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Cites / Locations / Places
Please note, that like all slang and shortcuts, there is NO national standard and there are differences between areas. This information is intended only for reference and entertainment.
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| Radio Speak | Means |
|---|---|
| “Art Bell Town” | Pahrump, Nevada, Art Bell’s hometown |
| “Assville” | The city of Asheville NC |
| “Armpit” | New Jersey |
| “Badger Bound” | Wisconsin bound |
| “Barf City” | Providence, Rhode Island |
| “Bean Town “ | Boston, Massachusetts |
| “Beertown” | Milwaukee, Wisconsin |
| “Big A” | Atlanta, Georgia or Amarillo, Texas |
| “Big Apple” | New York City |
| “Big Arch” | St. Louis, Missouri (After the Gateway Arch ) |
| “Biggest Little” |
Reno, Nevada (After its nickname “Biggest Little City in the World”) |
| “The Big Easy” | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| “The Big Road” | An interstate, particularly Interstate-80. |
| “Bikini State” | Florida |
| “The Big Stink” |
Las Cruces, New Mexico (Due to its waste water treatment plant being to close to I-10) |
| “Bluegrass City” | Lexington, Kentucky and surrounding area |
| “The Bluff” | Poplar Bluff, Missouri |
| “Bridge Town” or “Bridgeville” | Portland, Oregon |
| “Bubble City” | Champaign, IL |
| “Buick town” | Flint, Michigan |
| “Bullshit City” | Washington DC |
| “Camel City” | Winston-Salem, NC (the home of Reynolds Tobacco) |
| “The Canadian Turnpike” | Name give to Interstate-81 because of its heavy Canadian truck traffic. |
| “Capital City” | Carson City, Nevada |
| “Charlie Town “ | Charleston,SC |
| “Chi Town” | Chicago, Illinois |
| “Chocolate Town” | Hershey, Pennsylvania |
| “Choo Choo Town” | Chattanooga, Tennessee (After the song “Chattanooga Choo-Choo). |
| “Cigar City” | Tampa, FL |
| “Circle or Circle City” | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| “Cow Town” | Fort Worth, Texas, Columbus, Ohio and/or Calgary, Alberta |
| “Coon Town” | Albany, Georgia or the rural south and rural south Alabama area. |
| “Counciltucky” | Council Bluffs, Iowa |
| “Crashville” | Nashville, Tennessee |
| “Da Puke” | Dubuque, Iowa |
| “Derby City” | Louisville, Kentucky , home of the Kentucky Derby. |
| “The Dime” | Interstate Highway 10 |
| “Dirty Side” | New York and New Jersey. |
| “Disney Town” |
Anaheim, California and the surrounding areas (After the Disneyland Resort) |
| “Double A” | Ann Arbor, Michigan |
| “Double Deuce” | U.S. Route 22 |
| “Esky” | Escanaba, Michigan |
| “The Flag” | Flagstaff, Arizona |
| “Garbage State” | New Jersey |
| “Gay Bay” | San Francisco Bay area |
| “Ghost Town” |
Casper, Wyoming (After the cartoon character Casper the Friendly Ghost) |
| “Glass City” | Toledo, Ohio |
| “Guitar Town” | Nashville |
| “G’ville” | Gardnerville, Nevada |
| “Happy Rock” | Gladstone, Michigan |
| “Hillsburrito” | Hillsboro, Oregon |
| “Hog Town” | Toronto, Ontario |
| “Hooker City” | Fresno, California |
| “Hot Lanta” | Atlanta, Georgia |
| “Illini Bound” | Illinois bound traffic also known as “Lincoln Bound” |
| “Indy 5, Indy 500” | Indianapolis, Indiana |
| “J-Ville” | Jacksonville, Florida |
| “Little Cuba” | Miami, Florida |
| “Lost Wages” | Las Vegas, Nevada |
| “Mad-Rock” |
Madison, WI, Rockford, IL Metro areas including Janesville, WI and Beloit, WI. This area is shared by I-90/I-39 |
| “The Magic City” | Birmingham, Alabama |
| “Man-you-stink” | the small town of Manistique, MI |
| “Mass-a-Two-Shits “ | Massachusetts |
| “Mickey Mouse Towns” | location of any of the Walt Disney theme parks |
| “Mistake On The Lake” |
Chicago, Illinois Cleveland, Ohio |
| “Monkey Town” | Montgomery, Alabama |
| “Motor City” | Detroit, Michigan |
| “Mountain Folk” |
The mountains of rural Western North Carolina to the Tennessee State Line |
| “Music Town” | Nashville |
| “Nickel City” | Buffalo, NY |
| “New Jersey Termite” | New Jersey Turnpike |
| “Okie City” | Oklahoma City, Oklahoma where I-40, I-35 and I-44 all cross paths |
| “Packertown” |
Green Bay, Wisconsin, home of the Green Bay Packers football team. |
| “Philly” | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| “Queen City” |
Charlotte, North Carolina , Cincinnati, Ohio, Buffalo, New York or Springfield, Missouri |
| “Queer Town” | Provincetown, MA or the San Francisco area |
| “Rottenchester” | Rochester, NY |
| “Salty” | Salt Lake City, Utah |
| “Scale City” | Toledo, Ohio |
| “Sewer City” |
Sioux City, Iowa, so nicknamed because I-29 ran near infamous Sioux City Stockyards |
| “Shakeytown” |
Los Angeles, so nicknamed because of the earthquakes that occur there |
| “Shy Town” | Chicago, Illinois |
| “Star City” | Roanoke, Virginia, named after the Roanoke Star |
| “Steel City” | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| “Sticker Patch” | Phoenix, Arizona |
| “Stink City” |
Las Cruces, New Mexico earned this name because a sewage treatment plant was placed right next to Interstate 10 and near several truck stops. |
| “Stump Town” | Portland, Oregon |
| “Sin City” |
Las Vegas, Nevada (Also called “Dice City”, “Gambling Town”, “Lost Wages”) |
| “T-Town” | Tulsa, Oklahoma |
| “The Swamp” | MontrÃal, QuÃbec |
| “The Peg” | Winnipeg, Manitoba |
| “Titletown” | Green Bay, Wisconsin |
| “Tonto” | Toronto, Ontario |
| “UFO Central” |
Area 51, other areas known for UFO activity. (Truckers call the area near Rachel, Nevada this, other areas known for UFO activity, such as Phoenix, Arizona |
| “Vantucky” | Vancouver, Washington |