But in the past few decades, it has been trying to modify its long-standing image as "the place where fun goes to die".
This has all contributed to reshaping the long-standing image of Poland as a massive Jewish graveyard, the site of all the Nazi extermination camps.
"Certainly a video game doesn't square with Augusta's long-standing image of stuffiness and propriety," said Alan Shipnuck, a Sports Illustrated writer and author of "The Battle for Augusta National".
One of the bizarre side-products of the titanic currency fluctuations of late is that Reykjavik is now amazingly cheap to holiday makers, in direct opposition to its long-standing image as a painfully expensive place to have fun.
All told, opera lovers are taking to the Web so readily that I may even have to change my long-standing image of them, and of Wagnerians in particular.
The airport raid, carried out Tuesday by men wielding metal rods who pushed past riot police officers, was the climax of three years of intermittent protests that have tarnished Thailand's long-standing image as a freewheeling but stable nation.
The long-standing image of Mahler as a composer of doom has been set aside, in part through Mr Kaplan's advocacy.That an unskilled dreamer could teach professionals how to bring off a masterpiece is a fantasy that many share but few presume to achieve.
If nothing else, that new trope, which has been deployed in numerous recent comedies, from "Frances Ha" to (of course) "How to Be Single," is a welcome and long-overdue corrective to Hollywood's long-standing image of women's grateful redemption in the arms of men, their reward for surviving their comedic or dramatic travails.
Taco Bell raised prices to get away from its long-standing image as a cheap joint; that raised sales, but traffic is down 5% year-to-date.
Taco Bell raised prices to get away from its long-standing image as a cheap joint; that raised sales, but traffic counts are down 5% year-to-date.
The luxury yachts moored at Monaco's Port Hercule intimidate as much as they impress -- their polished gleam reflecting the tiny principality's long-standing image as an exclusive home to millionaires and a playground for high rollers.
