Nickanmes?

Hi Grandpa Bob, We 'used to be called,' The City In Motion, due to the fact that GM was started here, many years ago, by a very famous Colonel in these parts. I did hear awhile back, that our name was going to be changed, but am not sure if this has happened yet. Interesting topic.

Austin bills itself as "the live music capital of the world." It is pretty hard to believe how many live venues we do have, not just bars, but coffee shops. Its also called "Waterloo" because, well, because it was picked to be the capital and called Austin, it was called Waterloo because of a ford in the (Texas) Colorado River.

I live in Ohio, the Buckeye State. We have Buckeye trees. We have the Ohio State Buckeyes, GO BUCKS!!!!

I stay at Bangalore, India...which is also known as the Silicon city because of all the IT companies here. It's also known as the 'Garden City' (though it's more of a Garbage city now)...due to the pleasant climate and therefore all the greenery around. It was also known as 'Pensioner's Paradise'...because lots of senior citizens decided to settle here when they retired due to the pleasant climate and not too congested city (which was years ago...now there's too much traffic and pollution).

I live in North Carolina and we are known as the Tarheel state. I didn't know why so I searched it and this is what I found. *This is copied from msn encarta* While time has obscured the source of the name, some historians believe it refers to one of the state’s major colonial-era products—tar—which was derived from slowly burning the stumps of longleaf pine trees. More commonly accepted is that the name came about during the Civil War. Some say the name may have originally been used derisively, applied to North Carolina soldiers who could not hold a position against Union troops because they had forgotten to “tar their heels” and thus could not stick to their ground. Others contend the name was applied to North Carolina troops by Confederate leaders as a tribute to their sticking quality during battle.

I live in Mount Airy, NC. NC is known as the Tarheel state, I am not sure why. My town, Mount Airy is also known as Mayberry because it is Andy Griffith's birth place and hometown, and it is the town the famous show was based on. The town really takes advantage of this fact, and downtown is loaded with shops like Snappy's Lunch, Floyd's Barbershop and Opie's Candy Store. It is very touristy.

That is quite funny Grandpa Bob. My hometown was called "the city of gentle people" but nowadays, with crimes going up, I bet nobody had dubbed it as such.

Well I know that we have many that I do not even know. We are known as sunny California for our warm weather the majority of the year. The city of Hollywood where I use to live is called Tinsel Town and Hollyweird. There are parts of Los Angeles known as south central. I know of a few others that are racially offensive, so I will not mention those.

I've heard Missouri referred to as Misery LOL I guess some ppl don't like living here. **AT PEACE WITHIN** ~~STAND STRONG IN YOUR BELIEFS~~

One is called the Praire State...at one time most of the state was covered in praire grass. Another is the Land of Lincoln. The city of Chicago is called The Windy City or Chitown.

yes, my country is called singapura in it's old malay language. which mean lion city. sometimes people call it the FINE city because there are fines levied on people when they commit minor offenses. now these don't happen very often. no one i know has ever gotten fined littering even though there are signs publisicing a S$500 fine for that. there is also a fine for smoking in non-designated areas.

I live in Indiana and they call it the Hoosier state. The part of the state that I live in the call it the Sunny side of Louisville. Other than that I don't know of any more nicknames. Your state sure does have a lot of them!

Hi GRANDPA BOB! Oh, that is funny (Minnesober) but i find Minneapple cute! haha..As you know that I from the Philippines and I live here in Angeles City...people call it the City of Angels. I haven't heard of any funny nickname for my city but there is a certain area here where there are those kind of angels that fly by night. LOL!..just joking! Take care and have a nice day! :)

Hello, I'm from Wisconsin - which is called America's Dairyland. My city is Milwaukee - which is called - the home of Harley Davidson.

hello.LOL,so funny of your city 's nickname...and you know i lived in a city 'YIWU'in china zhejiang province,and this is city famous with business,so the commodity city coz of so many daily items can sell in this..and welocome your coming..,LOL.wish you have a good day

Dear friend, Our State Kerala in India is known as "God's own country". The place is beautiful with good high ranges, tourist spots etc. Still something is missing the Godliness in people. (Including myself)