Cities that belong in other states - Page 4

Steely Dan · #61 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 3:20 AM**

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Kansas City, MO into Kansas.

Michigan City, IN into Michigan.

If for no other reason than to end the confusion surrounding their names.

Going back to this.

(in a vain attempt to quell the PA insanity)

Are there any other US cities that are named after a state that that they are not located in?

Specifically, I'm looking for "_____ City", where the blank is the name of a state that the city ain't in.

Wigs · #62 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 3:31 AM**

You know Missouri became a State before Kansas right? By almost 4 decades

KC MO was a town in 1850. Kansas became a State in 1861.

If anything the State of Kansas should be forced to change its name

craigs · #63 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 3:32 AM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

Going back to this.

(in a vain attempt to quell the PA insanity)

Are there any other US cities that are named after a state that that they are not located in?

Specifically, I'm looking for "_____ City", where the blank is the name of a state that the city ain't in.

Two that come to mind immediately: Nevada City, CA and Virginia City, NV.

bilbao58 · #64 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 3:39 AM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

Going back to this.

(in a vain attempt to quell the PA insanity)

Are there any other US cities that are named after a state that that they are not located in?

Specifically, I'm looking for "_____ City", where the blank is the name of a state that the city ain't in.

There’s a suburb of Houston called Missouri City.

Docere · #65 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 3:41 AM**

Kenora belongs in Manitoba.

JManc · #66 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 3:44 AM**

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Originally Posted by Wigs

You know Missouri became a State before Kansas right? By almost 4 decades

KC MO was a town in 1850. Kansas became a State in 1861.

If anything the State of Kansas should be forced to change its name

Both were named after the band. Now just carry on you wayward son...

wwmiv · #67 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 3:47 AM**

Tucson metro is majority non-Hispanic Anglo, which is decidedly unlike El Paso metro which is supermajority Hispanic/Latino.

Whenever these types of questions are asked, my mind always goes to the following:

Well, what is a ‘natural border’? Answer: something which can be defended by both sides such that a peacetime equilibrium exists at that specific location.

Well, if considering military defense is necessary to establish where natural borders are, then the OP question implicitly presupposes the breakdown of the United States and the consideration of the military defenses of whatever successor state exists after that collapse.

Following that logic:

El Paso and Las Cruces are their own thing and could anchor their own nation-state. Whenever the United States inevitably collapses (whether that be in the next 10 years or 500 years from now), El Paso and Las Cruces will surely end up neither a part of Texas (too geographically isolated to defend) nor a part of New Mexico (too culturally distinct and far flung from a weak and resource poor geopolitical center) and could end up part of Mexico (if it doesn’t also collapse in the ensuing chaos) or more likely end up as its own nation-state in combination with Juarez with a hinterland in every direction of easily defendable mountain borders and a series of specific chokepoints between then and any invading army from Tucson, Albuquerque, Chihuahua, and anywhere in Texas.

Wigs · #68 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 3:58 AM**

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Both were named after the band. Now just carry on you wayward son...

Last time I got a speeding ticket 20 years ago Kansas was playing on the stereo. I blame them to this day haha

muertecaza · #69 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 4:04 AM**

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Tucson metro is majority non-Hispanic Anglo, which is decidedly unlike El Paso metro which is supermajority Hispanic/Latino.

Technically plurality non-Hispanic white, and only just, probably will shift plurality Hispanic next census. But I get the point: not nearly as Hispanic as El Paso.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tucson,_Arizona

wwmiv · #70 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 4:14 AM**

Something like this:

Note that in desert conditions, rivers are rarely borders because they represent the only arable land worth defending. Deserts, mountains, and unsettled spaces between these drainage basins are borders.

SIGSEGV · #71 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 4:37 AM**

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Two that come to mind immediately: Nevada City, CA and Virginia City, NV.

Also Colorado City, AZ.

Shawn · #72 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 4:42 AM**

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I feel like St. George should maybe be in Nevada--it's in the Mojave Desert and outside the Great Basin that has most of the population of Utah.

My impression of St. George is that it's extra Mormon. Isn't it close to FLDS land? Culturally, it's more Utah than SLC proper.

JManc · #73 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 4:46 AM**

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Originally Posted by Wigs

Last time I got a speeding ticket 20 years ago Kansas was playing on the stereo. I blame them to this day haha

Sorry officer, I didn't see the speed limit, it was just dust in the wind.

craigs · #74 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 6:04 AM**

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My impression of St. George is that it's extra Mormon. Isn't it close to FLDS land? Culturally, it's more Utah than SLC proper.

Yes, St. George is absolutely a center of wacko right-wing religion.

For example, anyone who has been vexed by all of the cloying, manipulative "Balance of Nature" commercials should know that the cultish company is headquartered in St. George. It is staffed by hardcore Mormons but managed by Scientologists. Look it up.

Comrade · #75 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 6:18 AM**

Idaho Falls and Pocatello feel like an extension of Utah tbh

I guess Rexburg too - maybe more than those two other cities since it's extremely LDS (and hope to BYU Idaho).

Comrade · #76 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 6:23 AM**

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Yes, St. George is absolutely a center of wacko right-wing religion.

For example, anyone who has been vexed by all of the cloying, manipulative "Balance of Nature" commercials should know that the cultish company is headquartered in St. George. It is staffed by hardcore Mormons but managed by Scientologists. Look it up.

St. George is also extremely white. It's almost 90% white compared to Clark County, which is 67% white.

It might have the sunbelt vibe but it's very much a Utah city. Hell, it's still in the Salt Lake media market despite being hundreds of miles south of it.

EastSideHBG · #77 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 3:01 PM**

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Not to shift gears from this delightful Philly drama,

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(in a vain attempt to quell the PA insanity)

If you think this is bad come visit one of the 15 Philly threads

Boisebro · #78 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 3:06 PM**

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Also Colorado City, AZ.

and Idaho Springs, CO.

Steely Dan · #79 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 3:16 PM**

Cool, there are quite a few of these:

Kansas City, MO
Michigan City, IN
Nevada City, CA
Virginia City, NV
Missouri City, TX
Colorado City, AZ

Idaho Springs, CO

Any others?

pdxtex · #80 Posted **Feb 24, 2024, 4:16 PM**

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Originally Posted by Steely Dan

Cool, there are quite a few of these:

Kansas City, MO
Michigan City, IN
Nevada City, CA
Virginia City, NV
Missouri City, TX
Colorado City, AZ

Idaho Springs, CO

Any others?

Ypsilanti, North Dakota! Thats pretty obscure. We have a Detroit, Oregon out here and there are at least 10 other Portlands I can name.