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Sun Sep-25-05 12:58 AM
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| -When you hear the term "The City" refering to a specific city |
salin |
Sep-24-05 01:19 PM |
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New York, and I've never lived there. |
TroubleMan |
Sep-24-05 01:21 PM |
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Wash. D.C. |
supernova |
Sep-24-05 01:22 PM |
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I lived in NoVa |
salin |
Sep-24-05 01:25 PM |
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people from Arlington and Bethesda |
northzax |
Sep-25-05 09:18 PM |
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DC... we called it the 'district', not the city. |
kansasblue |
Sep-24-05 03:42 PM |
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Chicago. What else? |
Blue-Jay |
Sep-24-05 01:23 PM |
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Other "cities" don't actually exist. n/t |
ZombieNixon |
Sep-24-05 03:46 PM |
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same here |
barb162 |
Sep-24-05 10:29 PM |
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"City" is NY, "town" is Boston. |
tofunut |
Sep-24-05 01:26 PM |
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We never seem to refer to Cleveland as the city... |
WCGreen |
Sep-24-05 01:30 PM |
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for me it depends on where I'm living |
maddezmom |
Sep-24-05 01:46 PM |
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Didn't think of DC as "the city" when I lived there |
salin |
Sep-24-05 02:01 PM |
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ya know now that you mention it |
maddezmom |
Sep-24-05 03:33 PM |
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curious - when were you in that region? |
salin |
Sep-24-05 03:36 PM |
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or "I'm from Northeast," "I'm from Southeast," ect. |
TroubleMan |
Sep-24-05 04:53 PM |
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The City......could only mean....... |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Sep-24-05 02:14 PM |
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Hey Peggy!! |
ronnykmarshall |
Sep-25-05 10:35 AM |
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Alas, I did not...... |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Sep-25-05 06:54 PM |
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Yes! S.F., |
MaryBear |
Sep-25-05 01:58 PM |
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Thank you! |
CaliforniaPeggy |
Sep-25-05 06:56 PM |
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I grew a few miles outside Boston so that was "The city" for me |
chimpsrsmarter |
Sep-24-05 02:16 PM |
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The City still means SF to me |
salin |
Sep-24-05 02:27 PM |
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San Francisco is my favorite city of all time. |
chimpsrsmarter |
Sep-24-05 02:29 PM |
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before reading the rent thing I was thinking... a daily Sacramento |
salin |
Sep-24-05 02:31 PM |
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yes, a dump in SF and not even roper SF starts at $500k and it still needs |
chimpsrsmarter |
Sep-24-05 02:34 PM |
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SF for me too |
Momgonepostal |
Sep-24-05 02:18 PM |
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The District of Columbia |
arwalden |
Sep-24-05 02:30 PM |
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New York City. Only possibility. |
tjdee |
Sep-24-05 02:44 PM |
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San Francisco ... |
Kickin_Donkey |
Sep-24-05 02:54 PM |
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San Francisco is the only one to which I've heard that applied |
aint_no_life_nowhere |
Sep-24-05 02:55 PM |
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Friggin' dooop |
jobycom |
Sep-24-05 02:59 PM |
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New Orleans. Growing up |
jobycom |
Sep-24-05 03:00 PM |
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New York first, since I lived in Buffalo for a bit, now SF, since I am Sac |
fleabert |
Sep-24-05 03:03 PM |
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NOLA or Senloo |
hfojvt |
Sep-24-05 03:36 PM |
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just Rollin' |
salin |
Sep-24-05 03:38 PM |
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San Francisco. |
Crazy Guggenheim |
Sep-24-05 03:49 PM |
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New York, always |
skygazer |
Sep-24-05 03:55 PM |
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Never heard any other city called 'The City' |
China_cat |
Sep-24-05 03:57 PM |
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New York City, is "The City" |
yellowdogintexas |
Sep-24-05 03:59 PM |
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When I was a child growing-up in Kenner, it was New Orleans. |
tedoll78 |
Sep-24-05 04:12 PM |
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London - specifically the "Square Mile" |
tjwmason |
