Many Missourians refer to their state as Misery, often refferring to the unpredictable weather.
The Kumeyaay, also know as the Diegueños, are the natives of the San Diego area (and of the southwestern US and Northwestern Mexico). The Kumeyaay still have reservations in San Diego and in Baja California, Mexico, where they are called kumiai
New Orleans cemeteries (due to the high water table, people in New Orleans are buried above ground).
For some reason, low-numbered license plates have become a status symbol in Rhode Island, to the point of a rash of illegal auctions taking place for these prestigious items.
A derogatory local nickname for Albany invoked by its more disenchanted residents.
