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>>>There is a famous signpost in Maine with distances to small Maine towns with the same names as countries or cities -- including Moscow, China, Mexico, Norway, Poland, Sweden, and, yes, Paris. There probably aren't 50,000 occupants in all of them put together.
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>>They took that from MASH. I like it when states have cities named after other states like Missouri, Texas.
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>No, they didn't take it from MASH. That sign has been around since before the TV show, and probably before the Korean War.

Then probably the other way 'round, since Hawkeye is supposed to be from Maine (though he doesn't sound like any Mainer I've ever met <g>).

Tamar