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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    Winnipeg:

    -Winterpeg (so fuckin' cold here in winter)
    -The Peg
    -Winnerpeg (when our teams would win)
    -Loserpeg (I believe coined by Bobby 'The Brain' Heenan during one of his many interviews about coming here)

    Winnipeg, incidentally, means "Muddy Waters".
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • Mamasan23
    Mamasan23 Posts: 16,390
    Grew up in Chicago, which has been covered. (Definitely more corrupt than DC!!)

    I work in Rolling Meadows, and it is affectionately called Rolling Ghettos.
    WI '98,  WI '99 (EV),  WI '00,  Chgo '00,  MO '00,  Champaign '03,  Chgo '03,  WI '03,  IN '03,  MI '04,  Chgo '06:N1 & 2,  WI '06,  Chgo '07,  Chgo '08 (EV:N1),  Chgo '09:N1 & 2,  Chgo '11 (EV:N1),  WI '11:N1 & 2,  Philly '12,  Wrigley '13,  Pitt '13,  Buff '13, Detroit '14, MKE '14, Wrigley '16: N1 & N2, Seattle '18 N2, Wrigley '18: N1 & N2, Fenway '18 N1, STL '22, St Paul '23 N2, Chgo '23: N1 & N2, Wrigley '24 N1 & 2
  • patrickredeyes
    patrickredeyes Posts: 8,834
    Greendale, Wisconsin aka the bubble
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,489
    according to Wikipedia, Waco is known as "The Buckle of the Bible Belt".....

    but i like to call it "Crap Town, USA." or "the toilet of Texas." take your pick. thankfully, we're moving soon.
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  • 81
    81 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    mfc2006 wrote:
    according to Wikipedia, Waco is known as "The Buckle of the Bible Belt".....

    but i like to call it "Crap Town, USA." or "the toilet of Texas." take your pick. thankfully, we're moving soon.


    whacko.
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,489
    81 wrote:
    mfc2006 wrote:
    according to Wikipedia, Waco is known as "The Buckle of the Bible Belt".....

    but i like to call it "Crap Town, USA." or "the toilet of Texas." take your pick. thankfully, we're moving soon.


    whacko.

    oh yeah...that's another one. :lol:
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    brianlux wrote:
    My nearest big city is Sacramento which is often referred to as "River City", which is nice. :)
    But my nearest small city is Placerville which is also known as "Hangtown" (yes, as in hung by the neck) which totally sucks! What a lovely thing to be know for, huh? :(

    Winnipeg is also referred to that as well, since we are at the fork of two big rivers, Assiniboine and Red, a trading meeting place of old.

    http://www.theforks.com/
    Gimli 1993
    Fargo 2003
    Winnipeg 2005
    Winnipeg 2011
    St. Paul 2014
  • uninnocent-
    uninnocent- Posts: 5,959
    toronto:
    t-dot
    the centre of the universe

    scarborough (east end of toronto):
    scarlem
    scarbekistan
    scab-row
  • RKCNDY
    RKCNDY Posts: 31,013
    We also have...

    Tacoma-T-town
    Lynnwood-Lynn-Hood (yeah, lots of gangsters there...but they are wannabes)

    (thank gawd I have never lived in either of these towns)
    The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun.

    - Christopher McCandless
  • Glorified Greg
    Glorified Greg Posts: 106
    C-town
    Land of Cleves
    the mistake on the lake
    Home of Rock n Roll
    Burning River city
    Not Detroit
    Gund Arena - Apr 25, 2003
    Quicken Loans Arena - May 20, 2006
    Grant Park - Aug 05, 2007
    Bonnaroo - Jun 14, 2008
    United Center - Aug 23, 2009
    Nationwide Arena - May 06, 2010
    Quicken Loans Arena - May 09, 2010
  • loveontwolegs
    loveontwolegs Posts: 501
    My current place of residence is in a town so tiny, I'm surprised it even has a name... so no nicknames.

    However, I grew up in J-Town, City of Steel, Prison City.
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,143
    West Chester- Dub C :lol:

    Philadelphia- City Of Brotherly Love & philly :)
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • BoltOfLightnin'
    BoltOfLightnin' South Jersey/Florida Posts: 719
    eeriepadave wrote:
    West Chester- Dub C :lol:

    Philadelphia- City Of Brotherly Love & philly :)

    There's a development in our town called Birches West and the kids all call it B Dub.

    And our town is simply known as TWP.
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  • Bathgate66
    Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    "The Irish Riviera"

    or

    " The Other End " .
    For the ones who had a notion, a notion deep inside
    That it ain't no sin to be glad you're alive
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  • Vart
    Vart Posts: 291
    DS1119 wrote:
    I live in Clifton Park, NY and I don't think there are any nicknames for here, but there are some for some surrounding cities:

    Troy, NY "Troylit"
    Albany, NY "Smalbany"
    Amsterdam, NY "Amsterico"

    This.

