Prettiest town/city names

[mvd]

I'll start with Philadelphia.

[feistydem]

1. Durango

Afterall, they named a Dodge truck after it!

Has a nice roll on the tongue.

[fryguy]

2. New York, New York

so good they named it twice....

[ixion]

3. Islamorada

one of the prettiest names, and prettiest places in th US, IMO.

[neoteric lefty]

23. so many memories

from Holiday Isle down there in the Keys. I absolutlely love spending my vacations down there in the Keys.

[ixion]

26. Indeed...

Next to Alaska, it is one of the most unique areas in North America.

:hi:

[Whitacre D_WI]

4. Gdansk. (nt)

[Rationality]

5. Tampa, Florida ((n/t))

[lapfog_1]

6. Pretty town names

Buena Vista, CO.

and it is true, too.

[TX-RAT]

7. Destin Fla

[AngryAmish]

8. Mt. Sodomy, Wisconsin

[mvd]

10. Really neat to see what names everyone chooses

Green Lane in Montgomery County, PA is another pretty one IMO.

[Shakespeare]

9. Half-Moon Bay

Pretty name, prettier place.

[ixion]

27. good choice

I've always liked that one. :-)

[Sequoia]

35. You beat me to it

so...Boca Ratan, FL (rat mouth - not so pretty)

[5thGenDemocrat]

11. Saginaw, Michigan

Lefty Frizzell wrote a song with the title because he liked the sound of it.
John
But then, "Gary, Indiana" was a real showstopper in "The Music Man," too.

[livetohike]

12. Tallahassee for one

and Summerville, SC.

[alpizzy]

13. Pepper Pike, OH

Pretty name and pretty place

[dbt]

14. Friendship, Arkansas

Population 206.
Salute!

:smoke:
dbt

[elfwitch]

15. San Antonio de Bexar

My hometown. Established by Franciscan Father Damien Massanet on June 13, 1691.

Think about that for a second... Boston was established in 1629.
San Antonio is one of the oldest cities in the United States.

[Burma Jones]

16. Sunshine, Maryland 20833 (n/t)

[GoddessOfGuinness]

31. Ya beat me to it!

That was the first name that popped into my head!

[KamaAina]

17. Aiea

where Aloha Stadium is located.

Did you hear the one about the woman from Aiea who went on Wheel of Fortune?

She asked Pat if she could buy a consonant! :-)

Kailua, Lihue, Kahului, Waimea... you could probably say "Take out the garbage" in Hawaiian and it would sound sweet!

[GOPisEvil]

18. Heehee...I lived on Ohana Nui Dr. when I lived in HI.

Located on the lovely Hickam AFB.

Been to Aloha Stadium a time or 3. Saw the first ever Pro Bowl in Hawaii. February of 1980, I believe.

[ScreamingMeemie]

19. Sun Prairie, Wisconsin..I've always loved that name.

:hi:

[felonious thunk]

20. Isle of Palms, SC

Mount Pleasant, SC
Actually there are a number of nice names around Charleston.

[TahitiNut]

21. Honeoye Falls, NY

[Zinfandel]

22. Ferndale, CA

Northern California (Humboldt)

[neoteric lefty]

24. West Palm Beach, FL

pretty name IMO

Palm Beach: Common, who wouldn't want to live near the beach with the palms.

West: to distinguish use from the rich assholes who live on the island

[readmylips]

25. Sedona, AZ (the most beautiful)

Sedona is a lady's name, native American.

[KadeCarrion]

42. Actually it is Pennsylvania Dutch

The founders of the town were originally from Pennsylvania. Her full name was Sedona Miller Schnebly, and there is about a 95% chance I'm related to her (seems like most of us PA Dutch are all related!)

[Rowdyboy]

28. Savannah, St Augustine, Mandeville (LA)

[VOX]

29. Rancho Mirage

It's a bit heavy on the golf-and-retiree set now, but it was once the home of numerous date-palm groves, purple sunsets and bighorn sheep (still a big reserve for same).

[XNASA]

30. Olympia Fields or Tamaroa, Illinois

Pronounced "tam-ah-row".

Olympia Fields is right down the road from us. I just always thought it was a beautiful name.

[curse10]

32. Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA

:-)

[lebkuchen]

33. Siena, Italy

Though, frankly, the place is over-touristed, and the locals have an attitude.

Voltera is much more enjoyable.

[PartyPooper]

34. Honolulu, Hawaii

:D

[Sequoia]

36. Whispering Pines, CA

Visually pretty.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

37. I love the Native American town names in the east...

There are so many, yet it's virtually all that remains of the culture. The sound of the names is hauntingly beautiful:

Wachapreague
Machipongo
Kiptopeke
Nanticoke
Chesapeake
Assateague
Chincoteague
Pocomoke
Ocracoke
Punxatawney
Romancoke
Chicamacomico

[Kickin_Donkey]

38. Pacific Palisades ...

in California first comes to mind.

[SiobhanClancy]

39. Killarney,Ireland

in the US,I like Kalamazoo...not exactly "pretty",but I always smile when I hear it.

[NNadir]

40. Hopewell New Jersey.

[PartyPooper]

41. Paradise, CA..

:-)

[LincolnMcGrath]

43. Townsville

[BlueCollar]

44. San Francisco

It's a no-brainer...

[burythehatchet]

45. Crawford, Texas

:duck and run:

[BlueCollar]

46. been there...

trust me...it ain't

[Waverley_Hills_Hiker]

47. Chequamegon

...some of the Indian names are pretty neat sounding. Manitou, Menominee, etc.

Or the French names...

Prarie Du Chien, Cour Des Oreilles, L'Anse