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==Explanation==
 
==Explanation==
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This is a map of the United States, showing cities or towns with the same name as other more famous places. For example, the map has a dot for a relatively unknown place called Los Angeles, located in Texas, not to be confused with the very well known Los Angeles that is in California.  
 
This is a map of the United States, showing cities or towns with the same name as other more famous places. For example, the map has a dot for a relatively unknown place called Los Angeles, located in Texas, not to be confused with the very well known Los Angeles that is in California.  
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However, names can become associated with specific places on a national level, where the best-known example is usually the biggest or otherwise the most significant. The name of this comic indicates the contextualization required to specify one of the less-famous exemplars of a given name. Someone might say they are from "Los Angeles" and would have to say "no, the other one" since the listener would assume they are from Los Angeles, California.
 
However, names can become associated with specific places on a national level, where the best-known example is usually the biggest or otherwise the most significant. The name of this comic indicates the contextualization required to specify one of the less-famous exemplars of a given name. Someone might say they are from "Los Angeles" and would have to say "no, the other one" since the listener would assume they are from Los Angeles, California.
  
The title text references {{w|Key, West Virginia}} and {{w|Key West, Virginia}}, two places that, when spoken aloud, are only distinguishable by the pause (comma) location. Neither are to be confused with {{w|Key West|Key West, Florida}}, which is a location well-known nationally.
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The [[title text]] references {{w|Key, West Virginia}} and {{w|Key West, Virginia}}, two places that, when spoken aloud, are only distinguishable by the pause (comma) location. Neither are to be confused with {{w|Key West|Key West, Florida}}, which is a location well-known nationally.
  
 
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| {{w|Atlanta,_Delaware|Atlanta, DE}}
 
| {{w|Atlanta,_Delaware|Atlanta, DE}}
 
| rowspan="6" | {{w|Atlanta|Atlanta, GA}}
 
| rowspan="6" | {{w|Atlanta|Atlanta, GA}}
| rowspan="6" | Atlanta, GA is the capital of Georgia, a center of the civil rights movement in the 1950's and 60's, and a major air transportation hub.  The comic has a single "Atlanta" next to dots for both Atlanta, CO and Atlanta, NE. Atlanta, CO does not seem to exist, so the dot may be an error, or may be missing its label (e.g., for Yuma, CO or Akron, CO).
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| rowspan="6" | Atlanta, GA is the capital of Georgia, a center of the civil rights movement in the 1950's and 60's, and a major air transportation hub.  The comic has a single "Atlanta" next to dots for both Atlanta, CO and Atlanta, NE. Atlanta, CO does not seem to exist, so the dot may be an error, or may be missing its label (e.g., for Yuma, CO).
 
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| {{w|Atlanta,_Idaho|Atlanta, ID}}
 
| {{w|Atlanta,_Idaho|Atlanta, ID}}
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| {{w|Detroit,_Alabama|Detroit, AL}}
 
| {{w|Detroit,_Alabama|Detroit, AL}}
 
| rowspan="2" | {{w|Detroit|Detroit, MI}}
 
| rowspan="2" | {{w|Detroit|Detroit, MI}}
| rowspan="2" | Detroit, MI is well known as the center of the U.S. automobile industry and is the largest city in Michigan.
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| rowspan="2" | Detroit, MI is well known as the center of the U.S. automobile industry.
 
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| Detroit, KS
 
| Detroit, KS
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| Gettysburg, OH
 
| Gettysburg, OH
 
| rowspan="2" | {{w|Gettysburg, Pennsylvania|Gettysburg, PA}}
 
| rowspan="2" | {{w|Gettysburg, Pennsylvania|Gettysburg, PA}}
| rowspan="2" | Gettysburg, PA is well known for being the site of the {{w|Battle of Gettysburg}}, the deadliest battle in the US Civil War, and the site of Abraham Lincoln's {{w|Gettysburg Address}}.
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| rowspan="2" | Gettyburg, PA is well known for being the site of the {{w|Battle of Gettysburg}}, the deadliest battle in the US Civil War, and the site of Abraham Lincoln's {{w|Gettysburg Address}}.
 
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| Gettysburg, SD
 
| Gettysburg, SD
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| Lisbon, ME
 
| Lisbon, ME
 
| rowspan="2" | {{w|Lisbon,_Portugal|Lisbon, Portugal}}
 
| rowspan="2" | {{w|Lisbon,_Portugal|Lisbon, Portugal}}
| rowspan="2" | Lisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal.
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| rowspan="2" | Lisbon is the capital of Portugal, in Europe.
 
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| Lisbon, NH
 
| Lisbon, NH
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| {{w|Mesa,_California|Mesa, CA}}
 
| {{w|Mesa,_California|Mesa, CA}}
 
| rowspan="2" | {{w|Mesa,_Arizona|Mesa, AZ}}
 
| rowspan="2" | {{w|Mesa,_Arizona|Mesa, AZ}}
| rowspan="2" | Mesa, AZ is a suburb of Phoenix, and the largest suburban city by population in the United States.
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| rowspan="2" | Mesa, AZ is a suburb of Phoenix, and the largest suburban city by population in the United States. The town marked as Mesa, CO on the map is actually Orchard Mesa, CO. The unmarked dot in eastern Colorado is the actual town of Mesa, CO.
 
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| Mesa, CO
 
| Mesa, CO
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| New England, ND
 
| New England, ND
| {{w|New England}}
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| {{w|New England}}, Northeast
 
| The New England region consists of 6 states in the northeast United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
 
| The New England region consists of 6 states in the northeast United States: Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont.
 
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