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* Averted in ''[[The Man from U.N.C.L.E.]]'', which regularly used scene-setting "Somewhere In (Insert Place Here") captions.
* [[Picket Fences]] had an episode that dealt with [[The Pope]] going to Rome. Not Rome in Italy but Rome, Wisconsin (the setting for the show).
* The 'gives the name of their State as well as their small town name for context' is poked fun at in ''[[Harry
* In one episode of ''[[The Lucy Show]]'', Lucy takes the trope even further by specifying that she's taking a trip to "London, England, In Europe."
* ''[[Night Court]]'': Dan's grandfather named the tiny town of Paris, Louisiana where Dan grew up, after the city he was station in during [[World War I]] - Paris ''Illinois'', that is.
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*** In Taiwan, here's also New Taipei City, formerly known as Taipei County, not to be confused with the capital of the Republic of China, Taipei, one of two enclaves of New Taipei.
** There's also Quebec City, Quebec.
*** Only to English-speakers. Locals simply call it Québec, which is distinguished from the province by the lack of a definite article. (Or an accent on the e
* Someone in Vancouver, Washington has printed T-shirts reading "Vancouver (not B.C.), Washington (not D.C.), Clark County (not Nevada), next to Portland, Oregon (not Maine)".
** Vancouver, Washington is just 300 miles from the much larger [[Vancouver]], BC, so it's not uncommon to hear residents of the Pacific Northwest refer to the American town as Vancouver, USA.
** Speaking of Washington, do you mean the state on the west coast, or the nation's capital in the District of Columbia on the East Coast? For further confusion, before it was made a state, Washington was known as Columbia Territory.
* When [[George Bush]] met Charlotte Church, he allegedly asked her what state [[Land of My Fathers and Their Sheep|Wales]] is in.
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** Before computerisation, it was not at all uncommon for luggage, and sometimes passengers, for Melbourne, Florida to wind up in Melbourne, Australia. It still happens, but nowhere near as often.
*** There is also Melbourne, England- it's a small town in Cambridgeshire. There's also the towns of Portugal and America.
* There is a town of Sault Ste. Marie in Ontario, Canada. It's right on the border with... Sault-Sainte-
** Likewise Nogales, Sonora, Mexico and Nogales, Arizona, USA. Note, however that as described above Vancouver, Washington is on the Oregon state line, ''opposite'' the [[Stargate City|Canadian border]].
** Lloydminster, Alberta/Saskatchewan, needs a slash
** There's also Texarkana, Texas and Texarkana, Arkansas. Again, they border each other.
** [[Niagara Falls]], Ontario is quite well-known; not as well known is Niagara Falls, New York, immediately adjacent to it.
* Most places in Vermont that appear to be named after places in England, are in fact named after places in Connecticut that were named after places in England.
* Until late 2007, [[The Other Wiki]] was headquartered in St. Petersburg, Florida. There have apparently been cases of stuff intended for them ending up in St. Petersburg, Russia.
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** Justified as according to [[That Other Wiki]], G.W. himself surveyed the area, and the town was incorporated before his death. Also, it's the oldest town of Washington in the U.S.A.
*** Likewise there is the town of Washington, North Carolina. It is also referred to as Little Washington.
*** And of course, they're all named after George Washington, a
* There's half a dozen Californias in England, and there used to be an annual Washington to California cycle race.
* The tiny island of Kiritimati has a London, a Paris and a Poland.
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