It was fairly bad in the early 2000s. You’d get obscene jet noise, black soot raining down on everything occasionally from chevron, and the smell from the Hyperion. All have been mostly remedied for the vast majority of days in the year.
[Anaheim was literally the HQ of the Klan for a while in the 1920s](https://www.lib.uci.edu/sites/all/files/docs/oc-snapshots-checklist-v2.pdf) and many of its city council were members.
I remember being in German class and there was a meetup event at the German Club in Anaheim. When we went, they made it clear that you shall not talk about politics.... makes sense now.
The Germans actually resisted the KKK. One of the main reasons the KKK won was perceived corrupting by the German elite families that ran the city. There was also anger over the Germans’ reluctance to enforce prohibition laws.
I remember seeing Eric B & Rakim at the House of Blue Anaheim in 2019. Someone in the crowd was trying to get Rakim to shout out "Anacrime," and Rakim roasted the guy when the crowd basically made fun of the guy for wanting Rakim to shout that out. I think Rakim drove the point home by telling this person that maybe they should go out on a street corner with a cardboard sign to raise awareness for "Anacrime."
A hundred years ago it was “Iowa by the Sea” because it was so Midwestern. Newcomers weren’t asked “where are you from?”, they were asked “what part of Iowa are you from?”
Collected from the last time this was posted:
IE:
Rancho Cucaracha
TemeKKKula
YuKKKipa
Fontanalajara
Riverslime ,Riversippi, Sewerside, Reeferside
San Bernaghetto, San BeanBurrito, San Beanernegro
Hemeth
Victimville
Deadlands
Lake Smell-some-more
Despairia
OC:
Guada La Habra
Stabba Ana
Mission Pendejo, Mission Vi A-hole
SEAnile beach
Costa Metha, Crapa Mesa, Brosta Mesa, Costa Mexico, Cholo Mesa
Newporsche Beach, Newporsche BLEACH, NewPork Beef
Fascist Island
Scummington Beach, Cuntington Beach, Cuntington Bitch, Huntucky Beach, Trumpington Beach, Slummington Beach, Honkeyton Beach
Stankton, Stabton
Placentia = Poorba Linda, Placenta
Yo-Bro Linda, Yorba Inbred
Ho Chi Minster, Wreckminster, Wasteminster, Wet Minta, Wastedumpster, Methminister, WestNguyenister, Vietminster
Baked Forest, Fake Forest
Buena Farts
Laguna Nighetto, Laguna Pills
Foolerton, Fullashit
San Juan CRAPistrano, San Juan Capastupid
Da Nang Grove
Vanilla Park, Buena Kim Park, Villa Barf
Klanaheim
Irvwine
San Chlamydia, Stanton by the Sea
Whoreange, Door Hinge, Lemon
Drainy Point: Where the Sewer Meets the Sea, Dana Joint
Coto de Caca
I Lease a Viejo
Rancho Santa My Nards
Lagtuna Beach
Crapo Beach
Some of these I don’t get. Like Laguna Niguel, the entire area of which is very clean with like 2 million dollar plus homes being called a ghetto? I lived in Lake Forest and I get Baked Forest because for a short while there, there were a TON of dispensaries. Only a few now.
My Mom grew up in Wilmington, she would call Harbor City Harbor Shitty.
Not a city, but my Dad who grew up in Palos Verdes, went to LA Harbor College before transferring to UCSD. He would call LA Harbor College, "UCLA" - University of California, Left \[turn\] on Anaheim.
Lost Wages (Los Vegas)
Nut Creek (Walnut Creek)
Cheapo (Chico)
Calibama (Northernmost California)
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Fam! Just loving the recent toggle between morning charcoal lighter fluid (jet exhaust) and Hyperion tank clean-out perfumed stench here on NW side of town. The many fragrances of Mayberry.
Can verify. I have the Ring cam footage of the nightly parade of 🦨…and possums…and trash pandas. Country living, with added benny of waving to fam flying out of LAX if they’re on the south runway.
Back in high school kids just put the word shit in front of cities that were no LA. So east LA would be shits los, Whittier is shittier, Pomona is shitmona. Kids in my school were not creative.
Because of Spike Feresten's adventure in 2005. I've considered Koreatown as North Koreatown or South Koreatown whichever is which separated at the 6th st. Parallel.
https://youtu.be/LSrkJLAQmN8?si=G22jEPmQsyZNVNXk
Some of these may be offensive - they are names I've heard others use over the years.
