Nick names for US Cities
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I know few b'cos I worked there. Beantown - Boston Windy City - Chicago Big D - Dallas Big Apple - New York City Twin Cities - St. Paul and Minneapolis Live Music Capital of the World - Austin Beer City - Milwaukee I know these via other sources: (TV/..) City of Angles - LA Big Easy - New Orleans Motown/Motor City - Detroit Music City - Nashville (I'm not sure) Anybody know nicknames for other US cities.
"...if you don't want to hear things that piss you off don't piss off other people. SIMPLE." - Steven Hicks
This signature was created by "Code Project Quoter".Kant wrote: City of Angles - LA That's fairly obtuse. -- Ian Darling
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Kant wrote: City of Angles - LA That's fairly obtuse. -- Ian Darling
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"Póg mo thóin!"
"I'm sorry but if they're gonna start talking to us about going to Uni and steering clear of drinking...then students bars shouldnt sell drinks for 50p"
Jonathan 'nonny' Newman Homepage [www.nonny.com] [^] Bob Chum Dev site [^] -
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"Póg mo thóin!"
"I'm sorry but if they're gonna start talking to us about going to Uni and steering clear of drinking...then students bars shouldnt sell drinks for 50p"
Jonathan 'nonny' Newman Homepage [www.nonny.com] [^] Bob Chum Dev site [^]The better joke I thought of after was "That's an acute spelling mistake" -- Ian Darling
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Kant wrote: City of Angles - LA That's fairly obtuse. -- Ian Darling
Genius Michael 'War is at best barbarism...Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.' - General William Sherman, 1879
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I know few b'cos I worked there. Beantown - Boston Windy City - Chicago Big D - Dallas Big Apple - New York City Twin Cities - St. Paul and Minneapolis Live Music Capital of the World - Austin Beer City - Milwaukee I know these via other sources: (TV/..) City of Angles - LA Big Easy - New Orleans Motown/Motor City - Detroit Music City - Nashville (I'm not sure) Anybody know nicknames for other US cities.
"...if you don't want to hear things that piss you off don't piss off other people. SIMPLE." - Steven Hicks
This signature was created by "Code Project Quoter".St. Louis - Gateway to the West
Jason Henderson
"If you are going through hell, keep going." - Winston Churchill
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I know few b'cos I worked there. Beantown - Boston Windy City - Chicago Big D - Dallas Big Apple - New York City Twin Cities - St. Paul and Minneapolis Live Music Capital of the World - Austin Beer City - Milwaukee I know these via other sources: (TV/..) City of Angles - LA Big Easy - New Orleans Motown/Motor City - Detroit Music City - Nashville (I'm not sure) Anybody know nicknames for other US cities.
"...if you don't want to hear things that piss you off don't piss off other people. SIMPLE." - Steven Hicks
This signature was created by "Code Project Quoter".Ooo Ooo! I know one... Denver - The Mile High City Not sure about this one though San Francisco - Where the gay play Regards, Brigg Thorp Software Engineer Timex Corporation
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I know few b'cos I worked there. Beantown - Boston Windy City - Chicago Big D - Dallas Big Apple - New York City Twin Cities - St. Paul and Minneapolis Live Music Capital of the World - Austin Beer City - Milwaukee I know these via other sources: (TV/..) City of Angles - LA Big Easy - New Orleans Motown/Motor City - Detroit Music City - Nashville (I'm not sure) Anybody know nicknames for other US cities.
"...if you don't want to hear things that piss you off don't piss off other people. SIMPLE." - Steven Hicks
This signature was created by "Code Project Quoter".Sin City - Las Vegas City of Brotherly Love - Philadelphia Steel City or Iron City - Pittsburgh Tinseltown - Hollywood Crescent City - New Orleans Emerald City - Seattle Gotham - New York Little Cuba - Miami Mistake on the Lake - Cleveland
Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
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I know few b'cos I worked there. Beantown - Boston Windy City - Chicago Big D - Dallas Big Apple - New York City Twin Cities - St. Paul and Minneapolis Live Music Capital of the World - Austin Beer City - Milwaukee I know these via other sources: (TV/..) City of Angles - LA Big Easy - New Orleans Motown/Motor City - Detroit Music City - Nashville (I'm not sure) Anybody know nicknames for other US cities.
"...if you don't want to hear things that piss you off don't piss off other people. SIMPLE." - Steven Hicks
This signature was created by "Code Project Quoter".MacTown - Macon, GA GroovyTown - Grovetown, GA Hotlanta - Atlanta, GA Awwwgusta - Augusta, GA
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I know few b'cos I worked there. Beantown - Boston Windy City - Chicago Big D - Dallas Big Apple - New York City Twin Cities - St. Paul and Minneapolis Live Music Capital of the World - Austin Beer City - Milwaukee I know these via other sources: (TV/..) City of Angles - LA Big Easy - New Orleans Motown/Motor City - Detroit Music City - Nashville (I'm not sure) Anybody know nicknames for other US cities.
