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City nicknames can help in establishing a civic identity, helping outsiders recognize a community or attracting people to a community because of its nickname; promote civic pride; and build community unity. [1] Nicknames and slogans that successfully create a new community "ideology or myth" [2] are also believed to have economic value. [1]
California is divided into 58 counties [4] and contains 483 municipalities. [5] One, San Francisco, is a consolidated city-county . California law makes no distinction between "city" and "town", and municipalities may use either term in their official names. [ 6 ]
Baghdad by the Bay – title of a book of essays by Herb Caen, and a nickname he used for the city because of the cosmopolitan cultural diversity it shares with the medieval city of Baghdad [1] Fog City / "City of Fog" – in reference to San Francisco's famous fog [1] Frisco – also the nickname of the St. Louis–San Francisco Railway, [1 ...
Bay City, a megalopolis developed over historic San Francisco in the Netflix series Altered Carbon; Bay City, a fictional town in the television series Renegade; Bay City, California, a pseudonym used by Raymond Chandler in several short stories and novels; see Raymond Chandler bibliography. Bay City, a name of Los Angeles in 2022 film Marlowe
Map of the United States showing the state nicknames as hogs. Lithograph by Mackwitz, St. Louis, 1884. The following is a table of U.S. state, federal district and territory nicknames, including officially adopted nicknames and other traditional nicknames for the 50 U.S. states, the U.S. federal district, as well as five U.S. territories.
1 Nevada County: 95945 Labranza: 1 Merced County La Brea: 1 Los Angeles County La Cañada: 1 Los Angeles County: 91011 La Cañada Flintridge: 1 Los Angeles County: 91011 Lacjac 1 Fresno County La Conchita: 1 Ventura County La Costa: 1 Los Angeles County: 90265 La Crescenta: 1 Los Angeles County: 91214 La Crescenta-Montrose: 1 Los Angeles County ...
1 San Mateo County: 94044 Pacific Beach: 1 San Diego County: 92109 Pacific Gardens: 1 San Joaquin County: 95204 Pacific Grove: 1 Monterey County: 93950 Pacific Grove Acres: 1 Monterey County: Pacific Manor: 1 Humboldt County: 95521 Pacific Manor: 1 San Mateo County: 94044 Pacific Palisades: 1 Los Angeles County: 90272 Pacific Union College: 1 ...
Palm Springs (Cahuilla: Séc-he) [5] [6] is a desert resort city in Riverside County, California, United States, within the Colorado Desert's Coachella Valley.The city covers approximately 94 square miles (240 km 2), making it the largest city in Riverside County by land area.