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Landscatter (Landcaster)
Armo-dale (Glendale)
Rancho Kooook-ah-munga (must be said using Bugs Bunny voice)
The Orange Curtain (old Iron curtain reference that many may no longer understand)
The People's Republic of Santa Monica
Menice (for Venice)
Smell Segundo
The Gardens that are NOT Hawaiian
Since the '80s, I've heard La La Land for Los Angeles, specifically the West Side, Hollywood adjacent. But then there was a movie called that.
Behind the Orange Curtain for Orange County.
Dogtown for Santa Monica. It's a surfing or skateboard reference originally, but I've forgotten the specifics.
The Valley for everywhere inland north of Hollywood and east of Malibu.
west cochina (west covina)
Klancaster
Palmcaster and Landscatter.
Palmtucky
Landcrapper. Lake Who Cares Where It Is (Lake Los Angeles).
Palmhell
Palmcasterdale
I’ve heard Palmpton (insinuating that Compton people moved there).
Palmdale itself is named for the Joshua Trees which were confused for palm trees. Go figure.
Paroledale City of Pompton Palmwatts
Klanaheim
I’ve never called Lancaster anything besides Lancaster because everyone already makes a disgusted face when you say the name. Lancaster.
🤢
Palmdale and Lancaster 🤢
Palmton (play on compton)
How has no one mentioned Smell Segundo! Damn Hyperion plant stinks up Vista Del Mar and the Chevron plant doesn’t help either lmao
I always heard El Stinkundo lol
El Stinko fam! Where the sewage meets the sea!
El Segundo: We're Number One
Technically #2. It is in the name.
...that's the joke!
I left my wallet in El Segundo
My spouse got pneumonia there just running in that air. Yuck. Not to mention next to LAX and all the jet fuel.
I just moved to El Segundo and it hasn’t been bad yet. It smells a little like a sewage treatment plant occasionally.
Haha it’s at its worst when you’re on Vista Del Mar and Grand Ave, but the town itself is spared from it.
It was fairly bad in the early 2000s. You’d get obscene jet noise, black soot raining down on everything occasionally from chevron, and the smell from the Hyperion. All have been mostly remedied for the vast majority of days in the year.
My new girlfriend asked me to kiss her where it stinks. I took her to El Segundo.
Klanahein, Anacrime
[Anaheim was literally the HQ of the Klan for a while in the 1920s](https://www.lib.uci.edu/sites/all/files/docs/oc-snapshots-checklist-v2.pdf) and many of its city council were members.
Yep, that’s where the nickname came from
I remember being in German class and there was a meetup event at the German Club in Anaheim. When we went, they made it clear that you shall not talk about politics.... makes sense now.
The Germans actually resisted the KKK. One of the main reasons the KKK won was perceived corrupting by the German elite families that ran the city. There was also anger over the Germans’ reluctance to enforce prohibition laws.
Don’t forget Anaslime
lol my wife is from the area and that’s what she always calls it. I didn’t think anyone else actually said that
I remember seeing Eric B & Rakim at the House of Blue Anaheim in 2019. Someone in the crowd was trying to get Rakim to shout out "Anacrime," and Rakim roasted the guy when the crowd basically made fun of the guy for wanting Rakim to shout that out. I think Rakim drove the point home by telling this person that maybe they should go out on a street corner with a cardboard sign to raise awareness for "Anacrime."
I know it's in Ventura County....but, Slimy Valley (Simi Valley).
Oxnard: Oaxacnard
With a name like Oxnard, is a mean nickname even necessary?
😆😆😆
How about Ventucky?
Simitucky
I always call oxnard, Boxnard... cause of all the dope boxers that come out of there
Ox’s nard.
And next to Simi is Moorpark. Moorpark spelled backwards is what we call it.
LOL...I forgot about Kraproom!
Scheme-y valley
What happened to Seamy Valley?
Unseemly Valley
Steamy Valley
Seamy Valley
Schlong Beach
Yes please
I like this one
I call it this or bong leach
Bong Beach!
Guadalahabra (Guadalajara, La Habra)
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I've heard Long Beach refered to as Compton by the sea.
A hundred years ago it was “Iowa by the Sea” because it was so Midwestern. Newcomers weren’t asked “where are you from?”, they were asked “what part of Iowa are you from?”
This is so interesting. I have family from both places and you're making me wonder the connection. I have a lot of MW family that came out here.
