# Nicknames of the area you live in **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 9, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034 "2003-05-09T02:54:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/1 "2003-05-09T02:54:35Z")
I live next to Long Beach, CA. I’ve heard this area referred to as the “South Bay” or “Mid Cities” area (usually referring to the cities along the 605 freeway starting from the 405). Have you heard anything different about this area? What about the one you live in? ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/2 "2003-05-09T03:16:57Z")
The Pit The World’s Largest Freeway Offramp Sili Valley or my favorite: The Technological Engine of the World ---
**Author:** ![Greywolf73](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d9b06d/32.png) [@Greywolf73](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greywolf73)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/3 "2003-05-09T03:25:29Z")
The general name for the area I live in is just the “Upstate” or sometimes the Piedmont. Also known as South Cakalaki (South Carolina). Which also happens to be a big pet peeve of mine. I HATE to hear someone say that. My hometown, Spartanburg, is sometimes called “SparkleCity” which isn’t nearly as annoying as South Cakalaki. I don’t have the slightest idea where that nickname orginated from. ---
**Author:** ![Fionn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a587f6/32.png) [@Fionn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fionn)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/4 "2003-05-09T03:27:27Z")
The Live Music Capital of the World ---
**Author:** ![MachV](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d9b06d/32.png) [@MachV](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MachV)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/5 "2003-05-09T03:32:13Z")
I’m from Tyler “The Rose Capital of the World” Texas. I now live in Big “D”. (Dallas, of course) Two island cities in the area, University Park and Highland Park are referred to as (you guessed it) the Park Cities. ---
**Author:** ![Ringo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/779978/32.png) [@Ringo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ringo)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/6 "2003-05-09T03:43:17Z")
The Montrose. Formerly “The AIDS capital of Texas.” ---
**Author:** ![Green\_Bean](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/green_bean/32/1760_2.png) [@Green\_Bean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Green_Bean)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/7 "2003-05-09T03:55:25Z")
The Armpit of the Nation! ---
**Author:** ![MeanOldLady](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/meanoldlady/32/10737_2.png) [@MeanOldLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MeanOldLady)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 4:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/8 "2003-05-09T04:02:20Z")
Palo Alto = Shallow Alto Los Angeles = Los Scandalous … or the City of Angels. Whatever. ---
**Author:** ![justwannabeme](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@justwannabeme](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/justwannabeme)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/9 "2003-05-09T04:03:39Z")
The City of Champions - that’s where I live. ---
**Author:** ![MikeG](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mikeg/32/4329_2.png) [@MikeG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeG)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/10 "2003-05-09T04:07:08Z")
The Windy City The City of Broad Shoulders My Kind of Town (sorta) Home of the Straigth Dope! ---
**Author:** ![Spiratu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/47e85d/32.png) [@Spiratu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiratu)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/11 "2003-05-09T04:08:48Z")
Titusville, PA has signs up all over the place proclaiming it to be in the “Valley That Changed the World.” It was the first place in the world with an oil well. Lately, though, friends of mine have taken to calling it “The Valley That Ruined the World” instead, which I think is catchier 😉 ---
**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:** [May 9, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/12 "2003-05-09T04:25:06Z")
Cowtown Panther City “Where the West begins” ---
**Author:** ![Zenster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/cdc98d/32.png) [@Zenster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zenster)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/13 "2003-05-09T04:51:32Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MikeG \* > Home of the Straigth Dope! Who are these imposters and when may we inflict severe taunting upon them?!? ---
**Author:** ![El\_Marko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/58956e/32.png) [@El\_Marko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Marko)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/14 "2003-05-09T04:55:05Z")
nothing special, my area is Southern Maryland, though it is home to SMIBs (So. MD InBreds - those who were born and raised here and have never been anywhere else) The area where I went to college was the very northern-most part of NY and was called The North Country. Madison, WI (went to grad school there) - Mad Town, Badgertown (UW-Madison mascot is Bucky Badger) ---
**Author:** ![Manatee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/50afbb/32.png) [@Manatee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manatee)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/15 "2003-05-09T06:20:38Z")
“Beautiful, downtown Burbank!” Well, I don’t actually live downtown, but you get the idea. If anything, I’m closer to the studio where that originated than I am to downtown. ---
**Author:** ![CanvasShoes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/74df32/32.png) [@CanvasShoes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CanvasShoes)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/16 "2003-05-09T06:47:36Z")
Anchortown, and “Los Anchorage” (because diehard locals actually LIKE the harsh frontier environment and say that “the nicest thing about Anchorage is that it’s so close to Alaska”). IMNSHO, Anchorage can just GROW and GROW, I’d like to see it a HELL of a lot bigger. Despite living here for 33 of my 44 years, I’m still a city girl, and it wouldn’t hurt my feelings at ALL if I never heard the words “fish on,” “snowmachine,” or “hunting season” ever again. ---
**Author:** ![Maxxxie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f14d63/32.png) [@Maxxxie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maxxxie)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 7:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/17 "2003-05-09T07:06:55Z")
Brisvegas! ---
**Author:** ![Fern\_Forest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@Fern\_Forest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fern_Forest)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 7:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/18 "2003-05-09T07:50:22Z")
I live in “The Gatherine Place.” Two points if you know where that is. Oahu. The other islands use their nicknames more. ---
**Author:** ![phraser](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a88e4f/32.png) [@phraser](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/phraser)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 8:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/19 "2003-05-09T08:02:27Z")
Damn, **Maxxxie** beat me to Brisvegas… How about The Sunshine State/The Smart State for Queensland? ---
**Author:** ![Tiram](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c37758/32.png) [@Tiram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tiram)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2003, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034/20 "2003-05-09T08:07:42Z")
“Tigerstaden”, that is “Tiger city”…🙂 Orig. “Oslo” in Norway. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nicknames-of-the-area-you-live-in/174034.md?page=2)