+2, Subby, for the free throws Donald Williams used to seal the deal.

Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be...

That was stupid of Weber. Any Sacramentonian* knows it's "Cowtown" not just *a* cowtown.

Geez.

/*Sacramenter? Sacramentalist?

Weber should know that Sacramento is really nothing more nor nother less than the Detroit of California.

I lived in Sacramento for a couple of years and let's just say I'm not planning on ever going back, even to visit.

The Walmart by Arco Arena might as well be in deepest darkest Appalachia. Completely overrun by toothless hill folk.

Webber's well-known Center Court restaurant in Natomas shut down Monday night.

Hmmm, sorry that people don't want a $20 burger when In-n-Out is right across the street.

/Natomas is shiat
//downtown/midtown is the only place to visit in Sac

Did he manage to avoid hurting his ankle during the entire interview?

Cowtown is a little cosmopolitan for Sacramento.

Goattown, maybe? Possumtown?

/former Sacramentan

Howie Spankowitz: Cowtown is a little cosmopolitan for Sacramento.

Goattown, maybe? Possumtown?




I'd say "Roach-town" but that might be taken as racist.

And should be reserved for Citrus Heights, in any case.

Lived there for 3 years as a kid, when the Kings weren't bad at all. Also, I was too young to realize it was a shiathole, but people remind me of that fact now.

kmmontandon: Did he manage to avoid hurting his ankle during the entire interview?

Also, this.

Cool to have so many Sacto farkers.

Contrabulous Flabtraption: Cool to have so many Sacto farkers.

ex-Sacto farker, it seems.

Never lived there, myself, though I have a lot of family there, and I lived in Davis for eight or nine years.

Commence Fort Worth suing for copyright infringement in 3...2...1...

I'm going down to Cowtown

/The cow's a friend to me
//Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be

+10 Subby.

As a 25-year Chapel Hill Resident and UNC Grad, I'm getting a kick out of this headline . . . .

As a resident of the real "Cowtown", I take offense to some unknown city in California trying to take that name.

Sarcaustic: +10 Subby.

As a 25-year Chapel Hill Resident and UNC Grad, I'm getting a kick out of this headline . . . .

He was off by a few miles. The cowtown in that area is Vacaville.

rbaron71: As a resident of the real "Cowtown", I take offense to some unknown city in California trying to take that name.

Hate to say it, but I can go down the street a few blocks where, yes, there are cows. It's why I love Sactown. It's urban but alot of farms still in neighborhoods filled with mcmansions and fat humans driving SUVs. It's nice to see a little farmland left. Cows, goats, horses, heck even ostriches. It's cool.

/I am proud of my cowtown

As a Chicagoan I'm getting a real kick out of these replies.

I think he meant to say "Meth City"

Sactown ain't so bad, not sure how that one poster can say it is like Detroit.

TheJoe03: Sactown ain't so bad, not sure how that one poster can say it is like Detroit.

He said it's the Detroit of California. Kind of like how Wichita is the Paris of Kansas. It's all relative.

/why yes, i am drunk

I moved from Sacramento to a town where the courthouse has a statue of a cow, so I'm really getting a kick etc.

/glad I left.

+1000000

Awesome headline...

Columbus, OH hates being called cowtown.
Fort Worth and Calgary take great pride in being Cowtown

Go figure.

TheJoe03: Sactown ain't so bad, not sure how that one poster can say it is like Detroit.

I think he had it confused with Fresno.

I moved from Sacramento about 2 months ago... for family reasons, not because I didn't like it. I lived downtown and actually liked it a lot. Of course, I don't really like huge cities, but I could walk/bike to damn near anything I wanted, it was sunny almost all year, quite a bit to do (although it required getting creative at times), and met some of the best people I've ever known in my life.

There are worse insults than "cowtown"... and hell no it's not like Detroit.

CrazyCurt: rbaron71: As a resident of the real "Cowtown", I take offense to some unknown city in California trying to take that name.

Hate to say it, but I can go down the street a few blocks where, yes, there are cows. It's why I love Sactown. It's urban but alot of farms still in neighborhoods filled with mcmansions and fat humans driving SUVs. It's nice to see a little farmland left. Cows, goats, horses, heck even ostriches. It's cool.

