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What is the author talking about when he mentions the Monopoly board. I have played Monopoly (the board game) many times and have never heard if the places he

• quietbritishjim 3y ago
  Monopoly is localised to the country in which it's sold. The UK version has London place names, including The Angel, Islington. It doesn't even say "UK version" or something in the box, that's just all that's ever been sold here. No doubt that's true of many other places. To be honest, I was pretty surprised when I found out there's a US one! This predates the modern very local ones (e.g. in the UK you can now get Reading monopoly).
  • pavlov 3y ago
    One might expect the original American “Monopoly” to be set in New York, but it’s actually based on the streets of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Which is sort of like if the UK version were set in an Essex beach town.