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The most common words in place (town/city) names per state in the U.S. (lemmy.world)

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I like how "West" occurs in the East.

EDIT (2025-02-02T05:24Z): It just occurred to me that this might've been because the USA generally began on the east coast ^[2]^, so those states might've contained the western-most cities at the time — New Jersey, which is on the easternmost side ^[1]^, contains cities with "East" in their name.

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"Map of USA with state and territory names 2.png". Wikipedia. Published: 2019-09-09. Accessed: 2025-02-02T05:29Z. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a4/Map_of_USA_with_state_and_territory_names_2.png.
"Nouvelle-France map-en.svg". Wikipedia. Published: 2022-12-27. Accessed: 2025-02-02T05:31Z. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States#/media/File:Nouvelle-France_map-en.svg. .