‘The Taco Bell of California’: Here are Bee readers’ funniest Sacramento taglines
Last week The Bee asked readers to stretch their creative chops and pitch clever Sacramento taglines that best fit the city they live in.
With over 30 submissions ranging from Sacramento’s architecture to the people that fill its streets, several taglines made us laugh including Folsom resident David Battino’s pitch: Sacramento, “Where anyone can be a king”, a nod to the Sacramento Kings’ troublesome track-record.
Some quotes have been modified for clarification. In no particular order, here are several Sacramento taglines, created by readers for readers:
Sacramento: Boring but in a good way
“Most people in Sacramento tend to be decent people: picking up after their pups, obeying the four-way stop sign rules, saying hello with a smile as they walk. I see a lot of that changing with people running stop lights, speeding down residential streets and yelling at one another. I’d prefer boring, but in a good way.”
- Pocket/Greenhaven resident
Sacramento: The Canada of California
“People are polite, easygoing, socially open to other lifestyle choices but also family-focused, mostly orderly, somewhat civic minded and we rock out, but only moderately, not hard. Just like the Canadians.”
- South Land Park resident
Sacramento: The Taco Bell of California
“It’s not bad, not great, always consistent and a good value.”
- South Land Park resident
Sacramento: Halfway to somewhere else
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“Sacramentans are always looking to go somewhere else for the weekend. We go to Tahoe, San Francisco, Los Angeles and more. Others view Sacramento as a city they drive through to get to another destination. We are already halfway there!”
- Patrick Tully, Natomas resident
Sacramento: Home of the real Golden Gate Bridge
“Every time I drive by the shiny gold bridge, it makes me so proud to be a Sacramentan.”
- Hazuki Battino, Folsom resident
OTHER FAVORITES
- Sacramento: Sac’s hacks, tracks and river rafts
- John Adkisson, Pocket/Greenhaven
- Sacramento: Big history, small city
- Miaki Battino, Folsom
- Sacramento: Only an hour and a half from where you want to be
- Rob Carlson, Citrus Heights
- Sacramento: The city to warm up to
- Paul Eagle, Sacramento native
- Sacramento: It’s expensive here too
- Little pocket resident
This story was originally published July 25, 2022 at 5:00 AM.