In their defense, I have no idea what the capital of Kentucky or Virginia is :/
PS: I don’t know it for most states 🙃 actually, I didn’t know California’s, New York’s or Illinois’…this is starting to look like a conspiracy to make your largest city not the capital, lol
Oh and ohio is fun here because Columbus has slowly grown to be the biggest city in ohio. Cleveland and Cincinnati are more historically significant while Columbus was just a big city focused on the university and business. But as the great lakes manufacturing and ohio River manufacturing fell by the wayside and Columbus kept growing it beat them out.
and yes it’s spelled differently from Germanys one
That’s because it’s not named after the German one. It’s named after “Frank’s Ford” which is part of a creek in the area.
Some people say it’s because there is a surprisingly large German population in the area, but it was already called Frankfort by the late 1700s when the large influx of German immigrants really started.
That’s really interesting. That said, it’s an unimaginably meh city. Like gorgeous to get to but it’s there alright. Certainly is a city I’ve been to many times.
this is starting to look like a conspiracy to make your largest city not the capital, lol
Usually this is because the capital doesn’t generally change over time while the relative size of cities often does, especially on the scale of a century or more.
Looking at China’s provincial capitals and EU’s capitals, they all look like they hoovered up all the population around them, why doesn’t that happen in the US? Lemme guess…car culture?
In their defense, I have no idea what the capital of Kentucky or Virginia is :/
PS: I don’t know it for most states 🙃 actually, I didn’t know California’s, New York’s or Illinois’…this is starting to look like a conspiracy to make your largest city not the capital, lol
Kentucky is Frankfort. Yes its spelled differently from Germany’s one.
California is Sacramento, New York is Albany, and every once in a while the capital is the biggest or most important city like seriously, Philadelphia was nearly the nation’s capital but fumbled even being the state capital.
Oh and ohio is fun here because Columbus has slowly grown to be the biggest city in ohio. Cleveland and Cincinnati are more historically significant while Columbus was just a big city focused on the university and business. But as the great lakes manufacturing and ohio River manufacturing fell by the wayside and Columbus kept growing it beat them out.
That’s because it’s not named after the German one. It’s named after “Frank’s Ford” which is part of a creek in the area.
Some people say it’s because there is a surprisingly large German population in the area, but it was already called Frankfort by the late 1700s when the large influx of German immigrants really started.
Who really knows haha
That’s really interesting. That said, it’s an unimaginably meh city. Like gorgeous to get to but it’s there alright. Certainly is a city I’ve been to many times.
As an American, neither do i. I was taught them but unlike STEM courses i would never use that knowledge in my adult life.
Meanwhile i knew there wasn’t a tunnel between IE/UK.
Some of us are more worldly i guess…
Usually this is because the capital doesn’t generally change over time while the relative size of cities often does, especially on the scale of a century or more.
Looking at China’s provincial capitals and EU’s capitals, they all look like they hoovered up all the population around them, why doesn’t that happen in the US? Lemme guess…car culture?
Yeah but I do know that I can’t take a train from Hawaii to California, there’s a big wet thing in the way.
Also the country’s called Ireland, it’s a hint.
Yeah except that logic doesn’t apply to the UK and France