# What are people from your city/town/area called? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [September 3, 2005, 10:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883 "2005-09-03T10:48:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Landshark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/77aa72/32.png) [@Landshark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Landshark)\ **Post date:** [September 3, 2005, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/41 "2005-09-03T21:44:30Z")
People from Maine are Mainiacs 😛 , or, more formally, Mainers. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/42 "2005-09-07T15:08:38Z")
I was born and raised in East Liverpool, so I was an East Liverpudlian. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/43 "2005-09-07T15:28:34Z")
> [@Steve Wright](#): > > Oxonians. Don’t ask me why … > > I’ve also lived in Liverpool (Liverpudlians or scousers), Newcastle (Geordies, or very rarely Novocastrians) and Buckinghamshire (toffee-nosed stuck-up Southern ponces). _snort!_ I have a bunch of Brit friends - I knew a Glaswegian, play poker with a Liverpudlian and a Mancunian (Manchester). What do you call someone from Hampshire? Or even more specifically, Basingstoke (as my buddy reminds me, the birthplace of Liz Hurley, so it can’t be all bad!). I am originally from Redwood City, CA - no clue what we went by. I have always wondered what the official adaptation of CT and MA are - I have since heard that for CT it is “Connecticucian” - pronouned similar to a follower of Confucious (Confucian?). No word on folks from MA - yes, I have heard Massholes from countless folks, but certainly there is a true adaptation of the state name? I have also hear “Maine-iac” for folks from Maine and “Blockheads” for folks from New Hampshire, the Granite State… ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/44 "2005-09-07T15:29:59Z")
oh, and **Steve Wright** - any relation to the Radio 1 dj? I was interviewed by him a loooong time ago when I was living in Scotland… ---
**Author:** ![picker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/picker/32/13969_2.png) [@picker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picker)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/45 "2005-09-07T15:40:42Z")
> [@PigBoy](#): > > I’m from Dayton, Ohio- those people are called Daytonians. > > I’ve recently come to Madison, Wisconsin. I don’t know what people here are supposed to be called… I just call them hippies. 😃 We’re Madisonians, **PB**. But the hippies are definitely outweighed by the fratboys and steakheads this time of year - unless you’ve not yet made it down to the State Street area on a weekend evening to experience the joy. Actually, now that we’ve moved to Fitchburg, I guess I’m a Fitchburger. ---
**Author:** ![Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Skald\_the\_Rhymer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skald_the_Rhymer)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/46 "2005-09-07T15:44:28Z")
> [@Idle Thoughts](#): > > People from/in New York are New Yorkers. People living in San Diego are San Diegans. People in Seattle, I’ve heard, are called Seattelites. > Here, in Phoenix, we’re Phoenians. …Or something to that nature. Not quite sure I spelled it right. > Anyway, what are people who are from/living in your town or city or area called? Selfish egotistical lying hypocritical assholes. Wait, that’s just me. :smack: Um…Memphians. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/47 "2005-09-07T17:13:08Z")
Lawnguylander. I say Island Chick. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/48 "2005-09-07T17:22:28Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Schenctadians > > Also in the area: > > Albanians (Albany) > Trojan (Troy) > Saratogians (Saratoga) Notice that under no circumstances would most people call themselves “Capital Districters” or anything. Every town has its own distinct personality and refuses to blend. Being from Watervliet, I can’t really say I’m any of the above. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/49 "2005-09-07T17:22:53Z")
The fools on the local news say Leesburgites, but we call ourselves Leesburgers. Actually I live out in the country so I am a Lee Countian. **A swampbear is such a duh! story** When I first moved to these parts, I lived in the big city. That’s Albany, or as they say Albeeeny. There was a headline in the _Albany Herald_ (tagline: It’s fun to correct our spelling and grammar errors) that stated: _Albanians To Head To Polls To Elect Mayor/City Commissioners_. I thought to myself, now why would a mayoral election in Albania make headlines in southwest Georgia? Then it dawned on me. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/50 "2005-09-07T17:24:56Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > **A swampbear is such a duh! story** > > When I first moved to these parts, I lived in the big city. That’s Albany, or as they say Albeeeny. There was a headline in the _Albany Herald_ (tagline: It’s fun to correct our spelling and grammar errors) that stated: _Albanians To Head To Polls To Elect Mayor/City Commissioners_. I thought to myself, now why would a mayoral election in Albania make headlines in southwest Georgia? Then it dawned on me. :smack: Oo yeah - I constantly get this question: “Albany, NY, or Albany, GA?” What’re you guys doing, stealing our name! 😛 ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/51 "2005-09-07T17:25:24Z")
