idle wondering
Jan. 6th, 2013 05:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
johncomicIs there a general impression that, if you've never heard of a place, that it must be some tiny hole-in-the-wall in the middle of nowhere? Or does it only seem that way to me?
I got thinking about how I've heard of places like Pittsburgh and Cleveland and Minneapolis, and probably everyone else has heard of them, so we get the impression that they're Big and Important somehow. And then I think about Mississauga. I've never known an American who ever heard of Mississauga or knows where it is (without Googling it). So I feel like this must “mean” that Mississauga is some tiny little nowhere, why would anyone have ever heard of it?
But Mississauga is twice as big as any of those American cities mentioned earlier. However, I wouldn't have known that without looking it up. I would've assumed that those American cites must be bigger because they're American and Important so they must be big. I dunno, I find it kinda odd...
I got thinking about how I've heard of places like Pittsburgh and Cleveland and Minneapolis, and probably everyone else has heard of them, so we get the impression that they're Big and Important somehow. And then I think about Mississauga. I've never known an American who ever heard of Mississauga or knows where it is (without Googling it). So I feel like this must “mean” that Mississauga is some tiny little nowhere, why would anyone have ever heard of it?
But Mississauga is twice as big as any of those American cities mentioned earlier. However, I wouldn't have known that without looking it up. I would've assumed that those American cites must be bigger because they're American and Important so they must be big. I dunno, I find it kinda odd...
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Date: 2013-01-06 10:13 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-01-06 10:44 pm (UTC)how I've heard of places like Pittsburgh and Cleveland and Minneapolis
US marketing: Pittsburgh Steelers... Drew Carey Show and "Cleveland Rocks!"... Mary Tyler Moore show.
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Date: 2013-01-07 09:03 pm (UTC)I think The Tombs of Mississauga has a nice ring to it.
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Date: 2013-01-07 09:08 pm (UTC)