It was a coin toss away from Portland being called Boston today

American settlers really liked naming newly founded settlements after their hometowns, which led to a lot of strange situations and cities with the same name.

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telexHungarian17d ago

Egy pénzfeldobáson múlt, hogy Portlandet ma nem Bostonnak hívják

Az amerikai telepesek nagyon szerették a szülővárosaikról elnevezni az újonnan alapított településeket, ami egy csomó fura helyzethez és azonos nevű városokhoz vezetett.

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It was a coin toss away from Portland being called Boston today

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Egy pénzfeldobáson múlt, hogy Portlandet ma nem Bostonnak hívják

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