Quote :

"Greensboro -- Where Fun Goes To Die. Or, the Land that Fun Forgot. Or, Jesus Christ, What a Hellhole."

I second this

6/19/2011 3:14:49 AM

Greensboro isn't so bad

like any city, it's all about knowing where to go to have fun

however, Fayetteville sucks all dicks in existence

6/19/2011 3:25:44 AM

Raleigh is now known as OAKVEGAS

6/19/2011 4:03:51 AM

Quote :

"All American for fayetteville is in reference to the 82nd Airborne, the "All Americans.". The 82nd is located at, you guessed it, FT Bragg."

Wolf2Ranger, while "All American" is indeed the motto for the 82nd Airborne Division, that is not the reason why Fayetteville is called an All-America City.

Quote :

"More than 500 communities have won the award, some as many as five times. All-America Cities have shown the ability to innovate in such areas as job creation, neighborhood revitalization, crime reduction, new housing for low income people, improving education, and engaging youth. The award program was founded in 1949 when a newspaper reporter approached the National Civic League (then known as the National Municipal League) with the idea of naming the 10 best governed cities each year. Instead, the league created a program that recognized cities for civic achievements."

source - http://www.allamericacityaward.com/

[Edited on June 19, 2011 at 8:20 AM. Reason : correct.]

6/19/2011 8:19:10 AM

Havelock....havenot

6/19/2011 8:24:39 AM

Lillington...the heart of Harnett County. "L-town"

6/19/2011 2:39:14 PM

Charlotte = Hitler City

(as they were called on The Simpsons... and rightfully so)

6/19/2011 2:55:47 PM

Fayetteville - Home

6/19/2011 5:53:34 PM

Wilson used to be "world's greatest tobacco market"

6/19/2011 5:55:28 PM

Pinehurt - Shit there's nothing to do here if you're poor.

Rockingham - The city that never was.

6/19/2011 6:02:17 PM

HICKory

6/19/2011 10:41:54 PM

Goldsboro

GOLDSBORING

or

Gold City

6/19/2011 11:06:08 PM

Washington is the Heart of the Inner Banks


that phrase annoys me to no end

6/20/2011 12:18:20 AM

Greensboro is also "The boro".

Gastonia is often called "little chicago"

6/20/2011 8:58:37 AM

Quote :

"Washington is the Heart of the Inner Banks"

A. Really? Washington? Is it big enough to be the heart of anything? Granted, it's the last thing you get to before 30 minutes of desolation until you cross the bridge into Manteo, but...

B. Inner Banks just sounds stupid.

6/20/2011 9:32:39 AM

by world, you mean NC?

6/20/2011 9:43:49 AM

Washington does have an estuarium though

6/20/2011 12:40:11 PM

Winston-Salem: City of the Arts more like City of the Farts

6/20/2011 1:07:29 PM

Rocky Mount - City on the Rise
Roanoke Rapids - Redneck Crappage

6/20/2011 1:11:56 PM

Rocky Mount - CityCrime on the Rise

6/20/2011 1:15:41 PM

Around here people call Washington Little Washington but I understand the natives don't like it.

6/21/2011 12:13:12 AM

Raleigh - Raleigh-Durham

As someone who lived within 5 miles of Lillington, I've never heard of "L-town". I'd be ashamed to hear to that as a nickname for the town, but I can say the same thing for residents of Fuquay.

6/21/2011 12:17:08 AM

Quote :

"Around here people call Washington Little Washington but I understand the natives don't like it."

Nobody that is originally from Washington calls it that. Still not as bad as the Inner Banks thing.

6/21/2011 12:18:29 AM

Newton Grove is also called Circle City.

6/21/2011 12:31:36 AM

CASTLE MOTHERFUCKING HAYNE

6/21/2011 1:15:43 AM

Quote :

"Gastonia is often called "little chicago""

lolwut

6/21/2011 1:24:05 AM

well it seems like just about any town on this island goes by abbreviations...

AB, EI, PKS...

6/21/2011 1:41:00 AM

When I was on Ocracoke island recently I saw lots of OI abbreviations where the I was a lighthouse.

6/21/2011 11:55:18 AM