# My city is known for \_\_\_\_\_\_\_. **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [August 2, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062 "2002-08-02T19:27:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/1 "2002-08-02T19:27:03Z")
Chicago: 16" softball (no gloves) Hotdogs with so many condiments piled on top you might not notice if there was no hotdog in there. Deep-dish pizza Italian beef sandwiches Blues music The Cubs North/South racial housing segregation Rush Street Skyscrapers relative to similarly sized cities: realtively compassionate drivers tollways where all traffic (I-pass excepted) comes to a complete stop every couple of miles ---
**Author:** ![Daerlyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/898d66/32.png) [@Daerlyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daerlyn)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/2 "2002-08-02T19:38:33Z")
Montreal: Poutine Language Laws Beautiful women and handsome men the Big “Owe” (Olympic Stadium . . . I think it’s finally paid off . . . thirty years later) Public transportation The two solitudes (French and English) The mulitudes (Everybody) Bipolar Weather. Too many one way streets. ---
**Author:** ![Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Big\_Kahuna\_Burger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big_Kahuna_Burger)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/3 "2002-08-02T19:47:32Z")
Hartford (this’ll be shorter): Insurance The Whalers (1972-1997), the only NHL team to ever play in a mall Best hospitals per capita in the nation Biggest population decline in US of a city over 100,000 ESPN (In Bristol, which can be considered part of the metro area) Yankee ingenuity Colt guns **Lorenzo** , you forgot the L. ---
**Author:** ![typhoon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ed8c4c/32.png) [@typhoon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/typhoon)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/4 "2002-08-02T20:01:00Z")
Jack or shit, I forget which. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 8:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/5 "2002-08-02T20:20:29Z")
Hometown - Pittsburgh Steel Steel Curtain Iron City Beer Chipped ham Fries and coleslaw on the sandwich Bridges and tunnels Three Rivers Thousands of Yinzers Mullets ---
**Author:** ![andrew\_dupont](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ea666f/32.png) [@andrew\_dupont](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrew_dupont)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/6 "2002-08-02T20:22:26Z")
New Orleans: Blues Jazz inept football team the best food on earth horrible streets the French Quarter shady politics City Park St. Louis Cathedral Mardi Gras the Superdome ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/7 "2002-08-02T20:25:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Big Kahuna Burger \* > \*\* > **Lorenzo** , you forgot the L. \*\* Yes, the el. It belongs, for sure. With the millions of other Chicagoan’s on the SDMD who might want to participate, I left more than a few off. But the el never crossed my mind. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/8 "2002-08-02T20:43:45Z")
Atlanta: Coke The Braves Home Depot Traffic problems Urban Sprawl Cynthia McKinney Feel free to add more…I just can’t think of them just now ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/9 "2002-08-02T20:48:50Z")
Nashville: Country Music Opryland Hotel Tennesee Titans Bill Boner (harmonica playing, Oprah-appearing, adultrous ex-mayor) Nashville Predators Loveless Cafe Fan Fair Southern Hospitality ---
**Author:** ![jkirkman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ac8455/32.png) [@jkirkman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jkirkman)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/10 "2002-08-02T20:51:55Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Big Kahuna Burger \* > \*\* > **Lorenzo** , you forgot the L. \*\* The first No El, **Kahuna** did say, Was to a certain poor **Lorenzo** in IMHO where they play… :eek: ---
**Author:** ![UncleBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/d26b3c/32.png) [@UncleBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UncleBill)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/11 "2002-08-02T20:53:06Z")
**Miami** Drugs Corrupt Politicians Elian Gonzalez Liberty City Riots Scarface Cocaine Cowboys Rudest Drivers in the US Hurricanes, and not the college football team Hurricanes, the college football team Need I say Chads? More Cuban immigrants than you can shake a plantain at Pathetic airport DEA Drug Stings breaking records weekly South Beach, were bikini tops are optional Short sleeves in mid-winter Great restaurants 160 miles from Key West ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/12 "2002-08-02T20:55:54Z")
the Golden Gate Bridge, Coit Tower, TransAmerica pyramid, Bay Bridge the Giants and Forty-Niners; Willie Mays, Barry Bonds, Joe Montana, Steve Young hating Los Angeles (crap, was that a secret?) 😉 huge gay population; open-mindedness, acceptance Hippies/ Haight-Ashbury/ Berkeley “The coldest winter I ever experienced was a summer in San Francisco.” - Mark Twain Starfleet HQ 😉 The Dot-Com boom (shared with San Jose and everywhere in between) Cable Cars ---
