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
how much better would it have been if the old film Mississippi Masala had been called Missala Masala??
@regehr you know that film’s director’s son is the mayor-elect of NYC, yes?
@fivetonsflax I only learned this recently! but for sure it's why that movie was in my mind at all