Examples:
Boston, MA and Cambridge, MA
El Paso, TX and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua
Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO (although they may be the same town)
Laredo, TX and Nuevo Laredo, Mexico
San Diego, CA and Tijuana, Mexico
Detroit, MI and Windsor, ON
Oklahoma City, OK and Northwest Oklahoma City, OK (according to Google Maps)
Note: I have removed one that doesn't seem to be famous.
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Miami, FL and Kendall, FL (not sure if adjacent or 2 away)
I've never heard of Kendall, FL. is this some kind of a weird meme?
there's always Minneapolis and St. Paul, which are contiguous.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 11, 2013, 01:27:39 PM
Quote from: 1 on September 11, 2013, 12:54:17 PM
Miami, FL and Kendall, FL (not sure if adjacent or 2 away)
I've never heard of Kendall, FL. is this some kind of a weird meme?
I've never heard of it before Google Maps, but it showed up as one of the bigger cities. Unfortunately, Fort Lauderdale is about 3 away from Miami.
Quote from: 1 on September 11, 2013, 12:54:17 PM
Miami, FL and Kendall, FL (not sure if adjacent or 2 away)
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I've never heard of it before Google Maps, but it showed up as one of the bigger cities. Unfortunately, Fort Lauderdale is about 3 away from Miami.
Yeah, really unfortunate. :pan:
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Quote from: 1 on September 11, 2013, 12:54:17 PM
Oklahoma City, OK and Northwest Oklahoma City, OK (according to Google Maps)
Google Maps is an idiot. "Northwest Oklahoma City" is...wait for it... the northwest part of Oklahoma City.
I cannot fathom listing Kendall, Florida, instead of Dallas and Fort Worth. (I've never heard of Kendall either. If the OP had listed Fort Lauderdale, I wouldn't have raised an eyebrow.)
Dallas and Fort Worth are at least two away.
(And sorry for listing one bad one. I removed it.)
Minneapolis and St. Paul.
One inside the other: Rome and Vatican City.
one example which merged in 1873: Buda and Pest.
Philly, PA & Camden, NJ.
Quote from: Scott5114 on September 11, 2013, 02:39:31 PM
Quote from: 1 on September 11, 2013, 12:54:17 PM
Oklahoma City, OK and Northwest Oklahoma City, OK (according to Google Maps)
Google Maps is an idiot. "Northwest Oklahoma City" is...wait for it... the northwest part of Oklahoma City.
Yeah. At a certain zoom level and beyond, in the NE Kentucky area you get "Summit" instead of "Ashland" or even "Huntington."
San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley.
San Jose, Palo Alto.
Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Newport News, Hampton.
LA, Pasadena, Long Beach, Anaheim?
Kinshasa, DRC and Brazzaville, Rep. of the Congo.
Shenzhen and Hong Kong, China.
Are you looking for famous regionally or famous worldwide? How far can you stretch "famous?"
Quote from: Molandfreak on September 11, 2013, 05:44:44 PM
Are you looking for famous regionally or famous worldwide?
indeed. I'm pretty sure all the residents of Balmorhea, TX are familiar with Balmorhea, TX.
Doesn't quite fit the topic, as 95's not a tow, but:
(https://www.aaroads.com/forum/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.wallstickeroutlet.com%2FImages%2Fmuw-tow-mural-2.jpg&hash=e9be9c15f27c63c37b42392ccd2c9731deb2f5ef)
Quote from: Molandfreak on September 11, 2013, 05:31:35 PM
LA, Pasadena, Long Beach, Anaheim?
How can you not use the much more famous Beverly Hills?
Quote from: Molandfreak on September 11, 2013, 05:11:10 PM
San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley.
San Jose, Palo Alto.
I think the original poster is looking for towns that share a common border. San Francisco and Oakland's common border is water, so I'm not sure that counts. And there are about half a dozen towns in between Palo Alto and San Jose.
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Quote from: Molandfreak on September 11, 2013, 05:11:10 PM
San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley.
San Jose, Palo Alto.
I think the original poster is looking for towns that share a common border. San Francisco and Oakland's common border is water, so I'm not sure that counts. And there are about half a dozen towns in between Palo Alto and San Jose.
Minneapolis and Saint Paul's common border is also water (for the most part). :bigass:
I'm pretty sure the bay is shallow enough that it justifies a boundary as if it were land. Does anyone know for sure that this is the case?
San Jose-Cupertino? Hipster notability because of Apple's headquarters?
