McSweeney's compiles a list; the last one is just a bit too ridiculous, though.
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He's missing Burchester.
By anon
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 12:48pm
He's missing Burchester.
All real except for last one
By HenryAlan
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 1:03pm
Very little creativity here. He picked some obscure but very real locations, then tacked on what ridiculously crafted make believe town at the end to provide the veneer of reliability.
Everyone's a critic
By MC Slim JB
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 2:17pm
Let's see you get in McSweeney's, clever boy.
Stick to chowhound, Slim.
By anon
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 9:20pm
Oh MC Slim, if you would take a moment to remove yourself from Brodeur's derriere and actually read HenryAlan's comment you could see it's not actually a critique.
get back to yelp
By The Beer Guy
Fri, 04/13/2012 - 8:46am
Slim, aka burn'n!
Funny! :-)
By anon
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 1:07pm
Makes me think of the apocryphal "Latham, MA" which featured in the final episode of "Seinfeld".
Mansocket
By SwirlyGrrl
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 2:05pm
That's not in Massachusetts. Try Rhode Island.
They forgot Loocester (under Athol), Waddleborough, and Skidmark.
Gay Head is now officially fictional ... with marriage and kids and all.
I'm sure UHub wags can add some here ...
Edit: Moleicester. LOL! That took me a second ...
What, no Newstead Montegrade?
By steve
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 1:26pm
What, no Newstead Montegrade?
Some more suggestions
By adamg
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 1:35pm
May take a moment or two to come up:
Birthplace of Theodor Geisel
By Matthew
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 2:34pm
Greeneggsandham.
No Arkham or Innsmouth?
By anon
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 2:53pm
No Arkham or Innsmouth?
Those places are real.
By Pete Nice
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 5:25pm
I've been to both.
Innsmouth is full of yuppies now
By jmeltzer
Fri, 04/13/2012 - 6:59am
and the Esoteric Order of Dagon hall is a Starbucks.
Better than Dunwich, though, whose local distinctive landmark is the Wal-Mart.
Yuppies?!
By JPFree
Fri, 04/13/2012 - 7:22am
Are the shelves teeming with Bret Easton Ellis books? Have the streets turned into a townwide BMW dealership? Are restaurants serving Perrier? Do Men Without Hats and Genesis blare from every window?
I think Massachusetts is the last place in America using "Yuppie" as a cultural identifier.
Or Dunwich.
By BikerGeek
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 9:52pm
Oh, the horror.
Been there
By jmeltzer
Fri, 04/13/2012 - 7:01am
It's really Athol. Man, is that place depressing.
Yesss...
By anon
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 3:09pm
Arkham.
A few more
By Kaz
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 3:22pm
Quillston (Town settled by porcupine pelt traders)
Weringham (Hamlet settled by the Werings, friends of the Framings)
Wickimunk (misheard Indian word by settlers)
Keel (near Hull)
South Cotswody (no North Cotswody ever existed, said like Peabody...no, the other way)
Cleary's Bluff (Western MA...competing legends about Cleary say he was good at gambling and also thrown off a cliff...may both be true)
What about the Town of Ripton?
By Neal
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 4:40pm
The fictitious town that would occasionally be slipped into legislative line items in the 1980s and 1990s to make sure the legislators were paying attention. I guess its town charter was revoked with the advent of the internet.
More fictional local town names
By Ron Newman
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 4:53pm
Arkham
Aylesbury
Dunwich
And don't forget
By Sock_Puppet
Fri, 04/13/2012 - 5:23am
Kingsport
I have a friend that lives in
By anon
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 5:26pm
I have a friend that lives in Hangover.
Well...
By R Hookup
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 6:35pm
Weefolk
Miltapan
By Bri9801
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 7:09pm
Miltapan
Wait, thats not a town? Its
By brianjdamico
Fri, 04/13/2012 - 10:25am
Wait, thats not a town? Its at least a CDP isnt it?
A few more
By Ron Newman
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 10:09pm
Dana
Enfield
Greenwich
Prescott
Were real; now under the
By jmeltzer
Fri, 04/13/2012 - 6:56am
Were real; now under the Quabbin reservoir.
Looks like Ron newman
By The Beer Guy
Fri, 04/13/2012 - 8:52am
got Ron Newman'd!
Touhgton
By anon
Thu, 04/12/2012 - 10:46pm
we have a winna
Well, the last one is true,
By brianjdamico
Fri, 04/13/2012 - 10:30am
Well, the last one is true, it is a fake MA town. The official name of Braintree is "The Town of Braintree" and Braintree is a city now.
Dourcester, pronounced
By Whit
Fri, 04/13/2012 - 10:43am
Dourcester, pronounced "Dooster"
Dourcester, pronounced
By Whit
Fri, 04/13/2012 - 10:43am
Dourcester, pronounced "Dooster"
Like Watertown and others
By ckd
Fri, 04/13/2012 - 2:40pm
The legal description of Braintree is "the city known as the Town of Braintree". (See the title of H.3660: http://www.malegislature.gov/Bills/187/House/H03660 )
Watertown is the example I usually use, because "the city known as the Town of Watertown" sounds even sillier due to the double "town".