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[Rizzo]

tony speller, on May 12 2006, 07:17 AM, said:

ha... yeah, that hasn't really held true in a half-century or so.  I think a better nickname for Grand Rapids would be something like AMWAY.

Amway isn't even HQ'd in the City...

[mgman]

Windy city is probably most recognizable but I like "city of broad shoulders", "city that works" or the Second City better.

Edited by mgman, 15 August 2006 - 06:29 PM.

[Gary_Kreie]

I was surprised someone earlier didn't know that Motown was Detroit.  That was a great sound that came out of Detroit in the 60's, and you still hear it everywhere -- it defined an era and is timeless.

I'm from St. Louis, and I hear,

Gateway City, or Gateway to the West
Mound City (in the old days -- used to be a lot of Indian Burial Mounds)
Pain Court (Original name for the city.)
The Lou (from hometown rappers Nellie and Chingy)

[NorthCoast]

Cincinnati

"Queen City"/"Queen City of the West"

"Porkopolis"

"The Blue Chip City"

"The City of Seven Hills"

"The Nati"

"Cin City"

"Cincy"

[Lmichigan]

I'm really not trying to be biased, but Motown and MotorCity are insantly identifiable and a brand.  Motown is actually a play on "Motor Town."

[kcpimp]

Kansas City=KC. Nice and simple

[GR8scott]

GR = GunRu

Kalamazoo = Kzoo

Detroit = the Motorcity

sorry i'm bias but these are my favs, but I also like KCMo, the Lu STL, and the Land for Cleveland

[mcheiss]

kcpimp, on Nov 9 2006, 11:07 AM, said:

Kansas City=KC. Nice and simple

Isn't Kansas City the Fountain City or something like that?

[kcpimp]

mcheiss, on Nov 9 2006, 01:10 PM, said:

Isn't Kansas City the Fountain City or something like that?

Yeah but I like the abbreviations better. More people recognize them.

[Michi]

What about "The D"?

Click the following link and scroll down to the 2006 Radio Ads section and click on the "Nicknames" title to hear some of Michigan cities' nicknames.

http://travelmichigannews.org/ads.htm

[Cap'n Prowler]

Columbus - "C-bus"
Also "Cowtown", but it's not the only one.

[tracer1138]

Kalamazoo:

I've been trying to make Kalamadizzle happen, but it doesn't seem to be catching on.
K-town
K-zoo
The Zoo
Celery City (versus it's neighbor the Cereal City - Battle Creek)

Edited by tracer1138, 21 November 2006 - 11:50 PM.

[Michi]

I always call Kalamazoo, "Abrakadabrah".  Imagine marketing that on downtown banners.  "The Abrakadabrah City".  [/wierd]

[ZachariahDaMan]

tracer1138, on Nov 22 2006, 12:49 AM, said:

I've been trying to make Kalamadizzle happen, but it doesn't seem to be catching on.

haha, good luck with that one  

[Snowguy716]

I'm surprised no one mentioned Minneapolis:

The City of Lakes:

This comes from the Dakota word Minne (meaning water) and Polis (Greek for city).
That's where the word Minnesota comes from:  Minne-water and Sota-clear/sky colored.

The Mini Apple (This one speaks for itself).

The mill city (being the top producer of flour in the world until about 1920).

Minneapolis and St. Paul together:  The Twin Cities (They aren't really twins, as they are two distinct cities, but they are so close together).

The Cities (as referred to by anyone not living in 'the cities' but lives in Minnesota).

[indy500]

Indianapolis nickname is Circle City

[indykid]

Naptown.

Edited by indykid, 31 December 2006 - 03:18 AM.

[missingcalifornia]

I don't know...I call Omaha, OmaYAWN.
It's just a bit boring here!

[GR Jackson]

I have heard Grand Rapids called G-Raps.  I like it.

[MadHero]

nnez4321, on Dec 7 2005, 04:02 PM, said:

wichita- "Air Capitol (of the World)"

Airplane Capitol..that is...the most aviation going on?? the most airplane manufacturing going on...and or the most airplanes built...or somehow a combination or all of them.

"Air Capitol" is an abbreviation of that...it's not that they have more AIR in Kansas than anywhere else in the world..lol