Counties referred to like cities

[Max Rockatansky]

I never found that to be the case, especially on the island of Maui.  Places like Hana, Wailuku, Lahaina and Kihei are referred to as the distinct communities that they are. 

[Road Hog]

In North Texas you could say Tarrant or Collin or Ellis or Wise and people would know where you're talking about without calling it a county.

Dallas or Denton or Kaufman or Rockwall is different because there are cities within those counties you have to differentiate.

[mgk920]

Has anyone in here yet brought up the five boroughs of NYC?

Mike

[Rothman]

Has anyone in here yet brought up the five boroughs of NYC?

Mike

No, because they aren't or are no longer mentioned as individual cities.

[bugo]

Oh, also Wyandotte County, Kansas is often just called "Wyandotte."  Sometimes "The Dotte," if you're cool enough, I guess.

Crimedotte County.

[TheHighwayMan3561]

Has anyone in here yet brought up the five boroughs of NYC?

Mike

No, because they aren't or are no longer mentioned as individual cities.

Brooklyn and Manhattan frequently get their own individual mentions. If you're a baseball fan, those people know Bronx and (to a lesser degree) Queens.

Sorry Staten Island.

[mgk920]

Has anyone in here yet brought up the five boroughs of NYC?

Mike

No, because they aren't or are no longer mentioned as individual cities.

To the USPS, it is very much still 'Bronx, NY', 'Brooklyn, NY' and 'Staten Island, NY'.

[Rothman]

Has anyone in here yet brought up the five boroughs of NYC?

Mike

No, because they aren't or are no longer mentioned as individual cities.

To the USPS, it is very much still 'Bronx, NY', 'Brooklyn, NY' and 'Staten Island, NY'.

...

If you think USPS naming and informal public naming conventions are the same...you are wrong.

[Rothman]

Has anyone in here yet brought up the five boroughs of NYC?

Mike

No, because they aren't or are no longer mentioned as individual cities.

Brooklyn and Manhattan frequently get their own individual mentions. If you're a baseball fan, those people know Bronx and (to a lesser degree) Queens.

Sorry Staten Island.

Meh, not as their own cities.  Everyone knows they're all part of NYC.  They're basically being mentioned aa their own sections of NYC rather than independently.

[vdeane]

"Manhattan", "Brooklyn", and "Staten Island" aren't county names either (it's New York, Kings, and Richmond, respectively).  Queens is, but even Bronx County doesn't perfectly match (the borough is The Bronx).

[mgk920]

The New York Nets missed the playoffs this again season?

Mike

[Henry]

Gwinnett comes to mind.

Dekalb too.

And Fulton as well.

[ran4sh]

I'm not sure I see people referring to Fulton like a city though... most people say the actual city for places in Fulton County (Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Roswell, Johns Creek, etc)

[ran4sh]

Are we counting consolidated city-counties, like San Francisco, or Athens, GA?

Almost no one refers to Clarke County GA as "Clarke, GA" the way the OP meant... all references are to Athens, GA

[roadman65]

"Manhattan", "Brooklyn", and "Staten Island" aren't county names either (it's New York, Kings, and Richmond, respectively).  Queens is, but even Bronx County doesn't perfectly match (the borough is The Bronx).

And Queens is a borough where the post office uses neighborhood names for addresses.  There is no Queens, New York in mailing through the USPS.

[Scott5114]

It seems like it's fairly common to refer to most of Nevada's counties without "County", since there's only 17 of them. (I guess you can't do it with Elko County because Elko city exists.) During the election, you'd see Nevada-based commentators referring to "the mail returns from Washoe", "early voting in Clark", "I didn't know they even had the Internet in Esmeralda", and things like that.

[ClassicHasClass]

"I didn't know they even had the Internet in Esmeralda"

s/the Internet/running water/

[Big John]

"I didn't know they even had the Internet in Esmeralda"

s/the Internet/running water/

In Bewitched

[Henry]

I'm not sure I see people referring to Fulton like a city though... most people say the actual city for places in Fulton County (Atlanta, Sandy Springs, Roswell, Johns Creek, etc)

I take that back.

[Scott5114]

"I didn't know they even had the Internet in Esmeralda"

s/the Internet/running water/

Apparently up until about 10 years ago Esmeralda County records weren't computerized. They were on paper. In leatherbound books. In calligraphy.

[mrsman]

"Manhattan", "Brooklyn", and "Staten Island" aren't county names either (it's New York, Kings, and Richmond, respectively).  Queens is, but even Bronx County doesn't perfectly match (the borough is The Bronx).

At least to bring it relevant to our board, the borough names are used as control cities on highway signage when you are in another borough.  Even control city purists who balk at using state names, county names, or names of bridges on the signs would likely not have a problem with the usage of borough names along NYC interstates.

[Rothman]

"Manhattan", "Brooklyn", and "Staten Island" aren't county names either (it's New York, Kings, and Richmond, respectively).  Queens is, but even Bronx County doesn't perfectly match (the borough is The Bronx).

At least to bring it relevant to our board, the borough names are used as control cities on highway signage when you are in another borough.  Even control city purists who balk at using state names, county names, or names of bridges on the signs would likely not have a problem with the usage of borough names along NYC interstates.

The City of Del Water Gap...

[roadman65]

It seems like it's fairly common to refer to most of Nevada's counties without "County", since there's only 17 of them. (I guess you can't do it with Elko County because Elko city exists.) During the election, you'd see Nevada-based commentators referring to "the mail returns from Washoe", "early voting in Clark", "I didn't know they even had the Internet in Esmeralda", and things like that.

New York does that. It's Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland, Westchester, and Putnam.  Other counties like Orange County are called that as well as Duchess and Ulster are followed by county.

[Rothman]

It seems like it's fairly common to refer to most of Nevada's counties without "County", since there's only 17 of them. (I guess you can't do it with Elko County because Elko city exists.) During the election, you'd see Nevada-based commentators referring to "the mail returns from Washoe", "early voting in Clark", "I didn't know they even had the Internet in Esmeralda", and things like that.

New York does that. It's Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland, Westchester, and Putnam.  Other counties like Orange County are called that as well as Duchess and Ulster are followed by county.

It's inconsistent in New York with this usage.

[vdeane]

It seems like it's fairly common to refer to most of Nevada's counties without "County", since there's only 17 of them. (I guess you can't do it with Elko County because Elko city exists.) During the election, you'd see Nevada-based commentators referring to "the mail returns from Washoe", "early voting in Clark", "I didn't know they even had the Internet in Esmeralda", and things like that.

New York does that. It's Nassau, Suffolk, Rockland, Westchester, and Putnam.  Other counties like Orange County are called that as well as Duchess and Ulster are followed by county.

It's inconsistent in New York with this usage.

That might be a downstate thing.  If the "definition of upstate vs. downstate" thread were still active, I'd even list that as a possible criteria.