# 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:** 15\ **Page:** 5
**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 10, 2024, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/81 "2024-01-10T18:33:17Z")
> [@peccavi](#): > > Minneapolis? Oh, was I that obvious? ---
**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 10, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/82 "2024-01-10T19:46:52Z")
> [@Saint\_Cad](#): > > Not sure why they felt it necessary to replace “Emerald City”. I think it may have been to forget the “[Land of Boz](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d1sQN688qbU/TQqJClSoEQI/AAAAAAAAA8g/hRgHr8g-VmQ/s1600/6a01127953797128a401156f674f72970c.jpg)” era (short as it was). ---
**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 10, 2024, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/83 "2024-01-10T19:48:11Z")
Shit happens. Calle ocho Lola ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/84 "2024-01-10T20:02:50Z")
I’d go with somewhat more oblique ones: Viagra Triangle Six Corners Wolf Point The Green Limousine (only understandable to someone here from the 80s or before) Dipped, hot and sweet Sue ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/85 "2024-01-10T20:07:07Z")
For another place I’ve lived: Oktogon Margaret Island St. Stephen Aquincum Fisherman’s Bastion ---
**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 10, 2024, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/86 "2024-01-10T21:17:07Z")
The Purple School ---
**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 10, 2024, 9:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/87 "2024-01-10T21:19:08Z")
Annie Oakley Treaty City Largest County Fair Cruising Broadway ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/88 "2024-01-10T22:17:32Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > Paul Newman hockey movie What’s the story on that dog? ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [January 10, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/89 "2024-01-10T22:49:03Z")
Seems like pasties would give scant protection from the cold, even with tassels. ---
**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 10, 2024, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/90 "2024-01-10T22:49:07Z")
> [@Gatopescado](#): > > What’s the story on that dog? And those pesky meddlesome kids!? WTF is _that_ all about? ---
**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 10, 2024, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/91 "2024-01-10T22:52:34Z")
> [@doreen](#): > > OK, I thought Rochester and Charlotte - but I don’t know of a Charlotte avenue. Or is it possibly Chili? Chili. And you’ve got it. ---
**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 11, 2024, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/92 "2024-01-11T02:47:57Z")
Unfortunately I’ve never seen _Slapshot_ so I don’t get the reference. I guess I need to remedy that. ---
**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 11, 2024, 4:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/93 "2024-01-11T04:20:18Z")
I thought it might be this dog. Here’s the story. [Morley’s dog](https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/morleys-dog-pennsylvania) ---
**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 11, 2024, 4:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/94 "2024-01-11T04:22:02Z")
> [@digs](#): > > But instead: > > **Dahmer&** > **Gein&** > **Slenderman&** > **Cryptosporidium.** Love it! ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736/95 "2024-01-11T20:22:53Z")
> [@Reeses\_Monkey](#): > > I thought it might be this dog. Well, Fuck him! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-us-some-place-you-lived-using-only-cultural-references/995736.md?page=4)