all of the people who live in the rest of the hudson valley are scared to go here cause they're from the middle of nowhere.
jon (from highland, ny)- let's go to po-town tonight.
carl (from millbrook,ny)- hell no man, i dont wanna get shot up. im a pussy.
jon - yeah you are.
carl - so are you.
jon - .....so
Poughkeepsie, New York. Also known as "Power Kingdom," "PK". Every person, predominantly caucasian, from outside Poughkeepsie is terrified. Advice: Don't walk around after 10PM and you are fine.
Billy (Vassar Student): Wow man I really heard "PK," is that how you say it? Yea well i heard that place is really rough dude!
Jayson (Main Street Drug Dealer): Yea, you know it be rough from where we be. Dont be a bitch doh son cuz dudes wont hesitate to pop yo ass for that scrilla here man fo real.
Billy (Vassar Student): Man I really should watch out then huh man?
Stomping grounds for students of Marist College who frequent locations such as Mad Hatter's, Rennies, the Palace Diner and the Galleria Mall. At night, avoid Main Street when on foot no matter how badly you think you need Taco Bell. Subject to frequent snow storms in the winter may prevent college students from leaving their houses during the day, except to aquire the essentials: food, alcohol, and pot.
Area Hot Spots: Sunset, Taylor, Fairview, Grand, Hooker, Mill
See also Po-Po: Poughkeepsie Police
A: You heading out into Po-Town tonight?
B: Hell yea, nucka.
Furthermore, it is the nickname all the Hudson Valleycollege kids use when describing where they come from.
Frank (from Illinois): So Nick, what part of New York do you come from, dog?
Nick: Po-Town, and I'm not your dog...
Frank: ...Ok.
(Later on...)
Vince(From Wappingers Falls, NY):Nick, where you don' come from, son?
Nick: Po-Town, playa.
Vince: Fo shizzle? (Points to himself) "Wapps" in ya grill, kid!
Nick: "Hud Val" represent, beliedat.