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Randy D

Sacramento, not Los Angeles. Baton Rouge, not New Orleans nor Shreveport. Albany, not NYC.

  Sometimes, people mistake a well-known city or a very large city for being the capital city of a state or country when in fact it is a lesser known or smaller or lower key city. It’s not usually people who live in or near those locations who make the mistake, nor is it always due to ignorance, often it is a lack of familiarity.

  Question: similar to the examples I’ve listed in the title above, what are some other cities that are or could be mistaken for being capitals?
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Posted - October 29, 2023
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  • 11087
    St. Paul,  not Minneapolis. 
      October 29, 2023 9:40 AM MDT
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  • 53524

     

      For various and sundry reasons, even though Minneapolis is not the capital city of your state, it holds a special place in my heart and soul as a capital city of a different kind. 


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      October 29, 2023 8:57 PM MDT
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  • 17614
    *weak* 

    Unless you mean one that has only been known for a week or, perhaps, I am simply ignorant as to the meaning of week-known.

    A lack of familiarity is indeed ignorance.


    Olympia, not Seattle

    Montgomery, not Birmingham

    Tallahassee, not Miami or Orlando

    Carson City, not Vegas

    Springfield, not Chicago

    Annapolis, not Baltimore



      October 29, 2023 11:18 AM MDT
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  • 53524

    Oops, typo corrected, thank you for catching that.

    Also, your entries in response to the question are great!
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      October 29, 2023 9:00 PM MDT
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  • 44649
    Lansing, not Detroit.
      October 29, 2023 4:15 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    Baton Rogue Rouge

    Austin, not Houston.

    Carson City, not Las Vegas.

    Harrisburg, not Philadelphia.

    Olympia, not Seattle.

    Richmond, not Virginia Beach.

    Sacramento (Sacratomato), not LA.
      October 29, 2023 4:36 PM MDT
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  • 53524
    Oops! Changed “ruffian” to “red”. Thank you!
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      October 29, 2023 9:03 PM MDT
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  • 5451
    Montgomery, not Huntsville
    Juneau, not Anchorage
    Pago Pago, not Tafuna
    Hartford, not Bridgeport
    Dover, not Wilmington
    Tallahassee, not Jacksonville
    Hagåtña, not Dededo
    Topeka, not Wichita
    Frankfort, not Louisville
    Augusta, not Portland
    Jefferson City, not Kansas City
    Helena, not Billings
    Lincoln, not Omaha
    Concord, not Manchester
    Trenton, not Newark
    Santa Fe, not Albuquerque
    Raleigh, not Charlotte
    Bismarck, not Fargo
    Salem, not Portland
    Columbia, not Charleston
    Pierre, not Sioux Falls
    Montpelier, not Burlington
    Madison, not Milwaukee


    This post was edited by Livvie at October 30, 2023 11:19 AM MDT
      October 29, 2023 6:11 PM MDT
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  • 53524
      October 29, 2023 9:05 PM MDT
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  • 13277
    I hear locals are just referring to it as Pago now.

    Why? Because it’s not half the place it used to be!
      October 29, 2023 10:57 PM MDT
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  • 17614
    This question also reminded me of a tee shirt my undergrad alma mater had printed to help with an ongoing issue.  I went to Samford University but every time I told/tell people that, they assume I am saying Stanford.  So, add to my list Sam not Stan.
      October 30, 2023 10:13 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    There’s a small liberal arts college in Mount Vernon, Iowa called Cornell College, named for William Wesley Cornell, distant cousin of Cornell University founder Ezra Cornell.

    I once saw a tee shirt in the college’s purple and white colors with Cornell College and its seal with the words “Isn’t that in Ithaca?”
      October 30, 2023 10:37 AM MDT
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  • 13277
    Hartford, not Bridgeport.
      November 5, 2023 6:53 AM MST
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