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Re:Show HN: Meet.hn – Meet the Hacker News community in your... by ezekg on Saturday September 14, 2024 @11:58AM (#41540656)
Funny that I'm also in Springfield and faced this issue. I didn't think it was such a common name.
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Re:Show HN: Meet.hn – Meet the Hacker News community in your... by chgs on Saturday September 14, 2024 @12:08PM (#41540710)
Key reason the Simpsons live there - it could be anywhere.
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Re:Show HN: Meet.hn – Meet the Hacker News community in your... by gibbetsandcrows on Saturday September 14, 2024 @01:12PM (#41541133)
Matt Groening grew up in Springfield, OR (also Portland, the streets names sharing a lot of character's names), it was only after he placed it in Springfield that he realized Springfield could be anywhere. He apparently makes direct references to local landmarks and establishments, and certain characters are rumored to have been based off of locals.
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Re:Show HN: Meet.hn – Meet the Hacker News community in your... by woodson on Saturday September 14, 2024 @01:46PM (#41541451)
Portland embraces it, see for example the Ned Flanders Crossing, on Flanders St, no less: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ned_Flanders_Crossing

(The Simpsons character is named after the street.)

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Re:Show HN: Meet.hn – Meet the Hacker News community in your... by rufus_foreman on Saturday September 14, 2024 @05:14PM (#41543027)
>> Matt Groening grew up in Springfield, OR

No he didn't.

742 SW Evergreen Terrace. Somewhere around here: https://www.openstreetmap.org/search?query=742%20sw%20evergr...

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Re:Show HN: Meet.hn – Meet the Hacker News community in your... by gibbetsandcrows on Sunday September 15, 2024 @02:13PM (#41549210)
Literally in my post. He moved to Springfield after living in Portland.
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