# Tell us some place you lived using only cultural references **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 7, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736 "2024-01-07T15:25:20Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Saint\_Cad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/saint_cad/32/18907_2.png) [@Saint\_Cad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Saint_Cad)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/1 "2024-01-07T15:25:20Z")
Try for ones that only people familiar with your city would be know. For example you could say 1. Thomas Guides 2. SIG Alerts 3. Traffic breaks 4. “The” freeway Or maybe one unique cultural icon that again, only people familiar with your city would be know. The Weedle Note: my examples are two different cities. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/2 "2024-01-07T15:48:14Z")
1. You can’t keep an ironman down 2. The Hill District 3. The Strip District 4. The Triangle ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/3 "2024-01-07T15:56:07Z")
1. Lead in the water 2. No decent jobs 3. Lead still in the water ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/4 "2024-01-07T15:56:43Z")
[Chevy on a stick!](https://images.app.goo.gl/5nhc2cQouz7db2nCA) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/5 "2024-01-07T15:58:08Z")
1. The Kennedy 2. The Bean 3. The Jewels (the Jewel grocery store chain, which locals pluralize) 4. Da Bears ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/6 "2024-01-07T15:58:59Z")
Earthquake. Cement ship. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/7 "2024-01-07T16:39:16Z")
#1 screams Birmingham, Alabama. (Where’s his pants?) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/8 "2024-01-07T16:43:41Z")
The Big Chicken The Perimeter Spaghetti Junction The Gulch ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/9 "2024-01-07T17:35:38Z")
Nope, it is/was the catchphrase for a local beer. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/10 "2024-01-07T17:37:31Z")
The OP already used the obvious ones for me, so how about: Chavez Ravine Dead Man’s Curve The Forum The Hat or Tommy’s or Philippe’s ---
**Author:** ![Old\_Wench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecccb3/32.png) [@Old\_Wench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Old_Wench)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/11 "2024-01-07T17:39:56Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > 1. You can’t keep an ironman down > 2. The Hill District > 3. The Strip District > 4. The Triangle I’ve lived there all my life!! ---
**Author:** ![thorny\_locust](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thorny_locust/32/431_2.png) [@thorny\_locust](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thorny_locust)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/12 "2024-01-07T19:07:43Z")
Lilac festival If you’re not from there, you’ll pronounce this avenue/area wrong ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/13 "2024-01-07T19:17:04Z")
Pink flamingos ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 8:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/14 "2024-01-07T20:06:22Z")
Growing up, not in a city: Cheese Beer Brats Packers Now, in a city: Dreamy draw Wallace and Ladmo The Jar ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/15 "2024-01-07T20:13:55Z")
Spaghetti Hill ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/16 "2024-01-07T20:19:01Z")
1: Meet me under the clocks. 2: The Monash parking lot. 3: The Gee. (For reference, meeting under the clocks is outside Flinders Street station in Melbourne, Aus. The Monash parking lot is a particular freeway in Melb, the Monash, renowned for being excruciatingly busy at peak hours. The Gee is of course, the Melbourne Cricket Ground, home to test cricket and Aussie Rules football, cut down to MCG, and then shortened further to just Gee.) ---
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One city but long ago: Charlie’s Chili; it freezes swell. Banzai pipeline The trestle Little Corona The Greeter Different city more recenttly: The Hill The CWE Highway farty. The Loop Ted Drewes Hodak’s Riddle’s Penultimate (now obsolete) ---
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Hon!🖐 ---
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You can’t get there from here. Not going to try to type the accent. Lobster rolls. Chowdah! ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/20 "2024-01-07T22:39:22Z")
> [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](#): > > The Big Chicken > The Perimeter > Spaghetti Junction > The Gulch For a couple more: What’ll Ya Have? State not Southern [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736.md?page=2)