Themed Cities in an area

[roadman65]

I was noticing that the Lehigh Valley region of PA has three cities that have names that were prominent biblical city names in ancient Israel.
Bethlehem
Nazareth
Emma us

You can say that it constitutes a theme here.

Any other areas within a state ( or even a county) that has municipal names that are in close proximity with a theme to it?

[Rothman]

A lot of towns in central NY are named after Roman generals due to being part of the military tract that was used as payment for soldiers that fought in the Revolutionary War:

Manlius
Camillus
Pompey
Tully
Cicero
Fabius
Marcellus
Romulus

So on and so forth...

[gonealookin]

Quite a few of them, really, as listed in this thread:

https://www.aaroads.com/forum/index.php?topic=27930.0

[Max Rockatansky]

New Idria and New Almaden in the Coast Ranges of Central California were Cinnabar mining towns named after similar mines in Europe.

The Atlantic & Pacific Railroad plotted numerous sidings in the Californian Mojave names in alphabetical order:

-  Amboy
-  Bristol
-  Cadiz
-  Danby
-  Essex
-  Fenner
-  Goffs
-  Homer
-  Jabe
-  Kleinfelter

[MATraveler128]

Many towns in Maine are named after countries.

Poland
Mexico
China
Sweden
Norway
Wales (although not a country)

[kphoger]

Wales (although not a country)

Yes it is.

[Rothman]

Wales (although not a country)

Yes it is.

Nah.  Might as well say each State in the U.S. is a country, then.

[MATraveler128]

Wales (although not a country)

Yes it is.

Nah.  Might as well say each State in the U.S. is a country, then.

Right. I always mix it up with Scotland.

[kphoger]

Are we back to arguing about Greenland yet?

[kphoger]

I always mix it up with Scotland.

What does that have to do with it?

[Rothman]

Are we back to arguing about Greenland yet?

Why would we argue about Denmark?

[kphoger]

When US states get their own prime/first ministers, then we can talk about them being like Wales or Greenland.

[Rothman]

When US states get their own prime/first ministers, then we can talk about them being like Wales or Greenland.

Those would be Governors.

[kphoger]

Can't Wales and Greenland enter into agreements with foreign nations in ways that are prohibited to US states by the Constitution?  (Honest question.  I'm not much of a political science guy.)

[hotdogPi]

Can't Wales and Greenland enter into agreements with foreign nations in ways that are prohibited to US states by the Constitution?  (Honest question.  I'm not much of a political science guy.)

Well, if North Dakota can opt out of international climate agreements...

https://legiscan.com/ND/text/HB1108/2023

[kphoger]

then...

[Rothman]

then...

U.K. and the U.S. are countries.

Their component parts are not.

[Henry]

Apparently, CA has lots of places (not just towns, either) named after saints:

Santa Ana
Santa Anita
San Andreas
Santa Barbara
San Bernardino
San Carlos
Santa Clara
Santa Clarita
San Clemente
Santa Cruz
San Diego
San Fernando
San Francisco
San Gabriel
San Jose
San Juan Capistrano
San Leandro
San Luis Obispo
San Mateo
Santa Monica
San Pablo
San Rafael
San Ramon
Santa Rosa
San Ysidro

...and that's just to name a few.

[kphoger]

then...

U.K. and the U.S. are countries.

Their component parts are not.

So what do you call England, then?

[Rothman]

then...

U.K. and the U.S. are countries.

Their component parts are not.

So what do you call England, then?

England is part of the U.K., just like Scotland and Wales.

[kphoger]

then...

U.K. and the U.S. are countries.

Their component parts are not.

So what do you call England, then?

England is part of the U.K., just like Scotland and Wales.

I asked what you call it.  I assume you call New Hampshire and Utah "states", Alberta and Ontario "provinces", Brittany and Corsica "regions", etc.  What do you call England?

[CtrlAltDel]

then...

U.K. and the U.S. are countries.

Their component parts are not.

So what do you call England, then?

England is part of the U.K., just like Scotland and Wales.

I asked what you call it.  I assume you call New Hampshire and Utah "states", Alberta and Ontario "provinces", Brittany and Corsica "regions", etc.  What do you call England?

This is the sort of fun that can happen if you don't distinguish between what something is called and what it is. Next, you should do Interstate 180 in Wyoming.

[hotdogPi]

Interstate 180 in Wyoming is an Interstate, but it is not a freeway. No ambiguity there.

[kphoger]

Interstate 180 in Wyoming is an Interstate, but it is not a freeway. No ambiguity there.

Exactly.  And Wales is a country but not a sovereign nation.

[CtrlAltDel]

Interstate 180 in Wyoming is an Interstate, but it is not a freeway. No ambiguity there.

Exactly.  And Wales is a country but not a sovereign nation.

From one perspective, of course. However, the most common definition of the word country is sovereign nation, and from that perspective Wales isn't one regardless of what it calls itself. These sorts of arguments tend to result from a claim that one definition takes precedence over another without any explanation as to why.