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What is the smallest city in your country that everyone can still instantly recognise the name of? What is it famous for? (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 days ago by NateNate60@lemmy.world to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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.

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[–] Fondots@lemmy.world 46 points 3 days ago (2 children)

For the US, I'd say a pretty strong contender is Woodstock, NY, with a population of around 6,000, and of course famous for the music festival of the same name (even though the actual festival was something like 60 miles away in Bethel)

[–] QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

This is probably the most iconic for sure.

[–] Liz@midwest.social 0 points 2 days ago

A good number of these are examples where most people don't actually know that the name comes from a town. I feel like they shouldn't count.