"City of Live Oaks and Friendly Folks" (or "Town/Land of Live Oaks and Friendly Folks") is the slogan of two Texas cities. League City (near Houston) advertised itself as…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: Washington, D.C.Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as "Washington", "the District", or simply…
The musical Rent (1996) by Jonathan Larson (1960-1996) contains the song "Out Tonight," with the lyrics: "In the evening, I’ve got to roamCan’t sleep in the city of neon and…
McAllen in South Texas has been called the "City of Palms" since the 1920s. Ancient Jericho was called "City of Palms," and Miami (FL) was called "City of Palms and…
Houston is home to many oil companies. The nickname "City of Refined Oil and Crude People' (a pun on "crude oil" and "refined people") has been used by Houston (TX)…
Portland is called the "Rose City" or "City of Roses" largely because of the efforts (currently unrecognized) of attorney, historian and amateur rosegrower Frederick V. Holman…
The city of Kilgore in East Texas used to have over 1,000 oil derricks. Today, about 70 oil derricks remain. A star is on the top of each derrick, lit every Christmas. In 2003, the Texas…
The city of Detroit. Michigan, was named after the Rivière du Détroit, the Detroit River. "Detroit" is French for "strait." "Ancient city of the straits" was cited…
"City of Syrup" (or "Syrup City") is a nickname for Houston that was popularized by Big Moe's "City of Syrup" (2000) hip-hop recording. The nickname refers to the…
Entry in progress -- B.P. Wikipedia: DallasDallas /ˈdæləs/ is the ninth-largest city in the United States and the third-largest city in the state of Texas. The bulk of the city is in Dallas…
Athens, Greece was called the "City of the Violet Crown" or "City of the Violet-Crowned Hills." Some say that when Athens was ruled by King Ion (Ion = "violet"),…
"City of Yes" is a nickname of New Orleans, Louisiana, that was officially introduced in June 2018 by Mayor LaToya Cantrell. The slogan was in response to "City of N.O." that…
American author Lucius Beebe (1902-1966) called New York City "Babylon on the Make" in 1937 and several times in the 1940s. Atlanta was called a "city on the make" in…
A baseball "Subway Series" is when a New York National League team (such as the New York Mets, but also formerly the Brooklyn Dodgers and the New York Giants) plays the New York American…
"The City That Care Forgot" is a somewhat forgotten nickname of New Orleans. The nickname has long been associated with the New Orleans Mardi Gras and was first cited in 1910. "The…
"The City That Care Forgot" has been a New Orleans nickname since 1910, The nickname has been used mostly during Mardi Gras. "The City That Forgot to Care" is an infrequently…
The city of Weslaco decided in the 1930s that it wanted to look more like a Spanish village. Buildings on both sides of Texas Avenue (the main street) were given white stucco facades in a Spanish…
In the song "New York, New York" (1977), Frank Sinatra (in a 1979 recording) said that he wanted to wake up in a city that doesn't sleep. The phrase is much, much older than the…
Several cities have been called a "city that works." The expression can mean that the city has a strong manufacturing base, or that the city efficiently delivers municipal services.…
Texas prides itself to have been under six different flags, but the city of Laredo was under seven flags. The short-lived (January- November 1840) Republic of Rio Grande was centered in Laredo.…