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[–] 13 points 1 month ago (4 children)

There is also a New York, Texas:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York,_Texas

That was a brainfuck to me as well, I had no idea until Louis Rossmann moved from New York to Texas...

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  • [–] 12 points 1 month ago* (2 children)

    about 11 miles east of Athens.

    I'm sorry, what?

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    Damn yo, I didn't even know that much about it.

    I guess Texas is just that big, that it includes New York and Athens, Greece..

    WTF indeed...

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  • [–] 16 points 1 month ago (2 children)

    We went there during a trip to the US and I made hilarious Facebook posts about "oh no, we accidentally flew to the wrong Paris" with the little Eiffel Tower with a cowboy hat on it in the background.

    Got like 7 likes. Shit was so cash.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 month ago*

    If we're listing weird town names taken from other states, may I present the town of Jersey Shore, Pennsylvania?

    Which, as it happens, is over 2 hours away from New Jersey and its only shores are on rivers.

    The story on the Wikipedia page is that the men who planned out the settlement (originally called Waynesburg) had moved there from New Jersey. There was a rivalry with the town on the opposite side of the river, so the people in that town started calling Waynesburg the "Jersey Shore." The nickname held on, and the town officially adopted the name in 1826.

    Though I can only imagine how the residents felt about the name during the dark times of 2009-2012.

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