Why cities have nick names

[Llynn]

Seattle, WA Some genius in the Chamber of Commerce came up with "the Emerald City" a few decades ago.

Portland, OR the Rose City.

At one time, Petaluma was known as the "Egg Capital of the World," sparking such nicknames as "Chickaluma". Petaluma hosted the only known poultry drugstore and is the place where the egg incubator was invented by Lyman Byce in 1879.

We drove through Petaluma on the way to see Grandpa...it smelled like eggs!

Winlock, WA a small town really, contends for the egg capital of the world. They certainly have a big egg anyway.