Wait - where did you say you were from?

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Let’s look at those wonderful Amish towns in Pennsylvania:

Intercourse
Blue Ball
Virginville
Loyalsockville
Bird-In-Hand

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I can’t believe you’re not mentioning Holland, Michigan

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Pfft. Almost as easy pickins as Hell. How about these instead:



Maybe some cars didn’t get such original names, either:

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And let’s have some fun with Chicago, shall we?

New Chicago: California, Indiana
Little Chicago: Michigan, Wisconsin
Chicago Junction: Ohio, Wisconsin
North Chicago: Illinois
West Chicago: Illinois
East Chicago: Indiana

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Not so Amish, but:

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There’s a tiny town near there which has an Edgar Bergen Blvd. He was born on a farm there.

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I think I can win this game-within-a-game.

There is a Wide Open Dykes farm close to Carlisle, Cumbria.

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@SteampunkBanana I almost ended up working here:

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I’ve always found the colonizer’s trick of creating “New” versions of favorite places back home to be curious and a bit wistful. Always makes me wonder what exactly about the place made they think of the “old” York/Amsterdam, Orleans, Mexico, Zealand, South Wales, etc.

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90 entries and no Palestines?

Palestine, Arkansas
Palestine, a minor community of Newtown, Connecticut
Palestine, Illinois
Palestine, Kosciusko County, Indiana
Palestine, Franklin County, Indiana
New Palestine, Indiana
Palestine, Ohio
East Palestine, Ohio
Palestine, Texas
Palestine, Greenbrier County, West Virginia
Palestine, Wirt County, West Virginia
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Here’s a shocking one… Who would expect to find Oulu in Wisconsin?
Oulu Wisconsin, USA
FYI: for all of yous non-Finns; Oulu - Oulun kaupunki

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There are many fictitious cities in the US…
Oz
Unincorporated community
Oz is located in Kentucky

Location within the state of Kentucky
Coordinates: 36°42′23″N 84°34′03″WCoordinates: 36°42′23″N 84°34′03″W
Country United States
State Kentucky
County McCreary
Elevation 794 ft (242 m)
Time zone Central (CST) (UTC-6)
• Summer (DST) CST (UTC-5)
GNIS feature ID 514406[1]

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(they pronouce it goat-ham, sadly). Just down the road from Bunny.

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Seems about as likely as finding Norway in Michigan, eh?

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How have you not posted Vulcan, MI?

Edit: nevermind – missed it…

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Er…

Wait - where did you say you were from??

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This one is only surprising to the Beach Boys, and anybody else who is more familiar with the earworm than the state

This one is pronounced “Sine-ee-eye” (and the state capital is “Peer”)

UPDATE: oh, look, the bloody pronunciation is included in the auto-quote. AND I GOT IT WRONG DESPITE GROWING UP DOWN THE ROAD A PIECE.

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The best pic that I found was a thong with “Property of Roachtown Illinois” on it…
Roachtown Populated Place Profile / St. Clair County, Illinois Data

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Does this bus go to Duluth1?
No, it goes beep beep.

If you were shocked by Oulu, WI then prepare to be blown out of your seat by the fact that there is a Duluth, GA!!!
In case you don’t know the original: Duluth, MN

1 pronounced: doo-loot (really bad skandihoovian joke)

minor edit for scandihoovian pronunciation.

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