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Well, that's unfortunate that they decided to change the name. But there's always Intercourse, PA if you're looking for a fun sounding place to go: https://www.

Well, that's unfortunate that they decided to change the name. But there's always Intercourse, PA if you're looking for a fun sounding place to go: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Intercourse,+PA/@40.0368067,-76.1275931,14z/ https://www.google.com/maps/place/Intercourse,+PA/@40.036806...

yial 6y ago
Keep in mind you can also visit “Blue Balls” and “Paradise” PA which are both close by.
- jrootabega 6y ago
  Blue BaLL
fartcannon 6y ago
And Dildo, in Newfoundland https://maps.app.goo.gl/vCe2U3ZcK5bTbaDa7 https://maps.app.goo.gl/vCe2U3ZcK5bTbaDa7
- dghughes 6y ago
  As a Canadian (and Atlantic Canadian) I often see people mention Dildo. But I get an even bigger kick that's Dildo across the harbour from Spread Eagle.
ksaj 6y ago
Bird-in-hand gets you pretty close to Paradise, but not as nice as Intercourse. A lot of town names in that area are like this for some probably not-perverse reason.
- incanus77 6y ago
  When I was about 8 in southwestern PA, we took a trip to central PA to visit Gettysburg, the Amish Country, Hershey, and all that. We took a steam train ride that promised a "trip to paradise". I remember two things clearly about that train: 1. If you are sitting close enough to the front and lean out far enough, you get hot steam mist droplets painfully scalding your skin. 2. The train indeed went to Paradise, PA, with a big welcome sign, and I remember thinking "Is this a joke? I guess some people aren't very good at humor." I really don't know what I did expect or what would have impressed me more.
  - mmmBacon 6y ago
    Sounds like Strasburg railroad.
    - incanus77 6y ago
      Yes! That was it.
  - chub500 6y ago
    Yes I grew up around there. Intercourse is close to Paradise.
- dragonwriter 6y ago
  Some discussion here: https://www.discoverlancaster.com/blog/wacky-town-names-lancaster/ https://www.discoverlancaster.com/blog/wacky-town-names-lanc...
  - ksaj 6y ago
    It seems the story I was told about the town of Intercourse at least has some merit. In Swedish, the word for cross is Kors. I know it's not a Swedish town name, but a lot of Swedish words are the same or similar throughout other Germanic languages. In this case, it is namely Dutch, which has a direct connection to the area due to the Amish people there. Anyway, I was told that the town name literally referenced two inter-crossing roads, and Kors was, instead of being anglicized to Cross, became Course.
    - dragonwriter 6y ago
      > In this case, it is namely Dutch, German (specifically derived from the Palatine German dialect), not Dutch (the Germanic language of the Netherlands.)
      - ksaj 6y ago
        That gets somewhat confusing, since we tend to call it Pennsylvania Dutch, and the area as "Pennsylvania Dutch Country." So it surprises me to discover that the language is connected to Germanic Switzerland. As much as Kors was seemingly mistranslated to course instead of cross, Deitsch was apparently mistranslated into the word Dutch instead of German. And people make fun of the Scandinavian quirks in Minnesota. Uff da! Thanks for the correction. This error-prone history would make for a great YouTube documentary.
dredmorbius 6y ago
Climax, CO.
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bartread 6y ago
And Shitterton in Dorset: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shitterton,+Bere+Regis,+Wareham/@50.7544016,-2.229921,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4873acbba35b9fa5:0x45e025b1c06e8c21!8m2!3d50.7546319!4d-2.2277296 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shitterton,+Bere+Regis,+Wa...
- peterburkimsher 6y ago
  There's a whole map of Vaguely Rude Place Names! https://www.vaguelyrudeplacesmap.com/ https://www.vaguelyrudeplacesmap.com/
- sasaf5 6y ago
  Don't forget Boring (Oregon), sister city of Dull (Scotland).
  - devy 6y ago
    NJ Turnpike has an exit at Bordentown, first time I saw them many many years ago, I mistook it as "Boredom Town".
  - arethuza 6y ago
    Dull seems quite proud of their relationship with Boring - they have a sign on the nearest main road proclaiming the relationship which always causes me to smile when I drive past.
83457 6y ago
Released balloons at Easter from church in central Virginia as a kid. Had Easter egg clamped to the string containing a card with return request and address. Got a response a couple weeks later from someone near Intercourse, PA. Of course I found that hilarious but was also amazed at just how far my balloons flew.
eyelidlessness 6y ago
Humptulips, WA
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HarryHirsch 6y ago
For those who love animals there's always the Royal Dick in Edinburgh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_(Dick)_School_of_Veterinary_Studies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_(Dick)_School_of_Veterin...
- reilly3000 6y ago
  Y’all are going to Hell, MI
  - ithkuil 6y ago
    Idle, Bradford, UK Kill, Ireland Time, IL, USA
chris_wot 6y ago
They need to twin with Nobby's Beach.
rorykoehler 6y ago
Muff, Donegal, Ireland
- stared 6y ago
  The famous spot for Muff Diving? https://www.muffdivingclub.ie/ https://www.muffdivingclub.ie/
nickt 6y ago
See also “Grape Lane” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane
bmdavi3 6y ago
And if you need to relax, there's also the Bong Recreation Area in Wisconsin
carstenhag 6y ago
Also Kissing, Germany. I live next to it :P
- devy 6y ago
  There is also Kissimmee in Florida :)
  - jelliclesfarm 6y ago
    Also: Dildo in Canada. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo,_Newfoundland_and_Labr... (There is also South Dildo..just below Dildo) Condom in France: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom,_Gers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom,_Gers Intercourse in PA, USA. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercourse,_Pennsylvania https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercourse,_Pennsylvania Hooker, OK. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooker,_Oklahoma https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooker,_Oklahoma ETA: what do you know..there is more https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-03-24/wait-youre-where-11-towns-and-cities-suggestive-names https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-03-24/wait-youre-where-11-t...
  - DoreenMichele 6y ago
    I'm from Georgia and have been to that area. Locals don't pronounce it like "kissy me." They pronounce it like "kih simmy." The Sims is not a suggestive phrase and Kissimmee is pronounced more like that than like Kiss Me. I checked a few videos claiming to cover the pronunciation and the first two said it more like "kissy me." But this one has the pronunciation I'm familiar with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu-Kq-2irQE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu-Kq-2irQE Edit: The name Kissimmee can be traced back to the language of the Jororo people and means “long water.” There were approximately 350,000 people living in Florida when the Spanish arrived in 1513. https://osceolahistory.org/history-of-kissimmee/ https://osceolahistory.org/history-of-kissimmee/
Cthulhu_ 6y ago
Sexbierum, Netherlands: https://goo.gl/maps/d2pWL7UhDfdJiNbAA https://goo.gl/maps/d2pWL7UhDfdJiNbAA

