Hicksville
Long Island community
Hicksville is a dismissive term for a small, unsophisticated rural town—the kind of place city dwellers imagine as backward and boring: I'm not moving to Hicksville just because the rent is cheap.
The word plays on "hick" (a country bumpkin) styled as a place name.
It's used more as a concept than a reference to any actual town, though several real places bear the name.
Dismissive term for backwater
- boondocksRemote rural areas
- backwaterStagnant side channel
- sticksSlender wood pieces
- booniesRemote rural areas
flyover · one-horse town · jerkwater · Middle America · provincial · unsophisticated · parochial · small-minded
Rural Southern laborer stereotype
- hayseedSlang for rustic person
- bumpkinUnsophisticated country dweller
- yokelNaïve rural person
- hillbillyRural mountain dweller stereotype
rustic · cornfed · clodhopper · rube · oaf · hokey · cornball · small-town
NYC's suburban peninsula
- New YorkNortheastern metropolis and state
- suburbOutlying residential district
- commuter townResidential area near workplace city
- LevittownPlanned suburban community, postwar
train station · LIRR · post-war development · bedroom community · 1950s · suburban sprawl · planned community · strip mall
podunk
Dismissive term for backwater
boonies · flyover · one-horse town · jerkwater · Middle America · provincial · unsophisticated · parochial · small-minded · backward
redneck
Rural Southern laborer stereotype
hillbilly · rustic · cornfed · clodhopper · rube · oaf · hokey · cornball · small-town · backwards
Long Island
NYC's suburban peninsula
- New YorkNortheastern metropolis and state
- suburbOutlying residential district
- commuter townResidential area near workplace city
Levittown · train station · LIRR · post-war development · bedroom community · 1950s · suburban sprawl · planned community · strip mall · working-class
- Long IslandLong Island, Huntington, Hempstead, Montauk, Babylon
- Unincorporated PlacesLennox, Carmichael, Gonzalez, Oak Ridge, San Miguel
Hicksvillemetropolis
Large important city
big city · urban center · Manhattan · New York City · metropolitan area
HicksvilleParis
France's chief city
Hollywood · Silicon Valley · Broadway · Wall Street · cultural capital
Hicksvillecultural capital
Prestige from education and taste
Paris · Hollywood · cultural hub · fashion capital · Milan