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* In ''[[American Gods]]'' the main character spends some time in Cairo, Illinois, and meets some [[Physical God|beings from the other Cairo]].
* A plot point in one of [[Agatha Christie]]'s [[Tommy and Tuppence]] stories is that there are two towns in England called Maldon; one in Surrey and one in Sussex. The characters know of Maldon, Surrey, so don't bother reading the "Maldon, Su..." address on a telegram properly, Only later does Tuppence realize that the telegraph office only give the county if they need to specify between two places with the same name. (The ''real'' town of Maldon is in Essex, however.)
* In Cordwainer Smith's "[[Instrumentality of Mankind]]" series, one of the most important cities on Earth is "Meeyameefla," obviously meant to be Miami, Fla. - note that FL is the more common abbreviation of Florida since ZIP codes were introduced.
** But thanks to [[Lou Reed]], to a lot of people it's always going to be "Miami, F-L-A".
* In James Blish's classic ''[[Cities in Flight]]'' series, Earth's cities, fitted with antigravity generators and spacedrives, roam the Galaxy looking for work. Nevertheless, they still use names like "Chicago, Illinois" or "Scranton, Pennsylvania". This even becomes a plot point when one character spots the error in a city's name and realizes it's actually an alien battlestation.
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