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Is there also a New York, Texas? Actually yes there is. Next up, NYSE launches in Paris, Texas.

by seydor 2y ago

xarope 2y ago
TIL there's an Eiffel Tower[0] in Paris, Texas! 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower_(Paris,_Texas) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower_(Paris,_Texas)
- xandrius 2y ago
  It actually has a cowboy hat, incredible!
  - jmcgough 2y ago
    And can do gender reveals!
  - rob74 2y ago
    ...but the one in Paris, Tennessee (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower_(Paris,_Tennessee)#/media/File:ParisTNEiffel.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower_(Paris,_Tennessee...) looks much more true to the original - although apparently none of the two replicas fulfills the purpose of a tower (enabling you to climb to the top of it)...
jdwithit 2y ago
Get on Maine's level. They have Mexico, Poland (home of Poland Springs!), China, Peru, Norway, Sweden, Denmark... that's not even delving into another dozen or two towns named for foreign cities rather than nations. The history of why the heck this happened is interesting [0] 0: https://www.mainepublic.org/maine/2015-09-24/why-are-so-many-maine-towns-named-after-foreign-countries-and-cities https://www.mainepublic.org/maine/2015-09-24/why-are-so-many...
- SOLAR_FIELDS 2y ago
  Exactly the same situation in Central Texas. Many German, Swedish, Czech enclaves resulting in towns with names like New Sweden. Indiana has a bit of this as well.
  - 1123581321 2y ago
    I watched the 2024 eclipse from a curiously named Brazil, Indiana. Besides the name, a couple oddities were that nobody was there to watch the eclipse (we had an entire campground well in the totality to ourselves for $50) and someone from Chicago moved there to sell excellent deep dish pizza.
- pugets 2y ago
  Missouri has a lot of those names, too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Missouri_places_named_after_non-U.S._places https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Missouri_places_named_...
rob74 2y ago
Ah yes, Paris, Texas - made famous by a movie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas_(film)), which inspired the name for a (Scottish!) band (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_(band) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_(band)), which then of course eventually had to publish a concert DVD named "Texas Paris" (the concert wasn't in Paris, Texas however, but in Paris, France - https://www.amazon.fr/Texas-Paris-Concert-integral-Bercy/dp/B00005QZ27 https://www.amazon.fr/Texas-Paris-Concert-integral-Bercy/dp/...).
arrowsmith 2y ago
There's also a Texas, New York: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas,_New_York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas,_New_York
- itishappy 2y ago
  > It is officially part of the town of Mexico. Mexico, New York, of course.
jp57 2y ago
Euronext Texas, based in Paris.

Is there also a New York, Texas? Actually yes there is. Next up, NYSE launches in Paris, Texas.

by seydor 2y ago

Is there also a New York, Texas? Actually yes there is. Next up, NYSE launches in Paris, Texas.

TIL there's an Eiffel Tower[0] in Paris, Texas! 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower_(Paris,_Texas) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower_(Paris,_Texas)

xandrius 2y ago
It actually has a cowboy hat, incredible!
- jmcgough 2y ago
  And can do gender reveals!
- rob74 2y ago
  ...but the one in Paris, Tennessee (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower_(Paris,_Tennessee)#/media/File:ParisTNEiffel.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eiffel_Tower_(Paris,_Tennessee...) looks much more true to the original - although apparently none of the two replicas fulfills the purpose of a tower (enabling you to climb to the top of it)...

jdwithit 2y ago

Get on Maine's level. They have Mexico, Poland (home of Poland Springs!), China, Peru, Norway, Sweden, Denmark... that's not even delving into another dozen or two towns named for foreign cities rather than nations. The history of why the heck this happened is interesting [0] 0: https://www.mainepublic.org/maine/2015-09-24/why-are-so-many-maine-towns-named-after-foreign-countries-and-cities https://www.mainepublic.org/maine/2015-09-24/why-are-so-many...

SOLAR_FIELDS 2y ago
Exactly the same situation in Central Texas. Many German, Swedish, Czech enclaves resulting in towns with names like New Sweden. Indiana has a bit of this as well.
- 1123581321 2y ago
  I watched the 2024 eclipse from a curiously named Brazil, Indiana. Besides the name, a couple oddities were that nobody was there to watch the eclipse (we had an entire campground well in the totality to ourselves for $50) and someone from Chicago moved there to sell excellent deep dish pizza.
pugets 2y ago
Missouri has a lot of those names, too. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Missouri_places_named_after_non-U.S._places https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Missouri_places_named_...

rob74 2y ago

Ah yes, Paris, Texas - made famous by a movie (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas_(film) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paris,_Texas_(film)), which inspired the name for a (Scottish!) band (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_(band) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_(band)), which then of course eventually had to publish a concert DVD named "Texas Paris" (the concert wasn't in Paris, Texas however, but in Paris, France - https://www.amazon.fr/Texas-Paris-Concert-integral-Bercy/dp/B00005QZ27 https://www.amazon.fr/Texas-Paris-Concert-integral-Bercy/dp/...).

arrowsmith 2y ago

There's also a Texas, New York: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas,_New_York https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas,_New_York

itishappy 2y ago
> It is officially part of the town of Mexico. Mexico, New York, of course.

jp57 2y ago

Euronext Texas, based in Paris.