Despite having grown up in nearby Allegan, I have countless family and friends who live in the Kalamazoo area so I like to think I'm familiar with "The Zoo."

That being said, now that I've been working in Kalamazoo for over a year I'm realizing I don't know half as much about the "Celery City" as I thought I did!

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On a recent visit to the Kalamazoo Valley Museum (KVM), something I haven't done since elementary school field trips, I learned so much about Kzoo-- including all its nicknames. How many of these nicknames are you familiar with?

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