Adjacent tows that are both famous

[hotdogPi]

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.

[agentsteel53]

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.

[hotdogPi]

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.

[formulanone]

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. 

There's no mandatory requirement for posting every thought that wafts into thy head.

[Scott5114]

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.

[1995hoo]

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.)

[hotdogPi]

Dallas and Fort Worth are at least two away.

(And sorry for listing one bad one. I removed it.)

[hotdogPi]

Minneapolis and St. Paul.

One inside the other: Rome and Vatican City.

[agentsteel53]

one example which merged in 1873: Buda and Pest.

[jeffandnicole]

Philly, PA & Camden, NJ.

[hbelkins]

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."

[Molandfreak]

San Francisco, Oakland, Berkeley.

San Jose, Palo Alto.

[Thing 342]

Norfolk, Virginia Beach, Chesapeake, Portsmouth, Suffolk, Newport News, Hampton.

[Molandfreak]

LA, Pasadena, Long Beach, Anaheim?

[CNGL-Leudimin]

Kinshasa, DRC and Brazzaville, Rep. of the Congo.

Shenzhen and Hong Kong, China.

[Molandfreak]

Are you looking for famous regionally or famous worldwide? How far can you stretch "famous?"

[agentsteel53]

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.

[NE2]

Doesn't quite fit the topic, as 95's not a tow, but:

[english si]

LA, Pasadena, Long Beach, Anaheim?

How can you not use the much more famous Beverly Hills?

[kkt]

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.

[Molandfreak]

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).

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?

[Big John]

Moline, IL, Rock Island, IL, Davenport, IA, Bettendorf, IA (Quad cities)

[agentsteel53]

while we're at it, there are the Tri-Cities in Washington: Pasco, Kennewick, Richland.  each are moderately well-known, I suppose.

[CentralCAroadgeek]

Phoenix and Scottsdale, AZ.

[algorerhythms]

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!