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It's not immediately clear to me from the article, but this is the city of New Brunswick, NJ, USA, domain makes more sense now. It's not New Brunswick a Canadi

by as-j 3y ago

It's not immediately clear to me from the article, but this is the city of New Brunswick, NJ, USA, domain makes more sense now. It's not New Brunswick a Canadian province which I first thought of.

cf100clunk 3y ago
Yep, me too. I hope there will be a retitle to New Brunswick, NJ.
Obscurity4340 3y ago
I was wondering what the Irvings gang was up to lately
- xattt 3y ago
  Still the potato-forestry-oil cartel as usual.
  - timbit42 3y ago
    The oil refinery is up for sale though.
    - Obscurity4340 3y ago
      They're just so darn relateable, ya know?
Cyph0n 3y ago
Wait until you hear where Ontario International Airport (IATA: ONT) is located.
- notatoad 3y ago
  i think most people know that ontario airport is not in ontario, because the airports that are actually in ontario are better known and not called "ontario airport". just like most people would understand that if you said "london international airport, airport code CXYU" you probably don't mean heathrow.
  - Cyph0n 3y ago
    Well, guess I wasn’t “most people”. Also, I only included the IATA code to show that the code matches the name and isn’t random/unrelated (like CYXU).
- ojbyrne 3y ago
  It’s too bad that this New Brunswick isn’t in California, so we could get the full match like Ontario, Ca.
  - SpecialistK 3y ago
    Irreverent story: cast members at Disney parks show a hometown on their name tags. On my first trip to Disneyland, I'm very glad my shyness prevented me from asking the random teenager what part of the province they were from.
motohagiography 3y ago
Was confused as well, and thought what an interesting idea, to do advanced research in he middle of nowhere like that. New Brunswick Canada doesn’t figure in the popular imagination at all other than as the family fief of an industrial fortune, like if the Waltons operated Arkansas as a kingdom. Why not build an Arcadian research campus that far from everywhere? Take some equity in the results to fund it, do some skunkworks projects, keep it out of the press and politics and away from bureaucracy. Sounds ideal.
- disillusioned 3y ago
  On the public side of things, this essentially describes the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which was itself born out of the Hanford Site and its attendant plutonium-specific Manhattan Project-related research needs... took a town of 300 people which ballooned up to 25,000, essentially operating as an Army town in service of the Manhattan Project.
- 15457345234 3y ago
  It's a good place to watch the aurora from, apparently!
gerdesj 3y ago
Oh do come on! There are loads of towns, cities, hamlets, villages, bergs, burys ... etc that have the same name in many places. It doesn't help putting New on the front to differentiate either. Its not as though we do that here in the UK either (much): Newton Abbot, Newcastle, New Forest, New Market. I drive through a Newtown on the A303 in the Blackdown hills. Oh, perhaps we do. Here in the UK, I believe Whitchurch is the most often seen name for a collection of habitation structures (best I can do at the moment). We very rarely have white churches - so I have no idea what that is all about. Perhaps the Whit- is actually wit: "wise/clever" cf: witten and whist. I should drop this in, given the name: I live very close to Brunswick street in Yeovil, UK (http://www.yeovilhistory.info/brunswick-street.htm http://www.yeovilhistory.info/brunswick-street.htm) The first Brunswick was probably in Germany. -wick and similar are a common place suffix in English, German and Dutch (ie the Germanic languages) for a farm or market place. Ipswitch, for example, was once known as gipeswic. Norwich is a northern wick (cf Norvik) Probably best to read the entire article.
- gnabgib 3y ago
  There are only three New Brunswicks in the world, one Canadian Province (American: state, European: Country) - the default Wiki match for "New Brunswick"[0], and two American towns (56k New Jersey, and an unrecorded number in Indiana). There are many places called Brunswick[1]. Brunswick is indeed from Germany, in honour of George III established in 1784[2]. Yes, your town of forked river/Gifle has a street name origin for the same reason, but it wasn't complete until at least 60 years later, and was originally named New France Street[3]. Bit of a miss on Whitchurch, ringing in with only 14[4] uses in the world, while Newtown[5] can be found 80 in places, excluding variants like Sturminster just down the road from you[6]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick [2]: https://natural-resources.canada.ca/earth-sciences/geography/origins-canadas-geographical-names/origin-names-canada-and-its-provinces-and-territories/9224 https://natural-resources.canada.ca/earth-sciences/geography... [3]: http://www.yeovilhistory.info/brunswick-street.htm http://www.yeovilhistory.info/brunswick-street.htm [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitchurch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitchurch [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtown [6]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturminster_Newton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturminster_Newton
ChrisArchitect 3y ago
Yep same. Took me a while reading this to realize this is not New Brunswick, the province in Canada.... Had me scratching head (of course it isn't but confused if they were leaving new jersey state or what). A "..., NJ" couldn't have killed them anywhere?
- lotsofpulp 3y ago
  I love when local news tv station websites just say “KXYZ” all over the header and footer and whatnot, and never clearly mention which city and state they are in. And every single one does this from what I have seen. I have to search the KXYZ to find out which city it is.
  - anjel 3y ago
    Same!
- binary132 3y ago
  If they don’t specify the country or state then obviously it should be assumed to have been written by Americans ;)

by as-j 3y ago

It's not immediately clear to me from the article, but this is the city of New Brunswick, NJ, USA, domain makes more sense now. It's not New Brunswick a Canadian province which I first thought of.

cf100clunk 3y ago

Yep, me too. I hope there will be a retitle to New Brunswick, NJ.

