Re:Tintern 'secret' medieval tunnel system found by accident
by quesera on Thursday March 04, 2021 @07:49PM
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It's worth noting, though, that Manchester MA was renamed 30 years ago to sound quaintly affluent -- in pointed contrast to the working-class mill town of Manchester NH, just over the border.
Re:Tintern 'secret' medieval tunnel system found by accident
by gumby on Thursday March 04, 2021 @09:31PM
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Ah, that explains why I’d never heard of the Massachusetts town before the film came out (and was surprised to see it on the map) — it didn’t exist (by that name) when I was in school there.
Re:Tintern 'secret' medieval tunnel system found by accident
by dragonwriter on Thursday March 04, 2021 @09:53PM
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> There's also a lot of "New" versions of older European locations as a way to distinguish them from other similarly named places when there aren't any rivers nearby, I guess
A whole lot of those “New” places (unsurprisingly, given patterns of human habitation more generally) have rivers nearby.
> There's Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA.
And Cardiff by the Sea, Carmel-by-the-Sea, and Corona del Mar, CA.
Re:Tintern 'secret' medieval tunnel system found by accident
by adolph on Friday March 05, 2021 @12:02AM
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At some point the USPS tried to limit states to one town per name. Buda, TX was originally named Du Pre.
Re:Tintern 'secret' medieval tunnel system found by accident
by beardyw on Friday March 05, 2021 @11:03AM
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The "New" towns in the US make some sense in that they mean "Our" town of that name. Here in the UK we have towns like Newcastle where the newness has lost its novelty after a 1000 years.
It might also simply not be needed as a matter of practicality. There are many Springfields, but probably not very many per state (although I know New Jersey has two) and certainly a max of one per zipcode. Sure Springfield, MA 12345 isn't as whimsical as Springfield-upon-the-Connecticut (or whatever) in terms of distinguishing it from Springfield, NJ 08765, but it gets the job done.