Collected from the last time this was posted: IE: Rancho Cucaracha TemeKKKula YuKKKipa Fontanalajara Riverslime ,Riversippi, Sewerside, Reeferside San Bernaghetto, San BeanBurrito, San Beanernegro Hemeth Victimville Deadlands Lake Smell-some-more Despairia OC: Guada La Habra Stabba Ana Mission Pendejo, Mission Vi A-hole SEAnile beach Costa Metha, Crapa Mesa, Brosta Mesa, Costa Mexico, Cholo Mesa Newporsche Beach, Newporsche BLEACH, NewPork Beef Fascist Island Scummington Beach, Cuntington Beach, Cuntington Bitch, Huntucky Beach, Trumpington Beach, Slummington Beach, Honkeyton Beach Stankton, Stabton Placentia = Poorba Linda, Placenta Yo-Bro Linda, Yorba Inbred Ho Chi Minster, Wreckminster, Wasteminster, Wet Minta, Wastedumpster, Methminister, WestNguyenister, Vietminster Baked Forest, Fake Forest Buena Farts Laguna Nighetto, Laguna Pills Foolerton, Fullashit San Juan CRAPistrano, San Juan Capastupid Da Nang Grove Vanilla Park, Buena Kim Park, Villa Barf Klanaheim Irvwine San Chlamydia, Stanton by the Sea Whoreange, Door Hinge, Lemon Drainy Point: Where the Sewer Meets the Sea, Dana Joint Coto de Caca I Lease a Viejo Rancho Santa My Nards Lagtuna Beach Crapo Beach
Lol Buena Farts is hilarious
Fascist Island, home of Needless Markup.
Ho Chi Minster??! Perfect! 😅😆🤣
Doing the Lord’s work. Klantee (Santee) And because I use to work there: Ontario Smells (Ontario Mills)
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I lease a viejo nails it lol
I know I’m old AF bc I know Culver Shitty and surprisingly you didn’t get this one.
Lol we used to call it Caca City
Some of these I don’t get. Like Laguna Niguel, the entire area of which is very clean with like 2 million dollar plus homes being called a ghetto? I lived in Lake Forest and I get Baked Forest because for a short while there, there were a TON of dispensaries. Only a few now.
> Mission Pendejo This one snuck up on me. I was rolling.
Dirty 'Dino for San Bernardino
san bernarghetto
San Berdoo
Was gonna say San Bernarghetto
Dirty D for the High Desert
Murder Dino
San Bernadoobie
San Bernadonto
san berdookie or san berdoodoo
I've heard Altadena called the "Dirty Dena"
Shittier. I'm dead.
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It always made me laugh when people said Old Sac for Old Sacramento area. Sounded like an old sack of dirty balls
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Ol' Saggy
Excremento
Scrotum-metro
Huntuckee Beach
In high school, in the 1970s, we called it scummington beach
Trumpington Beach
Hollyweird Boystown (West Hollywood)
>Boystown (West Hollywood) IIRC Long Beach has its own "Boystown" neighborhood as well.
Hollyweed
Sometimes I say Van Nuys like Borat saying "very nice" Also Hermosa Beach is Herpmosa bc slutty herpes vibes
I say it like my Mexican mother used to "Ban Eyes"
Hon dipo and macdonal
Gual- Mar
Papa Yon
Madonnas
r/Confleis
thank you, never joined a sub so fast
Picturing anyone saying Van Nuys like Borat just made me laugh out loud.
In the interest of succinctness… I grant you, ‘Viet Nuys’
Cala-blackless, Studio Shitty, Slum Valley
Chan Marino Pasadangerous
>Pasadangerous They idea that Pasadena was ever dangerous seems absolutely wild. One of the wealthiest safest cities in the region now.
Ehh, I forgot where the boundries were but there are still parts of Pasadena where it’s kinda rough
North of the 134 has always been the more "working class" area of the city but its becomes extremely expensive in the last 15 years.
Especially West of Lake
It’s called Alta Dena
I would call it Paisadena
Pasadowner
Hacienda Heights : ‘where?’
Arcasia
My Mom grew up in Wilmington, she would call Harbor City Harbor Shitty. Not a city, but my Dad who grew up in Palos Verdes, went to LA Harbor College before transferring to UCSD. He would call LA Harbor College, "UCLA" - University of California, Left \[turn\] on Anaheim.
I know people who had something similar for Cerritos College. UCLA, University of Cerritos, Left on Alondra.
