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Yea, I know of Westchester, but I wouldn't know exactly where it was in proximity of NYC.
If you know where Long Island is, and you know where NYC itself is (partially overlapping, of course), you don't have too many options left on the map for where Westchester Cty could be.
I'd assume that relatively few outside CD types knows the suburbs in my city.
A literal handful rise to true fame in my opinion, where most people at least in the US know them, as do a large percentage of the rest of the English-speaking world.
Columbine was a pretty big deal. Most famous mass shooting event ever, and that's saying something given this country's past 25 years. I discovered yesterday that the media mis-identified Littleton as the location of Columbine; it turns out that Columbine was actually located in...Columbine, but most people didn't break out their AAA Colorado guidebooks in 1999 to fact-check
Columbine was a pretty big deal. Most famous mass shooting event ever, and that's saying something given this country's past 25 years. I discovered yesterday that the media mis-identified Littleton as the location of Columbine; it turns out that Columbine was actually located in...Columbine, but most people didn't break out their AAA Colorado guidebooks in 1999 to fact-check
Yeah you've heard of Littleton if you turned on your TV set at some point in 1999 (or have any interest in true crime type stuff).
I don't pay much attention to crime news, but I'm pretty sure there are more famous mass shootings. Sandy Hook comes to mind.
Columbine was one of the first of the current mass shooting era (as assault-style weapons became legal and common) but now it's just one of countless examples.
Neither seems like a famous place to me. I'm pretty sure Sandy Hook is in the coastal Northeast but that's it. Maybe for the sort of people who watch TV news...
I don't pay much attention to crime news, but I'm pretty sure there are more famous mass shootings. Sandy Hook comes to mind.
Columbine was one of the first of the current mass shooting era (as assault-style weapons became legal and common) but now it's just one of countless examples.
Neither seems like a famous place to me. I'm pretty sure Sandy Hook is in the coastal Northeast but that's it. Maybe for the sort of people who watch TV news...
No, the coastal Sandy Hook you're referring to is not in the same town or state as where the mass shooting occurred.
The mass shooting happened at a school called Sandy Hook in Newtown, CT which is interior CT on the way to Hartford.
The coastal Northeast Sandy Hook you're referring is the far northern end of the Jersey Shore, not far from NYC.
It's been a well known beach area at the Jersey Shore forever, an interesting place for sure. You'd have to go anywhere South of there to get all the nicer Shore towns/areas of course.
I don't pay much attention to crime news, but I'm pretty sure there are more famous mass shootings. Sandy Hook comes to mind.
Columbine was one of the first of the current mass shooting era (as assault-style weapons became legal and common) but now it's just one of countless examples.
Neither seems like a famous place to me. I'm pretty sure Sandy Hook is in the coastal Northeast but that's it. Maybe for the sort of people who watch TV news...
You don't have to watch TV news to know about Columbine or Sandy Hook (those are 1 and 2 for infamy in my book). Explain away your ignorance however you wish.
Between hurricanes, earthquakes, police shootings, mass murders, sporting events, corporations, movies, TV shows, books, etc., we hear about many places prominently in the media every year, even many suburbs. Over a decade or two it'll be in the hundreds just counting the US, to say nothing of the rest of the world.
I say most of these places are famous only briefly in a "20 most well-known suburbs" sense.
Between hurricanes, earthquakes, police shootings, mass murders, sporting events, corporations, movies, TV shows, books, etc., we hear about many places prominently in the media every year, even many suburbs. Over a decade or two it'll be in the hundreds just counting the US, to say nothing of the rest of the world.
I say most of these places are famous only briefly in a "20 most well-known suburbs" sense.
I agree with your broader point, but certain things transcend the 'run-of-the-mill national disaster'...Columbine was one. I was 12 at the time it happened, and we (my peers and I) talked about it on-and-off for the rest of the school year. Yes, my anecdotal experience doesn't mean much, but I doubt my experience was atypical, at the same time....
Ferguson, Missouri might be an example of a 'burb that has by now receded from the national memory, 8.5 years after Michael Brown. But many/most would remember the name of the town if it were mentioned to them (even if they could not come up with it on their own).
No, the coastal Sandy Hook you're referring to is not in the same town or state as where the mass shooting occurred.
The mass shooting happened at a school called Sandy Hook in Newtown, CT which is interior CT on the way to Hartford.
The coastal Northeast Sandy Hook you're referring is the far northern end of the Jersey Shore, not far from NYC.
It's been a well known beach area at the Jersey Shore forever, an interesting place for sure. You'd have to go anywhere South of there to get all the nicer Shore towns/areas of course.
I’m not sure they were referring to Sandy Hook, NJ. Sandy Hook CT, while not waterfront, is in a coastal county just north of NYC.
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