Is it Minnesota or Minneapolis?

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14. People travel. They meet with others. Everyone is saying where s/he is from

I am from Chicago. I am from Tulsa. I am from Kansas City. I am from Sacramento.

And too often, people from Minneapolis will say: I am from Minnesota. Seems that Minnesota and Minneapolis are interchangeable. Which, of course, they are not. Just as Des Moines and Iowa are not (though many think they are

One reason may be that both start with similar letters and pronunciation. And look for another story that I am going to post soon.

Thus, when a weatherman compared Atlanta to Minnesota - I "told" him to keep his cities and states separate. Either compare to Atlanta to Minneapolis, or to St. Paul, or compare Georgia to Minnesota.

And this brought memories from others about the ignorance of non-Minnesotans. I just read a comment that former LA Senator Mary Landrieu thought Minnesota might have a long border with the Bahamas. If true, this alone should be a good reason for her to lose..