One of the greatest, long-standing mysteries of our time is: Of the fourteen cities of Springfield in the U.S., which one is the home of the Simpsons?
Well, in this week’s thrill-packed exciting all-new episode of The Simpsons, Mrs. Crabopple is shown driving out of Springfield toward Orlando, Florida. Right after she’s out of town, she is shown driving past the following road sign:
This means that the Springfield that the Simpsons live in must be 2653 miles away from Orlando! That narrows down the possibilities considerably!
Of course, since it was a road sign, that means that Springfield would have to be 2653 miles of driving distance away from Orlando, FL, not 2653 miles in a straight line on a map. Anyone want to check Mapquest for the driving distances between Orlando, FL, and the various U.S. cities of Springfield?
I noticed that too, but I was more distracted that they were going back to Florida. I kind of expected them to end up back on a chain gang, or that dude with the whip to show up, or something.
I told everyone how to find springfield last time a thread like this appeared but no-one listened…
Watch the episode where Maggie is an alien and daughter of (either kodos or the other one), the episode with Jerry Springer in.
There is a scene where maggies pacifier (sod that, call it what it’s meant to be called - dummy) transmits her location to the aliens. This cuts to a view of America with rings of transmittance. find the centre of any one of those rings. and you’ve got springfield! not only springfield but evergreen terrace if you are acurate enough
(superimpose a real map of America onto a screen cap from that scene if you cannot figure out which state it is by looking.
I have always harbored a secret suspicion that Springfield was in some way connected with Williamsburg, VA, where I once lived. This was based on two episodes–One where Homer and Barney ditch work to tour the Duff Brewery, clearly a reference to the Busch Brewery in Williamsburg which you could tour and which did include free beer. The other I remember less clearly, but Marge was homeschooling Bart because he’d been kicked out of school, and her field trip was to “Old Towne Springfield” which looked very inspired by Colonial Williamsburg.
Wasn’t it Louisiana? Perhaps it wasn’t this episode I’m thinking of, but I remember one in which the “rings of transmittance” originated from somewhere around New Orleans-- right on the Gulf Coast.
I specifically recall that in one episode (one of the later ones, say, in 2000) there was a narrator at the end who said, “…and so ends another adventure for this northern Nebraska family.”
why do people care about insignficant details like that? is your view of springfield going to be ruined or something by having springfield set in maine or colorado or california?
:rolleyes:
Um, yeah. It’s also right next to Mount Springfield and Springfield Gulch, which should help considerably. Not to mention being next to West Springfield, which is three times the size of Texas.
It’s also located between a vast, hard-pan desert and a seacoast rough enough to require a lighthouse. A major river runs through it, large enough to build a town-endangering dam. It’s near a large, old-growth pine forest. Local weather patterns include blizzards, tornados, and hurricanes.