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The way people act like York isn't a city in England (sopuli.xyz)
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[โ€“] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

Bagdad, Arizona

No I did not misspell that.

[โ€“] Auk@kbin.social 8 points 1 year ago

There's a Bagdad in Tasmania too, went past it when I was down there a while back (as well as Jericho and the Nile River).

[โ€“] callouscomic@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Supposedly that city is named after a dad who ran a mining operation loading stuff out in bags. Ridiculous.

There's also a Bagdad in Florida.

[โ€“] AngrilyEatingMuffins@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago

I've heard that but I highly doubt it. seems like a post 9/11 freedom fries kinda deal. When I was a kid I remember hearing that they named it that way because the founder had been to Baghdad and thought it the most beautiful desert city in the world, so he wanted to invoke that spirit. Doubt the spelling was nearly as standardized back then.