This will probably get me flamed but....

I know people have speculated on this before but after picking up an atlas and going through the episode archives I think i've worked out Springfields location. Their are only two states in the US that meet all the geographical and political requirements of Springfield, they are Pennsylvania on the east coast and Oregon on the west coast. Why do I have a sinking feeling someone will blast this theory out of the water?

"The Digital Dragon" wrote in message news:[email]...

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Well, it's a Pacific port because Homer takes the submarine into Soviet waters via the West Coast...

But then, West Springfield is 3 times the size of Texas...and that just kinda blows anywhere in the US out of the water...

"Duff Man" wrote in message news:...

No. Springfield could be in Alaska.

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West of Oregon is the entire US desert region.

West of Oregon is several thousand miles of Pacific Ocean.

Please tell us you're not an airline pilot.

"Yewneakh" wrote in message news:[email]...

That's a pretty wet desert...and it stretches all the way to Asia...

Alaska was eliminated in the episode with Marge's fear of flying. When Homers gets the free plane tickets, he is told he can go anywhere in the US, excluding Alaska and Hawaii.

that and the climate....

"Aaron Hirshberg" wrote in message news:[email]...

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["Duff Man"; Sun, 20 Jul 2003 06:17:25 GMT]

Don't forget that Texas is 2,000 (as I recall) miles from Springfield, according to the Hills.

I prefer the theory that Springfield is a generic town. Homer needs to climb a mountain, so the Murderhorn appears; Homer needs to "steal" a nuclear sub so Springfield is on the coast, and so on.

"Andrew" wrote in news:D9rSa.5174$[email]:

At the end of August, my son will start attending a college in Springfield, Massachusetts. I'll ask him to keep his eyes open for clues.

We spent a couple of days there earlier this month (freshman orientation), and I didn't notice any giant mountains, oceans, or nuclear power plants. There is an "Evergreen Road" not far from the campus, though.

Jim

Jim wrote in news:LzxSa.92109$OZ2.19896@rwcrnsc54:

And the Old Basketball Hall of Fame and the New Basketball Hall of Fame both right next to the Springfield Jail. That always seemed very Simpsons-esque to me.

Springfield does not exist but Groening did state in interviews that some aspects of Springfield mirrored the town in Oregon that he grew up in. There are about 122 Springfields in the United States and the Simpsons Springfield isn't based on any of them. Hate to burst your bubble. :)

"Imajika" wrote in message news:5JASa.93631$GL4.26284@rwcrnsc53...

The smiley doesn't help. You don't have to be an ass about it...

he's not you tit

Imajika [email] wrote:

Meh, no problem, I know Springfield has no actual physical location, I was just trying to work out where it _could_ be. I'm actually pretty surprised I got the Oregon link just by looking in an atlas, I think it might be rather more of a coincedance than anything else considering how little information I based it on. I only really took three things into account: Springfield is within one hundred miles of the coast. Springfield is a northen state. Springfield is very hot in the summer and very cold in the winter.

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By your standards, Springfield should be in the northeast United States. I think you would be smart to note that Oregon gets a combo of rain and snow in the winter so Pennsylvania is really the only state the Simpsons could live in.

However, Colorado could also be a location if the Murderhorn was right next door, or Northern Wiscousin, if you consider that they moved south to Homer's new job.

Jessy Scholl

"The Ghost of General Lee" wrote in message news:[email]...

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We're up to 51! (everyone cheers)

Yours truly, Some bozo

Hate to blast your theory out of the water, but in the alligator episode they show a big map of the USA at the end with all the states the Simpsons have been banned from marked with big "X's". After x'ing out Florida the only state not crossed off is North Dakota. But that's not the state they're -in- because Bart is excited about going there to see Mount Rushmore until he's told that that is in South Dakota.

Well, the state that they live in would be crossed out too, since they cant visit it, they already live there. So that way you know that they cant be living in South Dakota.

somedude wrote in news:[email]:

Neither one of them are an hour away from Las Vegas.

When oh when are you people going to stop searching for something that's not there? Then posting it in here only damages your credibility.

Best way to spot a Simpsons newbie?

"What state is Springfield in?"

Or worse:

"I figured out what state Springfield is in!"

donut wrote:

My theory is that Springfield is in fact a virtual construct within the Matrix, a world-within-a-world cleverly designed to meet the expectations of the Simpsons and to vary itself as need arises. In "reality," the entire family is being held in suspended animation capsules while interactive data of the virtual-Springfield is being fed into their minds. This would also explain the children's unnatural lack of growth and aging. A great final episode would be to have Homer accidentally discover the construct and "unplug" it, as it were, thus allowing the family to finally enjoy normal lives.

somedude wrote in news:[email]:

This idea was once mentioned as a final episode in which Marge finds a strange red button in the closet and pushes it.

"Behind the other door is a box of donuts." "Mmm, donuts..."

And thus Zi...er, Springfield was not saved.

"The Digital Dragon" wrote in message news:[email]...

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Does your theory allow for the fact that they moved the whole town in one episode? No indication of how far they moved it, IIRC, so it might have started in Florida and ended up in the Rockies.

Consider it blasted.

"Peter Morris" [email] wrote:

"I can't believe it's come to this!" "Come to what?" "Moving the whole town *five miles* down the road!"