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Lajitas, Texas, which once elected as their mayor a goat that drank beer, has a population of 75.
Terlingua, Texas, as made famous by Jerry Jeff Walker and home of the Terlingua International Chili Cook-off, has a population of 78.
Luckenbach, Texas, as made famous by Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, has a population of 3.
How about: name a country and name the smallest city you recognize from there. Like New Zealand you could say Rotarua
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Iβm in the US and I canβt say Iβd heard of Oregon City before this postβ¦
Oregon City would be my answer to 'what's the capital of Oregon?'
Just a standard, since I never heard of the capital I'll try the state name plus city guess.
I am not in the US. Never heard of Oregon City. But Atlantic City sounds really familiar.
Unfortunately, I would guess that school shooter locations are probably the most easily recognised in the US. Uvalde has a population of ~15,000, for instance.
OP said famous, not infamous.
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Ah yeah, I was going for instantly recognizable
Not my location, but Scranton, PA?
Dont live near Pennsylvania at all, but Scranton sounds very familiar .
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Gibraltar has a population of 32,000, which by some definitions is too small to be considered a city.
Hell, Michigan
I had to scroll way too far down for this one, but it was the first one I thought of.
Another one would be Gary Indiana
Pueblo, CO from tv commercials or maybe Wala Wala, WA from Bugs Bunny.
Pueblo, CO
Mostly because it is (or was) a publication distribution hub.
I think people really overestimate how much everybody knows about the US.
I'd say there's a large population that only know NYC, LA, and Chicago.
It might not count as a city but Nome Alaska has the Iditarod with only, 3700 people. Or maybe some famous battlefield, Gettysburg has 7100 people. A ski resort like Aspen could count with 7000. We all had to memorize state capitals so maybe somewhere like Montpelier, Vermont has more recognition but has 7800 people.
If you mean people from my country.... All of them.
New Zealand only has like 10 actual cities. It is not some great feat of memory to know them all.
I'm not from there, but who doesn't know the name of Scunthorpe?
Paris. It's also a city in Texas.
I see you and raise, Las Vegas, NM.
Cairo, IL (Population 1,505)
https://blog.txfb-ins.com/texas-travel/european-cities-in-texas/ someone has mapped out the "European" Texas road trip.
We also have a Paris in Ontario in Canada .... nice place next to the water and it even has the Eiffel Tower (painted as a mural on a storefront)
What do you consider small? A lot of people know Cupertino California because Apple are based there, but it's only got a population of 57k. Arguably more recognizable than the closest major city (San Jose), which has a population close to 1 million.
Vulcan, Alberta.
Famous because of a spaceship that landed there once, I think.
Some people with pointed ears may have also been involved, but I would replicate that with a grain of salt. I haven't really looked into it.
The New Orleans French Quarter is easy to spot.
Dildo, Newfoundland.
Not really though.
Off the top of my head Iβd say places like Gander, Churchill, Iqaluit - places known maybe for their location as much as their people and unique situations?
Edit: another comment (Aspen) made me want to mention Banff but Alberta isnβt acting Canadian anymore so it no longer counts.
Omg...i spent 4 hours in Gander one evening, so it took about 20 hours to go Dallas -> Chicago -> Gander-> Chicago.
Yellowknife has a population of 20,000. Is that considered small enough?
Nope
Regina, the city that rhymes with fun!
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 βΊοΈ)