[smith288]

"Cowtown"

Used by people who have some jealous complex against Columbus, usually Cleveland.

Columbus has grown into a diverse city with a booming economy and superb job market. Cowtown was born, I think, when the Columbus Clippers popularized the cowbell at Columbus Clippers baseball games (AAA of the Yankees).

Columbus Crew, huge ampitheatre, 2 new arenas ,the Blue Jackets, 4 huge malls in about 10 yrs only show the maturity of Columbus and what it has turned into. Columbus is often used as a testing ground for products because of its marketability.

Cowtown? Try Dayton or Chillicothe.

[strela]

Interesting - thanks for the info.

Ft. Worth is also nicknamed "Panther City". The name was originally intended as an insult. Back at the turn of the century, a newspaper reported that a panther had been sighted roaming the streets of downtown Ft. Worth. A wag from Dallas picked up on the story and claimed that the panther fell asleep in the middle of the Ft. Worth street since there were so few people there.

When the Ft. Worth city fathers heard about this vile canard, they commissioned a statue of the panther, curled up and sleeping like a kitten. Since then, the name has stuck.

[Printers Angel]

Yeah...and we have three Elvis sightings a week too! lol

Hi neighbor. : )

[Jonathan]

"booming economy"???

Columbus is the state focal point of the unsatiable tax appetite of our local leaders who cannot stop spending and cannot say no to any gov. program.

Any other city in Ohio would look booming too if we had 150,000 gov. employees driving around, producing nothing, and sucking the economic lifeblood out of the rest of Ohio.

[tang-soo]

I liked the proposed name a few years ago for the (at the time) new hockey franchise of The Mad Cowz. Instead, the Blue Jackets was picked.

[Mr. Thorne]

COWBELLS?

Those are 'Victory Bells,' son! Victory Bells.

= D

[1rudeboy]

I always thought Columbus was a mandatory stop for the Wolverines on their way to the Rose Bowl. [couldn't resist]