# 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:** 4
**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, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/61 "2024-01-09T19:18:16Z")
Ooh, this is a tough one! Let me guess: Trenton NJ? ---
**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 9, 2024, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/62 "2024-01-09T19:34:02Z")
> [@Voyager](#): > > Jambalaya > Etouffee > Crawdads > The Bayou > Laissez les bon temps rouler Minneapolis? ---
**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\ **Post date:** [January 9, 2024, 8:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/63 "2024-01-09T20:41:23Z")
Silly. It’s obviously Omaha, where the eating is good and the good times roll! ---
**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 9, 2024, 8:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/64 "2024-01-09T20:51:19Z")
Where I grew up, barbecue was divided between east and west. Where I lived would have been in western style barbecue territory, although I always preferred the eastern style. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/65 "2024-01-10T00:53:38Z")
I once parodied the Beatles t-shirt that says: **John&** **Paul&** **George&** **Ringo** But instead: **Dahmer&** **Gein&** **Slenderman&** **Cryptosporidium.** And under that: **Wisconsin**. Get out while you can. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/66 "2024-01-10T01:11:06Z")
> [@jnglmassiv](#): > > “What do Adlai Stevenson, Bishop Louis Henry Ford, Jane Adams, Frank Borman and Dan Ryan have in common?” This drove me crazy as a new driver! “Wait, where’s that? It’s not on my map! I’ve only got numbers! Adlai, where are you?” ---
**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 10, 2024, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/67 "2024-01-10T04:51:09Z")
> [@SanVito](#): > > Banksy > Talk Like a Pirate > Ship Shape > Sausages and Cider > > (NB, not North America) How about “Cash on the nail”? That phrase supposedly derives from your city. (And shouldn’t it be “sausages and zoider”?) ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/68 "2024-01-10T12:58:41Z")
Ok, this should be somewhat hard but not impossible for dopers, considering that we are talking about the smartest, hippest people on the planet (plus a few total dipsticks). Where I grew up: When the wind blows in a certain way the smell of malt can be overpowering. Home of the oldest (and possibly lamest) football club in the country, hated by any right thinking person… Literally built over a native american burial ground. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/69 "2024-01-10T14:11:49Z")
Been here for 32 years. - Skiing - Snow - More snow - Tourists - More tourists - Mud season ---
**Author:** ![doreen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/858c86/32.png) [@doreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doreen)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/70 "2024-01-10T14:49:02Z")
OK, I thought Rochester and Charlotte - but I don’t know of a Charlotte avenue. Or is it possibly Chili? ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/71 "2024-01-10T15:01:21Z")
OttoDaFe Sluice Gate Tender, FCD #3 Jan 8 wrote: ``` Galloping Gertie (replaced by “Sturdy Gertie”) Coffee Pot Restaurant (not its current name) Aroma Ted Bundy Muhammad and Malvo ``` I lived in the big city just north of there, but I once worked in your town. Its distinct aroma, from the Armour packing plant, smelled like diesel, farts, and hot dogs. As for my city: Jesus Christ Made S------ Under Pressure Archy McPhee’s Pike Place Market Pill Hill SLUT Bus ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/72 "2024-01-10T15:07:45Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > As for my city: > Jesus Christ Made S------ Under Pressure > Archy McPhee’s > Pike Place Market > Pill Hill > SLUT Bus Don’t forget he stupidest nickname ever, “Jet City”. Not sure why they felt it necessary to replace “Emerald City”. Let’s add _Almost Live_ or is that reference too old? The Ave. Which is not an avenue. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/73 "2024-01-10T15:08:40Z")
Yeah, the Lazy B is about to get even idler. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/74 "2024-01-10T15:13:07Z")
_Almost Live_. Would you have picked Bill Nye as the breakout star from that show? I loved _Great Chefs of Renton._ ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/75 "2024-01-10T15:15:37Z")
> [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > Would you have picked Bill Nye as the breakout star from that show? Unfortunately. Don’t even get me started on that! > [@Horatio\_Hellpop](#): > > I loved _Great Chefs of Renton._ Cops in Ballard And that parody of West Side Story. “I just met a girl called Clinique Giiiirl.” ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/76 "2024-01-10T15:17:40Z")
Also, “that bar from that Leroy Nieman painting.” Do you remember Ruby Montana’s gift shop? ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/77 "2024-01-10T15:21:27Z")
What to say about the place I grew up? First cultural reference is: It has no cultural references. Kind of like Fight Club. Its identity is subsumed by the Very Important City it is adjacent to. The best Pizza on Earth was at an adjacent location, although I don’t think it was strictly in this place. Said pizza place later branched out, and finally moved near the local, large university. My high school was mentioned by name in a ground-breaking horror film released in 1999. It was, at one time, the largest incorporated city in the country. ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/78 "2024-01-10T15:46:22Z")
> [@beowulff](#): > > It was, at one time, the largest incorporated city in the country. Juneau? ---
**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 10, 2024, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/79 "2024-01-10T15:55:31Z")
No, although that’s interesting. It’s on the other end of the country… ---
**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 10, 2024, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/80 "2024-01-10T16:17:29Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > OK, I thought Rochester and Charlotte - but I don’t know of a Charlotte avenue. Or is it possibly Chili? Could be Nunda. There’s a Nunda Boulevard in Rochester. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736.md?page=5)