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Comment by flowerlad

5 years ago

Well, that's unfortunate that they decided to change the name. But there's always Intercourse, PA if you're looking for a fun sounding place to go: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Intercourse,+PA/@40.036806...

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bartread  5 years ago

And Shitterton in Dorset: https://www.google.com/maps/place/Shitterton,+Bere+Regis,+Wa...

ksaj  5 years ago

Bird-in-hand gets you pretty close to Paradise, but not as nice as Intercourse.

A lot of town names in that area are like this for some probably not-perverse reason.

  • incanus77  5 years ago

    When I was about 8 in southwestern PA, we took a trip to central PA to visit Gettysburg, the Amish Country, Hershey, and all that. We took a steam train ride that promised a "trip to paradise".

    I remember two things clearly about that train:

    1. If you are sitting close enough to the front and lean out far enough, you get hot steam mist droplets painfully scalding your skin.

    2. The train indeed went to Paradise, PA, with a big welcome sign, and I remember thinking "Is this a joke? I guess some people aren't very good at humor." I really don't know what I did expect or what would have impressed me more.

  • dragonwriter  5 years ago

    Some discussion here:

    https://www.discoverlancaster.com/blog/wacky-town-names-lanc...

    • ksaj  5 years ago

      It seems the story I was told about the town of Intercourse at least has some merit.

      In Swedish, the word for cross is Kors. I know it's not a Swedish town name, but a lot of Swedish words are the same or similar throughout other Germanic languages. In this case, it is namely Dutch, which has a direct connection to the area due to the Amish people there.

      Anyway, I was told that the town name literally referenced two inter-crossing roads, and Kors was, instead of being anglicized to Cross, became Course.

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83457  5 years ago

Released balloons at Easter from church in central Virginia as a kid. Had Easter egg clamped to the string containing a card with return request and address. Got a response a couple weeks later from someone near Intercourse, PA. Of course I found that hilarious but was also amazed at just how far my balloons flew.

carstenhag  5 years ago

Also Kissing, Germany. I live next to it :P