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Where On Earth is Springfield?
Now, I am a shameless pedant (no, it's not an interesting sexual perversion, before you ask), and I have to know things. So, just out of pure interest and bloody-minded perfectionism, I'm trying to work out exactly where Springfield is. Any help given on the subject would be greatly appreciated.
The Facts
OK, here are some of the things we know for sure:
* Springfield isn't in Florida or Utah ("Homer vs the 8th Commandment")
* It isn't in Tennessee ("Treehouse of Horror VI")
* Wherever it is, it's the fifty-first state
* It has a coastline ("$pringfield")
* There's only one bridge out of town, so possibly it's on an island ("Bart's Comet")
* There are Badlands fairly nearby ("Marge on the Lam")
* It isn't in California, because Homer's map shows two nuclear power plants there and neither is Springfield ("Bart on the Road")
* It isn't in Nevada, because gambling wasn't legal there until the events of "$pringfield"
* I think it's somewhere up the top, near Canada, because the winters are harsh ("Mr Plow") and the summers are baking ("Bart of Darkness")
* It's in one of the nine states where George Bush Snr claims residence, and it's the town with the lowest voter turnout in America. ("Two Bad Neighbours")
By the way, according to Encarta there are towns called Springfield in Illinois, Massachusetts, Missouri, Ohio and Oregon. These may or may not be the places we are looking for. Any correspondance on the subject would be welcome.