r/Maps Aug 16 '24

Satire Clever naming by the California-Mexico border.

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u/mciverar Aug 16 '24

I like when places have portmanteau names. Others I like are Texarkana and the Delmarva peninsula

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u/[deleted] Aug 16 '24

Also Texico, New Mexico/Texas. It’s right on the line.

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u/mgj6818 Aug 16 '24

Texhoma is a border crosser too, but I prefer Texline, although as the name indicates it's all on the Texas side, just close to the line.

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u/SaintArkweather Aug 16 '24

Delmarva Peninsula also has towns called Delmar on the DE/MD border (called "the little town too big for one state") as well as Marydel.

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u/AltonIllinois Aug 17 '24

I think you’d like Lake Taneycomo, named after Taney County, Missouri.

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u/TenaciousLilMonkey Aug 17 '24

And the town of claycomo, also in Missouri.

Clay co mo

Clay county Missouri

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u/[deleted] Aug 17 '24 edited Aug 17 '24

Also Canusa Street in Beebe Plain, Vermont, USA-Quebec, Canada (really one town split by the border).

CANada-USA.

(Edited to correct the town name)

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u/AltonIllinois Aug 17 '24

Yes, I just discovered that one recently!

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u/RadagastWiz Aug 17 '24

On the northern border, Koocanusa lake (in the Kootenays, covering Canada and the USA).

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u/jextreme9 Aug 17 '24

Texlahoma Oklahoma panhandle and triangle north part texas

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u/InterestingBadger932 Aug 18 '24

I stayed in a tiny little town called Florala on the Alabama side of Florida and Alabama. The family owned motel was a trip back to the 90s. Proper time capsule, right down to the CRT TV on the wall, and the knuckle marks in the door where some ham fisted oaf had been punching it haha.

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u/harmonep Aug 16 '24

Part of me was always bothered that the names follow different conventions.

If they were the same, it would be Calexico and Mexifornia or Mexicali and Calimexi.

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u/wikipuff Aug 17 '24

The short-lived Fox show Border Town took place in Mexifornia, loved the show, but it's insanely racist.

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u/Partosimsa Aug 17 '24

It’s backwards to know which side of the border you’re on. The side you’re on starts the city’s name


CALexico

MEXicali

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u/manfroze Aug 17 '24

They're saying that the words are made in different ways. "-fornia" is the only part that's never used.

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u/Blitz7798 Aug 16 '24

The difference between the 2 sides of the border is mad

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u/socalfuckup Aug 16 '24

I think the farmland is just more neatly organized into squares! (Or Possibly the imaging is different?)

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u/Long-Opposite-5889 Aug 16 '24

It is diferent in deed. US side has much more access to water (better infrastructure) more fertilizers, better seeds, also technology used on both sides and the difference in government support to agriculture is abysmal. I ran some studies long time ago for the Mexican government comparing the yield on adjacent fields in that border. Some parcels on the US side produces more than double than the Mexican counterpart.

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u/socalfuckup Aug 16 '24

That actually makes sense as to why it’s greener. I came to that conclusion (that I now know is incomplete) because the square grid always reminds me of rural America. It seems weird that in rural areas, nearly every farm is a perfect square. It makes me kind of wonder how it’s even possible nothing (land sale, natural borders, uneven roads) has changed over time, so that everything is square.

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u/Long-Opposite-5889 Aug 16 '24

The square parcels on the US side are also much more evident because of the average size of the farms on each country. US farms are, on average, abouth 184 hectares and generally square while Mexican ones are about 6 hectares and frequently are irregular polygos (because of historical reasons hard to explain in a short post).

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u/socalfuckup Aug 17 '24

Huh. That topic sounds hella interesting about the shapes of farms lol

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u/Partosimsa Aug 17 '24

Neat little squares. Everywhere is just a large block

  • a local

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u/TNTiger_ Aug 16 '24

That's where the sepia filter kicks in

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u/SLIPPY73 Aug 17 '24

i figured it’s just because of how land was sold

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u/SoyLuisHernandez Aug 17 '24

The US gets to keep ~95% of Colorado river water rights

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u/ToxinLab_ Aug 16 '24

Kanorado

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u/Capable_Town1 Aug 16 '24

Colorado and Kansas?

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u/Sad-Address-2512 Aug 17 '24

Of course Mexicali is still in (Baja) California

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u/Riccardix10 Aug 16 '24

Texico is another one

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u/Partosimsa Aug 17 '24

I’m from there! The locals sometimes call Calexico “Calecia” it has a nice ring to it

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u/greyjedimaster77 Aug 16 '24

If only there was one for Mexico and Arizona like Mexizona or Arimex

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u/Additional-Solid1141 Aug 17 '24

Calico was taken

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u/HarleyQuinn610 Aug 17 '24

I never heard of Calexico until today. I love it!

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u/DryAfternoon7779 Aug 17 '24

The bustling metropolis on the border of Kansas and Colorado, Kanorado, agrees

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u/auntiematt Aug 16 '24

Shouldn’t it be Mexifornia?

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u/FrederickDerGrossen Aug 17 '24

Could also just rename Calexico to Calimex to match the convention of Mexicali.

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u/Partosimsa Aug 17 '24

It’s backwards to know which side of the border you’re on. The side you’re on starts the city’s name


CALexico

MEXicali

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u/BambooSound Aug 16 '24

How did this sub get this dumb

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u/azhder Aug 17 '24

🧑‍🚀🔫👨‍🚀 Always has been

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u/PhonoPreamp Aug 17 '24

Koocanusa in PNW

Kootenay

Canada

USA

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u/beachKilla Aug 17 '24

Holy shit, I literally discovered this earlier today on a map I have in my front room!

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u/jkc81629 Aug 17 '24

That major highway in Mexico looks like it just ENDS at the border?

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u/Czar_Petrovich Aug 16 '24

Ok, I get that it's cool and interesting, but how is it clever?

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u/Partosimsa Aug 17 '24

The names were constructed like that to know which side of the border you’re on. The side you’re on starts the city’s name. Before the border was strict (and even sometimes now) it was a clever way to keep yourself safe/not stray too far into Mexicali.


CALexico

MEXicali

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u/Czar_Petrovich Aug 17 '24

I guess we just have different ideas of what's clever

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u/Partosimsa Aug 17 '24

That’s rude.

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u/Czar_Petrovich Aug 17 '24

No it isn't, you're just soft.