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Then there the cities that have exactly one thing well known about them and you're wanting to avoid that one thing, like:

Birmingham and the steel industry

Richmond and the Confederacy

Sacramento and being a state capital

Rochester and photography

Bakersfield and country music

 

But I think the hardest decent-sized city of all is Fresno.

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42 minutes ago, Whittier S said:

Then there the cities that have exactly one thing well known about them and you're wanting to avoid that one thing, like:

Birmingham and the steel industry

Richmond and the Confederacy

Sacramento and being a state capital

Rochester and photography

Bakersfield and country music

 

But I think the hardest decent-sized city of all is Fresno.

 

What about...

 

Memphis and Elvis.

London and the Royal Family.

Edmonton and oil drilling.

Kansas City and meat packing.

Milwaukee and beer.

 

For those cities, you're better off having a team move there and keep their name from their old city.

 

For New Jersey, has anyone struggled to find something other "Devils?"

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Years ago, I had the New Jersey Rock, thinking of Springsteen and Bon Jovi.

Memphis and blues; Memphis and Egypt (named after an ancient city)

Edmonton and pretty much anything subarctic (moose, lynx, etc.)
Kansas City and, um, blues again (and, if you can somehow make it work, fountains)

Milwaukee and Bavarians/Germans

 

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7 hours ago, Whittier S said:

Years ago, I had the New Jersey Rock, thinking of Springsteen and Bon Jovi.

Memphis and blues; Memphis and Egypt (named after an ancient city)

Edmonton and pretty much anything subarctic (moose, lynx, etc.)
Kansas City and, um, blues again (and, if you can somehow make it work, fountains)

Milwaukee and Bavarians/Germans

 

 

Then there's...

 

Minnesota and wildlife

Charlotte and auto racing

Indianapolis and auto racing

Miami and marine creatures

San Francisco and the gold rush

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Minnesota has a few things it's well-known for, but they don't lend themselves well to sports nicknames.  And the only good names from those have been taken. 

"Twin Cities"-The Twins.

Lots of Nordic people-The Vikings

State Bird is the loon-The Loons (Nickname for Minnesota United)

Just about the only other option is the beat the dead horse of the wildlife theme or reference the cold.

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On 8/26/2018 at 8:38 AM, DNAsports said:

I live in Maryland and even I have trouble coming up with nicknames. The only thing I've been able to come up with is Oaks (White Oak is the state tree).

The Crabs. My favorite STD, BTW!

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On 8/28/2018 at 2:30 PM, Whittier S said:

Years ago, I had the New Jersey Rock, thinking of Springsteen and Bon Jovi.

Memphis and blues; Memphis and Egypt (named after an ancient city)

Edmonton and pretty much anything subarctic (moose, lynx, etc.)
Kansas City and, um, blues again (and, if you can somehow make it work, fountains)

Milwaukee and Bavarians/Germans

 

Kansas City could celebrate BBQ, or their livestock history. Ribs, Barons, Bulls (?)

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2 hours ago, verno said:

Kansas City could celebrate BBQ, or their livestock history. Ribs, Barons, Bulls (?)


@neo_prankster had mentioned meat-packing so I kind of figured that was all the same territory. There's already the minor-league Kansas City T-Bones.

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On 8/28/2018 at 10:15 PM, CaptainKirkMN said:

Minnesota has a few things it's well-known for, but they don't lend themselves well to sports nicknames.  And the only good names from those have been taken. 

"Twin Cities"-The Twins.

Lots of Nordic people-The Vikings

State Bird is the loon-The Loons (Nickname for Minnesota United)

Just about the only other option is the beat the dead horse of the wildlife theme or reference the cold.

There's always the flour and milling industry...wait, forgot about the Minneapolis Millers.

I guess the Minnesota (Pillsbury) Doughboys is still an option...

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13 hours ago, texashockeyfan said:

Indianapolis and Charlotte, what are those two cities known for besides auto racing?

 

For Charlotte, I usually like to go with Aviators, since North Carolina was "First in Flight". Indianapolis is always hard for me, I usually just have a relocation that keeps their previous name. 

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On 3/4/2015 at 11:10 AM, Xist2inspire said:

Des Moines, Iowa (or just Iowa in general) has always given me major problems. "Energy" is used by their D-League team, "Hawkeyes" is used by their college (and "Hawks" is used by Atlanta), "Blackhawks" is used by Chicago, and finding a name that relates to the farming industry without sounding silly isn't easy at all.

For Salt Lake City I prefer to use "Swarm" (because Utah is known as the "Beehive" state). I love the name "Saints" for SLC, because of Utah's high Mormon population, but in an odd twist of fate, New Orleans uses that name.

Des Moines would go good with Deer...a play off of John Deere tractors. 

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On 9/23/2018 at 9:53 AM, Raptorman415 said:

I’m having a tough time with two cities in my fictional baseball league right now. Houston and Seattle. Anyone have any team name ideas for these two?

Houston Canes or Houston Crushers -- as in sugar canes, since much of the sugar industry in the US comes from the Houston area of Sugarland.

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On 8/28/2018 at 9:15 PM, CaptainKirkMN said:

Minnesota has a few things it's well-known for, but they don't lend themselves well to sports nicknames.  And the only good names from those have been taken. 

"Twin Cities"-The Twins.

Lots of Nordic people-The Vikings

State Bird is the loon-The Loons (Nickname for Minnesota United)

Just about the only other option is the beat the dead horse of the wildlife theme or reference the cold.

how about the Minnesota Musicians (a nod to Prince and mix in his symbols to their logo) or Twin City Toons

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On 7/21/2018 at 12:01 PM, Ferdinand Cesarano said:

 

There was such a team, in baseball's Senior League, complete with the "OJ" logo on the hat. It didn't use lime green, instead using blue alongside orange and white.

 

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wouldn't parents and husbands be afraid of their loved ones being murdered at a game with OJ  ?   KNIFE on the hat ?  or a Heisman or Kato Kaelin pic on hat ?

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