Sep-24-05 04:29 PM |
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New York |
mcar |
Sep-24-05 04:30 PM |
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San Francisco for me too |
flamingyouth |
Sep-24-05 04:38 PM |
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Tonganoxie, Kansas |
Telly Savalas |
Sep-24-05 04:45 PM |
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The City of Los Angeles n/t |
AVulgarianHue |
Sep-24-05 05:49 PM |
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In the St Louis area, even though everyone in the 631xx ZIP |
ikojo |
Sep-24-05 06:01 PM |
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Yes, indeed. |
deadparrot |
Sep-24-05 10:27 PM |
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San Francisco |
BuddhaGirl |
Sep-24-05 08:06 PM |
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The City is San Francisco. n/t |
bertha katzenengel |
Sep-24-05 08:11 PM |
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When I hear 'The City' |
miss_kitty |
Sep-24-05 08:12 PM |
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S.F. is the only place I've known with the arrogance to refer to itself as |
Mayberry Machiavelli |
Sep-24-05 08:15 PM |
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Growing up here... |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Sep-24-05 10:03 PM |
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No, it's the Capitalized 'The City' that is objectionable to me. |
Mayberry Machiavelli |
Sep-24-05 10:09 PM |
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SF as "The City" comes from outer areas. |
MaryBear |
Sep-25-05 02:09 PM |
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Oddly we don't use it where I'm from |
HEyHEY |
Sep-24-05 08:20 PM |
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Journey gives us the answer... |
Hell Hath No Fury |
Sep-24-05 09:53 PM |
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Oklahoma City ... |
RoyGBiv |
Sep-24-05 10:05 PM |
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Yeah, me too |
fishwax |
Sep-24-05 10:30 PM |
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Me also. |
Z_I_Peevey |
Sep-24-05 10:39 PM |
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New York. No body ever references Detroit. n/t |
hickman1937 |
Sep-24-05 10:12 PM |
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Dallas. |
fudge stripe cookays |
Sep-24-05 10:19 PM |
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San Francisco nt |
LeftyMom |
Sep-24-05 10:51 PM |
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OKC |
Kazak |
Sep-24-05 11:01 PM |
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San Francisco |
GRLMGC |
Sep-24-05 11:41 PM |
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I grew up in the Bay Area -- "The City" means S.F. to me, too. |
Oregonian |
Sep-25-05 12:15 AM |
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NYC |
Kathleen04 |
Sep-25-05 12:57 AM |
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Minneapolis |
KitchenWitch |
Sep-25-05 12:58 AM |
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Here in Minnesota, we say "The Cities" |
Fox Mulder |
Sep-25-05 12:59 AM |
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Also San Francisco for me. |
Vektor |
Sep-25-05 01:09 AM |
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Nashville. |
Robeson |
Sep-25-05 01:11 AM |
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NYC |
fujiyama |
Sep-25-05 04:43 AM |
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San Francisco! Is there any other "The City"? |
tyedyeto |
Sep-25-05 09:46 AM |
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San Francisco |
ronnykmarshall |
Sep-25-05 10:09 AM |
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NYC is The City. End of story. |
malachibk |
Sep-25-05 12:09 PM |
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manhattan |
anarch |
Sep-25-05 12:12 PM |
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manhattan |
lionesspriyanka |
Sep-25-05 12:29 PM |
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New York, what else? |
catbert836 |
Sep-25-05 02:21 PM |
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Nobody says that here... |
Groggy |
Sep-25-05 08:46 PM |
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Annapolis, Baltimore or DC |
Zuni |
Sep-25-05 09:07 PM |
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Modesto...LOL! |
Ladyhawk |
Sep-25-05 09:17 PM |
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Oh, yah. Right, Ladyhawk. LOL. |
MaryBear |
Sep-25-05 09:43 PM |
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But I'm serious. :) Modesto is the largest city near me and it's an hour |
Ladyhawk |
Sep-25-05 09:47 PM |
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Wow |
MaryBear |
Sep-26-05 10:48 AM |
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"The City" is New York |
northzax |
Sep-25-05 09:17 PM |
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Did anyone ever watch the show The Tick? |
Selatius |
Sep-25-05 09:22 PM |
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Manhattan is "The City" |
NYC Liberal |
Sep-25-05 09:48 PM |
#85 |
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