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Oddly enough Portland, Oregon is named for Portland, Maine. If the coin toss had gone the other way it'd be named after Boston.
by cestith 4y ago
Oddly enough Portland, Oregon is named for Portland, Maine. If the coin toss had gone the other way it'd be named after Boston.
- hinkley 4y agoIn this parallel universe I wonder if Fred Armisen still makes a show but calls it 'Bostonia'. Same number of syllables so the song still works.
- gausswho 4y agoWhich itself has been renamed a few times. Until the British fired incendiary cannonballs to burn it down just before a blizzard. This demonstration of force helped unite the colonists in their support for revolution. When rebuilding, Falmouth became Portland.