Recently, Eric Swartz, President of TaglineGuru released his company’s list of the top 50 U.S. city slogans and nicknames. Following are the top ten of each:
Slogans
1. Las Vegas, NV – What Happens Here, Stays Here.
2. Charlottesville, VA – So Very Virginia.
3. Atlantic City, NJ – Always Turned On.
4. Cleveland, OH – Cleveland Rocks!
5. Hershey, PA – The Sweetest Place on Earth.
6. Omaha, NE – Rare. Well Done.
7. Sante Fe, NM – The City Different.
8. Eagle Pass, TX – Where Yee-Ha Meets Olé.
9. San Diego, CA – City with Sol.
10. Peculiar, MO – Where the Odds Are With You.
Nicknames
1. New York City, NY – The Big Apple
2. Las Vegas, NV – Sin City
3. New Orleans, LA – The Big Easy
4. Detroit, MI – Motor City
5. Chicago, IL – The Windy City
6. Boston, MA – Beantown
7. San Francisco, CA – Baghdad by the Bay
8. Hollywood, CA – Tinseltown
9. Cleveland, OH – Mistake on the Lake
10. Los Angeles, CA – La-La Land
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How definitive can such a list be if it doesn’t include Music City, USA, one of the few city nicknames every one in the country knows instantly.
Let’s not forget this classic slogan:
‘Virginia Is For Lovers’ (Since 1969)
Derrick
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