# Have you ever been to towns with the same name in different countries? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 5, 2011, 6:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247 "2011-04-05T06:58:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/41 "2011-04-05T18:20:08Z")
Kensington, Maryland, US Kensington, Prince Edward Island, Canada Both are cutesy small towns. Both have old train stations. The Maryland one’s train station still operates, but the town is surrounded by suburbia. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/42 "2011-04-05T18:21:14Z")
> [@A.Gwilliam](#): > > I initially read that as “at the same time”, which would’ve been **really** cool/impressive! :p:D > … “I think I’m a clone now. Another one of me’s always hanging around.” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/43 "2011-04-05T18:24:44Z")
> [@RealityChuck](#): > > Nassau Island, Bahamas, and Nassau County, NY I forgot about that one. I’ve been in several places, both towns and counties, called Orange. But I’ve never been in the OC. ---
**Author:** ![robert\_columbia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e79b87/32.png) [@robert\_columbia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robert_columbia)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/44 "2011-04-05T18:26:53Z")
[quote=“Gyrate, post:10, topic:577247”] Reading, PA (in Berks County) and Reading, England (in Berkshire). Both are fairly unawesome. York, PA and York, England; the latter is far more interesting if only because they had VIKINGS. … [/QUOTEE] What about Lancaster? ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/45 "2011-04-05T18:28:08Z")
Vienna, Austria, and Vienna, VA Durham, UK, and Durham, NC Oxford, UK, and Oxford, MS Do Venice, Italy, and Venice Beach count? ---
**Author:** ![Ponch8](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ponch8/32/9883_2.png) [@Ponch8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ponch8)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/46 "2011-04-05T18:29:29Z")
Beijing (known as Pekin in some languages), China and Pekin, Illinois ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/47 "2011-04-05T18:50:25Z")
I keep waiting for someone to say Fucking, Austria, and fuckin’ Brooklyn. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/48 "2011-04-05T20:52:01Z")
Paris, TX and that other city. Rome, GA, NY and Italy Lodi, NY and Italy Venice, Naples, FL and Italy Athens, GA and Greece Campus of Sienna College (maybe U now) NY, and Sienna, Italy Cairo, IL and Egypt ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/49 "2011-04-05T20:57:30Z")
Birmingham, Alabama and Birmingham, England London, Ontario and London, England Those are the only ones that come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dr.Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Drake)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/50 "2011-04-05T21:50:57Z")
Dublin Ireland and Dublin California (I’ve been through the one in Ohio, too): Ireland is better. Cardiff Wales and Cardiff-by-the-Sea California: Wales is better. Vancouver BC and been through Vancouver WA: BC is better. Richmond BC and Richmond California: BC is better. Border town: Yuma (Arizona & California): AZ is marginally better. Border town²: Tecate (Baja California Mexico & California): Mexico is better. San Ysidro California and Saint Isidore, Alberta (can I count this?): CA is better. I lived in Albany, California, but I haven’t been to Albany, NY ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [April 5, 2011, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/51 "2011-04-05T23:05:06Z")
Oostburg, Wisconsin & Netherlands. The one in the Netherlands is a bit more interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2011, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/52 "2011-04-06T00:20:15Z")
Nice, California & France Athens, Georgia & Greece Lisbon, Maine & Portugal London, UK & New London, Connecticut Massena, NY & Messina, Sicily, Italy (close) ---
**Author:** ![andrewm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c57346/32.png) [@andrewm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andrewm)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/53 "2011-04-07T02:48:32Z")
Paris, ME and Paris, France. ---
**Author:** ![Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spectre_of_pithecanthropus/32/12343_2.png) [@Spectre\_of\_Pithecanthropus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spectre_of_Pithecanthropus)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2011, 10:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/54 "2011-04-07T22:32:32Z")
Vancouver BC and Vancouver, WA–on the same trip although in the case of the latter, “visiting” means the train I was on stopped there. Granada Hills, CA and Granada, Spain. I was surprised to learn that there’s an Alsace here in L.A.; apparently it’s a name recently given to an area of the Playa Del Rey development and not, as I thought, a bug in Google Maps. I’ve been to the true Alsace, also. ---
**Author:** ![KRC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/45deac/32.png) [@KRC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KRC)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/55 "2011-04-08T02:24:44Z")
A long time ago (roughly the dark age of 83) my family was on a road trip and we went through a couple Lebanons. My younger brother had heard about Lebanon on the news and was a bit disturbed, and it didn’t help that a truckload of soldiers suddenly went by us on the highway, merrily waving. As big sisters, we did the best we could to reassure my bro about Lebanon. We told him it was everywhere and it could see us. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/56 "2011-04-08T03:08:40Z")
I’ve been to Paris, France, and Paris, Panama. The latter, however, is named after an Indian chief at the time of the Conquest, and not the French City. The two cities have absolutely nothing in common except the name. I’ve also been to San Francisco and Santa Fe, USA, and the towns of the same name in Panama. ---
**Author:** ![fumster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9c0ed/32.png) [@fumster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fumster)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/57 "2011-04-08T03:17:27Z")
Plymouth, MA and Plymouth England Manchester England and Manchester United (states) ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/58 "2011-04-08T03:52:11Z")
I was in Bloomington, IN, Bloomington, IL and Bloomington, MN all in one day. The one in Indiana is definitely the best. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/59 "2011-04-08T04:25:53Z")
I’ve been to London, England and London, Ontario. I grew up in Kingston, Ontario, and have been to Kingston, New York. I live in Ontario, Canada, and have been to Ontario, California. I’ve been to three Burlingtons in two countries. ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 4:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247/60 "2011-04-08T04:30:38Z")
Milltown, New Brunswick, and Milltown, Maine, which are connected by a bridge. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/have-you-ever-been-to-towns-with-the-same-name-in-different-countries/577247.md?page=4)