I've taken this from a different point of view than most of the posts I've read. Since Springfield is thrown at us and they're toying with us about the state, their intention is never to own up to a real state. My way to deal with this is through process of elimination. There are many states where it CAN'T be. First of all, it can't be Florida becasue they're banned from there. They make reference to there being only two states where they're not banned in some episode, too. As for Ohio and Missouri, there are snow capped mountains on the horizon in more than one episode and last time I went to those two states, there weren't any. Also, they have a hurricane in one episode. Ever heard of a hurricane in Ohio before? Also, at one point, he gets in his car and travels 1800 ish miles to Florida (according to the road sign) so that pretty much eliminates Orgon, Washington, California, etc. Using proccess of elimination, they do have to live in the fictional state of North Takoma, becuse eventually, you have to eliminate all the real states.
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I've taken this from a different point of view than most of the posts I've read. Since Springfield is thrown at us and they're toying with us about the state, their intention is never to own up to a real state. My way to deal with this is through process of elimination. There are many states where it CAN'T be. First of all, it can't be Florida becasue they're banned from there. They make reference to there being only two states where they're not banned in some episode, too. As for Ohio and Missouri, there are snow capped mountains on the horizon in more than one episode and last time I went to those two states, there weren't any. Also, they have a hurricane in one episode. Ever heard of a hurricane in Ohio before? Also, at one point, he gets in his car and travels 1800 ish miles to Florida (according to the road sign) so that pretty much eliminates Orgon, Washington, California, etc. Using proccess of elimination, they do have to live in the fictional state of North Takoma, becuse eventually, you have to eliminate all the real states.
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actually the south east corner of oregon to the north west corner of florida is 1798.4 miles