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Old 12-30-2004, 05:52 PM
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Lake Charles, LA is SW LA
or Lake Chuck

others in LA

Lafayette-MS Border and North to Alexandria is Cajun Countrya

North LA is strictly North LA
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Old 12-30-2004, 06:06 PM
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And a longstanding nickname - Hollywood North.
T.O. has been called that too
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Old 12-30-2004, 06:10 PM
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The whole six county area around Chicago is called Chicagoland. Like a theme park. (The rest of Illinois is considered Downstate)

We called my town Boringbrook when we were in high school.
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Old 12-30-2004, 06:12 PM
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Originally posted by lifesaver
It also seems to me that my friends (who live there) call Manhattan simply, "The City."
Its been that way all of my life. When I was growing up in Brooklyn, and we were heading into Manhattan, we would say that we were "going to the City," even though Brooklyn is part of the same municipality.

Also, people who live in Manhattan don't identify with living in Manhattan. We identify with areas and neighborhoods. For example, Manhattan south of 23rd St. is "Downtown." Downtown has a different culture than Uptown. So many people (myself included) identify more with Downtown than another area. Also, Downtown has many neighborhoods including Greenwich Village, SoHo, TriBeCa, Chinatown, Battery Park City (which is all the way down, but culturally more like Uptown) and more.
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Old 12-30-2004, 06:23 PM
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SC is mainly divided into 2 sections...the Upstate and the Low Country. I live in the Upstate. I also live in the portain of the Upstate known as the Piedmont.
I also grew up in a little "country" community known as The Buck Stand!
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Old 12-30-2004, 06:43 PM
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For my part of Southern California - So. Cal, Southland, SouthBay, or LBC.
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Old 12-30-2004, 06:47 PM
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DC
The Capital Area
The Area
The Urrea

Maybe more, I dunno.
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Old 12-30-2004, 07:11 PM
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Heres another one:

Texarkana, TX - The Arklotex (combination of Arkansas, Oklahoma, &Texas)
Also The Arklatex (North Louisiana, Texarkana, Arkansas)
The Arklamiss (North Louisiana,Mississippi, Arkansas)
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Old 12-30-2004, 08:22 PM
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For my part of Southern California - So. Cal, Southland, SouthBay, or LBC.
So much drama in the LBC, its kinda hard being snoop D-O double G. lol.

What does LBC stand for?
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Old 12-30-2004, 08:54 PM
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I should add that the suburbs surrounding Toronto are called "The 905", after their area code. Toronto's area code is 416.
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Old 12-30-2004, 09:30 PM
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The R-I-C

River City

Cap(ital) City.

I don't like that last on. It's the laziest thing to call a state capital. River City makes more sence, since there's a river in the direct center of it. Plus, it was founded to be known as "Richon on the James" as opposed to "Richmon on the Thames"

River City
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Old 12-30-2004, 09:31 PM
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The area of NE Oklahoma including Tulsa: Green Country.

Southeastern Oklahoma: Little Dixie.
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Old 12-30-2004, 09:33 PM
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DC
The Capital Area
The Area
The Urrea

Maybe more, I dunno.
I've also heard of it called as "Sodom-on-Potomac"
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Old 12-30-2004, 10:44 PM
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Hey CAPS, aren't you WEST of A?
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Old 12-31-2004, 12:22 AM
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DC
The Capital Area
The Area
The Urrea

Maybe more, I dunno.
I've heard from my DC area friends call it "chocolate city"

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