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What is the smallest city in your country that everyone can still instantly recognise the name of? What is it famous for? (lemmy.world)
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In the United States, I'd probably name Oregon City, the famous end of the Oregon Trail and the first city founded west of the Rocky Mountains during the pioneer era. Its population is only 37,000.

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[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

Not a city as much as part of a city, but Coney Island is pretty well known. I was recently speaking to someone in Colombia and even they knew of it!

(I'm part of the sideshow cast there ☺️)

[–] mayhair@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 1 month ago

I'm from Pakistan and I know it too, it appears in the movie Robot Dreams.

[–] grue@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Username checks out?

[–] tiefling@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 1 month ago

I'm often introduced as a real life tiefling so yeah