Post a place nicknamed "the ____ of ____"

[begin_within]

for example, Waimea Canyon is often called "The Grand Canyon of the Pacific"



Idyllwild, California is sometimes called "The Yosemite of southern California" (although it does not - in my opinion - even begin to compare to Yosemite, the nickname sticks anyway)



what other places are called "the ____ (some other place) of ____ ?"

[Xipe Totec]

1. Tuva the Center of Asia

[MrScorpio]

2. Amsterdam is "The Venice of the North"

So is Brugge, St, Petersburg and Stockholm

[BeachBaby]

3. Philadelphia - The City of Brotherly Love.

[Arugula Latte]

4. Bakersfield, the Armpit of California

:rofl:

Sorry, Bakersfieldians! :hi:

[madinmaryland]

6. Hey, you beat me to it !!

:grr:

[hellbound-liberal]

8. LOL! When I lived in Tallahassee, we called it the armpit of the United States!

and it really is if you look at a map of the Gulf Coast!

[begin_within]

10. Yeah, although I would be tempted to call Bombay Beach, on the shores of the Salton Sea

the armpit of California. Extremely hot half the year, polluted water in the lake, decaying motor homes, no economy... what more could you ask for!

[Arugula Latte]

13. Whoa ...

Did the Rapture happen there already?

[begin_within]

15. It happened at Salvation Mountain, just a few miles away:

In a way these desert hellholes are kind of fun to visit, because they're so weird and awful.

[no name no slogan]

12. The ghost of Buck Owens will have his revenge on you

:)

[madinmaryland]

5. the "armpit" of the "world"

:hide:

[av8rdave]

7. At one time, Birmingham, Al was known as "The Pittsburgh of the South"

[Odin2005]

9. Minneapolis, the city of lakes.

[no name no slogan]

11. Miles City, the toilet bowl of Eastern Montana

[fishwax]

14. Ouray, Colorado -- Switzerland of America

[begin_within]

16. I could live there...

...that is gorgeous. Thanks

[Maraya1969]

17. Miami Beach is the New York of Florida

[The Great Escape]

18. Isn't The University Of Miami (FL)...

the "Stanford of the South"

[Orsino]

19. "Harvard: the Vanderbilt of the North"

I love this one.

[livetohike]

20. Neville Island "the gem of the Ohio" (river)

No kidding. It's west of Pittsburgh. My husband worked there when we were first married and I'd see this sign when I crossed the bridge to pick him up from work.

[Richardo]

21. Really?

That's comical.

[livetohike]

23. I'm sure it was nice in the 1700's

:-)

[Richardo]

22. Denver = "The Queen City of the Plains"

Which is weird to some because a lot people think of it as a mountain city. But it's not.