See I think that reinforces my point. So many lovely quirky names there. Who wouldn't want to live in Daisytown ? Or Friendsville ?
LOVING that town called Paint - located near Johnstown. If they ever have some kind of competition with a trophy, they could call it....
Oh, you know the rest.
Yup, I know there's a Brighton and a Birmingham, amongst many others. But they also retain a lot of names from native american times, and so many of them are just beautiful imo. Minnesota derives from 'mnisota', meaning "clear blue water" (its also known as the state of 10,000 lakes).
I dunno...
As an aside, I love the way American states and cities just roll off the tongue.
Colorado
Minnesota
Chicago
Iowa
Nebraska
Cincinatti
Lovely. What do we have ? Reading. Slough.
Winnersh.
The Colorado Rockies have a home series against the Arizona Diamondbacks on 5th, 6th and 7th May, and (World Series Champions) Chicago Cubs on 8th, 9th, 10th and 11th.
I'd be all over one or two of those like STINK on a wet dog.
(there's home games 21st-27th April too vs the Giants and the...