Though many say the midwest, I think it’s somewhere in CA, or on the Pacific Coast at least.
It’s near the ocean (remember the episode where the Navy was recruiting with boy bands, and the final scene was at the ocean.
It’s got redwoods. Lisa stayed in a redwood to make sure they didn’t cut it down.
It’s in a valley, with very CA-like mountains and hills surrounding it, and most trees seem to be pointy conifers.
Radio stations call signs start with K
In the episode where Homer goes to work for the mad-scientist-hellbent-on-destruction in the planned community in the north part of the state, the surroundings are shown to be mountainous with lots of coniferous forests (think northern CA)
in this same episode, the mad scientist escapes, telling Homer to give him a ring if he’s ever visiting the East Coast.
I don’t remember the episode, but I seem to remember an earthquake at some point.
Anyway, that’s all I’ve got. Any thoughts on this far less than cosmic topic?
Long ago, there was a similar thread… I believe in the end, it turned out that for every Springfield in the U.S., there was a Simpsons episode with some feature that showed that couldn’t be it. In other words, with all the clues, it couldn’t exist in the U.S. as we know it.
But, uh, I don’t want to spoil your thread from the start, so everyone else, please jump in with ideas.
The following states have a Shelbyville, according to Yahoo! Maps: AR, IL, IN, KY, MI, MO, TN, TX.
Each of these states also has a Springfield.
The distance between Shelbyville, AR and Springfield, AR is 100.8 miles. For the other states listed, the respective driving distances in miles are: 59.6, 228.3, 46.1, 38.3, 272.6, 83.5, and 121.8.
I’m not saying this proves anything. I just always wanted to look it up.
:smack: The show is intentionally contradictory on this point. It’s not really anywhere. I remember one episode where they gave a precise distance from Springfield to Mexico City that meant the only place it could’ve been was southern Texas. That’s contradicted by many other episodes.
The show says northern Kentucky, of course, but the truth is that Springfield isn’t in any one state.
Then there’s that episode when Marge is giving the Simpsons’ home address over the phone.
She says, “742 Evergreen Terrace, Springfield… oh hiya, Maude! Come on in!”
“Oh hiya” is pronounced “Ohio”. The writers are clearly winking to the audience, as the appearance of Maude Flanders in Marge’s kitchen is a total non sequiter.
It’s not far from Ogdenville. They have a pretty sweet outlet mall there, by the way. They have all the major brands - Panaphonics, Magnetbox, Sorny … even Carnivale. That’s the tv for you if you like to watch it, I mean reaaallly watch it.
In the episode where they were going to split Springfield into two area codes, the new codes were given, which, when you looked them up (they exist), implied that Springfield was on one of Puerto Rico’s land boundaries.
Springfield is a fictional place. As such, trying to tie it to an actual location is just plain silly. Its geography is based on the principle of “Whatever is funny,” and there is no reason for, or even an expectation of, foolish consistency (I’d quote Emerson, but I doubt anyone is aware of him).
They said the Kentucky thing in the “Behind the Laughter” episode, which was a parody of “Behind The Music” and thus had no relevance to the continuity of the show, just like the halloween specials.
I think they also dubbed in a different state when that episode was re-run.
The abbreviation on Springfield’s license plates is “NT” (one of the writers has said they live in “North Takoma”).
The governor is Mary Bailey.
We’ve seen the state flag, and the motto is “Not just another state.”
Surely with these clues, we can figure out which state it’s in.
