There are three main ways for a city to get a nickname. One way is for the nickname to develop organically, such as Chicago's "Windy City" nickname, whose origins are murky, but which the city has come to embrace. Another way is for the city to get that name by government decree, usually in an effort to lure tourists and businesses. The third way is for an organic nickname to be codified into law by government decree. That's what happened in Buffalo.
As the University of Buffalo School of Architecture and Planning explains, the city has historically welcomed immigrants, including Europeans in the 1800s, Blacks moving out of the South in the 1900s, and people from Latin America and the Caribbean migrating there in recent decades. As radio station WYRK explains it, "we're just really nice people, and we always come to each others [sic] side in a time of support and need or to celebrate and rejoice."
Things were made official on Jan. 23, 1940, according to Buffalo News, when Mayor Thomas L. Holling introduced a resolution making "The City of Good Neighbors" the city's official nickname.
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