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Yeah and everyone “heard” of Lexington and Concird for 13 years of grade school
I just don’t understand how people think a town being mentioned in some show from 1986 makes it broadly famous. Like nobody knows what town baywatch was set in
You keep trying to minimize LA's influence with this wordplay yet it just shows how much you really do know about it.
To be real honest, I only remember of Salem because of the "witch trials". Women wrongly accused of such things in barbaric times. Everything else about Mass as a state doesn't ring any bells weather you like it or not.
Yeah and everyone “heard” of Lexington and Concird for 13 years of grade school
I just don’t understand how people think a town being mentioned in some show from 1986 makes it broadly famous. Like nobody knows what town baywatch was set in
Well, something being mentioned over and over in movies and TV shows makes it more famous across the world - where all of that is watched - than the stuff that happened in the Revolutionary War which no-one outside America ever really hears much about. And given that a fairly large % of the population even in the U.S. is foreign-born that does make a pretty significant difference even in America.
That being said, I suspect even most native-born Americans pick up way more stuff through pop culture than remembering places they were told about in grade school.
I would also say that most suburbs aren't famous and have no intention of being famous. People move there because they want to live somewhere that's not going to be on the evening news. I'm sure Littleton, Colorado could very much do without the 'fame' it got in 1999.
Well, something being mentioned over and over in movies and TV shows makes it more famous across the world - where all of that is watched - than the stuff that happened in the Revolutionary War which no-one outside America ever really hears much about. And given that a fairly large % of the population even in the U.S. is foreign-born that does make a pretty significant difference even in America.
That being said, I suspect even most native-born Americans pick up way more stuff through pop culture than remembering places they were told about in grade school.
I would also say that most suburbs aren't famous and have no intention of being famous. People move there because they want to live somewhere that's not going to be on the evening news. I'm sure Littleton, Colorado could very much do without the 'fame' it got in 1999.
Other than Beverly Hills (Hollywood short hand for rich people) and Compton (shorthand for poor people). There aren’t many LA area towns drilled into people heads.
Like I don’t believe where Psych or Melrose place is set is common knowledge beyond generally “Southern California”
Also things don’t have to be famous for good reasons. Newtown CT is probably the most famous town other than Hartford in Connecticut.
Also American history is part of the Citizenship test so you’re average immigrant probably has a better grasp of history than Americans generally.
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Other than Beverly Hills (Hollywood short hand for rich people) and Compton (shorthand for poor people). There aren’t many LA area towns drilled into people heads.
Like I don’t believe where Psych or Melrose place is set is common knowledge beyond generally “Southern California”
Also things don’t have to be famous for good reasons. Newtown CT is probably the most famous town other than Hartford in Connecticut.
Also American history is part of the Citizenship test so you’re average immigrant probably has a better grasp of history than Americans generally.
Maybe it’s not as popular as it used to be (as in my day), but Encino and the San Fernando Valley were fairly well known.
I just happened to read in a book today about Costco being based in Kirkland (and using that brand name for its 'generic' store-brand products). I've never set foot into Costco, so that was news to me. I do believe however that Kirkland is/was the birthplace of one Layne Staley....
Venice Beach is a suburb. Greenwich CT is a suburb, Plymouth MA is a suburb
A county is not a suburb it’s a collection of suburbs
Venice Beach, CA is a part of the city of Los Angeles, so it can't be a suburb. OC is definitely a suburb of L.A. though the sprawling nature of the area can make different areas seem to be all part of the same single place.
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