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"Chicago of the South" "Convention City of Dixie Land" An 1859 industrial journal was among the first to note nicknames for Atlanta, Georgia: [1]. An orator claimed for it the signification of "a city among the hills" while a writer has declared that it was the opposite of "rus in urbe" ("country in the city") and proclaimed it "'the city in the woods".
America's Most Haunted City [28] Turf Grass Capital of the World [29] Swainsboro – Crossroads of the Great South [30] Sylvester – Peanut Capital of the World [31] Thomasville – City of Roses [32] Thomson. Camellia City of the South [33] Tournament City [33] Tifton – The Friendly City [34] Valdosta. The Azalea City [35] Winnersville U.S ...
Reno, Nevada proudly displays its nickname as "The Biggest Little City in the World" on a large sign above a downtown street.. This partial list of city nicknames in the United States compiles the aliases, sobriquets and slogans that cities are known by (or have been known by historically), officially and unofficially, to municipal governments, local people, outsiders or their tourism boards ...
Many city nicknames roll off the tongue like it's second nature. New York City is, of course, "the Big Apple." Paris is the "City of Love." Los Angeles is the "City of Angels." They're a given at this
Raphael Warnock, Democratic challenger for a U.S. Senate seat representing Georgia, and former Mayor of Atlanta and U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Andrew Young are seen as early voting in ...
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From its founding in 1847, Atlanta has had a penchant for frequent street renamings, even in the central business district, usually to honor the recently deceased.As early as 1903 (see section below), there were concerns about the confusion this caused, as "more than 225 streets of Atlanta have had from two to eight names" in the first decades of the city.