/I am proud of my cowtown

This. I don't get the big movement around here to make Sac "a world class city like LA, SF, etc."

First, a city doesn't become world class by trying to be like another city--we don't need anymore Best Buys or Chipotles--a city becomes world class by embracing its own culture and and its own resources. Second, I've noticed that most of the citizens who disparage our fair city are those who moved here from places like LA and SF in the first place. Well, feel free to move back then, aholes! You can probably afford it now.

If affordability, mild climate, and an easy commute don't suit your needs, I don't know what will. If a great history, decent nightlife, and plenty of recreational opportunities don't suit your wants--the mountains are an hour that way, and "the city" is an hour the other. Get off your ass.

/screw Kevin Johnson, too
//rant off

dj_swim: and hell no it's not like Detroit.

Truly. If anything, Oakland takes that dubious title. And I love Oakland.

I lived in Marysville for a few years. It makes Sacramento look like, um, well, a less crappy city.

SideburnSlim: CrazyCurt: rbaron71: As a resident of the real "Cowtown", I take offense to some unknown city in California trying to take that name.

Hate to say it, but I can go down the street a few blocks where, yes, there are cows. It's why I love Sactown. It's urban but alot of farms still in neighborhoods filled with mcmansions and fat humans driving SUVs. It's nice to see a little farmland left. Cows, goats, horses, heck even ostriches. It's cool.

/I am proud of my cowtown

This. I don't get the big movement around here to make Sac "a world class city like LA, SF, etc."

First, a city doesn't become world class by trying to be like another city--we don't need anymore Best Buys or Chipotles--a city becomes world class by embracing its own culture and and its own resources. Second, I've noticed that most of the citizens who disparage our fair city are those who moved here from places like LA and SF in the first place. Well, feel free to move back then, aholes! You can probably afford it now.

If affordability, mild climate, and an easy commute don't suit your needs, I don't know what will. If a great history, decent nightlife, and plenty of recreational opportunities don't suit your wants--the mountains are an hour that way, and "the city" is an hour the other. Get off your ass.

/screw Kevin Johnson, too
//rant off

Absolutely this. You couldn't pay me enough to live in a "world class city" like LA. Sure, the suburbs of Sac are shiat. Just like everyone else's suburbs. Midtown/Downtown is very nice. As for C-Webb. Your restaurant sucked. The food was overpriced and terrible but people might have still gone there if the service wasn't AWFUL. Seriously. They made Denny's seem like a world class enterprise.

Also...screw Kevin Johnson. If there is anything for Sacramento to be embarrassed about it's our child molester mayor.

Could be worse, he could have called it Yuba City

penthesilea: He was off by a few miles. The cowtown in that area is Vacaville.


As someone who spent many of my formative years in Sacramento, the "cowtown" assessment is correct. If it weren't for the fact it's the state capital, Sacramento would be no different than Stockton, Modesto, Merced, and other towns in the Central Valley.

/Mostly lived in Fair Oaks.
//Moved away a long time ago.

HindeSky: I think he meant to say "Meth City"


You're thinking of Marysville.

Sacramento is a piece of shiat city. There's a reason so many people call it "Excremento," and it's not because it's a nice place to live, visit, or even think about.

thefireandpassion: As a Chicagoan I'm getting a real kick out of these replies.

Me to

As originally being from Sacramento, I'm outraged. Actually, not really. This place is a damn cowtown. Nothing to do at night. I kid you not, I rode around down town at 9PM on a Sunday night and every bar was closed. Just about.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: That was stupid of Weber. Any Sacramentonian* knows it's "Cowtown" not just *a* cowtown.

Geez.

/*Sacramenter? Sacramentalist?

Sacramentan.

RickyBRicky: Weber should know that Sacramento is really nothing more nor nother less than the Detroit of California.

No, that would be Stockton. Or Fresno.

SideburnSlim: CrazyCurt: rbaron71: As a resident of the real "Cowtown", I take offense to some unknown city in California trying to take that name.

Hate to say it, but I can go down the street a few blocks where, yes, there are cows. It's why I love Sactown. It's urban but alot of farms still in neighborhoods filled with mcmansions and fat humans driving SUVs. It's nice to see a little farmland left. Cows, goats, horses, heck even ostriches. It's cool.

