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Adjacent tows that are both famous

Started by hotdogPi, September 11, 2013, 12:54:17 PM

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NE2

pre-1945 Florida route log

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agentsteel53

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?
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Zmapper

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.

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Big John

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"

hbelkins

Guin and Gu-Win, Alabama.

So what's the story with those two towns, anyway? I remember a long-ago MTR discussion about them.
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NE2

pre-1945 Florida route log

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The High Plains Traveler

Montclair and Claremont, CA. Not particularly famous but I always appreciated the reversed syllables. Plus, they're adjacent.
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Henry

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pianocello

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.
Davenport, IA -> Valparaiso, IN -> Ames, IA -> Orlando, FL -> Gainesville, FL -> Evansville, IN

agentsteel53

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!"
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english si

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.

Brandon

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.  Interestingly enough, with Evanston and Chicago next to each other, you have two Committee on Institutional Cooperation university cities next to each other as well (one was formerly Big Ten).
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pianocello

Quote from: Brandon on September 12, 2013, 03:16:03 PM
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.  Interestingly enough, with Evanston and Chicago next to each other, you have two 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.
Davenport, IA -> Valparaiso, IN -> Ames, IA -> Orlando, FL -> Gainesville, FL -> Evansville, IN

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