Popular_nicknames Nicknames_of_Houston

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1 popular nicknames

1.1 bayou city
1.2 h-town
1.3 hustle-town
1.4 sport nicknames

1.4.1 clutch city
1.4.2 crush city







popular nicknames
bayou city

houston popularly known bayou city (and less baghdad on bayou ) because home ten winding waterways flow through surrounding area. buffalo bayou main waterway flowing through city , has significant place in texas history, not due founding place of city of houston, because final battle texas independence fought along banks. other major bayous in city include white oak bayou, brays bayou , sims bayou.


h-town

h-town popular modern nickname houston. commonly used in reference city both locally , internationally, within entertainment community. in addition, h-town blues festival music festival held each year in city, , h-town arena theatre has hosted variety of performing artists around country since 1970s. h-town (with h standing houston) name of r&b hip hop band houston formed in 1992.


hustle-town

hustle-town , popular local nickname houston, proudly used reference city s significance international center of commerce, trade, , more recently, music, art, , rapidly growing population center never seems rest . houston compared larger, older cities , pop-cultural centers, being referred new york or l.a of south , , fourth largest city in united states, in terms of population size. term hustle-town heavily popularized houston rapper spm, following release of hustle-town in 1998, directly utilizing term in name of song, followed large rise in usage of term in hip-hop music , culture in houston scene. term used sports teams, corporations, slogans, or groups in houston, such houston astros, phrase welcome hustle town , can seen painted on south side of minute maid park.


sport nicknames
clutch city

the nickname of clutch city given city of houston after houston rockets won 1994 , 1995 nba championships. moniker adopted in response front-page headline in houston chronicle declaring houston choke city . revived in 2005, houston astros had late-season rally win pennant , clinch first-ever world series appearance, , again in 2006, when houston dynamo won mls cup in inaugural season.


the rockets mascot, clutch bear , named 5th-most recognizable mascot in sports usa today in february 2005, , inducted mascot hall of fame in 2006.


crush city

crush city nickname derived 2015 houston astros season. crush reference high amount of home runs delivered houston astros, team ended second home runs in mlb.








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