# Songs about parts of real cities

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parts-of-real-cities/272476>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [November 2, 2004, 2:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parts-of-real-cities/272476 "2004-11-02T02:18:17Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![BurnMeUp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/91b2a8/32.png) [@BurnMeUp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BurnMeUp)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 8:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parts-of-real-cities/272476/61 "2004-11-05T20:38:56Z")

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> [@JSexton](#):
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> Actually, since the band formed in Portland, and Art was in fact talking about the house he bought and currently lives in, I’m positive that it’s about Portland.
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> [Cite.](http://www.whitelightning.org/thepress/gm9903.htm)

Well I’ll be damned. You’re right.

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**Author:** ![JSexton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@JSexton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JSexton)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2004, 8:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parts-of-real-cities/272476/62 "2004-11-05T20:56:57Z")

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> [@BurnMeUp](#):
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> Well I’ll be damned. You’re right.

::throws horns::

|m| |m|

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**Author:** ![marky33](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@marky33](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/marky33)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 9:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parts-of-real-cities/272476/63 "2004-11-07T09:01:25Z")

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Another one for London: North West Three (Fatboy Slim) – the fatboy’s post code.

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**Author:** ![Greg\_Charles](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/839c29/32.png) [@Greg\_Charles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greg_Charles)\
**Post date:** [November 7, 2004, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-parts-of-real-cities/272476/64 "2004-11-07T11:36:23Z")

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“Lakeside Trailer Park” by the Beat Farmers.

Lakeside is a suburb of San Diego. (Go east until you smell it, then south until you step in it.)

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