"...if you don't want to hear things that piss you off don't piss off other people. SIMPLE." - Steven Hicks
This signature was created by "Code Project Quoter".Charlotte, NC - The Queen City Spartanburg, SC - The Hub City Atlanta - The Gateway City , Hotlanta Seattle - The Emerald City BW "I don't remember, but I know we played together because I've seen the posters." - Joe Walsh talking with Ozzy Osbourne about touring together in the 70's
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Kant wrote: City of Angles - LA That's fairly obtuse. -- Ian Darling
Should be more like Hell's Angels... onwards and upwards...
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I know few b'cos I worked there. Beantown - Boston Windy City - Chicago Big D - Dallas Big Apple - New York City Twin Cities - St. Paul and Minneapolis Live Music Capital of the World - Austin Beer City - Milwaukee I know these via other sources: (TV/..) City of Angles - LA Big Easy - New Orleans Motown/Motor City - Detroit Music City - Nashville (I'm not sure) Anybody know nicknames for other US cities.
"...if you don't want to hear things that piss you off don't piss off other people. SIMPLE." - Steven Hicks
This signature was created by "Code Project Quoter". -
I know few b'cos I worked there. Beantown - Boston Windy City - Chicago Big D - Dallas Big Apple - New York City Twin Cities - St. Paul and Minneapolis Live Music Capital of the World - Austin Beer City - Milwaukee I know these via other sources: (TV/..) City of Angles - LA Big Easy - New Orleans Motown/Motor City - Detroit Music City - Nashville (I'm not sure) Anybody know nicknames for other US cities.
"...if you don't want to hear things that piss you off don't piss off other people. SIMPLE." - Steven Hicks
This signature was created by "Code Project Quoter".P-Town - Portland C-Town - Seattle Kyosa Jamie Nordmeyer - Cho Dan Portland, Oregon, USA
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I know few b'cos I worked there. Beantown - Boston Windy City - Chicago Big D - Dallas Big Apple - New York City Twin Cities - St. Paul and Minneapolis Live Music Capital of the World - Austin Beer City - Milwaukee I know these via other sources: (TV/..) City of Angles - LA Big Easy - New Orleans Motown/Motor City - Detroit Music City - Nashville (I'm not sure) Anybody know nicknames for other US cities.
"...if you don't want to hear things that piss you off don't piss off other people. SIMPLE." - Steven Hicks
This signature was created by "Code Project Quoter".Texas - The lone star state Wyoming - Where men are men, and sheep are nervous Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)
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Sin City - Las Vegas City of Brotherly Love - Philadelphia Steel City or Iron City - Pittsburgh Tinseltown - Hollywood Crescent City - New Orleans Emerald City - Seattle Gotham - New York Little Cuba - Miami Mistake on the Lake - Cleveland
Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody's watching.Mike Mullikin wrote: Steel City or Iron City - Pittsburgh We do not make any steel here anymore... Well possibly a little but all the mills that I am aware of closed down years ago... John
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Texas - The lone star state Wyoming - Where men are men, and sheep are nervous Chistopher Duncan Author - The Career Programmer: Guerilla Tactics for an Imperfect World (Apress)
Christopher Duncan wrote: Wyoming - Where men are men, and sheep are nervous Sorry, no. You're thinking of Oklahoma.
..........Zack.......... Developer Extraordinaire && Full Time Geek
Think different, think beige "Don't go out of your way to step on people's toes, but don't stop walking all-together." GCS\P\SS d- s-:- a-- C++$ U--- P--- L- E- W++ N o K-? w+++ O++ !M-- V PS+ PE Y+ PGP t+ 5+ X+ R++ tv++ b++ DI++ D+++ G+>G++++ e* h- r++ y+
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Ooo Ooo! I know one... Denver - The Mile High City Not sure about this one though San Francisco - Where the gay play Regards, Brigg Thorp Software Engineer Timex Corporation
Brigg Thorp wrote: San Francisco - Where the gay play Although I like your version better I think the real nickname is Baghdad By The Bay. Richard In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, terror, murder and bloodshed but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci and the Renaissance. In Switzerland, they had brotherly love; they had five hundred years of democracy and peace and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock. Orson Welles
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P-Town - Portland C-Town - Seattle Kyosa Jamie Nordmeyer - Cho Dan Portland, Oregon, USA
Jamie Nordmeyer wrote: P-Town - Portland P-Town? Where did you get that? Portland is "The City of Roses" or "The Rose City".
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Jamie Nordmeyer wrote: P-Town - Portland P-Town? Where did you get that? Portland is "The City of Roses" or "The Rose City".
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Jamie Nordmeyer wrote: P-Town - Portland P-Town? Where did you get that? Portland is "The City of Roses" or "The Rose City".
P-Town is just another name that the locals use. I figured everybody new The Rose City. ;) Kyosa Jamie Nordmeyer - Cho Dan Portland, Oregon, USA
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rondalescott wrote: Portland is "The City of Roses" or "The Rose City". I thought that was Pasadena? :rolleyes:
Work like you don't need the money.
Love like you've never been hurt.
Dance like nobody's watching.Nope, it's Portland. Check it: http://www.digital-web.com/portland/[^] Pasadena is a Johnny-Come-Lately pretender to the name. Never mind that Pasadena was founded with the building of the Mission in 1771 and Portland wasn't really founded until 1845. :)
