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What is the better nickname? [City of Houston]

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout' started by texanskan, Sep 23, 2008.

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what should we call Houston

  1. The H

    4 vote(s)
    4.3%
  2. H-Town

    56 vote(s)
    59.6%
  3. Bayou City

    16 vote(s)
    17.0%
  4. Space City

    18 vote(s)
    19.1%
  1. droxford

    droxford Member

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    Bayou City: Why in the world would we be proud to say that we have lots of ditches to catch excess drainoff ???? Whoopti-firggin-do

    Space city: When I was a kid (and before beltway 8 was even a dream) Johnson Space Center was way-the-hell-out of Houston, and so I never understood why Houston was called "space city". I guess that as the city has grown, it's closer to Houston now. I guess it still doesn't ring home with me.

    The H: W T F ?!?!? gimme a friggin' break. Reminds me of "The Ocho" from Dodgeball.
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    H-Town gets my vote.
     
  2. leroy

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    Houston.
     
  3. pradaxpimp

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    Where's clutch city?
     
  4. RocketRaccoon

    RocketRaccoon Contributing Member

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    agree...Space City sound a bit too spacey :p

    I love Clutchcity, but can easily live with H-town.
     
  5. SWTsig

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    i like the old school "Magnolia City" houston was known around the turn of the 20th century.
     
  6. ubigred

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    We are the ORIGINAL first letter city .... H-Town

    Screwston ....for obvious reasons

    Space City works too, but we need more space-like stuff in the city of houston

    The H is ok

    Bayou City :(
     
  7. macalu

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    it died 14 years ago.
     
  8. rimrocker

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    H-town is terrible. It's the same number of syllables as Houston and it means the exact same thing... it doesn't convey anything unique about Houston.

    Bayou City... sounds too much like Louisiana.
    Space City... too 60's.

    Still, I can't think of a good alternative.
     

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