Television is one of the most visceral forms of escapism, with the best TV shows building a world so robust that it feels like it’s a slice of our own. A little hobby of mine is trying to figure out where, exactly, some shows take place within our world’s geography—even if these towns are stand-ins for real-life cities. By paying attention to mentions of real world locations, zip codes, phone numbers, and distances to other cities, you can get a pretty clear idea as to where some of TV’s most famous towns are actually located.
Television
Fake TV Town Locations: An Investigation
Hawkins, Pawnee, and Quahog are just some of the towns we tried to pinpoint on a map.
By
Kevin Hurler
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