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I have always enjoyed all the little towns named identically to other places. Maine, New York; London, Ontario; Mexico, Maine. There are a lot of others. "Wher
by smolder 3y ago
I have always enjoyed all the little towns named identically to other places. Maine, New York; London, Ontario; Mexico, Maine. There are a lot of others.
"Where are you from?"
"We came from London."
"Oh, all the way from the UK? You don't seem to have an accent at all!"
"No, it's about 30 miles from here."
- krylon 3y agoIn Germany, we have cities with identical names, too (Frankfurt, Halle, most likely others I am unaware of). But being a much smaller country, it doesn't lead to much confusion.
- ChrisMarshallNY 3y agoReminds me of this story: https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-village-of-fucking-decides-to-change-its-name/a-55740967 https://www.dw.com/en/austrian-village-of-fucking-decides-to...
- scns 3y agoBagdad, Arizona;
- temp0826 3y agoThere's an xkcd for that! https://xkcd.com/2480/ https://xkcd.com/2480/
- fbdab103 3y agoNot all fun and games. My buddy lost his luggage for three weeks because the airline routed it to the "real" city.
- borbulon 3y agoMaine is full of them. There’s a China, Maine as well as Palermo, Belfast, Belgrade, Poland, Peru, Denmark, Dresden, South Korea, Stockholm,Calais…