    But I think the spellings are

    Smallbany
    Troylet
    AmsteRico

    ;)
    PJ: 8/27/00 4/29/03 9/15/05 5/12/06 6/28/08 6/30/08 8/21/09 5/15/10 5/21/10 9/11/11 9/12/11 9/14/11 10/25/13 10/27/13 10/29/13 10/30/13 8/5/16 8/7/16 9/2/18 9/4/18
    EV: 8/09/08 8/10/08 6/08/09 6/09/09 6/18/11
  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,143
    BoltOfLightnin' wrote:
    eeriepadave wrote:
    West Chester- Dub C :lol:

    Philadelphia- City Of Brotherly Love & philly :)

    There's a development in our town called Birches West and the kids all call it B Dub.

    And our town is simply known as TWP.

    must be an east coast thing ;)
    8/28/98- Camden, NJ
    10/31/09- Philly
    5/21/10- NYC
    9/2/12- Philly, PA
    7/19/13- Wrigley
    10/19/13- Brooklyn, NY
    10/21/13- Philly, PA
    10/22/13- Philly, PA
    10/27/13- Baltimore, MD
    4/28/16- Philly, PA
    4/29/16- Philly, PA
    5/1/16- NYC
    5/2/16- NYC
    9/2/18- Boston, MA
    9/4/18- Boston, MA
    9/14/22- Camden, NJ
    9/7/24- Philly, PA
    9/9/24- Philly, PA
    Tres Mts.- 3/23/11- Philly. PA
    Eddie Vedder- 6/25/11- Philly, PA
    RNDM- 3/9/16- Philly, PA
  • Horos
    Horos Posts: 4,518
    Springfield - Springtucky

    We're considered the rednecks next to our sister city of aging, hippie, liberal, douches in Eugene.
    #FHP
  • he.who.forgets
    he.who.forgets Posts: 4,593
    Only thing that comes to mind is that the hip hoppers around these parts like to refer to j-ville as our county name and say it really loud and drawn out > Duuuuuu - vaaaaal. (Duval County, Jacksonville FL)
    It's extremely annoying.
    We were but stones your light made us stars
  • markin ball
    markin ball Posts: 1,076
    Sin City, of course.
    "First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win ."

    "With our thoughts we make the world"
  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    City of Subdued Excitement. That's Bellingham or B'ham! :) Love it here for sure!
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,795
    wolfbear wrote:
    City of Subdued Excitement. That's Bellingham or B'ham! :) Love it here for sure!
    Fuck Bellingham.........
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • wolfbear
    wolfbear Posts: 3,965
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    wolfbear wrote:
    City of Subdued Excitement. That's Bellingham or B'ham! :) Love it here for sure!
    Fuck Bellingham.........
    You need to come and visit! heheheehe
    "I'd rather be with an animal." "Those that can be trusted can change their mind." "The in between is mine." "If I don't lose control, explore and not explode, a preternatural other plane with the power to maintain." "Yeh this is living." "Life is what you make it."
  • Crazy Marcus
    Crazy Marcus Posts: 1,823
    RKCNDY wrote:
    We also have...

    Tacoma-T-town
    Lynnwood-Lynn-Hood (yeah, lots of gangsters there...but they are wannabes)

    (thank gawd I have never lived in either of these towns)
    Lynnwood isn't that bad. I work there and it's not the hood by any stretch of the imagination. You forgot the following:
    Tri Cities - Try Shitties
    Bothell - Bot Hell
    Chehalis - Shithalis
    Bainbridge Island - Braindamage Island

    :lol:
  • carolinabeerguy
    carolinabeerguy Kernersville, NC Posts: 2,517
    I currently live in Fort Myers, FL, which I heard referred to as Fortclosure (due to the housing market crash) on the radio once. Other than that, I can't think of any nicknames.

    I was born and raised in a small town - Kernersville, NC - that's commonly referred to as K-Vegas. Yes, it's stupid.
    I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me.
  • illegal pants
    illegal pants Posts: 13,471
    rAdelaide

    we get bagged by the big shiny cities on the east coast of Australia...

    wouldn't wanna live anywhere else :)
    wah
  • paysonites
    paysonites The Rim Country Posts: 1,150
    Payson...They say once you've moved here due to the taxes and the old farts that run this little town that you'll have to " Pay Son" Annoying to say the least.
    John and Shawna
  • mikalina
    mikalina Posts: 7,206
    Cleveland, Ohio - I had to look it up -

    " The Forest City " is one of them - my favorite - " The Mistake by the Lake" ;)
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  • sandgroper
    sandgroper Posts: 172
    Perth - commonly referred to as Dullsville :yawn:
  • The Waiting Trophy Man
    The Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    My hometown is nicknamed "the Wood". Kind of funny actually.
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  • voidofman
    voidofman Posts: 4,009
    Surprised nobody from Toronto has said anything.

    I think my dad calls his home town Trauma.

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