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Originally Posted by wwmiv
IMHO: Austin is just beneath Nashville. Neither has reached that point yet where the state name is not required. Nashville will beat Austin there, but only barely—and they’re the next U.S. cities likely to reach that point.
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Some cities sound like first names, not last names, and so you expect there to be more to the name. "Texas" sounds like the last name to Austin, which incidentally rhymes with Boston, which doesn't help.
Meanwhile, there are many "ville" towns and cities out there. The L&N Railroad connected two of them. And today three control cities in a row on I-40 are villes: Nashville, Knoxville, Asheville. In fact, there are signs in Knoxville that direct drivers to either Nashville or Asheville:
https://www.google.com/maps/place/Knoxvi..._ep=EgoyMDI2MDgxMi4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D
The most recognizable city name in Tennessee is Chattanooga, which would do just fine without the "TN" surname, despite being the state's #4 city behind Memphis, Nashville, and Knoxville.
Similarly, El Paso doesn't need the "TX" like Austin, despite its smaller size. Why? It's the only "El" city in the country, plus El Paso has a song and it has a tomato sauce.
One of the greatest opening lines in the wide scope of the great American songbook:
Out in the West Texas Town of El Paso, I fell in love with a Mexican Girl
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