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Thread #10607   Message #2906823
Posted By: McGrath of Harlow
14-May-10 - 11:05 AM
Thread Name: place names part two
Subject: RE: place names part two
The Guardian ran this story about how a town in Canada is trying to get people to come as tourists - Can the town of Asbestos win over the tourists?

And it accompanied this with a list "other North American towns that might struggle to attract the tourist pound":

Intercourse, Pennsylvanis
Boring, Oregon
Dull, Ohio
Ordinary, Virginia
Spunky Puddle, Ohio
Mosquitoville, Vermont
Hell, Michigan
Slaughterville, Oklahoma
Tightwas, Missouri
Roaches, Illinois
Dildo, Newfoundland
Crotch Lake, Ontario
Bummerville, California
Gas, Kansas
Purgatory, Maine