Our city likes to call itself the “Sparkling City by the Sea.” We are by the sea in that we are right on the bay that eventually leads to the sea, but our city is not really sparkling. It is quite windy as well as quite hot, but nothing really sparkles, except maybe the soda cans in the gutter.
I used to live in a town which had the original name of “Hogtown” because that is where the train stopped for you to load your pigs to go to market. However, the “ladies” of the town didn’t like the name and so renamed it for General Gaines. He never visited the town ever in his life but apparently was considered to be a true gentleman and so worthy to lend his name to the town. Today, the nickname for the town is still Hogtown (as well as the name carved on the bridge).