# City nicknames

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516>\
**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")\
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**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\
**Post date:** [January 7, 2013, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/141 "2013-01-07T15:08:28Z")

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Fort Myers is The City of Palms. I wish it was a tree with more shade.

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**Author:** ![JessMagic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c0e974/32.png) [@JessMagic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JessMagic)\
**Post date:** [January 8, 2013, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/city-nicknames/372516/142 "2013-01-08T03:08:05Z")

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> [@Capt.Ridley\_s\_Shooting\_Party](#):
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> Aberdeen - The Granite City

Related to this, the term “Silver City” is commonly used for Aberdeen, although less ubiquitous.

> [@chowder](#):
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> Glasgow (Scotland) The Granite City

Er, nah. See above.

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