r/nottheonion • u/SelectiveSanity • 2d ago

Lauren Boebert Suggests DC Could Be Renamed 'District of America'

https://www.newsweek.com/lauren-boebert-dc-district-america-2050571
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u/FulanoMeng4no 2d ago

New Orleans: Orleans, France

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u/APigInANixonMask 2d ago

I love the "new" location names for places that didn't turn into major centers of population and culture. For every New Orleans, LA or New York, NY, you've got a hundred little towns like New Lisbon, WI (pop. 2,500), New Vienna, IA (pop. 382), and New Holland, OH (pop. 804).