An example, I live near Chicago (you don't have to actually live in the city, but as long as you're close) and we're famous for our pizza; deep-dish especially.
fort worth is known for being dallas's sister city, but is also much cleaner and more respectable. from now on, when you think of dallas, think fort worth.
Maryland? Known for being the living form of stupidity. And my middle school? The dead form of of stupidity. And the administrators (except for one)? The zombie form of stupidity.
and apparently its the best city in the world or something
Most liveable, apparently. Though Melburnian residents like myself agree only on a qualified basis: that survey didn't weight the sheer cost of living here very strongly!
Melbourne was also voted most literary city in 2010 or something. Again, Melburnians couldn't quite figure out how they got that title. Not even my fellow National Novel Writing Month buddies.