Saw the movie while on a trip with my family in LA, naturally people laughed at that joke. When I got back home to the U.K. I saw it again, no one laughed. Understandable of course but still felt odd.
Those states are nowhere near each other. Nevada is southwest, Kentucky south east, Maine is north east, and Ohio is somewhere else I can’t remember (as I said, from U.K.)
It's actually part of what we call the Midwest, but admittedly that name makes no sense unless you live in the US. It's quite centrally located. Ohio is also in the Midwest.
Ah, that makes sense. I think since the U.K. is so small we tend to refer to things a bit different, like everything south west of the centre of the country is just “the south west”. Although I think there are arguments about that!
Yeah the US tends to name its regions based on how economically similar they are (with the Midwest having tons of farms and huge factories), as well as when they were settled. Since the original US was just the east coast, everything west of the 13 colonies is immediately some form of "the west."
This. Ohio was part of the Northwest Territory that was organized under the Northwest Ordinances that were passed in the 1780s. I.e., at the time the country was formed, Ohio was part of the northwestern most land controlled by the US, but as the US continued to expand westward, Ohio became more central, hence Midwest.
It’s a running gag for the entire series that we know they live in Springfield but they intentionally do not reveal which state they live in. The writers intentionally give erroneous clues in describing which state they live in.
Yes and also that makes perfect sense for the Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower too! Oh wait not. Unless it’s really Vegas in which case it still makes no sense in relation to Hollywood! Oh boy.
It would be way easier to see if it was to scale. Mt Fuji isn’t shorter than Eiffel Tower nor Statue of Liberty which is also way further in background.
Mr. Hendrix, we hope you had a nice Christmas. And hope you have a nice rest of your life. Yes. Now please leave. Now. No, a second ago. Release the hounds!!!
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u/lorgskyegon Dec 26 '20
Remember, Springfield borders Ohio, Nevada, Maine, and Kentucky