# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![zimaane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/a3d4f5/32.png) [@zimaane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/zimaane)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/41 "2024-01-08T23:23:50Z")
Where I grew up: - Is this heaven ? No, its… Where I lived in the 1990s: - 588-2300 …Empire Near where I live now: - hon ---
**Author:** ![Chisquirrel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6bbea6/32.png) [@Chisquirrel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chisquirrel)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/42 "2024-01-08T23:37:30Z")
- Stargate - The Academy - The Broadmoor - The North Pole ---
**Author:** ![Hari\_Seldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hari_seldon/32/5173_2.png) [@Hari\_Seldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hari_Seldon)\ **Post date:** [January 8, 2024, 11:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/43 "2024-01-08T23:52:20Z")
Hoagies Broad = 14th ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/44 "2024-01-09T00:03:31Z")
All eating places: Doggie Diner The Grubstake The BV, where something famous was (supposedly) invented The Old Clam House ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/45 "2024-01-09T00:13:01Z")
A place I lived once: Airport 42 miles from the center of town. There’s a Palace hotel, plus another kind of palace Look right first before crossing a street Originally built on a swamp (since drained) ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/46 "2024-01-09T00:29:29Z")
Billy Joel (That’s all you need) ---
**Author:** ![Author\_Balk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e0b2c6/32.png) [@Author\_Balk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Author_Balk)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/47 "2024-01-09T10:33:56Z")
Derby Week ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/48 "2024-01-09T11:23:05Z")
Banksy Talk Like a Pirate Ship Shape Sausages and Cider (NB, not North America) ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 11:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/49 "2024-01-09T11:25:23Z")
> [@Roderick\_Femm](#): > > Airport 42 miles from the center of town. > There’s a Palace hotel, plus another kind of palace > Look right first before crossing a street > Originally built on a swamp (since drained) Lambeth, London? ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 11:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/50 "2024-01-09T11:39:30Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > Pink flamingos Goin’ danny ayshun. ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/51 "2024-01-09T13:50:44Z")
¡Mare! Tengo que wixar. (TEN-go kay wee-SHAR) (It means “I gotta pee.”) ¡Ko’ox! (ko osh!). (It means “let’s go.”) ---
**Author:** ![JKellyMap](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jkellymap/32/15880_2.png) [@JKellyMap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JKellyMap)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 1:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/52 "2024-01-09T13:51:32Z")
Nassau County (on Long Island), New York ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/53 "2024-01-09T14:07:09Z")
Lafayette vs. American. (anyone?) mmm ---
**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 9, 2024, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/54 "2024-01-09T14:23:46Z")
This ought to be easy: The Garbage Plate The Lilac Festival and Christmas in July at the House of Guitars ---
**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 9, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/55 "2024-01-09T14:25:16Z")
Another easy one: Snelgrove’s Gilgal Green Punch ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/56 "2024-01-09T16:00:34Z")
And drinking a Natty Bo! ---
**Author:** ![Roderick\_Femm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/roderick_femm/32/14875_2.png) [@Roderick\_Femm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roderick_Femm)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/57 "2024-01-09T16:10:11Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > Lambeth, London? Nope, sorry. Conceptually similar, but not physically close. ---
**Author:** ![Sine\_Nomine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sine_nomine/32/513_2.png) [@Sine\_Nomine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sine_Nomine)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/58 "2024-01-09T16:11:50Z")
Lake Chipotle That damn Kmart Bring Back 6th Do the Lindahl \------0------/ ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/59 "2024-01-09T18:59:43Z")
The Polar Express runs every winter. (Bonus points if you get both locations that I have lived in that has this!) Hints: Location 1: Has more restaurants per capita than San Francisco. Location 2: Near Starman’s rendezvous point. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/60 "2024-01-09T19:14:35Z")
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