yial 6y ago

Keep in mind you can also visit “Blue Balls” and “Paradise” PA which are both close by.

jrootabega 6y ago
Blue BaLL

fartcannon 6y ago

And Dildo, in Newfoundland https://maps.app.goo.gl/vCe2U3ZcK5bTbaDa7 https://maps.app.goo.gl/vCe2U3ZcK5bTbaDa7

dghughes 6y ago
As a Canadian (and Atlantic Canadian) I often see people mention Dildo. But I get an even bigger kick that's Dildo across the harbour from Spread Eagle.

ksaj 6y ago

Bird-in-hand gets you pretty close to Paradise, but not as nice as Intercourse. A lot of town names in that area are like this for some probably not-perverse reason.

incanus77 6y ago
When I was about 8 in southwestern PA, we took a trip to central PA to visit Gettysburg, the Amish Country, Hershey, and all that. We took a steam train ride that promised a "trip to paradise". I remember two things clearly about that train: 1. If you are sitting close enough to the front and lean out far enough, you get hot steam mist droplets painfully scalding your skin. 2. The train indeed went to Paradise, PA, with a big welcome sign, and I remember thinking "Is this a joke? I guess some people aren't very good at humor." I really don't know what I did expect or what would have impressed me more.
- mmmBacon 6y ago
  Sounds like Strasburg railroad.
  - incanus77 6y ago
    Yes! That was it.
- chub500 6y ago
  Yes I grew up around there. Intercourse is close to Paradise.
dragonwriter 6y ago
Some discussion here: https://www.discoverlancaster.com/blog/wacky-town-names-lancaster/ https://www.discoverlancaster.com/blog/wacky-town-names-lanc...
- ksaj 6y ago
  It seems the story I was told about the town of Intercourse at least has some merit. In Swedish, the word for cross is Kors. I know it's not a Swedish town name, but a lot of Swedish words are the same or similar throughout other Germanic languages. In this case, it is namely Dutch, which has a direct connection to the area due to the Amish people there. Anyway, I was told that the town name literally referenced two inter-crossing roads, and Kors was, instead of being anglicized to Cross, became Course.
  - dragonwriter 6y ago
    > In this case, it is namely Dutch, German (specifically derived from the Palatine German dialect), not Dutch (the Germanic language of the Netherlands.)
    - ksaj 6y ago
      That gets somewhat confusing, since we tend to call it Pennsylvania Dutch, and the area as "Pennsylvania Dutch Country." So it surprises me to discover that the language is connected to Germanic Switzerland. As much as Kors was seemingly mistranslated to course instead of cross, Deitsch was apparently mistranslated into the word Dutch instead of German. And people make fun of the Scandinavian quirks in Minnesota. Uff da! Thanks for the correction. This error-prone history would make for a great YouTube documentary.

