Do people from New York City like or say the nickname "The Big Apple"

[JonLP24]

I also wonder about do New Orleans residents like or say "The Big Easy". I remember a year ago or so it was made perfectly clear that no one in San Francisco likes the nickname "Frisco".

I wonder about other cities too. I thought about asking about "The Windy City" for Chicago but it seems like a nickname Chicago residents would say even though I haven't asked anyone from Chicago. So feel free to ask and answer about your own city's nickname. For Phoenix and surrounding cities I do like the nickname "Valley of the Sun".

[KamaAina]

1. New Orleanians generally avoid "The Big Easy"

except to snark on Dennis Quaid's bizarre mashup of Cajun and Creole (local NOLA) accents in the movie of the same name.

Bostonians turn their collective nose up at "Beantown". "The Hub of the Universe" (often just "The Hub") or "The Athens of America" will do nicely, thank you.

edit: Astoundingly, "Frisco" appears to be making a combneck of sorts within the hip-hop generation. :wow:

[JonLP24]

3. "Beantown" does sound like an awful name

What do you think of "Crescent City"? That sounds a little better to me.

[KamaAina]

4. Better, and more historical

"Crescent City" came from the city's early growth along the Mississippi (which, believe it or not, is the high ground down there). The low-lying, swampy areas "back of town" weren't habitable until the invention of the Wood screw pump in 1913. These were the areas hit hardest by Katrina.

"The Big Easy", by contrast, is asid to have come from out-of-town musicians who remarked on how "easy" it was to get gigs there, several decades ago.

[rug]

2. No. I remember when they tried to call NYC Fun City. It's stupid.

[Kali]

5. Tucson = the old pueblo

think most are cool with it

[bluesbassman]

6. Probably about as many as the San Francicans who say Frisco.

My guess would be three.

[Ohio Joe]

7. I lived just outside NYC until I was in my mid 20's

I left back around '87 and from the time I was a kid until I left, I don't recall anyone there calling it anything other then "The City". heh, kind of like there were no other cities :D

[monmouth]

8. I was from NJ and we just said we were from "Jersey." No further

explanation required...

[LoZoccolo]

9. They say "The Windy City" on the news and local commercials and stuff.

There are a few local business which have incorporated it into their name or slogan. People will make a comment about it when there really are high winds on a particular day, but generally people don't mention it without a reason to. I've never actually heard anyone use the name "Hawkins" or "the hawk" in reference to the actual wind, though I think that's kind of cool.

[bif]

10. In Detroit we never say Motown. That's a record label. We do say The "D"

Which is relatively new. We also never call it the Motor City either.

[Graybeard]

11. Only when a NY Mets player homers at Citi Field..

Most teams have a display of some sort when a Home Team player hits a home-run. At Citi Field a huge red apple pops out of a top hat out behind center field. That's the only time (in my experience) that a "Big Apple" is ever mentioned.

[JonLP24]

12. I know that apple

I liked Shea Stadium because of that apple for some reason. I play MLB "The Show" video game and whenever I don't feel like playing a game, I sometimes do the home run derby at old Shea Stadium. I hit it over that big scoreboard at right field one time, ball traveled 473 ft furthest I hit on that game. I somehow can't hit 500+ home runs like I was hoping I could when I got the game. :)