Children's street game of bygone days, involving pink Spalding (or "spaldeen") ball and broomstick. Now sadly defunct.
Short for the "Segway Human Transporter", a two-wheeled, motorized sidewalk 'scooter' that one can easily rent or buy in D.C.
A local reference to a messy section of merges and interchanges on I-240 & 55 where a relatively high proportion of accidents occur as a result of the confused roadways.
Reference to the CTA trains, which run elevated from the streets.
Forbes Magazine bestowed this honor upon the Mile-High city in light of its record breaking contraceptive sales.
A nickname for St. Louis, originating in the Native American burial mounds that were once common to the city.
The native Rhode Islanders' reference to the hordes of tourists from Massachusetts who swarm their beaches each summer.
The boundary between Detroit and Detroit's northern suburbs in Oakland and Macomb Counties. Also known as 8 mile, it has served as cultural dividing line between the predominantly poor African-American city and its wealthier, predominantly white northern suburbs.