Clever names for metro areas (largest, Florida, state, Atlanta)

[wh15395]

I agree with Chicagoland. It definitely sounds like an amusement park.

[ladarron]

Originally Posted by Metro Matt

Aren't phone books printed every year though?

I think.

[WestbankNOLA]

The Southland is my favorite.

[JR_C]

Originally Posted by ATLnSAV

Somewhere in Fla. is called the Emerald Coast (???)

Isn't that the northwest panhandle, like Pensacola, Panama City, Destin, etc.?

Some refer to the Cleveland area as "the North Coast."

[hdwell]

Shreveport La, Texarkana Ar/Tx and Longview/Marshall Tx make up a region known as the Ark-La-Tex. Monroe, La, Vicksburg, Ms and SE Ark make up the Ark-La-Miss. Alexandria, La and Ft. Polk, La make up Cenla. Amazing so many regional names could be extracted from state names

[dotifa]

I like that Minneapolis-St. Paul is called the Twin Cities. Pretty unique (there may be other twinned cities but they won't be THE Twin Cities) and not a silly combination of names (Kentuckiana??Arklatex??) or boring.

[AZLiam]

The Phoenix Metropolitan Area is known as the "Valley of the Sun".

[JR_C]

I can't believe I forgot to post this the first time. The Youngstown area is still known locally as the Steel Valley or the Mahoning Valley. (Mahoning Valley because that's the name of the river)

[hdwell]

Originally Posted by dotifa

I like that Minneapolis-St. Paul is called the Twin Cities. Pretty unique (there may be other twinned cities but they won't be THE Twin Cities) and not a silly combination of names (Kentuckiana??Arklatex??) or boring.

Like Minnconsin?

[dotifa]

Originally Posted by hdwell

Like Minnconsin?

Lol! Do people say that? I've never heard that... haha oh well.