# What is your area's nickname? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 23, 2011, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387 "2011-02-23T21:36:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/61 "2011-02-24T13:32:14Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > What’s a CB name? It was a screen name when the internet was on radios. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/62 "2011-02-24T13:50:01Z")
“The Garden of England” Which is the county of Kent, for those not in the know. And as if to prove a point I noticed my Rhubard was poking its head above ground today…yum! ---
**Author:** ![Nars\_Glinley](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nars_glinley/32/8177_2.png) [@Nars\_Glinley](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nars_Glinley)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/63 "2011-02-24T14:16:02Z")
Texoma. ---
**Author:** ![wipetheclock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b19c9b/32.png) [@wipetheclock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wipetheclock)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/64 "2011-02-24T14:41:00Z")
[QUOTE=PSXer] the triangle [/QUOTE] > [@spark240](#): > > Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill. That’s my guess also. I live in the Triad. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanub/32/132_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUB)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/65 "2011-02-24T14:52:20Z")
> [@PSXer](#): > > the triangle > > guess where I live Somewhere off the Atlantic coast of Miami between San Juan, Puerto Rico and the mid-Atlantic island of Bermuda? ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/66 "2011-02-24T14:58:46Z")
Southwest Missouri, very near KS, OK, and AR. It’s called “The Fourstates”. ---
**Author:** ![Wednesday\_Evening](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b2d939/32.png) [@Wednesday\_Evening](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wednesday_Evening)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/67 "2011-02-24T21:14:49Z")
SLO (pronounced “slow”) or San Luis (San Luis Obispo, CA) The cluster of cities (Pismo Beach, Shell Beach, Grover Beach, Arroyo Grande and Oceano) just south of SLO is called Five Cities. ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/68 "2011-02-24T21:25:11Z")
Another North Bay or Wine Country. To be even more specific, our area of town is known as South Park. ---
**Author:** ![pancakes3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ba9def/32.png) [@pancakes3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pancakes3)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/69 "2011-02-24T21:44:40Z")
> [@tumbleddown](#): > > The Burgh. The “H” is of great importance. Also the Steel City which is a misnomer nowadays, as the steeliest thing is the HQ of the Steelworkers’ Union. There are two mills still working in the area, but none are actually in the city itself. > > (Pittsburgh, PA) only one that didn’t drop the h, right? ---
**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:** [February 24, 2011, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/70 "2011-02-24T21:47:42Z")
San Francisco is known in some rather snotty circles as “the City” (note the capital C), to distinguish it from the domiciles of the bridge and tunnel crowd. This usage arose, I believe, from the editorial policy of a once great newspaper that is now a hopeless rag. The larger area nickname is just “the Bay area” (the good one on the west coast). Roddy ---
**Author:** ![Lamar\_Mundane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/85f322/32.png) [@Lamar\_Mundane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamar_Mundane)\ **Post date:** [February 24, 2011, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/71 "2011-02-24T22:36:18Z")
> [@Kolga](#): > > My friends in Ft. Collins call it “Fort Fun.” That’s what we used to call it when I lived there, but it seems to be being replaced by FOCO, at least by the youngsters. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/72 "2011-02-25T09:10:33Z")
The east 'burbs. ---
**Author:** ![rinni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rinni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rinni)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 9:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/73 "2011-02-25T09:42:24Z")
Burquitlam. ---
**Author:** ![PookahMacPhellimey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pookahmacphellimey/32/3175_2.png) [@PookahMacPhellimey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PookahMacPhellimey)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 11:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/74 "2011-02-25T11:55:20Z")
I’m originally from the Peel area of The Netherland. Nothing to do with fruit, probably to do with turf in some way. I’m not in, but certainly in the catchment area of La Serinissima, which I think is the best city nickname in existence. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/75 "2011-02-25T15:23:27Z")
I grew up in Montgomery County, MD which is apparently now called, “MoCo.” As an undergrad I lived in “The Piedmont,” “The Triad,” or “Piedmont-Triad” depending on which newscast you heard. (Greensboro-Winston Salem-Highpoint, NC). As a Grad, I was in Boone, which bills itself as “The Heart of the High Country.” My internship was in Rutherfordton in “The Isothermal Valley.” Catchy. Now I’m in Southwest Florida, known as and referred to by the whimsical moniker, “South West Florida.” ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/76 "2011-02-25T18:33:24Z")
> [@Rafe\_Hollister](#): > > Southwest Missouri, very near KS, OK, and AR. It’s called “The Fourstates”. I lived in Joplin for several years! Woot! ---
**Author:** ![HeyHomie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heyhomie/32/207_2.png) [@HeyHomie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HeyHomie)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/77 "2011-02-25T18:35:49Z")
Land of Lincoln, Lincolnland, the Capital City, and Springpatch are all variously used, depending on context. (Springfield, Illinois) My section of town is called “northeast Springfield.” ---
**Author:** ![Rafe\_Hollister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/fbc32d/32.png) [@Rafe\_Hollister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rafe_Hollister)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/78 "2011-02-25T18:48:30Z")
> [@HeyHomie](#): > > I lived in Joplin for several years! Woot! I lived just south of Jacksonville for my first 17 years! Woot! ---
**Author:** ![FrancisCastle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b4bc9f/32.png) [@FrancisCastle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FrancisCastle)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/79 "2011-02-25T18:56:45Z")
I live south of Titletown and east of the Fox Valley. I can’t think of a nickname for my town, although according to Urban Dictionary it has an “unemployed population of lazy losers, winos, and chronic addicts”. Nice. ---
**Author:** ![Paintcharge](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/paintcharge/32/7946_2.png) [@Paintcharge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Paintcharge)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2011, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387/80 "2011-02-25T19:49:59Z")
The Finger Lakes Twin Tiers or Southern Tier Other places I’ve lived: Down East, the Triad [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387.md?page=3) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-areas-nickname/572387.md?page=5)