Terrible City Slogans

[ajacobson]

Detroit:
Where the Weak are Killed and Eaten

[HEyHEY]

1. Biggar Saskatchewan

"New York is big but this is Biggar"

that's more cute than terrible

[GainesT1958]

2. Often used to describe Kinston, N.C.:

"Two hundred years of history...and NO progress!" :eyes:

B-)

[bobja]

3. here ya go:

San Diego

"America's Whitest City"

[maveric]

56. What part of San Diego are you talking about?

You must never venture south of I-8.

[Loonman]

4. DC

"Outside of the killings, Washington has one of the lowest crime rates in the country."
--Marion Barry

[ajacobson]

10. LOL! n/t

[Bridget Burke]

5. "Houston's HOT!"

This was an actual slogan tried out by the Visitors' Council a few years ago.

While true, it didn't catch on.....

[MojoKrunch]

13. Because it should've been "Houston is HOT AND HUMID AS F**K!"

I was miserable when I lived in Houston and I'm from central Louisiana so I was used to bad humidity.

The only upside was hanging out in Montrose and the Houston Museum of Art.
The traffic was *EVIL SUCK*.
But damn, I miss that weird fast food resturant chain that was Mexican and Chinese.

Oh well, at least it wasn't Pasadena.
lol

Mojo

[Melsky]

20. Similar to Oakland's

It's hot, it's happening, it's OAKLAND. I had this on my bumpersticker because I bought a car from someone in Oakland.

[Screaming Lord Byron]

6. There's a town in Scotland that had the worst civic slogan

"What's it called? Cumbernauld!"
Now, what the fuck does that mean?

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

7. Welcome to Brooklyn, now getthefuckoutahere.

or

Welcome to NYC, now go the fuck home.

[Darth_Ole]

9. I think Atlanta's slogan is

"Atlanta: The city too busy to hate."

[mitchum]

48. also "The City Too Busy To Think" coined by Atlantans

[SmileyBoy]

31. Welcome ta New Yoak. Up yoas, pal.

Welcome ta New Yoak. Youse can kiss my ass.:-)

[bif]

8. Or "Detroit, no place for wimps."

n/t

[LTR]

35. The best thing coming out of Detroit?

I-94!

[dolo amber]

11. Durham, NC

Theirs is "City of Medicine...not that anyone can actually AFFORD any of it...BWAHAHAHAHHAHAAA!!!" :evilgrin:

[carpetbagger]

42. "City of tobacco=City of cancer=City of medicine"

Nice way to funnel business.

[ajacobson]

12. To be honest

I've only done that a couple times. But then again, I wasn't born here.:crazy:

[MojoKrunch]

14. Got any good recipes?

:D
Mojo

[Goldmund]

15. Three Rivers, MA

"A nice place to live"

That's the real slogan.

[peekaloo]

16. We're getting the wrinkles out!

proposed by the St. Petersburg, Fl. visitors council many moons ago....seems St.Pete needed a facelift(PR wise). Don't think the retirees found it all that amusing.

[kmla]

17. Fort Wayne, IN

"Fort Wayne. At least we're not Toledo."

or

"Ft. Wayne, Home of Frank Burns"

OK, I just made those up. But they do fit....

[ZenLefty]

18. Schenectady, NY

Actual slogan: "The City that Lights and Hauls the World"

Accurate slogan: "Jobless armpit of the northeast."

[Awsi Dooger]

58. At least it's not far from Saratoga

I've been summering in Scotia, a suburb of Schenectady, for the last few years. Every year I journey into Schenectady to see what I've missed, then turn around within an hour. And other than the ancient GE plant, it's indeed baffling where anyone in Schenectady finds work.

[CO Liberal]

19. Pueblo, CO - The City So Nice, They Pronounce It 6 Different Ways

1 - PWEB-low

2 - Pee-EBB-lo

3 - PEB-lo

4 - Poo-EBB-oo-low

5 - Poo-AY-bul-low

6 - PWAY-blow

:-)

[Insider]

28. that's funny

i was there in sep and they said PWUB-lo. and my friend confirmed what i thought i heard. strange

[CO Liberal]

32. Pueblo Used to be Called "The Pittsburgh Of The West"

Because of the steel mill. Some people still call it the Steel City.

I've lived in the area since 1995. I live in Pueblo West, a planned community out near Lake Pueblo State Park.

[skypilot]

21. In Philadelphia...

...to attract more gay tourism, some knucklehead came up with this slogan:

"Get Your History Straight and Your Nightlife Gay"



CLUNK!

[BigDaddyLove]

25. "Philadelphia...............