/I am proud of my cowtown

This. I don't get the big movement around here to make Sac "a world class city like LA, SF, etc."

First, a city doesn't become world class by trying to be like another city--we don't need anymore Best Buys or Chipotles--a city becomes world class by embracing its own culture and and its own resources. Second, I've noticed that most of the citizens who disparage our fair city are those who moved here from places like LA and SF in the first place. Well, feel free to move back then, aholes! You can probably afford it now.

If affordability, mild climate, and an easy commute don't suit your needs, I don't know what will. If a great history, decent nightlife, and plenty of recreational opportunities don't suit your wants--the mountains are an hour that way, and "the city" is an hour the other. Get off your ass.

/screw Kevin Johnson, too
//rant off

I greatly dislike Kevin Johnson, that being said, Sacramento does not afford an easy commute. 80 east on the weekends is even bumper to bumper. And, you're right, Sacramento doesn't need more Best Buys or shiatty department stores. We have enough strip malls. We need some bigger, taller buildings. How about we build a few 20 or 30 story residential buildings and destroy the highlands area, or natomas? Seriously, build some nice, affordable living and get rid of the shiatty growths that seem to populate sacramento (Natomas, Elk Grove, Highlands, Rancho Cambodia, West Sacramento, etc)

Why Would I Read the Article: Sacramento is a piece of shiat city. There's a reason so many people call it "Excremento," and it's not because it's a nice place to live, visit, or even think about.

Somebody from San Francisco calling another city a piece of shiat is very rich. Your entire downtown smells like urine and feces.

SideburnSlim: "the city" is an hour the other. Get off your ass.

Not so much when the Bay Bridge is cold flat busted. That's been happening with amusing regularity lately.

Makh: Lives beneath the ocean and that's where I will be...

Beneath the waves? The waves?

mjoven1975: Somebody from San Francisco calling another city a piece of shiat is very rich. Your entire downtown smells like urine and feces.

Yes, but when you leave, it smells good again.

Why Would I Read the Article: mjoven1975: Somebody from San Francisco calling another city a piece of shiat is very rich. Your entire downtown smells like urine and feces.

Yes, but when you leave, it smells good again.

Really? When I leave SF I can't smell for days, and it takes months for my nostril hairs to grow back.

SkyFlyer: As originally being from Sacramento, I'm outraged. Actually, not really. This place is a damn cowtown. Nothing to do at night. I kid you not, I rode around down town at 9PM on a Sunday night and every bar was closed. Just about.

That's odd. Streets of London is open until about 1 or 1:30 every Sunday night. Ever consider you just don't know where you're going?

Webber's from a crapsack city. He wouldn't know a real cowtown if it bit him on the ass. That said, who cares, he played here and stuck it out for years so he can say what he wants.

Angry Drunk Bureaucrat: That was stupid of Weber. Any Sacramentonian* knows it's "Cowtown" not just *a* cowtown.

Geez.

/*Sacramenter? Sacramentalist?



Sacramento-ens

/San Diegons?

Detroit = Permently a deseased shiathole.
Suckramento = Cow/Meth Town, but with 10 thousand better ops than shiatkeg Detroit..

kmmontandon: HindeSky: I think he meant to say "Meth City"


You're thinking of Marysville.

Or Yuba shiatty...

SkyFlyer:
I greatly dislike Kevin Johnson, that being said, Sacramento does not afford an easy commute. 80 east on the weekends is even bumper to bumper. And, you're right, Sacramento doesn't need more Best Buys or shiatty department stores. We have enough strip malls. We need some bigger, taller buildings. How about we build a few 20 or 30 story residential buildings and destroy the highlands area, or natomas? Seriously, build some nice, affordable living and get rid of the shiatty growths that seem to populate sacramento (Natomas, Elk Grove, Highlands, Rancho Cambodia, West Sacramento, etc)

This sounds strangely like Joliet, IL. Strip-malls and shiatty department stores.

He's only calling Sacramento a cow town because it was founded by a cow.

Smokey the Bare: kmmontandon: HindeSky: I think he meant to say "Meth City"


You're thinking of Marysville.

Or Yuba shiatty...


Marysville has nothing on anywhere in Placer County or North highlands, or oh who am I kidding fark this place.