[XOMichelle]

I live in The Bay Area, more specifically Silicon Valley. I call my suburban city "the MP" just for kicks (because it’s Menlo Park). I don’t know anyone else who calls it that. Maybe it will catch on ;-)

Nicknames for places I live near: EPA, RWC, "the cats" (for los gatos). San Francisco is called “the city” or SF, and never ever does anyone call it San Fran.

Neighborhoods in SF: SoMa, Mission, Castro, North Beach, Marina, Richmond, Sunset, Presido, Russian Hill, Noe Valley... I don't know them all honestly.

Stanford has a lot of nicknames for places: MemChu (Memorial Church), MemAud (Memorial Auditorium), TresEx (Tresidder Express, a store), FloMo (Florence Moore Hall), FroSoCo (The Freshman Sophomore College)… the list is too long to recall, really.

ETA: Milwaukee is just Milwaukee. Or parhaps Mil-wauke, Algonquin for "the good land".