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Of course this can lead to [[Television Geography]], as well as [[It's Always Spring]]. In many cases the average viewer may not be familiar with the location in question, but can end up bugging those viewers who have been or actually ''live'' in those locations.
This can have a very odd effect the first time one ''visits'' southern California. Upon seeing for the first time those scrub-covered hills and twisty roads, one gets a truly unearthly sense of deja vu. Have I been here before, you ask yourself? Then you realize that you have... on TV! For those who live in southern California, it is amusing to point out places one recognizes from TV shows. The most used location is Griffith Park, whose scrabble mountains can be seen in nearly every
This can lead to [[The Mountains of Illinois]] when the setting is full of [[Critical Research Failure]]s.
Contrast with [[Canada Does Not Exist]], where the shooting location actually affects the storyline.
This trope may have begun dying as of the early 2020s, with the invention of digital cyclorama technology, first used on ''[[The Mandalorian]]'', which gives a production team the ability to produce completely realistic exterior backgrounds, responsive in real-time to camera position, on a sound stage. Once the cost of using a virtual exterior matches or becomes lower than location shooting, expect California Doubling (and its foreign equivalents) to become a [[Forgotten Trope]].
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