2006, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/60 "2006-09-13T20:45:42Z")
[QUOTE=Omega Glory] It’s also the Queen City. [/QUOTE] Buffalo, NY is also the Nickel City. I’m the most fond of this one, because it’s a nickname that you could figure out by thinking about it. I think “City of Good Neighbors” is the brain child of the Chamber of Commerce. It’s not very catchy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516.md?page=4)