The City That Loves You From Behind".

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

22. Newark, NJ.... Don't bother to lock your car.

They will just have to smash the window to steal it.

[LincolnMcGrath]

23. Sterling IL

"We didn`t need them high wage steel jobs anyway!"

[salin]

24. not a city... but a U...

friend took a student for an interview at U Chicago... and learned the 'slogan': University of Chicago, where fun comes to die. Yikes!

[JohnKleeb]

33. That better not be the university of Illinois at Chicago

Because a certain someone is planning to apply there, yeah I am, I did some college research and this was one of the schools I got back but this is the famous university of Chicago, and I know I could never get in to that :D.

[nickgutierrez]

38. Oh boy...

Ain't that the truth...

[BlackVelvetElvis]

26. O!

As in "O! Winston-Salem, Now that's living!" What the F**K???

Makes my flesh crawl. When it was announced as the new city slogan, jokes about the "Big O" were rampant.

[SmileyBoy]

27. Grand Forks, ND:

"Using YOUR federal disaster aid tax dollars to build OUR new stadiums."

[SmileyBoy]

29. Fargo: "Phoenix Of The North"

That's what a lot of folks are calling it, because of our flat land similar to that of Phoenix, the rapid growth in city sprawl, and the dry climates being similar.

But I don't think it's a crappy slogan, IMO.

[SmileyBoy]

30. San Francisco: "I'm SSUPER!! Thanxss for asss-kaayyng!!!

(Big Gay Al)

[Endangered Specie]

34. Raleigh NC 'city of oaks'

Last I checked, we are cutting them down in place of sprawl and strip malls.

[tishaLA]

36. Philly and Trenton, JN

Philadelphia, the city that loves you back

and

Trenton Makes, the World Takes

[nickgutierrez]

37. Naples, FL: Where the North goes to die

Coined by yours truly. :D

[carpetbagger]

43. When I lived there, it was "Are you from Chicago?"

Made a great pickup line, because it was usually true.

[nickgutierrez]

49. Hahaha

Yeah, I'm the exact opposite. Grew up in Naples, moved to Chicago later on.

[rppper]

52. daytona beach..."the worlds most famous beach.............

....that you can't see anymore because of all the time share condos"

[ProudGerman]

39. Richmond Va

They used to have the slogan "Do the town". Then they had the nerve to arrest the prostitutes. Confusing to say the least.

They have an equally stupid one now, but it escapes me now. But I do remember it being forehead slappingly stupid.....maybe that's why I forgot it, heh.

[anti_shrub]

40. Pittsburgh could use a slogan

"Pittsburgh: We Party Like It's 1949!"

"Pittsburgh: Cause Doing Stuff After 9PM is Overrated"


"Pittsburgh: Will The Last Person Under 25 Please Shut The Lights Off On Your Way Out?"

[Philostopher]

41. Dayton, Ohio --

"No riots like Cincinnati, and we've got a nice convention center!"

Not really, but it could be.

Then there was the 'this decision was brought to you by some cocaine' stunt that Hamilton, Ohio pulled back in the 80s. They officially changed the name of the city to 'Hamilton! Ohio.' I kid you not -- they spent money on coming up with this. Dipshits.

I have a friend who lived in Toledo back in the early seventies who still needles me about the slogan Ohio used to put on its license plates back then -- 'Seat Belts Fastened?'

[NightTrain]

44. Hartford: It doesn't have to suck

n/t

[mitchum]

47. LOL!

[Cocoa]

45. Where route 51 ends, and the fun begins!

some town in WI. :-)

[mitchum]

46. Greenville : Where Rats Go To Die

[kodi]

50. a day spent in Intercourse is a day well spent.

.

[Ellen Forradalom]

51. The late Mike Royko once proposed changing Chicago's motto

from 'Urbs in Horto' (City in a Garden) to 'Ubi Est Mea' (Where's Mine)

BTW I almost typed 'Urs in Horto', which would be Bear in a Garden. Can't say if it's a flying bear, though.

[alfredo]

53. Ashland Ky, Birthplace of Charlie Manson. eom

[TheMightyFavog]

54. Milwaukee, WI

"Home of the The Doormat of the National Leauge"

[oustemnow]

55. "San Francisco: Because when it's foggy,

God can't see what you're doing."

Actually, I kinda like that one.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

59. And here I thought you were going to say

When it is foggy,
Everyone wants a big blow.

[MSchreader]

57. "Come back to Detroit,...

We missed you the first time" (complete with hand holding smoking .38 revolver). Actually, I like both Detroit slogans.

Martin

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

60. You will have to testify at his trial.