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Ravekat1 t1_j1lfo36 wrote

Am I reading this right, it’s days they booked a room in Chatham, Kent. Which is where I live in the UK. Do you guys have a Chatham in Kent, or has it just doxxed me via IP in the news report?

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eltigrechino94 t1_j1libtj wrote

Chatham-Kent is a place (town, city, dunno not googling it) in Ontario, Canada.

You'll find almost every place in the UK has a twin somewhere in North America. I've never heard of my towns twin but there was a grizzly church murder in Midlothian, Texas which is named after my county.

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Ravekat1 t1_j1lie5n wrote

Thanks! Yea I’ve noticed the twin thing before, but never a town, then a city / district. Double twin!

FYI Chatham has a dockyard which was in use from 1532, so possibly the Canadian town is named by settlers familiar with it.

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steve2phonesmackabee t1_j1ls30n wrote

There's a pretty cool screaming heads tourist attraction in Midlothian Ontario.

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eltigrechino94 t1_j1lt0sa wrote

Didn't even know Canada had one too. Not surprised but its fun to know.

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Soliae t1_j1up4sz wrote

There is a Midlothian in Virginia as well, although Richmond has largely gobbled it up.

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Impressive-Potato t1_j1mzajq wrote

We have many of the same town/city names here in Ontario. Canada is a British colony, remember?

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Zonel t1_j1n99il wrote

Half of Ontario is named after places in UK. The other half random other European places.

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