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Originally Posted by xzmattzx
There are many town names that are found in many states or provinces or countries. When you hear or see these names, which do you think of? It is interesting to see which names evoke different places, based on location or personal experiences.
For instance, when I hear "Newport", I think of the one in Delaware, since I live in Delaware, rather than the one in Rhode Island or in another state.
What comes to mind with these names?
Salem
Springfield
Middletown
Burlington
Portland
York
Madison
Newark
Kingston
Charleston
Amherst
Greenville
Lancaster
Wilmington
San Jose
Columbus
Lexington
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Salem, MA
Springfield, IL/MA (depends on my mood)
Burlington Coat Factory
Portland, OR
York, England
Madison, WI
Newark, NJ
Charleston, SC (but I've been to both the one in SC and WV)
Amherst, OH (because I know someone from there)
Greenville, SC
Lancaster, PA
Wilmington, DE
San Jose, CA
Columbus, OH
Lexington, KY
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Originally Posted by yuriandrade
São José / San Jose.
There are two big São José in São Paulo state, far apart from each other, and with completely different characters: one industrial, home of Embraer, 700k inh. and other an wealthy service and agrobusiness based economy, 480k inh., “São José dos Campos” and ”São José do Rio Preto”, respectively. On informal chats, people call them “São José” and “Rio Preto”, so it’s not that confusing.
And in Spanish, we have San Jose, California and San Jose, Costa Rica’s capital. The former, with a much higher profile.
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A little off topic, but I also think about the places with the same names but in different languages:
Columbia (U.S.)/Colombia/British Columbia (Canada)
Victoria, BC (Canada) /Vitoria, ES (Brazil)
São Paulo, SP (Brazil) /St. Paul, MN (U.S.)
San Jose, CA (US) /St. Joseph, MI (U.S.)/São Jose (Brazil)
Bethlehem, PA (U.S.)/Belem, Portugal/Belen, NM (U.S.)