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Yes, it is. The SFV was an original suburban area, but most of it is actually city of L.A.
Yeah LA really is kinda a weird special case. Most of the city is infact pretty suburban in form compared to say the rowhomes in Philadelphia. Yet it is still urban as all is.
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
Again the first place I think of when I hear Lexington is kentucky.
Now we’re getting to the part of the thread where we pretend we’ve never heard of Santa Monica I’m guessing
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.
Actually New Haven would be the second city I think of in Connecticut.
Never really viewed long island as famous other than The Hamptons.
It’s pretty famous. I would consider it to be very well known. I feel like I can’t escape mentions of Long Island…or should I say “Strong Island” lmaoo
It’s pretty famous. I would consider it to be very well known. I feel like I can’t escape mentions of Long Island…or should I say “Strong Island” lmaoo
Since you said Strong Island I do wonder if its more famous to white people than black people? I also know from a planning point of view its famous because of having the first suburb.
Of course Long Island is famous in the sense that you can expect the public to know it. Just the other day I watched Jerry Seinfeld's first appearance on the Tonight Show on Youtube and he just starts off by saying "I'm originally from Long Island". Everyone knows what that means, he didn't have to say "New York" or "near New York" or 'suburbs of New York". Long Island is its own thing, and it's nationally known as that.
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Since you said Strong Island I do wonder if its more famous to white people than black people? I also know from a planning point of view its famous because of having the first suburb.
Some prominent Black people from Long Island include John Coltrane, Julius Erving, LL Cool J, Eddie Murphy, and Jim Brown.
On a separate note, got plastered a number of times in my college years drinking a Long Island Iced Tea. How many other suburbs have something named after them….Scarsdale diet comes to mind.
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Some prominent Black people from Long Island include John Coltrane, Julius Erving, LL Cool J, Eddie Murphy, and Jim Brown.
On a separate note, got plastered a number of times in my college years drinking a Long Island Iced Tea. How many other suburbs have something named after them….Scarsdale diet comes to mind.
Long Island in the general term is definitely at the top of NYC. I only said "The Hamptons" because I think it's by far the most famous suburban place on Long Island... and the one place(es) where 99 percent of people know it is definitely not just some NYC/Queens neighborhood.
Also, blasphemy that you included LL Cool J as Long Island (this coming from a kid who came up in Cleveland in the 80s/90s, I had to look up to find out 30 years later he actually wasn't born in Queens ... did not know that until 5 minutes ago). At the same time, you left off the most famous rapper in not only Long Island history but up there with any from "NYC," The God MC himself, Rakim.
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