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• It's... (Score:2)

  by barbie (2653)

  Boston.

  As to why you remember them I have no idea. A friend of mine was an au-pair there years ago, and she found it amusing that a many of the streets were named after British towns and cities :)
  • Re:It's... (Score:2)

    by merlyn (47)

    Yes, Back Bay in Boston is one of them. But where's the other one?

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    • Re:It's... (Score:2, Funny)

      by marc (741)

      Looks like it's Gladstone, Oregon, but I cheated and used Google. Living in Boston, they're committed to my memory because that makes it easier to stumble home drunk.
      • Re:It's... (Score:3, Insightful)

        by merlyn (47) <merlyn@stonehenge.com> on 2004.01.16 13:06 (#27469) Homepage Journal

        Yes! It's Gladstone! I grew up there for the first 13 years of my life.

        The first time I set foot in Boston's back bay (for a web conference back in 98, I think it was), I was at a hotel on Dartmouth street, and when I started exploring, my jaw dropped.

        "I know these street names!"

        So I set up this quiz to record this unusual fact.

        Thanks for cheating. {grin} But I doubt it would have come out any other way.

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        • Re:It's... (Score:1)

          by lilstevey (4628)

          And there I was thinking it was Birmingham, Alabama - close [multimap.com], but I didn't check close enough, my only excuse can be that its almost time to hit the pub.