Submitted by roadtrip-ne t3_z901u6 in boston
outsideroutsider t1_iyeny5r wrote
What I'm curious about is the lack of "New" prefix to town names like New York, New Hampshire, New England, New London, New Haven... etc
michael_scarn_21 t1_iyfcpov wrote
Interestingly Cambridge, MA was originally known as Newtowne. Once Harvard was founded, naming the town after the famous university city in England appealed to the citizens.
tacknosaddle t1_iyetj92 wrote
>New York
It'll always be New Amsterdam to me.
Ex-Pat-Spaz t1_iyfbb2k wrote
I live nearish to Newhaven, England. It’s spelled like that, one word.
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