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As long there's a Portland, ME, Portland, OR will still be necessary if it isn't regionally or locally based IMO.
Yep. In New England, when people say Portland they don't mean a place in Oregon. Causes a certain amount of confusion for visitors.
Same is true of Kansas City. Although KCMO is much larger than KCK (and locals refer to the entire area as "Kansas City" without mentioning either state), because there are two jurisdictions, the state distinction is necessary for national audiences.
Some capital cities often don't warrant including the state, even small cities like Topeka, Hartford, or Richmond.
Yep. In New England, when people say Portland they don't mean a place in Oregon. Causes a certain amount of confusion for visitors.
Same is true of Kansas City. Although KCMO is much larger than KCK (and locals refer to the entire area as "Kansas City" without mentioning either state), because there are two jurisdictions, the state distinction is necessary for national audiences.
Some capital cities often don't warrant including the state, even small cities like Topeka, Hartford, or Richmond.
I disagree on Richmond given that there's a 100k+ Bay Area suburb of the name as well as sizable towns in Kentucky and Indiana (and probably other states). A headline like "Major storms in Richmond leave hundreds homeless and 7 people dead" would not lead to any association with Virginia in quite a few parts of the country.
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.
Buffalo is only the second largest city in the second largest state in the Union, while still being a top 50 metropolitan area with multiple big league sports franchises. There are far more people in and out of Colorado who know of it than don't.
Hartford and St. Paul are state capitals. Fourth graders know about them, I'd imagine grown adults do too.
I was wondering, what is the smallest city that doesn't need a state to know where you're talking about?
While King of Prussia is quite unique (or KOP as the locals call it!), and probably the only one in the entire country, unless you are from the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic or are into shopping, most might not know it's in PA!
I was wondering, what is the smallest city that doesn't need a state to know where you're talking about?
While King of Prussia is quite unique (or KOP as the locals call it!), and probably the only one in the entire country, unless you are from the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic or are into shopping, most might not know it's in PA!
Buffalo is only the second largest city in the second largest state in the Union, while still being a top 50 metropolitan area with multiple big league sports franchises. There are far more people in and out of Colorado who know of it than don't.
Hartford and St. Paul are state capitals. Fourth graders know about them, I'd imagine grown adults do too.
New York is 4th largest in population, not second. How would you know what Colorado people know?
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I was wondering, what is the smallest city that doesn't need a state to know where you're talking about?
While King of Prussia is quite unique (or KOP as the locals call it!), and probably the only one in the entire country, unless you are from the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic or are into shopping, most might not know it's in PA!
I grew up in the Pittsburgh area and had never heard of the place until I went to college and met someone from there. Just because a name is weird, that doesn't mean everyone has heard of it.
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I think Jersey City is pretty obvious.
We already went through this. There are many cities with names of other states in them.
I grew up in the Pittsburgh area and had never heard of the place until I went to college and met someone from there. Just because a name is weird, that doesn't mean everyone has heard of it.
Like I said unless you are from the Northeast/Mid-Atlantic or are into shopping, most might not know it's in PA, the 'burgh was basically the Midwest or another planet to us that grew up in Eastern PA, just joking!
Should be obvious that Tampa is in Florida. Same with Orlando. Charlotte, Austin, Fort Lauderdale, Savannah, Sacramento, Nashville, Raleigh, Virginia Beach, Louisville, Buffalo, Memphis, I mean its quite a few imo.
I've actually had someone ask me which Pittsburgh when I said I was from Pittsburgh before.
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