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04-10-2012, 03:49 PM
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| Matt Groening reveals the location of SPRINGFIELD
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Oregon Matt Groening Reveals the Location of the Real Springfield | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine Quote:
OK, why do the Simpsons live in a town called Springfield? Isn’t that a little generic?
Springfield was named after Springfield, Oregon. The only reason is that when I was a kid, the TV show “Father Knows Best” took place in the town of Springfield, and I was thrilled because I imagined that it was the town next to Portland, my hometown. When I grew up, I realized it was just a fictitious name. I also figured out that Springfield was one of the most common names for a city in the U.S. In anticipation of the success of the show, I thought, “This will be cool; everyone will think it’s their Springfield.” And they do.
You’ve never said it was named after Springfield, Oregon, before, have you?
I don’t want to ruin it for people, you know? Whenever people say it’s Springfield, Ohio, or Springfield, Massachusetts, or Springfield, wherever, I always go, “Yup, that’s right.”
Read more: Matt Groening Reveals the Location of the Real Springfield | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian Magazine | | 
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04-10-2012, 03:52 PM
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good info but i knew that years ago
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04-10-2012, 03:55 PM
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Yea, a lot of street names are characters on the show
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04-10-2012, 04:11 PM
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My wife will be pissed, she's always been convinced it was Springfield, IL (she's from Chicago).
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04-10-2012, 04:15 PM
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way more black people in illinois and hardly any in the simpsons.
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04-10-2012, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by unit way more black people in illinois and hardly any in the simpsons. | truth, but then again with everyone being yellow....  | |
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04-10-2012, 04:19 PM
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funny thing is the asians in the simpsons are more white than anyone else
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04-10-2012, 04:19 PM
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Originally Posted by murd0c truth, but then again with everyone being yellow.... | For this reason I always thought it was Springfield, BC  | |
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04-10-2012, 04:44 PM
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Originally Posted by JDął For this reason I always thought it was Springfield, BC |  | |
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04-10-2012, 06:11 PM
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You'd think it was Tennessee when in one episode Milhouse said that Springfield was "Titans country" in reference to the NFL team.
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04-10-2012, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by CorneringArtist You'd think it was Tennessee when in one episode Milhouse said that Springfield was "Titans country" in reference to the NFL team. |
when everyone started guessing it was their local springfield a bunch of the episodes had thrown references to different springfield cities just to confuse people more
but yeah i always assumed it was springfield oregon too
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04-10-2012, 07:12 PM
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this may have been relevant...10 odd years ago.
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04-10-2012, 09:38 PM
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| What The Simpsons' Springfield Looks Like in Real Life
This one is pretty cool - Gizmodo went through the entire city to find out what the most important locations look like in real life. 
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04-10-2012, 10:25 PM
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I thought it was always Springfield, Massachusetts haha
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04-10-2012, 10:56 PM
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04-10-2012, 11:04 PM
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I remembered that that house was open for everybody to view it in person, however it's at Las Vegas
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04-11-2012, 12:44 AM
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i knew that years ago cuz tony hawk got a the key to the city
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04-11-2012, 12:57 AM
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I thought they revealed it was Kentucky in the movie ? and they drove to new york too... oregon to new york is helluva drive ...
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