"Pizen" > wrote in message
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> Andy wrote:
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>> Andy
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> New Orleans. But when Hunter S. Thompson ran for sheriff of Pitkin
> County, his platform in part called for renaming Aspen Fat City. He
> lost by only a handful of votes.
>

I doubt the term "Fat City" originated in New Orleans, but in New
Orleans Fat City refers to a section of a New Orleans suburb called
Metairie. At one point Fat City was apparently a hot spot for night
life. Fat City was considered a sort of Bourbon Street of the suburbs.
There isn't much going on in Fat City these days, though one of the
better restaurants in the greater New Orleans area (Dragos) is in Fat
City.

-Mike