what are some names for your region that out-of-towners wouldn't know?

[BlahBlahYouToo]

NYC metro is known as the tri-state area for the bordering states of NY, NJ and CT.

 

[Farang]

South sound for southern puget sound area in WA... or humboldt for eureka/arcata area in CA

 

[sdifox]

Scarberia instead of Scarborough. Actually, out of towners may not know Scarborough either.

 

[Trey22]

When our family visits we ask them if the want to head up to "The City" for the day, always the same confused look... What city? SF of course.

I guess "The Bay/Bay Area" is kinda common.

 

[nakedfrog]

I don't think we have anything like that.

 

[BlahBlahYouToo]

Originally posted by: sdifox
Scarberia instead of Scarborough. Actually, out of towners may not know Scarborough either.

toronto suburb?

 

[Savij]

Originally posted by: Trey22
When our family visits we ask them if the want to head up to "The City" for the day, always the same confused look... What city? SF of course.

I guess "The Bay/Bay Area" is kinda common.

There is only one "The City" and SF is not it.

 

[JulesMaximus]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
NYC metro is known as the tri-state area for the bordering states of NY, NJ and CT.

The Albany NY area is known as the tri-city area for the bordering cities of Schenectady, Troy and Albany.

Any of the cities in north county San Diego are simply known as North County. In fact, we also have North County Coastal (where I live). PB is short for Pacific Beach.

 

[Blieb]

Tallahassee = The City of Seven Hills

The city of Tallahassee is sometimes referred to as the "City of Seven Hills." Tallahasee, like most of Florida, is rather flat, not hilly. An 1885 map of Tallahassee may provide a clue as to how this moniker came to be applied. This map illustrates downtown Tallahassee as being on a single hill. There were seven major arteries leading into Tallahassee and so to approach the city every from any direction, one would have to travel up a hill. Thus, the "City of Seven Hills."

http://shrug-gis.info/seven_hills.htm

 

[lizardth]

Hogeye!

 

[MrChad]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
NYC metro is known as the tri-state area for the bordering states of NY, NJ and CT.

Houston Street is not pronounced like Houston, TX.

 

[ZzZGuy]

Newfoundland, for the other 0.2% that know where that is try "The Rock"

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: Savij

Originally posted by: Trey22
When our family visits we ask them if the want to head up to "The City" for the day, always the same confused look... What city? SF of course.

I guess "The Bay/Bay Area" is kinda common.

There is only one "The City" and SF is not it.

:thumbsup:

 

[mugs]

Contrary to popular belief, I've never heard anyone from New Jersey call it "Joisey"

 

[Platypus]

city of big shoulders

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo

Originally posted by: sdifox
Scarberia instead of Scarborough. Actually, out of towners may not know Scarborough either.

toronto suburb?

nope, part of the city of Toronto. Suburb like 20 years ago. Still being treated like the burb though.

 

[Riverhound777]

Well I just moved here a little over a year ago to Santa Barbara. I know there were a few that locals would say that I had no idea what they meant. One was The Mesa, referring to the West part of town South of the freeway. The other big one was APS, short for the street Alameda Padre Serra. People would say "oh just take APS to so and so" and I would be looking for this magical APS street without much luck.

 

[NoCreativity]

In Michigan, folks say up north, referring to the northern part of the state and the UP.

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: nakedfrog
I don't think we have anything like that.

Not a region per se, but Ak-Sar-Ben is a puzzler for many.

 

[OpenThirdEye]

I was born and raised in NW Indiana. So the few from that area are:

Chicago - "The City"
Lake County, IN - "The Region"

Now I live around Indianapolis, IN...which is commonly referred to as "naptown"

 

[vi edit]

Peoria, IL has an "East Bluff". Simply put...don't go there if you don't have to.

 

[LS8]

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
NYC metro is known as the tri-state area for the bordering states of NY, NJ and CT.

Everyone knows this.

 

[thraashman]

The A-T-L

Also there's I-285 that is one giant circle that surrounds the city of Atlanta and some of the suburbs and is used as a reference point and areas are referred to as inside or outside the perimeter, referring to 285. In fact usually every area around is said in reference to it such as "top end perimeter" referring to the northern area.

 

[LS8]

Originally posted by: vi edit
Peoria, IL has an "East Bluff". Simply put...don't go there if you don't have to.

Indeed.

I lived in the Heights off Prospect for many years, a few blocks away from Grand View.

 

[sdifox]

Originally posted by: LS8

Originally posted by: BlahBlahYouToo
NYC metro is known as the tri-state area for the bordering states of NY, NJ and CT.

Everyone knows this.

Word, even an igloo dweller like myself knows this.