Is Boston the new Brockton (seriously)? (Salem: city hall, cities, great)

[jayrandom]

Detroit was the City of Champions since 1936. Anytime a city has multiple major championships in the same year they adopt the moniker, too. Boston is just the latest in that chain. And, as is typical for the big city, they couldn’t care less that Brockton used it first.

https://www.enterprisenews.com/story...ps/6762384002/

Interesting fact: Brockton recognizes Natick as the “home of champions”.

[Urban Peasant]

Other cities have claimed the same moniker in the past. One of Buffalo's nicknames is Queen City but Toronto just two hours away also goes by that name. Also, most people disembarking at Logan Airport are headed to Boston and probably haven't the faintest clue about Brockton or its nickname. Come to think of it, Brocktonians ought to question why their city is named after Isaac Brock, the British general who fought and was mortally wounded at the Battle of Queenston Heights, a British victory, during the War of 1812. Isn't it ironic to name an American city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for a British general whose forces beat the Americans in a location just north of Niagara Falls (the now Canadian side) and chased them back over the Niagara River in a bloody battle? Or perhaps the names of places really oughtn't mean much after all.

[massnative71]

Originally Posted by jayrandom

Detroit was the City of Champions since 1936. Anytime a city has multiple major championships in the same year they adopt the moniker, too. Boston is just the latest in that chain. And, as is typical for the big city, they couldn’t care less that Brockton used it first.

https://www.enterprisenews.com/story...ps/6762384002/

Interesting fact: Brockton recognizes Natick as the “home of champions”.

If Boston had any class, they could easily have come up with another nickname or slogan that got the same point across without stealing from another city in the state. Was there another city in Michigan that already had claims to that label before Detroit adopted it? If not, then this is apples and oranges.

[MtPleasantDream]

The Patriots, Redsox, Celtics...have all been champions. That's what I thought when I heard the slogan for the first time, which was during a welcome speech for Prince William last November.

[mdovell]

Keep in mind the original name of Bridgewater or at least North Bridgewater has been changed to Brockton. If they want to change something for marketing purposes I would say you take Brockton draw a circle about one or two miles inland and Annex those it to other communities. Then do a line down the remaining middle and the West Side would be known as North Bridgewater and the rest would be considered Brockton.

There are many communities in New England that have had different names throughout time and have been part of other communities. Much of Western Mass and a fair amount of Connecticut was actually under Springfield. Ironically if succession was argued for the same terms as back then it would be construed as being pretty racist if not against various forms of protected classes. The Irish Side of Springfield left and became Holyoke and then other parts came off other parts such as Long Meadow and then East Longmeadow Etc although County Government doesn't exist in the same way as it did before you can still see a pretty solid line between communities and Plymouth and Norfolk County

[BostonMike7]

Originally Posted by massnative71

It's honestly not a term I ever recall hearing as affiliated with Boston, in my lifetime anyway.

Hear it all the time. So much so I don’t think much of it anymore when I hear the phrase.

[GeePee]

Originally Posted by massnative71

If Boston had any class, they could easily have come up with another nickname or slogan that got the same point across without stealing from another city in the state. Was there another city in Michigan that already had claims to that label before Detroit adopted it? If not, then this is apples and oranges.

If Brockton had any class they would come up with another champion

[massnative71]

Originally Posted by GeePee

If Brockton had any class they would come up with another champion

???

[jayrandom]

Originally Posted by GeePee

If Brockton had any class they would come up with another champion

Are two undisputed champions not enough?

[Amontillado]

She ought to be saying "Welcome to Boston, the Athens of America". Now there's a title worth having.