I missed that totally.
I missed that totally.
Last week was the first time.
Everyone wants to be us!
I vote to stop believing if there is an option.....
We aren't the only ones that do it.
BTW.....there has been some talk in Knoxville, TN about changing the city's name to KnoxVegas. Any ideas as to where they got this?
every city/town that ends in ville gets called --vegas.
I've lived in east Tennessee since 1996 and I can remember hearing both "KnoxVegas" and "NashVegas" during most of my 22 years here. And it's not just them -- some people in my town thought it was clever to say "ChattaVegas" too. I've heard less of it in the past decade than I did before, but that could have as much to do with my age as with the prevalence of the terms.
Who gives a ****... they can have it.
I always liked the term "Chattaboogie" for Chattanooga. My sister went to MTSU in the late 80s and early 90s and they all called Nashville "Nashvegas".
And Starkvegas has been around since then too along with Starkpatch. Another good one was "Fayetteville--Nam" for Fayetteville Ark.
There are a few floating around for Chattanooga. I guess four syllables lends itself to that kind of thing? I usually go with the less-is-more approach, though -- "the Noog."
Which reminds me of a local creek called "Suck Creek" that's known to hikers and kayakers as "the Suck."
What was this thread about again? Oh, Texas and Journey. Yeah, I got nothing on that.
Man, I'm struggling at the office today, guys.
Welcome aboard, dude. I'm guessing that our town's rise to its current hipster glory has taken us beyond such base tropes. We're too busy talking over $15 artisan cocktails about how many new collaborative web-based-content idea factories started up in the past two weeks to notice a nickname that's so dated. It's the Gig City, bro -- plug in to our municipal fiber optics and feel the synergy!
I kid because I love . . . .
Tuscavegas.
The first example that comes to mind is Ashville, NC=Ashvegas.
Hook ?Em Dawgs!!!