>>BTW It's amusing how Americans always have to suffix a city name with the state. I guess it's because so many are named after European cities but it's unlikely that someone who says "I'm driving down to Philadelphia PA" means he's gonna cross the ocean (and I don't think there IS another Philadelphia, in the US or anywhere else? :-)
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>>Terry
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>Actually, there are several cities in more than one state. Without trying hard I could probably come up with a dozen. Granted they won't always be major cities, but the names are duplicated.
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>And if you tell somebody from Mississippi that you are "driving down to Philadelphia" you won't be going to PA.

I drove through Philadelphia, Mississippi in 1964 but I blinked my eyes and missed everything! :)