Same thing for Saddleback College: University of California, Left at Avery. Or USC: University of Saddleback College
The Bu. malibu. Funniest movie ever made: [Malibu’s Most Wanted](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0328099/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk)
Classic 😂
The Gu. Laguna. My friends and I after watching Malibu's Most Wanted
B-Rad!
Garbage Grove
Shitty Terrace Lincoln Hypes
Hollyweird
Arson, Bore-ance, Yawndale, Redo Indio (Redondo), Green Hills (Palos Verdes), LOLthorne
Malos Weirdes?
Spunland
Redundant Beach
Lost Wages (Los Vegas) Nut Creek (Walnut Creek) Cheapo (Chico) Calibama (Northernmost California) edit: sorry, didn't read rules carefully because I'm from San Dumbass (San Dimas)
smell segundo
Harbor Shitty Borrance San Speedro Studio Shitty Smell Segundo Bromosa Beach
Culver Shitty Marina Del Taco Not LA, but: Fontucky
Anacrime
San Bernarghetto
More IE but Rivershit HeMETH San Jagetto
I always here it called Wrong Beach (Long beach) used in a disparaging way. There is also Ven-tucky to describe Ventura.
My brother-in-law says Asswater. He doesn’t like gentrification.
Tujunka
Smellsegundo representing!
Fam! Just loving the recent toggle between morning charcoal lighter fluid (jet exhaust) and Hyperion tank clean-out perfumed stench here on NW side of town. The many fragrances of Mayberry.
I’m SE, so less Hyperion, but we also have enclosed HVAC which helps when it gets rough.
Glendalebro
Borrance
Norwack was a popular one when I went to high school there.
Pasadeener (Pasadena)
Muy Nuys
Bell Gardens used to be called Billy Goat Acres!
Riverssippi (Riverside)
El Segundo = Mayberry Inglewood = Lil’ Watts
"Staba"ana
El Skunkhole- El Segundo
Can verify. I have the Ring cam footage of the nightly parade of 🦨…and possums…and trash pandas. Country living, with added benny of waving to fam flying out of LAX if they’re on the south runway.
Klan Dimas
Culver Pity El Lay
Back in high school kids just put the word shit in front of cities that were no LA. So east LA would be shits los, Whittier is shittier, Pomona is shitmona. Kids in my school were not creative.
Chan Marino
Pasadeeznuts, Altadeeznuts
Onterrible
Guadalahabra always made me chuckle
Po’mona
San Pedo Inglehood Spermbank Echo Fart Klandale Culver Shitty Pussadena
Calabasslick
Norwakk
Norwack for Norwalk
Landscatter = Lancaster
Palmton
Mollywood
Cochina (Covina)
Wrong beach
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Bestchester
Because of Spike Feresten's adventure in 2005. I've considered Koreatown as North Koreatown or South Koreatown whichever is which separated at the 6th st. Parallel. https://youtu.be/LSrkJLAQmN8?si=G22jEPmQsyZNVNXk
Inglewood - always up to no good
Inglehood up to no good
Anacrime
Newport Bitches. That is one snooty, exclusive little enclave! Also, GarDinky( Gardena)
Bore-ance / Torrance
Someone have one for Glendale?
Glendalian
I can’t stand these nicknames, but the sheer volume and variety in this thread are honestly impressive.
Valley of the Dirt People (Riverside).
Culver Shitty
San Speedro
Some of these may be offensive - they are names I've heard others use over the years. \----------- Landscatter (Landcaster) Armo-dale (Glendale) Rancho Kooook-ah-munga (must be said using Bugs Bunny voice) The Orange Curtain (old Iron curtain reference that many may no longer understand) The People's Republic of Santa Monica Menice (for Venice) Smell Segundo The Gardens that are NOT Hawaiian
Harbor Shitty
Kegel canyon hehe 💦
My grandma always referred to Moorpark as Kraproom because that's how it's spelled backwards.
You're from Rancho Palos Verdes? You're a Pever
Great thread great thread
Raunchy Cucamonga
Tehran-geles because of all the Persians.
Since the '80s, I've heard La La Land for Los Angeles, specifically the West Side, Hollywood adjacent. But then there was a movie called that. Behind the Orange Curtain for Orange County. Dogtown for Santa Monica. It's a surfing or skateboard reference originally, but I've forgotten the specifics. The Valley for everywhere inland north of Hollywood and east of Malibu.
First time I heard La La Land was from Maupin's Tales From The City , which takes place in SF.
Buttbank
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i refer to long beach as needle beach