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Uhh, without looking anything up, Nome, Alaska? In the lower 48, maybe Butte, Montana. Oh wait, how big is Roswell?
I know a fair bit. I could probably label most of the states on a map. Canada is very, very close culturally and obviously geographically, and we pay attention to you the way a flea pays attention to dogs.
Yeah yeah, y'all are like Texas talking about independence but from the other side of the boarder. You're practically States already; one major oil strike away from a WMD Bushwanking invasion.
...if only we could afford your Megaflea market - Vancouver.
Yeah, but we have a functioning democracy. That's pretty cool, if you want to fling mud.
I don't think any of us really have a choice in the matter of our governments any more than a sand grain has a choice of beach or sea bed, right?
I'm not flinging mud friend. I think all philosophical government speak must come with a ribald pall. I am flinging a beer at a new friend in a digital bar for a few empty words. Sorry if my ebullience tints florid or dare I say turgid.
I've fallen through the social safety net of my respective government with an insuperable future. My sardonic outlook colors my words.
Wayland, Texas. According to wikipedia it had a population of 100 people in the year 2000. AFAIK it's a ghost town now.
I know that town because I once read a "fun fact" about the Wayland Protocol that said its name was chosen for being the name of an actual town, which (supposedly) cannot be copyrighted.
I stopped for gas in London, Texas recently. My wife looked it up, and it had a population of 188 about 20 years ago, and nobody has counted since.
The lady behind the counter at the gas station was ancient. She had a handwritten βno loiteringβ sign on the door that seemed ironic.
Naw that sign was there to chase off Steve. Sumbitch always hanging around harassing the womenfolk what come in to buy their sundries, never buying anything.
I know you have KrakΓ³w spelled basically the same, in Illinois iirc. Which is nice π
There's an incorrectly spelled Krakow, Wisconsin as well.
i've been to the USA once so this might not count... but i think i knew "Salem" before visiting the US (but did not visit Salem though) so it might as well count.
However very long after knowing Salem exists i saw a documentation about something in the area that possibly caused halluzinations in the peoples minds, the documentation suggested this was a likely cause for the cities history, but those effects were why i knew about Salem in the first place. i don't remember what it was, think some plant, but don't remember exactly.
however this is the smallest city i could name in the reagion you asked for.
well, but: I don't see a geopolitical isolation there, they even want to build walls to start isolating themselves. and i don't see anything unique in that situation either. newzealand, iceland, madagasca just to name a few are more isolated geopolitically and much more unique in so many ways too.
could you help me to see the geopolicically isolation and uniqueness you are talking about?
It is the distance and lack of opposition that create the geopolitical isolation. Canada and Mexico are both irrelevant on their own as rivals. The USA is the primary trade partner of both and hold major sway over both. No other power in all of history has had this level of isolation.
The lack of significant boarders and tensions means people have a very different outlook about traveling and foreigners. I've moved over 2k miles twice in my life, and I have been to most of the USA; all but 3 States. I have never been to Europe, and things like foreign languages have no real appeal because they lack application and practical use.
The boarder bullshit in the USA is a distraction tactics to suck in the imbeciles for populist nonsense. There is no actual boarder issue other than the complete lack of reasonable laws protections and reforms that would be enacted if Congress actually did their jobs. The USA has a tenth the laws and protections of Western European countries and Japan. This is why the billionaire oligarchy exists; loophole exploitation. These then fund the populists to squawk their bullshit distractions. None of their message has any relevance. It is the rallying call of convenient idiots and the ultra wealthy.
This place is unique in the way we face inward. It is really because the average person just can't afford to escape, and it is a long way to get there. We have an enormous range of diverse regions within the USA.
I don't know any small towns or cities in Europe, but my personality type is no one to remember names like this. I'm more curious about other's perspectives. I can never leave where I am now, as I am disabled. I'm exploring my own way instead.
Truth or Consequences, NM
Heard it on a true crime podcast once and obviously I had to look up how it got its name and now it's just stuck.
EDIT: Missed the never travelled to qualifier. I've been to California twice and NYC once. Only heard of Truth or Consequences after my travels.
I'm from the US and I only know about Truth or Consequences from Doctor Who.
Saganough, Michigan, for the sono. Not sure how small it is.
Saganough, Michigan, for the sono. Not sure how small it is.
Saginaw, Michigan had a population of 44,202 in the 2020 census.
Joshua Tree
I thought that one is a national park?
I'll be honest with ya, no fucking clue which of them is smaller or not.
Nantucket (pop 14,255 according to Wikipedia) and Los Alamos (13,179)
I once knew a man from Nantucket...
Did you, by any chance, call him Ishmael?
Paris, Texas. Yeah, from the movie.
Huh. Didn't know that was in a movie.
That is a small town though. If you like corn, oil and wild hogs you would be a good fit down there.
Bluff, Utah. Met a bloke online who told a joke off it, which only made sense after searching for "A bland bluff in Utah." Which brought up another town.
Rachel, Nevada, because of Area51 and Penn and Tellerβs Bullshit.
Hell is always a good answer.
Gary Indiana?
It's weird that 60 years ago Gary would not be considered a small city. Went to shit real fast.
Tbh I don't even remember why I know the name.
Ask it the other way, too. What's the smallest European city Americans can name?
Vatican City.
I've likely seen some smaller ones in places like Tom Scott videos, but can't name any offhand.
Muff, Ireland. They have a fantastic diving club.
It would have been Fucking, Austria. But it finally broke under the pressure and was renamed. I have not dedicated any brain cells to remembering what exactly its new name is, which I guess is the intended effect.
Well, as a consolation there is Rottenegg in Germany. Not nearly as catchy though.
Hell Norway population: 1589
Does Avdiikva count?
Probably the smallest that could be called a city is Dieppe, because a Huguenot ancestor of mine was from there. The smallest municipality that I can think of easily is John o' Groats, which is reasonably well-known for its location.
Amalfi, Italy. My great grandpa was born there, though he immigrated with his family to the US pretty young.
Gimmelwald Switzerland, but I've been there a few times and the pretense was never being there lol
Best town in the world.
Stratford-upon-Avon ~100k (had to look up the population)
Or if England no longer counts for European, Corniglia, Italy (part of Cinque de Terra)
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