# Search for the real Simpsons Springfield

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-real-simpsons-springfield/395679>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [March 12, 2007, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-real-simpsons-springfield/395679 "2007-03-12T23:32:46Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![gigi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@gigi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gigi)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-real-simpsons-springfield/395679/21 "2007-03-13T21:17:01Z")

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[QUOTE=alphaboi867]  
And Springfieldians have been shown to pump their own gas.  
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So it’s not in New Jersey.

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**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-real-simpsons-springfield/395679/22 "2007-03-13T21:22:26Z")

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[QUOTE=Sal Ammoniac]  
_Au contraire_! Podunk is “an unincorporated area in East Brookfield, Massachusetts.” Or so says a certain [site…](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podunk)…  
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I see you wikipedia and raise you a [Cecil](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_132.html).

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**Author:** ![Iggins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Iggins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iggins)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-real-simpsons-springfield/395679/23 "2007-03-13T21:31:48Z")

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[QUOTE=mobo85]  
…Groening actually grow up there, many of the character names are taken from streets and locales around Springfield.  
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Actually, it seems to be more Portland, OR locales for names: Quimby, Flanders, Lovejoy, and Terwilliger are all Portland streets.

I’m pulling for Springfield, Oregon… 🙂

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**Author:** ![WarmNPrickly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/d78d45/32.png) [@WarmNPrickly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WarmNPrickly)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-real-simpsons-springfield/395679/24 "2007-03-13T21:45:24Z")

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Springfield OR isn’t a port town but its not far from the ocean. On the other hand you can’t pump your own gas in Oregon either.

I could’ve sworn I’d posted this earlier!?

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [March 13, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/search-for-the-real-simpsons-springfield/395679/25 "2007-03-13T22:27:06Z")

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[QUOTE=Christopher]  
Ok well thats just what I was told. I said my info was biased. Thanks for not letting the ignorance go.  
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No problem. I just wasn’t sure which of those things you said were biased stuff you’d heard.

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