# What are the people in your city called? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 17, 2000, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786 "2000-05-17T19:40:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Alpine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpine/32/17813_2.png) [@Alpine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpine)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2000, 10:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/21 "2000-05-17T22:10:36Z")
Telluridians Alternatively, “those rich liberals up there who keep raising our property taxes and want to take away our guns”. ---
**Author:** ![ProudAmerican](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f05b48/32.png) [@ProudAmerican](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ProudAmerican)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2000, 10:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/22 "2000-05-17T22:19:24Z")
The sports fans among us call themselves **Vols**. But the rest of the world probably calls us **hicks**. I prefer **hillbilly** myself. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2000, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/23 "2000-05-17T23:26:03Z")
It’s all pretty routine around here: Schenectady – Schenectadians Albany – Albanians Saratoga – Saratogans With one exception: Troy – Trojans ---
**Author:** ![Suo\_Na](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/898d66/32.png) [@Suo\_Na](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Suo_Na)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2000, 11:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/24 "2000-05-17T23:56:44Z")
People who live in Halifax (Nova Scotia) are called Haligonians. I’m kinda one of them there Angelinos you mentioned. (Pasadinian? Pasadenan? Pasadern?) ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/25 "2000-05-18T00:06:03Z")
I don’t know what residents of Salem are _supposed_ to be called, but a Portland radio commercial once used the term “Salemanders.” I like that one 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Rysdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/7cd45c/32.png) [@Rysdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rysdad)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/26 "2000-05-18T01:04:54Z")
Would someone from Seattle be a Seattlelite? ---
**Author:** ![Apollyon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/apollyon/32/4238_2.png) [@Apollyon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Apollyon)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/27 "2000-05-18T01:09:57Z")
Auckland, New Zealand: In Auckland – Aucklanders Elsewhere in the country: JAFA. _Just Another F…_ 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Weirddave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/919ad9/32.png) [@Weirddave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Weirddave)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/28 "2000-05-18T01:10:03Z")
Damn, Sara beat me to it. We’re Balti-morons! And damn proud of it, hon. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/29 "2000-05-18T01:31:03Z")
I’m a Montrealer, puis je suis montréalais. ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/30 "2000-05-18T01:35:53Z")
[hijack] > [@](#): > > We are called Edmontonians, pretty boring really. Edmonton is known as the City of Champions tho… so maybe we should be Championians. Your from Edmonton? Neato I used to be from there. I still visit on Holidays since I have a bunch of relatives there…[/hijack] Well here we’re called Calgarians (being from Calgary) but we also get called Cowgarians by the Edmontonians (At least thats what my Dad insists on calling us…) ---
**Author:** ![dragonlady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/5f8ce5/32.png) [@dragonlady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dragonlady)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/31 "2000-05-18T01:50:54Z")
Here in rural northern California, Meth Freaks. ---
**Author:** ![D-bear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@D-bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/D-bear)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/32 "2000-05-18T02:42:11Z")
In Denver most of the people are called **Mexicans** ---
**Author:** ![Persephone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ecc23a/32.png) [@Persephone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Persephone)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 2:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/33 "2000-05-18T02:54:13Z")
Flintoids or Flintites. Or Flintstones, now that a bunch o’ guys from Flint helped MSU take the NCAA basketball championship. I personally refer to myself as “someone who is not originally from here.” Everyone else is a !@#%%%^&&^@\*^!! ---
**Author:** ![elelle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f0a364/32.png) [@elelle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elelle)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/34 "2000-05-18T03:32:45Z")
In Oxford, Mississippi, we’re Oxonians. Those with a literary bent :snicker: Yoknapatawphuckers. I live a bit south of town, the Snopes end of the county, toward Paris. But nobody calls themselves Parisiennes. They’s just “from Paris”. ---
**Author:** ![Snark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Snark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snark)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/35 "2000-05-18T04:05:31Z")
Provo - Provoans. Boring. ---
**Author:** ![John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ccd318/32.png) [@John\_Kentzel-Griffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Kentzel-Griffin)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 4:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/36 "2000-05-18T04:53:15Z")
I live in New York. People from New York are called rude. ---
**Author:** ![ChiefScott](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@ChiefScott](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChiefScott)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/37 "2000-05-18T05:02:28Z")
Shipmates. ---
**Author:** ![waterj2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/858c86/32.png) [@waterj2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/waterj2)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 5:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/38 "2000-05-18T05:44:35Z")
Bostonians. Now the tricky part is how to refer to people from Massachusetts, which I think is officially Bay Staters, but usually Massholes. But I go to college in Troy, NY, where we refer to the locals as Troylets, regardless of what RealityChuck may try to convince you is correct. ---
**Author:** ![billehunt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c37758/32.png) [@billehunt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/billehunt)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 6:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/39 "2000-05-18T06:38:59Z")
Geeks. Nerds. Sometimes Multi-Billionaires. ---
**Author:** ![Girlbysea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Girlbysea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Girlbysea)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2000, 8:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-the-people-in-your-city-called/19786/40 "2000-05-18T08:49:45Z")
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