Talk:List of city nicknames in the United States

Further Nicknames
I live currently in Revere, MA and it is known as "America's First Public Beach"

I lived in Plainfield, New Jersey between the ages of 6 years old and 13 years old, (I am 39 years old now) and Plainfield was known, to EVERYBODY as Queen City.

I lived in Central Falls, RI and it was well known as Cocaine Capital of New England due to a direct connection between Medellin, Colombia and CFRI.

I have lived in Boston, Massachusetts and I don't have any nicknames that aren't already listed: Athens of America, the Hub, Beantown.

I do not know any nicknames of other places I've lived: Linden, NJ, Elizabeth, NJ, Carteret, NJ, Cumberland, RI, Everett, MA.

greenheart

Frisco
"Frisco" is a term used by locals to refer to San Francisco -- it's just not used by white locals. However, it is definitely an acceptable term among African Americans (and perhaps among other races/ethnicities) in the region. I'm white, and grew up thinking only visitors used the term... but it is widely used among residents as well, just not those of my particular race. So I'm changing the entry to reflect that.

Chico, CA (my revisions deleted)
I had added Chico, CA (the City of Roses) a while back and it was removed. The city seal has "The City of Roses" right on it. Unfortunately almost no one in Chico knows this or identifies with it. The city seal is not prominantly visible anywhere except the faded blurry photocopy on the cover of city council agendas. The large sign that greets people entering Chico (from Hwy 32) calls it "City of Trees." However this moniker is used by several other cities beacuse of a sponsored program that designates any city with certain conditions "a City of Trees." Chico had been granted the permission to use the city of trees by some organization. Chico isn't THE City of Trees, only A City of Trees. In order to skirt this the sign reads "City of Trees."

The "Big taste small town" that had been listed is unknown in Chico. It is probably the result of a long past Chamber of Commerce promotion or event that has long been since forgotten. No citation, so I removed it.

I see almost no citations for the rest of these cities on the page. Chico is, in fact, the "Capital of Good Vibes" and yes Oroville, CA is, in fact, the "Mistake by the Lake." No wikiality here.

--Greg Bard

City nicknames described by immigrants/foreigners
In Chicago, people call it Chicano, Illinois, Chicanoland and Mexico City by the Lake. Just because the increasing number of population of Mexican immigrants in Chicago?

In the Detroit area, Arabs call it Dearbornistan, Detroitistan, Al-Dearborn and even they call their state MICHIGANISTAN!

Two Additions
I added "Nashvegas" under Nashville, for obvious reasons, and "Membabwe" under Memphis for even more obvious reasons :/

Surprises me that "Nashvegas" wasn't listed already.