• francisfordpoopola@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    Texas checking in… We don’t have as good of names like that but we have cities like Paris, Athens, and Odessa, TX. I think there are maybe 20 to 25 international city names that would make a fascinating road trip and probably be over 1K miles/1600 Km.

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      2 years ago

      you can claim you traveled to all those cities and hope people don’t have a follow-up question

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        2 years ago

        You can go see the Parthenon (full scale) and a Pyramid (not accurate) in Tennessee

        There are some random things around the U.S. that often get overlooked.

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      2 years ago

      The colonists really missed an opportunity imo, the USA could have had such great place names as New Fingringhoe, but instead it seems like only the boring names got copied :(

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      2 years ago

      Although still not as good as these, Texas does have some weirder names. Point Blank, TX and Cut and Shoot, TX are two that come to mind.