**Author:** ![Lorenzo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/4da419/32.png) [@Lorenzo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lorenzo)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/13 "2002-08-02T21:00:36Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jkirkman \* > \*\* > > The first No El, **Kahuna** did say, > Was to a certain poor **Lorenzo** in IMHO where they play… > :eek: \*\* I love it. ---
**Author:** ![TheOnlySaneOne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/67e7ee/32.png) [@TheOnlySaneOne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheOnlySaneOne)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/14 "2002-08-02T21:02:23Z")
**Flint, MI** Micheal Moore’s movie _Roger and Me_ General Motors … Not much else :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![p\_cific\_812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/13edae/32.png) [@p\_cific\_812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/p_cific_812)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 9:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/15 "2002-08-02T21:32:24Z")
My city is known for its overwhelming Denverishness. That, and they say that it is almost exactly 1.61 kilometers above sea level. Whatever good that is… ---
**Author:** ![peasea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bc79bd/32.png) [@peasea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peasea)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/16 "2002-08-02T21:56:38Z")
**St. Louis:** The Arch The Mighty Mississip The blues The Blues The Cardinals; Ozzie Smith, Mark McGwire, Jack Buck Jesus’ favorite football team Thin-crust pizza Toasted ravioli Budweiser Boeing Hey, we have urban sprawl, crappy roads, and stupid drivers, too! Nelly Charles Lindbergh, sorta The New Orleans Cathedral…OK, maybe not Until recently: TWA McDonnell-Douglas Hey, **Lsura** , how about Ted Turner & CNN? ---
**Author:** ![Kepi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kepi/32/7251_2.png) [@Kepi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kepi)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/17 "2002-08-02T21:59:14Z")
**Fort Worth** Cowboys (real ones, not the football-playing variety) Cattle [Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District](http://www.fortworthstockyards.org/) Great art museums like the [Kimbell](http://www.kimbellart.org/) and the [Amon Carter](http://www.cartermuseum.org/) Barbecue [Joe T. Garcia’s](http://www.joets.com/) Aircraft manufacturing [Sundance Square](http://www.sundancesquare.com/) Being the better half of the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex 😉 “Where the West Begins!” ---
**Author:** ![Lodrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@Lodrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lodrain)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/18 "2002-08-02T22:00:01Z")
My hometown is known for being invented to fill in that hole in the map that nobody bothered to explore. Oh, and we’re also known for having a pretty high percentage of teenage men removing the mufflers from their enormous trucks and speeding down local roads while blasting country music, fifteen friends in the back. Down-home charm. ---
**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/19 "2002-08-02T22:09:39Z")
Auckland: Sky Tower Casino Clogged motorways Waitemata Harbour Extinct/dormant volcanic landscape Yuppies The cellphone addiction Controversial local politicians Controversial television “stars” “The Big Smoke” - literally, at times Buskers Harbour Bridge (even after all these years) Oh, and the America’s Cup yachts. ---
**Author:** ![HubZilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ccd318/32.png) [@HubZilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HubZilla)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2002, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062/20 "2002-08-02T22:10:07Z")
Honolulu: Tourists Beaches Sun 800,000 people, 2 freeways Tourists Orange County west The true Melting pot Ridiculous cost of living Palm Trees Tourists [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-city-is-known-for-_______/122062.md?page=2)