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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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[โ€“] Chulk@lemmy.ml 89 points 4 days ago (3 children)

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.

[โ€“] davel@lemmy.ml 62 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[โ€“] Chulk@lemmy.ml 23 points 4 days ago

Yeah Alex Jones can rot in hell

[โ€“] JoeDyrt57@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 days ago
[โ€“] perviouslyiner@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Similar to how more people have heard of Lockerbie than any other Scottish town of 5000 people.

[โ€“] IDKWhatUsernametoPutHereLolol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

OP said famous, not infamous.

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[โ€“] Chulk@lemmy.ml 12 points 4 days ago

Ah yeah, I was going for instantly recognizable