dredmorbius 6y ago

Climax, CO.

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bartread 6y ago

And Shitterton in Dorset: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shitterton,+Bere+Regis,+Wareham/@50.7544016,-2.229921,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4873acbba35b9fa5:0x45e025b1c06e8c21!8m2!3d50.7546319!4d-2.2277296 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shitterton,+Bere+Regis,+Wa...

peterburkimsher 6y ago
There's a whole map of Vaguely Rude Place Names! https://www.vaguelyrudeplacesmap.com/ https://www.vaguelyrudeplacesmap.com/
sasaf5 6y ago
Don't forget Boring (Oregon), sister city of Dull (Scotland).
- devy 6y ago
  NJ Turnpike has an exit at Bordentown, first time I saw them many many years ago, I mistook it as "Boredom Town".
- arethuza 6y ago
  Dull seems quite proud of their relationship with Boring - they have a sign on the nearest main road proclaiming the relationship which always causes me to smile when I drive past.

83457 6y ago

Released balloons at Easter from church in central Virginia as a kid. Had Easter egg clamped to the string containing a card with return request and address. Got a response a couple weeks later from someone near Intercourse, PA. Of course I found that hilarious but was also amazed at just how far my balloons flew.

eyelidlessness 6y ago

Humptulips, WA

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HarryHirsch 6y ago

For those who love animals there's always the Royal Dick in Edinburgh: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_(Dick)_School_of_Veterinary_Studies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_(Dick)_School_of_Veterin...

reilly3000 6y ago
Y’all are going to Hell, MI
- ithkuil 6y ago
  Idle, Bradford, UK Kill, Ireland Time, IL, USA

chris_wot 6y ago

They need to twin with Nobby's Beach.

rorykoehler 6y ago

Muff, Donegal, Ireland

stared 6y ago
The famous spot for Muff Diving? https://www.muffdivingclub.ie/ https://www.muffdivingclub.ie/

nickt 6y ago

See also “Grape Lane” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gropecunt_Lane

bmdavi3 6y ago

And if you need to relax, there's also the Bong Recreation Area in Wisconsin

carstenhag 6y ago

Also Kissing, Germany. I live next to it :P

devy 6y ago
There is also Kissimmee in Florida :)
- jelliclesfarm 6y ago
  Also: Dildo in Canada. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo,_Newfoundland_and_Labrador https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dildo,_Newfoundland_and_Labr... (There is also South Dildo..just below Dildo) Condom in France: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom,_Gers https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condom,_Gers Intercourse in PA, USA. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercourse,_Pennsylvania https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intercourse,_Pennsylvania Hooker, OK. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooker,_Oklahoma https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooker,_Oklahoma ETA: what do you know..there is more https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-03-24/wait-youre-where-11-towns-and-cities-suggestive-names https://www.pri.org/stories/2016-03-24/wait-youre-where-11-t...
- DoreenMichele 6y ago
  I'm from Georgia and have been to that area. Locals don't pronounce it like "kissy me." They pronounce it like "kih simmy." The Sims is not a suggestive phrase and Kissimmee is pronounced more like that than like Kiss Me. I checked a few videos claiming to cover the pronunciation and the first two said it more like "kissy me." But this one has the pronunciation I'm familiar with: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu-Kq-2irQE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu-Kq-2irQE Edit: The name Kissimmee can be traced back to the language of the Jororo people and means “long water.” There were approximately 350,000 people living in Florida when the Spanish arrived in 1513. https://osceolahistory.org/history-of-kissimmee/ https://osceolahistory.org/history-of-kissimmee/

Cthulhu_ 6y ago

Sexbierum, Netherlands: https://goo.gl/maps/d2pWL7UhDfdJiNbAA https://goo.gl/maps/d2pWL7UhDfdJiNbAA