A lot of European towns gave their name to towns in the USA and Australia. For example York in England and New York in America as shown in the the two photos (I'll let you guess which is which) . Have you ever visited your towns namesake and was it better or worse?
Have you ever visited a place in another country with the same name as your home town?
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ChrisMaster69 | 299 opinions shared on Travel & Leisure topic.
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Lol yeah I have a few
We actually have a New York in Newcastle.
I used to live in Dallas (Scotland).
there is (Only Geordies could do this lol, although I imagine other places do as well) a global network of Newcastles.https://newcastlesoftheworld.com
I have been to quite a few and also if I’m wearing a Toon top (Newcastle United Soccer Top), I have people stop me and tell me they are from such and such a Newcastle.
The Makems can’t do this as only 3 places would admit to being called Sunderland, like who would want people to know they come from a shit town.
Lliam | 182 opinions shared on Travel & Leisure topic.
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I don't think there are any places in Europe named Lakewood. LOL Lakewood, CA, is a suburb in Los Angeles County. There is a ward in Madrid, Spain, called Los Angeles, but I've never been there.
I did visit a town in Iowa named Wexford, which is near where my ancestors settled when they immigrated to the U. S. in 1850. I've visited Wexford, Ireland, a couple of times and even went to the town and parish where my ancestors were originally from.
SaoirseS | 81 opinions shared on Travel & Leisure topic.
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My town is named after a Native American tribe. A few other states have a town with the same name, but I’m unaware of any countries outside of the US that have a town with the same or even similar name. We have “sister cities” in Ireland, Belgium, and Germany though.
Bluemax | 274 opinions shared on Travel & Leisure topic.
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The namesake of my town is a person.
The namesake of the city I live near, Los Angeles, is a person (El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula). That person being Mary the mother of Jesus. She lives in heaven, allegedly. I haven't been to heaven. 😉
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