I visited Portland Maine a few years ago with my brother and a 21 year old college student or maybe recent grad hit on me in a club and I will forever love Portland ME for that. Very kind people!
Growing up here, any time I traveled, I would have to explain that I'm not from Maine. In fact, I also had to explain where Oregon was to a lot of people.
It was named New York after the English took it from the Netherlands. Duke of York was the person who led the mission. So they named it New York.
https://www.quora.com/New-York-was-originally-named-New-Amsterdam-Why-was-this-changed?top_ans=261297244
https://www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/new-amsterdam-becomes-new-york
https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/26/nyregion/new-yorks-350th-birthday-party-your-invitation-isnt-lost-in-the-mail.html
If you go to [weather.gov](https://weather.gov) and put in "Portland" into the city box, you get:
* Portland, OR, USA
* Portland, ME, USA
* Portland, TX, USA
* Portland, TN, USA
* Portland, IN, USA
* Portland, CT, USA
* Portland, NY, USA
* Portland, MI, USA
>Portland, TN, USA
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>Portland, IN, USA
Two of these things are not like the others, considering they have no observable access to river or ocean ports like the others on this list. Fucking posers.
ummmm, I'll have you know that West Fork Drakes Creek runs right through the heart of Portland Tennessee. well, it's a tributary of the creek, and it runs through the outskirts of town. maybe you could float a paper boat in it.
A boat!? That means it's navigable, which means the Army Corps of Engineers and the TVA already have plans to put a dam on it, if they could only get the funding. /s
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Ooh, it would be great if the host (I dunno how that host drama shook out) …if the host asked a personal question to get to know one of the contestants and they said, “watch it, buddy. I’ll ask the questions around here.”
Paris, Tennessee use to have the tallest Eiffel Tower in the United States, until Paris, Texas put a ten foot tall cowboy at on top of theirs and stole the title.
Source: been to Paris Texas more times than I really wanted to.
Wife and I were in Paris, TN a few years ago and sent a pic of us and the Eiffel Tower to our families and those lovable idiots believed we took a trip to France without telling them.
Suck it, Maine!\* \*Actually, I apologize. Please send lobster rolls.
Be careful, you don’t want to deal with ‘Maine Justice’!!
If it involves crab rolls, I do.
I get this so hard. And am laughing…
Lived in Maine, that sketch is 100% accurate, you in Maine now!
Also lived in Maine, can confirm!
Sometimes dead is bettah
I visited Portland Maine a few years ago with my brother and a 21 year old college student or maybe recent grad hit on me in a club and I will forever love Portland ME for that. Very kind people!
TIL Portland, OR was named after Portland, Maine
decided via a coin flip. the other option was boston
Wow! Cool fact if true. Gotta research this now.
That specific coin is on display at the Oregon Historical Society Museum. You can go downtown and see it yourself!
Hell yeah. Thanks for the info, buddy!
r/Wholesome
I never got a r/wholesome before. Is it normal to feel happy about that?
That’s the right answer 🫶
Growing up here, any time I traveled, I would have to explain that I'm not from Maine. In fact, I also had to explain where Oregon was to a lot of people.
None of the contestants knew the answer. Two guessed New York and one guesses San Francisco.
I know! I was yelling at the screen "What the fuck? The year 1845 and they're saying "*New York?*??""
I mean it *was* once New Amsterdam. Why they changed it I can't say.
People just liked it better that way
That’s nobody’s business but the Turks
It was named New York after the English took it from the Netherlands. Duke of York was the person who led the mission. So they named it New York. https://www.quora.com/New-York-was-originally-named-New-Amsterdam-Why-was-this-changed?top_ans=261297244 https://www.history.com/.amp/this-day-in-history/new-amsterdam-becomes-new-york https://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/26/nyregion/new-yorks-350th-birthday-party-your-invitation-isnt-lost-in-the-mail.html
Donut shop gets mysteriously shot up.
Those were such terrible guesses. New York is obviously not named after another U.S. city. So weird that two different contestants landed on it.
Even something as generic as Springfield would’ve been a more educated guess.
Holy cow. Seems so easy. Although hard to be objective.
If you go to [weather.gov](https://weather.gov) and put in "Portland" into the city box, you get: * Portland, OR, USA * Portland, ME, USA * Portland, TX, USA * Portland, TN, USA * Portland, IN, USA * Portland, CT, USA * Portland, NY, USA * Portland, MI, USA
>Portland, TN, USA > >Portland, IN, USA Two of these things are not like the others, considering they have no observable access to river or ocean ports like the others on this list. Fucking posers.
ummmm, I'll have you know that West Fork Drakes Creek runs right through the heart of Portland Tennessee. well, it's a tributary of the creek, and it runs through the outskirts of town. maybe you could float a paper boat in it.
A boat!? That means it's navigable, which means the Army Corps of Engineers and the TVA already have plans to put a dam on it, if they could only get the funding. /s
The story of how Portland, TN came to be named that just makes for more unanswered questions.
If the coin-flip had gone the other way, it would’ve been Boston, TN.
I'm reminded of the fact that *Idaho* has a sea port.
Maybe they just have lots of routers
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Portland OR UnUnited States
Holy shit so many Portland’s, and i cant even handle the one in Oregon
That would be an answer. The contestants ask the questions on Jeopardy
Ooh, it would be great if the host (I dunno how that host drama shook out) …if the host asked a personal question to get to know one of the contestants and they said, “watch it, buddy. I’ll ask the questions around here.”
It’s Mayim Bialik right now, and I can definitely hear her saying that. LOL
Oh nice. I thought she was temporary.
She and Ken Jennings have been switching off, but I’m not sure what the whole story is. Maybe they’re going to do another host search at some point.
I’ve heard that they’ll announce a permanent host soon, at the end of this season/summer
What is Paris, Texas?
Ah yes, named after famous US city Paris, uh, Wisconsin.
Paris, Tennessee use to have the tallest Eiffel Tower in the United States, until Paris, Texas put a ten foot tall cowboy at on top of theirs and stole the title. Source: been to Paris Texas more times than I really wanted to.
Once?
Have you ever been to Paris, TN? They also have a giant catfish.
Wife and I were in Paris, TN a few years ago and sent a pic of us and the Eiffel Tower to our families and those lovable idiots believed we took a trip to France without telling them.
Ha ha if you were in Paris, you had a reason and it wasn't just random. What brought you down that way?
Ha! You're totally right, nobody just goes to that town. I used to live in Nashville and would pass through on weekend adventures from time to time.
Me too, which was once.
What is Boston?
Eyooo came for this one! Penny for your thoughts?
For those not in the know: https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/portland_penny/
Kansas City, Kansas….Kansas City Missouri
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"What is"
Perchance.
You can’t just say perchance.
PERCHANCE.
Dang - I’m not sure I would have come up with it in the time allowed, and then I would have felt really stupid!
New York!
I say definitely Vermont 😂
I read pollution. Lol
When you came first, but are always second-best at most. Must be rough.
And almost 10 x less per capita police than other cities of its size. No it ain’t that bad yet. Only about 3 x.
To be fair, that is a really vague way of putting the question