So, Baltimore is apparently shopping for a new moniker. Baltimore has gone down this route before. Several times. Go here to see the tawdry history of failed nicknames, and the negative ones the city's earned courtesy of its drug trade.
Unless a nickname organically develops, though, like New Orleans' "The Big Easy" or New York's "The Big Apple," or even Chicago's "The Windy City," it's just not going to stick. Remember when Seinfeld's George Costanza wanted everyone to call him T-Bone? Well, I feel like my hometown is George Costanza in this scenario. And does anyone ever want to be George Costanza?
Let people figure out what they want to call Baltimore. Anything else is just kinda desperate.
Since everyone else is doing it, here are my suggestions:
"The Big Humid"
"Crabtown"
"Sugartown"
"Birdtown"
"Not Washington, DC"
"Birthplace of the Anthem"
Vote for your favorite today! Mine's "Sugartown," 'cause it's a big part of Baltimore's commercial history. And think of the slogans you can develop around it..."Live the sweet life in Sugartown."
Where's my $500,000?
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