John RegehrNov 10
I hope that I can ruin your day by getting you to read this map (courtesy wikipedia) of US town names that are portmanteaus of the two (or sometimes more) states they are near the borders of
Show thread14missionNov 11
@regehr Do any other countries do this?
Show threadJohn RegehrNov 11
@14mission unfortunately so! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_geographic_portmanteaus
List of geographic portmanteaus - Wikipedia

Show threadGeorge B

@regehr @14mission

The border portmanteaus section is virtually entirely the US though

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Show thread14missionNov 11
@gbargoud The US is kind of unique for having mapped out states first and building towns later. And we have a lot of arbitrary compas-grid borders that make border-spanning towns more likely (instead of rivers or mountain ranges).