City Nicknames (metro, cities, town)

[eastdallasson]

This probably already exists but what are some nicknames for your city or cities around you?

Dallas- Big D, D Town, Dolla$ Texas, Triple D, Dirty D, The D

Ft. Worth- Cowtown, Funkytown

Arlington- Agtown

Dallas-Ft. Worth Metro- DFW, DF-Dub, The metroplex, north texas


Then there's

The Mid Cities- arlington, grand prairie, irving, grapevine among others

HEB- hurst, euless, bedford

[skippercollector]

Cincinnati--Queen City, Losantiville (don't ask), Porkopolis (again, don't ask). These are the oldest ones
Blue Chip City--Chamber of Commerce came up with in the 70s or 80s
The Nati, the 5-1-3 (post 1990. I've only seen them in print. I've never heard anyone say either of them in conversation.)
Dayton, Ohio--Gem City

[HtownLove]

Houston

Htown
Bayou City
Space City

[ABQConvict]

Albuquerque- Duke City (named for the Duke of Alburquerque), El Burque, The 'Q'.

[cacto]

My favorite,

Tucson- The Old Pueblo.

[nate14ri]

The Hub, Beantown

[urza216]

Chicago - The Chi, Chi Town, Chi City,The Windy City, The City of Big Shoulders and by haters, Spicago and Sh*tcago

[californio sur]

There are a lot of nicknames for Los Angeles: besides LA there is La La Land, Lotus Land, El Lay, El Pueblo, City of Angeles, Southland, the big Orange, Tinseltown, etc

[northstar22]

Mankato: Kato, K-Town, The Key City.

[wh15395]

Indianapolis: Indy, The Circle City, Naptown