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BoMcCready OP t1_iqmbn79 wrote

Tool: Tableau

Source: simplemaps.com/data/us-cities

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Xonihr t1_iqmccq1 wrote

All data are beautiful, but these are awesome.

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Bowlderdash t1_iqmdnix wrote

It's like you can see the "new" prefix spilling westward from the Cumberland Gap

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pinkunicornbutt t1_iqmf4t6 wrote

Funny how NH having 1 of pretty much any of these puts them in the top 3

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Dish_Prince t1_iqmf6y9 wrote

Had to look up the inland Ocean. It is Oceana West Virginia.

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Objective_Fox298 t1_iqmglls wrote

Delaware out here with these lazy ass 300 year old names

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TheAdmiralMoses t1_iqmj0n7 wrote

I love the spike of San- in California basically follows El Camino Real, a commemorative route connecting old Spanish missions to each other from San Diego to San Francisco.

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aneventhrowaway t1_iqmnk7o wrote

Rhode Island has such high relative frequencies because there's only 40 cities and towns in the state

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rdhamm t1_iqmoabi wrote

All the Pine- are one word? I know the Saint- in MN are not. Surprised to not see Maple- here. Nice work.

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Nejums t1_iqmp37s wrote

Georgia here. Fun fact our favorite street name is Peachtree. To the point that there are corners of Peachtree and Peachtree.

Silly really since out national icon should be a construction cone...

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rdrckcrous t1_iqmqpca wrote

Glen could be an interesting add to the list

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TheCookieNation t1_iqmsc9u wrote

I would be interested in city suffix maps too

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Mike2220 t1_iqmy96w wrote

Petition for all of New Mexico to be honorarily highlighted for the "new" prefix

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Shigy t1_iqn2cwn wrote

Bravo, interesting data has been lacking on this sub lately

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Veruna_Semper t1_iqn4bgx wrote

How was this gathered?. I'm pretty sure the Los- city in WY is Lost Cabin which feels like a bit of a stretch.

Edit: Apparently Lost Cabin is now unincorporated as it no longer has a population, but Lost Springs still has a couple people living there so the example still works.

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funkdefied t1_iqn5eej wrote

Excellent post. This really is a beautiful data visualization

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dgtlfnk t1_iqn65oa wrote

Love seeing rock- make the list… and while there’s only one in Florida so it’s not one of the top ranked states, I look at the map and see the only dot, my hometown of Rockledge. ☺️

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imaginary0pal t1_iqn86yy wrote

Another map that snacked on Lake Michigan and hoped people wouldn’t notice

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joe0400 t1_iqng102 wrote

Mass here the reason for all the mill based name is due to origin of the industrial revolution started in Massachusetts. Basically the city of Lowell started the industrial revolution and it flowed from there. The first industry was mills for the textile industry producing textiles. So like every town and city in mass has a old mill building somewhere lol.

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I_play_trombone_AMA t1_iqnlr4g wrote

Was trying to find the second most eastern “El” city. Is it Elgin, IL? I couldn’t find anything else in that area starting with El. If it’s Elgin, that seems to be outside the spirit of this map. But would love to know if I missed finding a different city.

(The one in Florida appears to be El Portal, which is a small neighborhood in Miami. I was surprised to see that it is actually its own city, with its own local government, etc.)

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Chaosbuggy t1_iqnm5sh wrote

Isn't los and las just the masculine/feminine version of the same word, though?

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Inevitable-Tea1702 t1_iqnt63q wrote

That one inland city with "ocean" in the name knows the ocean will come towards them eventually.

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panthereal t1_iqntel7 wrote

Surprising there's only one misleading Ocean- town.

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talkhead420 t1_iqo6iuy wrote

Would love to see this for Santa- as well :-)

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K0rby t1_iqodwiu wrote

Replying to Veruna_Semper (#11,485)

The other thing about Wyoming is that because there so few towns, just a couple places is enough to register as a high percentage to end up in the top of the charts.

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umKatorMissKath t1_iqojcco wrote

Replying to Dish_Prince (#10,901)

There was a town called Ocean in either western Maryland or nearby West Virginia, too! My dad grew up near there, and was disappointed when they said they were going to Ocean, and it was not the actual ocean

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atomiccoriander t1_iqooga8 wrote

Are these census-designated places or something rather than cities as it says in your title? There are zero cities or towns in NH that begin with "mount" and yet NH is number one?

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unverno t1_iqpkm0f wrote

How does this beautiful visualization is made?

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-CoachMcGuirk- t1_iqpw62m wrote

The sole-inland Ocean city hedged their bets on climate change.

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BigCommieMachine t1_iqwf1ir wrote

To be fair, Rhode Island is 2nd under the “New prefix”. There are only two place with New. Famously, Newport is obvious. New Shoreham is the only other(on resort island halfway between Rhode Island and Long Island)

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