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Re:A map of the US where city names are replaced by most Wik... by baddox on Thursday May 30, 2019 @03:52PM (#20055259)
Right, but I think that's a problem for large cities like Los Angeles. There's nothing particularly "Los Angeles" about Elon Musk that I know of, he's just really famous and (maybe?) happens to live there.

And with birthplace, I think it's pretty interesting to browse the map for random tiny towns no one has heard of that happen to be the birthplaces of very famous people.

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Re:A map of the US where city names are replaced by most Wik... by 0xffff2 on Thursday May 30, 2019 @04:13PM (#20055450)
If I had to associate a place with Elon Musk, LA would probably be it. SpaceX is based in the LA area, and IIRC Musk does live down there somewhere (although I don't think it's in LA proper). Musk has also captured quite a lot of attention lately for his various antics and ventures.

The problem that LA has is that there are a lot of very famous people you might associate with it. It seems like a nearly impossible problem to solve.

I do agree that birthplace would be a more interesting map, but I think it would be more interesting for tiny places. I think LA would suffer from the exact same problem.

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