Talk:List of city nicknames in the United States

This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the List of city nicknames in the United States article.
This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.

Put new text under old text. Click here to start a new topic.
New to Wikipedia? Welcome! Learn to edit; get help.

Article policies

Find sources: Google (books · news · scholar · free images · WP refs) · FENS · JSTOR · TWL

Archives: Index, 1: 28 days

This article was nominated for deletion. Please review the prior discussions if you are considering re-nomination:

Keep, 28 March 2007, see discussion.
Keep, 6 January 2006, see discussion.

Cities

This article is within the scope of WikiProject Cities, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of cities, towns and various other settlements on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the discussion and see a list of open tasks.CitiesWikipedia:WikiProject CitiesTemplate:WikiProject CitiesWikiProject Cities articles

Lists Low‑importance

	This article is within the scope of WikiProject Lists, an attempt to structure and organize all list pages on Wikipedia. If you wish to help, please visit the project page, where you can join the project and/or contribute to the discussion.ListsWikipedia:WikiProject ListsTemplate:WikiProject ListsList articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

United States Low‑importance

	United States portal This article is within the scope of WikiProject United States, a collaborative effort to improve the coverage of topics relating to the United States of America on Wikipedia. If you would like to participate, please visit the project page, where you can join the ongoing discussions. Template Usage Articles Requested! Become a Member Project Talk Alerts United StatesWikipedia:WikiProject United StatesTemplate:WikiProject United StatesUnited States articles
Low	This article has been rated as Low-importance on the project's importance scale.

Section sizes

Section size for List of city nicknames in the United States (55 sections)
Section name	Byte count	Section total
(Top)	3,987	3,987
Alabama	56	56
Alaska	54	54
Arizona	56	56
Arkansas	58	58
California	62	62
Colorado	58	58
Connecticut	64	64
Delaware	58	58
Florida	56	56
Georgia	69	69
Hawaii	54	54
Idaho	52	52
Illinois	58	58
Indiana	56	56
Iowa	50	50
Kansas	54	54
Kentucky	58	58
Louisiana	60	60
Maine	52	52
Maryland	58	58
Massachusetts	68	68
Michigan	58	58
Minnesota	60	60
Mississippi	64	64
Missouri	58	58
Montana	66	66
Nebraska	58	58
Nevada	54	54
New Hampshire	68	68
New Jersey	62	62
New Mexico	62	62
New York	64	64
North Carolina	70	70
North Dakota	66	66
Ohio	50	50
Oklahoma	58	58
Oregon	54	54
Pennsylvania	66	66
Rhode Island	66	66
South Carolina	70	70
South Dakota	66	66
Tennessee	60	60
Texas	52	52
Utah	50	50
Vermont	56	56
Virginia	58	58
Washington	62	62
West Virginia	68	68
Wisconsin	60	60
Wyoming	56	56
Puerto Rico	76	76
See also	332	332
References	33	33
External links	352	352
Total	7,753	7,753

Archives

Index

Archive 1

This page has archives. Sections older than 28 days may be automatically archived by when more than 4 sections are present.

Further Nicknames[edit]

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[edit]

"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)[edit]

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 [1]

City nicknames described by immigrants/foreigners[edit]

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[edit]

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.