In the United States, I’d probably name Oregon City, the famous end of the Oregon Trail and the first city founded west of the Rocky Mountains during the pioneer era. Its population is only 37,000.
Byron bay. Bundaberg. Coon.
Snowtown, Port Arthur
In France it might be Y (population : 89), famous for having a one-letter name. Far from “anyone can still instantly recognise the name” but still probably much more well-known than any other town this size.
Otherwise idk, feels like the only french city everyone would instantly recognise the name of is Paris tbh.
Tilt Cove in Newfoundland. 5 whole people.
Davos switzerland. (WEF) (10k) Mariana brazil. (Known for a ecological disaster). (60k)
Reno.
For uhhh… Reno.
As someone in the US - I have absolutely zero recognition of the town of Oregon City. All I know about the Oregon trail is a bunch of people died from starvation and dysentery
Did anyone fix the roof in the one house in London, Tx yet?
We also have a Paris in Ontario in Canada … nice place next to the water and it even has the Eiffel Tower (painted as a mural on a storefront)
On that note, Paris, Texas is a great movie.
I see you and raise, Las Vegas, NM.
Cairo, IL (Population 1,505)
Pronounced kæro (K air o)
Comically, in Latin the æ would be pronounced with a sound like “ai” in “aisle,” so kæro would be pretty much the same as how you would expect to say Cairo.
(Fun fact, in Latin “Caesar” is pronounced very similarly to “Kaiser,” and is where the word “Kaiser” comes from.)
https://blog.txfb-ins.com/texas-travel/european-cities-in-texas/ someone has mapped out the “European” Texas road trip.
I’m not from there, but who doesn’t know the name of Scunthorpe?
It’s a problem.
Not my location, but Scranton, PA?
Dont live near Pennsylvania at all, but Scranton sounds very familiar .
Scranton. WHAT? The electric city!
“The Office”
Also all those bananas.
Bobcaygeon, population 3,500.
I think The Tragically Hip are mostly famous with Canadians? Did they have much international success?
Edit: I thought the question meant people around the world but I guess it could also mean just the people in your own country…
In the US it must be Springfield because there’s so fucking many of them that they
namedmade a TV show after it.Stupid sexy autocorrect.
named a TV show after it
The Springfields?
Okay, I spilled my coffee. I’ll be giggling all day.
Pueblo, CO from tv commercials or maybe Walla Walla, WA from Bugs Bunny.
Walla Walla, it was also a lyric in an Offspring song.
Also in this song
Witch Doctor - Ooh Eeh Ooh Ah Aah Ting Tang Walla Walla Bing Bang
Pueblo, CO
Mostly because it is (or was) a publication distribution hub.
Virtually no one outside of the US will have heard of it, though.
I haven’t seen a TV ad in years; who’s out there talking about Pueblo?
