# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/21 "2024-01-07T23:00:55Z")
Pasties Ice fishing No it’s not Canada this one will give it away…Da Yoopers ---
**Author:** ![bump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7c8e57/32.png) [@bump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bump)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/22 "2024-01-07T23:25:39Z")
So am I trying to make it easy, or am I trying to make it difficult? I mean, there’s _ **A** _ cultural reference for where I live that would make it super-easy. Let’s try a few things that people might not instantly recognize… The Eyeball sculpture US Ebola outbreak Home of first drive-in restaurant A certain eponymous TV show ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2024, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/23 "2024-01-07T23:39:58Z")
1. 201 Poplar 2. Prince Mongo 3. The Rendezvous 4. Cotton Carnival 5. Shelby Farms Answer Memphis TN ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 1:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/24 "2024-01-08T01:12:37Z")
1. A huge flood 2. Another flood 3. Yet a third flood 4. Paul Newman hockey movie ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/25 "2024-01-08T01:27:04Z")
1. Galloping Gertie (replaced by “Sturdy Gertie”) 2. Coffee Pot Restaurant (not its current name) 3. Aroma 4. Ted Bundy 5. Muhammad and Malvo ---
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/26 "2024-01-08T01:32:13Z")
1. Hot dogs 2. Deep Dish Pizza 3. Big shoulders 4. Second City 5. Third Coast 6. Windy City 7. City by the lake ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/27 "2024-01-08T16:59:11Z")
Yay!!! 5) Parking Space Chairs ---
**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 8, 2024, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/28 "2024-01-08T17:36:11Z")
Arrr, the code! Danny Marino once asked if he could park in my spot one blustery winters day. I lived behind his mom and dads house. Nice fellow. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/29 "2024-01-08T17:54:06Z")
No, it’s not pronounced “mu-KIL-tee-oh” and trust me, there’s nothing speedy about it. ---
**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 8, 2024, 6:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/30 "2024-01-08T18:13:48Z")
KMA-367 license plate frames ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/31 "2024-01-08T18:48:51Z")
1. Ben’s Chili Bowl 2. Go-go music 3. Exorcist steps ---
**Author:** ![WildaBeast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wildabeast/32/6_2.png) [@WildaBeast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WildaBeast)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/32 "2024-01-08T19:17:28Z")
For the closest major city to where I live: 1. It’s about 2 hours from where you’d rather be. 2. That’s hella tight. 3. Greta Gerwig 4. Jim Denny’s diner 5. Politics The actual suburb I’m in: 1. Johnny Cash 2. The dam/lake 3. Johnny Cash ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/33 "2024-01-08T19:45:12Z")
Spiedies A caveman-themed golf tournament ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/34 "2024-01-08T20:25:08Z")
The Zip to Zap ---
**Author:** ![superwombat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superwombat/32/16616_2.png) [@superwombat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/superwombat)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/35 "2024-01-08T21:08:48Z")
Them damn Talus Balls ---
**Author:** ![jnglmassiv](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f07891/32.png) [@jnglmassiv](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jnglmassiv)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/36 "2024-01-08T22:01:05Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > The Kennedy Just Interstate references could be neat. “What do Adlai Stevenson, Bishop Louis Henry Ford, Jane Adams, Frank Borman and Dan Ryan have in common?” ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/37 "2024-01-08T22:05:54Z")
“Do you know the way…?” “I killed a man in Reno, just to watch him die.” Different references to different places. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/38 "2024-01-08T22:16:20Z")
They’re all from some weird place(s) that name their highways? 😁 ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 10:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/39 "2024-01-08T22:23:22Z")
I know spiedies since I moved to the southern tier. ---
**Author:** ![peccavi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peccavi/32/388_2.png) [@peccavi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peccavi)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/40 "2024-01-08T23:16:20Z")
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