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Old 09-22-2020, 02:31 PM
 
Location: Northern Virginia
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Agreed, in terms of national media and anywhere outside the New England, Portland alone is usually always assumed as Oregon if no state is mentioned. I always mention Maine behind it if that's the Portland being discussed.

"Another night of protesters clashing with law enforcement in Portland", yeah we already know which Portland they're talking about, no state needing to be mentioned.

Almost all media reports on the protests do refer to Oregon in some way or form to clarify what they're talking about. I mean, there were actual protests and rioting in Portland, ME too.



Portland, ME is too big and Portland, OR not quite famous enough to get away without state names for either unless you clarify the context in some other way.
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Old 09-22-2020, 02:41 PM
 
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Portland, ME is too big and Portland, OR not quite famous enough to get away without state names for either unless you clarify the context in some other way.
Useless fact, Portland, Oregon, could have been named Boston, Oregon, it came down to a coin flip in 1845 between Asa Lovejoy and Francis Pettygrove, Lovejoy was from Massachusetts and he wanted to name the new settlement Boston.

If Not for a Coin Toss, Portland, Ore., Would Have Been Called Boston
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Old 09-22-2020, 02:46 PM
 
Location: Summit, NJ
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Columbus is exactly the sort of city that requires the state abbreviation behind it given there's about two dozen of them in the country. And obviously they aren't named after Columbus, OH. All of them are named after Christopher Columbus. The Ohio city of the name is not so notable nationally or large that outside of the context of Big Ten football or Ohio politics it would be self-explanatory that you mean it when you say "Columbus".
It's the 14th largest city in the country...

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Washington should always be called Washington, D.C. or Washington State.
Remember whose list this is: The Associated Press. Meaning, when they print an article, just after the headline you see "WASHINGTON — ". Washington must be THE most common city for news stories, so it makes sense to not have to specify Washington, DC.
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Old 09-22-2020, 02:50 PM
 
Location: The Piedmont Triad
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People still think for whatever reason Raleigh is in Va a lot. I don't know why. But it's a thing

I didn't realize that people were that stupid..... That's a darn shame.
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Old 09-22-2020, 03:00 PM
 
Location: Northern Virginia
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It's the 14th largest city in the country....

It's a fairly anonymous and pretty unremarkable city nevertheless.
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Old 09-22-2020, 03:28 PM
 
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Living right outside D.C. I never say "Washington" to refer to the city, I always say "D.C." or maybe sometimes "the city".
Washington is a little bit like New York, you kind of need to add something to it to clarify it's not the state, like Washington "DC" or New York "City." But in common parlance on the East Coast I usually just hear "NYC" and "DC." Except in the DC suburbs, then I just hear "The District" or "the city" similar to how NYC suburbs just call Manhattan "the city" or "downtown" (even if it is Midtown haha).
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Old 09-22-2020, 03:41 PM
 
Location: OC
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People still think for whatever reason Raleigh is in Va a lot. I don't know why. But it's a thing
Probably confuse it with Roanoke and Richmond.
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Old 09-22-2020, 08:10 PM
 
Location: Tokyo, JAPAN
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I suppose I'm exposing my own ignorance but I've never heard of Tuscaloosa or State College in my life and I had to Google which state Bozeman is in.
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Old 09-22-2020, 08:27 PM
 
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St Paul, Duluth, Madison, Buffalo, Hartford, Providence, Orlando, West Palm Beach, Fresno, Spokane, Colorado Springs, Takoma, Wichita.

Columbus would be if not for GA and IN. Rochester would be if they hadn't named Rochester, MN after it. And of course, Portland.
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Old 09-22-2020, 08:35 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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St Paul, Duluth, Madison, Buffalo, Hartford, Providence, Orlando, West Palm Beach, Fresno, Spokane, Colorado Springs, Takoma, Wichita.

Columbus would be if not for GA and IN. Rochester would be if they hadn't named Rochester, MN after it. And of course, Portland.
You're showing your MN "homer" status with the first two. I'd be willing to bet many people outside the upper midwest have barely heard of either of them, especially Duluth. Madison is midwest-centric, too. Buffalo, unless they're Broncos fans, many Coloradans have probably never heard of. They'd probably think "Wyoming" if anything. Hartford is a common name, again, few who didn't live in the eastern US would think Connecticut. Providence? Orlando, yes. West Palm Beach you could probably guess. The rest, no.
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