Obscurity4340 3y ago

I was wondering what the Irvings gang was up to lately

xattt 3y ago
Still the potato-forestry-oil cartel as usual.
- timbit42 3y ago
  The oil refinery is up for sale though.
  - Obscurity4340 3y ago
    They're just so darn relateable, ya know?

Cyph0n 3y ago

Wait until you hear where Ontario International Airport (IATA: ONT) is located.

notatoad 3y ago
i think most people know that ontario airport is not in ontario, because the airports that are actually in ontario are better known and not called "ontario airport". just like most people would understand that if you said "london international airport, airport code CXYU" you probably don't mean heathrow.
- Cyph0n 3y ago
  Well, guess I wasn’t “most people”. Also, I only included the IATA code to show that the code matches the name and isn’t random/unrelated (like CYXU).
ojbyrne 3y ago
It’s too bad that this New Brunswick isn’t in California, so we could get the full match like Ontario, Ca.
- SpecialistK 3y ago
  Irreverent story: cast members at Disney parks show a hometown on their name tags. On my first trip to Disneyland, I'm very glad my shyness prevented me from asking the random teenager what part of the province they were from.

motohagiography 3y ago

Was confused as well, and thought what an interesting idea, to do advanced research in he middle of nowhere like that. New Brunswick Canada doesn’t figure in the popular imagination at all other than as the family fief of an industrial fortune, like if the Waltons operated Arkansas as a kingdom. Why not build an Arcadian research campus that far from everywhere? Take some equity in the results to fund it, do some skunkworks projects, keep it out of the press and politics and away from bureaucracy. Sounds ideal.

disillusioned 3y ago
On the public side of things, this essentially describes the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which was itself born out of the Hanford Site and its attendant plutonium-specific Manhattan Project-related research needs... took a town of 300 people which ballooned up to 25,000, essentially operating as an Army town in service of the Manhattan Project.
15457345234 3y ago
It's a good place to watch the aurora from, apparently!

gerdesj 3y ago

Oh do come on! There are loads of towns, cities, hamlets, villages, bergs, burys ... etc that have the same name in many places. It doesn't help putting New on the front to differentiate either. Its not as though we do that here in the UK either (much): Newton Abbot, Newcastle, New Forest, New Market. I drive through a Newtown on the A303 in the Blackdown hills. Oh, perhaps we do. Here in the UK, I believe Whitchurch is the most often seen name for a collection of habitation structures (best I can do at the moment). We very rarely have white churches - so I have no idea what that is all about. Perhaps the Whit- is actually wit: "wise/clever" cf: witten and whist. I should drop this in, given the name: I live very close to Brunswick street in Yeovil, UK (http://www.yeovilhistory.info/brunswick-street.htm http://www.yeovilhistory.info/brunswick-street.htm) The first Brunswick was probably in Germany. -wick and similar are a common place suffix in English, German and Dutch (ie the Germanic languages) for a farm or market place. Ipswitch, for example, was once known as gipeswic. Norwich is a northern wick (cf Norvik) Probably best to read the entire article.

gnabgib 3y ago
There are only three New Brunswicks in the world, one Canadian Province (American: state, European: Country) - the default Wiki match for "New Brunswick"[0], and two American towns (56k New Jersey, and an unrecorded number in Indiana). There are many places called Brunswick[1]. Brunswick is indeed from Germany, in honour of George III established in 1784[2]. Yes, your town of forked river/Gifle has a street name origin for the same reason, but it wasn't complete until at least 60 years later, and was originally named New France Street[3]. Bit of a miss on Whitchurch, ringing in with only 14[4] uses in the world, while Newtown[5] can be found 80 in places, excluding variants like Sturminster just down the road from you[6]. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Brunswick [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunswick [2]: https://natural-resources.canada.ca/earth-sciences/geography/origins-canadas-geographical-names/origin-names-canada-and-its-provinces-and-territories/9224 https://natural-resources.canada.ca/earth-sciences/geography... [3]: http://www.yeovilhistory.info/brunswick-street.htm http://www.yeovilhistory.info/brunswick-street.htm [4]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitchurch https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitchurch [5]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtown [6]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturminster_Newton https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sturminster_Newton

ChrisArchitect 3y ago

Yep same. Took me a while reading this to realize this is not New Brunswick, the province in Canada.... Had me scratching head (of course it isn't but confused if they were leaving new jersey state or what). A "..., NJ" couldn't have killed them anywhere?

lotsofpulp 3y ago
I love when local news tv station websites just say “KXYZ” all over the header and footer and whatnot, and never clearly mention which city and state they are in. And every single one does this from what I have seen. I have to search the KXYZ to find out which city it is.
- anjel 3y ago
  Same!
binary132 3y ago
If they don’t specify the country or state then obviously it should be assumed to have been written by Americans ;)