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skippercollector

What were the names of fictional towns that TV series were set in? These are the ones I can think of off the top of my head.
Bedrock
Collinwood
Everwood
Gotham City
Jericho
Mayberry
Metropolis
Port Charles
Smallville
Walton's Mountain
 
There is the town of Collinwood in Tennessee. There is Jericho in Vermont. There is Metropolis in Illinois across the river from Paducah, KY.
 
exdjted said:
There is the town of Collinwood in Tennessee. There is Jericho in Vermont. There is Metropolis in Illinois across the river from Paducah, KY.
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But they are not the towns featured or pictured in those shows.

List of fictional towns in television - Wikipedia has an international list of fake towns.

I'd put "Cabot Cove, ME" at the top of the list!

How do we know they are fake and not real cities of the same name: An example is "Sunnydale" in Buffy the Vampire Slayer which has a disproportionate number of churches, Gothic cemeteries, colleges and other institutions. That is to provide settings for the show's concept but totally out of size for a town of, supposedly, 38,000 people and an unknown number of vampires.
 
Stars Hollow, Connecticut, was the fictional setting of "Gilmore Girls." It could have been any of the wealthy villages of western Connecticut, but the town of Washington has the firmest claim to having been the one.
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DavidEduardo said:
But they are not the towns featured or pictured in those shows.

List of fictional towns in television - Wikipedia has an international list of fake towns.

I'd put "Cabot Cove, ME" at the top of the list!

How do we know they are fake and not real cities of the same name: An example is "Sunnydale" in Buffy the Vampire Slayer which has a disproportionate number of churches, Gothic cemeteries, colleges and other institutions. That is to provide settings for the show's concept but totally out of size for a town of, supposedly, 38,000 people and an unknown number of vampires.
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Cabot Cove had a hell of a murder rate, and not from domestic violence or gang activity either. Wealthy-on=-wealthy and all premeditated
 
The Young and the Restless's "Genoa City, Wisconsin" is a real place that has 3000 residents/ The fictionalized version is a major metropolitan area. and headquarters fo seveeral major corporations
 
exdjted said:
There is the town of Collinwood in Tennessee. There is Jericho in Vermont. There is Metropolis in Illinois across the river from Paducah, KY.
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Metropolis, IL advertises themselves as the home of Superman: HOME | METROPOLIS TOURISM

gr8oldies said:
The Young and the Restless's "Genoa City, Wisconsin" is a real place that has 3000 residents/ The fictionalized version is a major metropolitan area. and headquarters fo seveeral major corporations
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Salem, IL is the fictional city for Days of Our Lives, but there is a real town of Salem that is about 7.000 people.
 
Just about every American daytime soap opera was set in a fictional city in an unnamed state:

Search for Tomorrow -- Henderson
The Doctors -- Madison
Love of Life -- Rose Hill
Another World -- Bay City
Somerset -- Somerset
As the World Turns -- Oakdale
General Hospital -- Port Charles
Port Charles -- Port Charles

etc., etc.

Also, The Vampire Diaries was set in Mystic Falls, Virginia.
 
gr8oldies said:
I remember when the movie came out, the various Springfields competed for the first showing
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Didn't Springfield, Vermont, win that honor? I was still living in Connecticut (a state without a Springfield) then, but I vaguely recall hearing or reading about Vermont's Springfield getting some sort of Simpsons-related distinction.
 
The Partridge Family lived in the fictitious town of San Pueblo, California.

"San Pueblo" was an ill-considered attempt to make up a Spanish-sounding name. "San" is Spanish for "saint", and "pueblo" either means "people" or "town/village". It doesn't make sense.

Brain teaser for everyone here: what do The Partridge Family and Green Acres have in common? Hint: it's in the opening credits. I just noticed this the other night on MeTV.
 
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