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Have you realized how uncreative we Americans are at naming our cities? It's like we stopped trying after the first 20 or so states.

Leave it to the Iowans to combine city names.
It gets pretty boring when all you do is detassel corn and wrestle.

I've often wondered what a map would look like if the suffixes "town," "ville" and "land" had never been invented. Just imagine, no Georgetown, Greenville or Ashland (no, I didn't pick those at random, they are actually ninth, fourth and eleventh on the list of most common place names in the United States).

Forget suffixes, how about all the cities/towns/villages named after people? Hell, the most common place name in the United States - 30 states have such a place - is named after a turtle: Franklin. Okay, I doubt they all named it after the cartoon turtle but maybe some did.

He must have such large calf muscles from walking upright.

That's not even the worst part. A few states have more than one Franklin. Why? I can see having multiple Franklin's across the country but in the same state?

The next most popular city name: Clinton. Now, I doubt this is because of Bill Clinton - except maybe in Arkansas. There's absolutely no way 29 states named a place after Bill Clinton. If they did, I'll stop cheating on my Draconian wife...

The third most popular comes right from the Simpsons: Springfield.

Then there are the unfortunate, quirky and just plain strange names found around the country...

Is this a sign for a city or an advertisement?

Matt: Jane, hurry up, you're taking forever.
Jane: Sorry, I'm almost to Climax.

When you can't watch TV or drive a car you have to pass the time somehow.

Would you recommend Mianus to your friends?

I wouldn't want to live in any of those places. Can you imagine telling somebody you were born in Mianus? No thanks. I'm moving to Bedford Falls.