Moline, IL, Rock Island, IL, Davenport, IA, Bettendorf, IA (Quad cities)
while we're at it, there are the Tri-Cities in Washington: Pasco, Kennewick, Richland. each are moderately well-known, I suppose.
Phoenix and Scottsdale, AZ.
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Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 11, 2013, 01:27:39 PM
Quote from: 1 on September 11, 2013, 12:54:17 PM
Miami, FL and Kendall, FL (not sure if adjacent or 2 away)
I've never heard of Kendall, FL. is this some kind of a weird meme?
I've never heard of it before Google Maps, but it showed up as one of the bigger cities. Unfortunately, Fort Lauderdale is about 3 away from Miami.
Three of what away from Miami? Define your units!
Quote from: algorerhythms on September 11, 2013, 07:25:46 PM
Three of what away from Miami? Define your units!
Three tows.
Quote from: NE2 on September 11, 2013, 07:31:43 PM
Quote from: algorerhythms on September 11, 2013, 07:25:46 PM
Three of what away from Miami? Define your units!
Three tows.
so, 600 miles according to the limits of AAA's premium policy?
It was noted that while the Columbine High School Shooting was noted as occurring in "suburban Denver" (as opposed to unincorporated Jefferson County, or Columbine), reporters near universally reported the 2012 theater shooting as occurring in "Aurora, CO".
Thus I would contribute: Denver/Aurora, CO.
Windsor-Detroit-Dearborn (Ford press releases)
Quote from: Zmapper on September 11, 2013, 08:08:09 PM
It was noted that while the Columbine High School Shooting was noted as occurring in "suburban Denver" (as opposed to unincorporated Jefferson County, or Columbine), reporters near universally reported the 2012 theater shooting as occurring in "Aurora, CO".
Thus I would contribute: Denver/Aurora, CO.
I actually heard it being in Littleton, rather that the generic "Suburban Denver"
Guin and Gu-Win, Alabama.
So what's the story with those two towns, anyway? I remember a long-ago MTR discussion about them.
Gu-Win is between Guin and Winfield.
Montclair and Claremont, CA. Not particularly famous but I always appreciated the reversed syllables. Plus, they're adjacent.
Chicago, IL-Gary, IN
Quote from: Henry on September 12, 2013, 01:42:14 PM
Chicago, IL-Gary, IN
Not quite adjacent, Hammond is between them. I would consider Hammond to be well-known, though.
Evanston and Chicago are also adjacent and both famous.
Quote from: pianocello on September 12, 2013, 02:09:08 PM
Not quite adjacent, Hammond is between them. I would consider Hammond to be well-known, though.
Evanston and Chicago are also adjacent and both famous.
I've never heard of Evanston. in fact when I read the post too quickly, I thought "Evansville isn't anywhere near Chicago!"
Windsor, Berks* and Eton, Bucks (Castle and School respectively).
London and Westminster
Kansas City, KS and Kansas City, MO (the former only really famous as it is where people assume the latter is!)
There's quite a few in this thread that aren't famous, just not totally obscure. I think for 'famous' it needs to be known across the country, if not across the world.
*not the place in Ontario that is named after it and whose fame doesn't cross the Atlantic and so I only know about it due to being a roadgeek.
Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 12, 2013, 02:10:41 PM
Quote from: pianocello on September 12, 2013, 02:09:08 PM
Not quite adjacent, Hammond is between them. I would consider Hammond to be well-known, though.
Evanston and Chicago are also adjacent and both famous.
I've never heard of Evanston. in fact when I read the post too quickly, I thought "Evansville isn't anywhere near Chicago!"
Evanston is home to Northwestern University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern_University). Interestingly enough, with Evanston and Chicago next to each other, you have two Committee on Institutional Cooperation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_on_Institutional_Cooperation) university cities next to each other as well (one was formerly Big Ten).
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Quote from: agentsteel53 on September 12, 2013, 02:10:41 PM
I've never heard of Evanston. in fact when I read the post too quickly, I thought "Evansville isn't anywhere near Chicago!"
Evanston is home to Northwestern University (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northwestern_University). Interestingly enough, with Evanston and Chicago next to each other, you have two Committee on Institutional Cooperation (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Committee_on_Institutional_Cooperation) university cities next to each other as well (one was formerly Big Ten).
Indeed, Northwestern was the only reason I considered Evanston famous enough for this thread.
West Berlin, East Berlin.