Andrew, I grew up in Portland, and everyone knows that the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant was in Oregon, very near to Springfield. The Simpsons live in an unspecified state, but it is largely based on Oregon. As said above, many of the characters' names are those of Portland streets. The most humorous being "Lovejoy" where is located a famous abortion clinic, which makes it a funny name for a Reverend.
the clue is from the writer not the director the closest nuclear reactor to the state of Oregon is probably in S.E.Washington if the writer grew up around Portland he might have modeled the town after tri-cities WA. but when I've seen the topical view of Springfield it looks like lake Michigan to me any cities or states that want to claim the Simpson's as there own can find an explicit argument why the are right! by design?
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Andrew, I grew up in Portland, and everyone knows that the Trojan Nuclear Power Plant was in Oregon, very near to Springfield. The Simpsons live in an unspecified state, but it is largely based on Oregon. As said above, many of the characters' names are those of Portland streets. The most humorous being "Lovejoy" where is located a famous abortion clinic, which makes it a funny name for a Reverend.
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the clue is from the writer not the director the closest nuclear reactor to the state of Oregon is probably in S.E.Washington if the writer grew up around Portland he might have modeled the town after tri-cities WA. but when I've seen the topical view of Springfield it looks like lake Michigan to me any cities or states that want to claim the Simpson's as there own can find an explicit argument why the are right! by design?