> [@Mehitabel](#): > > Bronxites, or, more typically, Kings (Queens) of the Universe. > > Add -ites to Brooklyn and Manhattan, too, and -ers for Staten Island in the unlikely event you run into one of its 20-odd inhabitants. > > Queens–I dunno. “Guys from Queens” sounds natural. The title of the TV show **The King of Queens** nothwithstanding, people from Queens (such as myself) rarely or never refer to themselves as being “from Queens” but stick to the older “township” names (e.g. Flushing, Bayside, Forest Hills, Astoria, Woodside, etc.). Aside from the local tradition, the alternatives just aren’t that appealing, you see? After that 80s movie **Coming To America** came out that took place in Queens, some of my friends briefly took to referring to it as “West Zamunda”, at least while taking the F train to Jamaica. I want to know what people from the Upstate NY town of Coxsackie are called… ---
**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/52 "2005-09-07T17:29:19Z")
Tampans Do I win? ---
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/53 "2005-09-07T17:46:33Z")
> [@Anaamika](#): > > Oo yeah - I constantly get this question: “Albany, NY, or Albany, GA?” What’re you guys doing, stealing our name! 😛 As I understand it, some of the original settlers were from Albany, NY. Guess we should be glad they weren’t from Poughkeepsie. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Rhiannon8404](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rhiannon8404/32/17929_2.png) [@Rhiannon8404](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhiannon8404)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/54 "2005-09-07T17:54:12Z")
Sacramentans. Pretty boring. ---
**Author:** ![Emilio\_Lizardo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/898d66/32.png) [@Emilio\_Lizardo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Emilio_Lizardo)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/55 "2005-09-07T18:03:29Z")
Those of us in Hyattsville are clearly **Hyattsvillains**. ---
**Author:** ![Kyla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/eada6e/32.png) [@Kyla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyla)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/56 "2005-09-07T18:32:21Z")
People from Chicago are Chicagoans. If you’re from the Bay Area, you’re a Bay Arean. Although people are more likely to say what town or city they’re from. My parents are from LA, so they’re Angelenos. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/57 "2005-09-07T19:27:44Z")
> [@Kyla](#): > > If you’re from the Bay Area, you’re a Bay Arean. Although people are more likely to say what town or city they’re from. I’m from the Bay Area - Redwood City (Whipple Avenue, baby!) and have NEVER - not once, ever - heard ANYONE refer to themselves or anyone else as a “Bay Arean.” Or even try to regard “Bay Area” as a place to be from, per se. It is the equivalent - to me - of “Chicagoland” or the “Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex” or the ubiquitous “Tri-State Area” (or Tri-county or Quad Cities - you get the idea). I don’t hear anyone going for “Chicagolandian” or “Metroplexian” - although now that I think about it “Metroplexian” is actually pretty damn funny. Anyway, just like those aren’t ever translated into a “where you’re from” name, “Bay Arean” would not be either. Not only that, but it sounds like “Bay Aryan” which makes my skin crawl. There - I feel better for having gotten that off my chest… ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/58 "2005-09-07T19:48:49Z")
Sorry, **Kyla** , I have to agree with **WordMan** here. I don’t think I’ve ever heard “Bay Arean.” I’m a San Franciscan, FWIW. I do agree that most people will just say where they’re from. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/59 "2005-09-07T20:03:58Z")
I’ve never heard anyone refer to themselves or anyone else as a Bay Arean, either. Like Kyla said, people are more likely to refer to the town they are from. So, we’re Santa Rosans. I don’t remember anyone in the town I grew up in in NJ using a name to describe the residents, except maybe ‘hicks’, since it was such a farm town. Maybe Monrovians? Before moving to the town I would spend my early adult years in in NJ, I referred to its residents as (South) River Rats. My mother’s family referred to themselves as ‘NewYoricans’ (or ‘Nuyoricans’), Puerto Ricans that moved to NYC (Astoria [Astorians?], to be exact) from Puerto Rico, even though just about all of them had moved to NJ by their early twenties or so. ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2005, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883/60 "2005-09-07T20:10:47Z")
> [@Troy McClure SF](#): > > Sorry, **Kyla** , I have to agree with **WordMan** here. I don’t think I’ve ever heard “Bay Arean.” > > I’m a San Franciscan, FWIW. I do agree that most people will just say where they’re from. Thanks **Troy**! - where are you in SF, btw? I lived at Hyde and Washington for a few years then over on Lake St., right across from Temple Emanu-El. We were just back for a bit (saw the Giants beat the Phillies 5-1) and had the best potstickers in the world (U-Lee of course - Hyde and Jackson) and some amazing Thai (Manora’s at 12th and Folsom - but what happened to Hamburger Mary’s???). who knows - maybe if Bay Arean’s could be referred to as something cool like “Metroplexians” we’d go for it… Native Redwood City-er (still don’t know how I should refer to myself…I’ll check with some friends…). [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-people-from-your-city-town-area-called/319883.md?page=4)