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A Complete Map To Springfield
neelm writes "If you even needed to know the names of the roads Homer Simpson takes to work, you can find out at
Guide to Springfield, USA. On the site you'll find a complete map and guide to all springfield location. The map was put together mostly by watching (and rewatching) Simpson's episodes. The map is even listed in Harvard Map Collection!"
Yes, they live in Pressboard Estates.
it's in the second quadrant, just below the sign "pressboard estates"
Look around the area called "Springfield Harbor and Waterfront".
"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it."
Nice map, almost 100% accurate. Ok, there is one nagging typo.
It's Mr. Burns' or Mr. Burns's not Mr. Burn's.
I am not sure about the show order, but that must have been before they moved the town to escape the garbage.
The grass is only greener, if you don't take care of your own lawn.
the map's home page say's "
"While the placement of most locations is arbitrary, many are placed according to where they appear in relationship to each other in specific episodes of The Simpsons. In some cases 'one-time references' to specific locations have been disregarded in favor of others more often repeated. Due to the many inconsistencies among episodes, the map will never be completely accurate."
I think they've done a great job considering it IS an imaginary place.
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...actually admitted that they gave up on the idea of a map years ago - it's on one of the DVD commentarys, when they talk about how at the start of the show they used to be really picky about the layout of the house and Springfield, but realised if they just gave up on that idea they could have some much funnier jokes (I believe Homer's house is at one point right next to the Nuclear Power Plant carpack, at another its just next to Moes etc. etc.).
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Springfield is suposed to be Portland Oregon.
http://www.portlandtribune.com/simpsons/
While there is a Springfield Oregon, down the road a 100 miles by Eugene, Simpson's Springfield is Portland, Shelbyville could be Gresham or Vancouver.
From the website: Due to the many inconsistencies among episodes, the map will never be completely accurate.
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That's because the majority of things in that map were just arbitrarily placed : "While the placement of most locations is arbitrary"
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Actually Matt Groening is from Portland, Oregon. He's stated quite a few times (most recently on the DVD comentary) that Portland is the inspiration for Springfield and that the name was chosen as a generic.
That was in the eipsode where Homer and Marge were spicing up their love life by getting it on in public places. Through some turn of circumstances, they wound up naked in the basket of a hot air baloon in a used-car lot manned by Gil. They took off in the baloon and somehow Homer ended up hanging naked from a rope. They came up on the Crystal Cathedrial (yes, there really is one - one of those TV preacher types built it) and as everyone was looking up, Homer hit the side, making his bare butt squeak accross the glass.
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The episode where Homer and Marge end up streaking through town and naked at the football game. During the chase through town, there's a bit on a hot air balloon.
"Now, let us thank the Lord for this magnificent crystal cathedral, which allows us to look out upon His wonderous creation."
(Homer's hits the window and his ass starts squealing against the glass)
"Now quickly! Gaze down at God's fabulous parquet floor."
(still squealing)
"Eyes on the floor... still on the floor... always on God's floor."
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It looks like the place is slashdotted. Here's a mirror? copy I found on Google's image search.
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Well, it wasn't designed for it. No SDK, and most of the modding being done are exe hacks. So no, it is not moddable in the modern sense of the word. Not when compared to Unreal or Half-Life games.
Yeah. Not moddable at all. That's why there are no multiplayer mods, no full conversion mods, no new mission/location mods...oh wait, yes there are. Just because it isn't set up how *you* want for modding doesn't mean it's not moddable. The very existence of so many mods for it would indicate that it is moddable. Maybe not as much as you'd like, but still. Why would you compare GTA to two First-Person Shooters? It's not the same kind of game at all. Also, I would personally prefer the developers of games to put most of their time into making the actual game itself fun rather than releasing full suites of modder-friendly tools. I realize not everyone feels the same way. It's just my opinion. Great modders have historically made great mods regardless of the existence of first-party modding support.
http://xkcd.com/386/
Oh yeah? Compare this with this. They even got downtown in the right place :)
(I know, I know, but the resemblance is striking!)
Simcopter is where my nick comes from!
The Maison Derriere is just east of the south end of the river.
Alternatively, go one block west of the Simpson house and then straight south.
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Club Photo goes to 40x30, and they offer both normal posters and prints onto canvas.
Or, for those with more money than time:
Kinko's will gladly print it for IIRC $10.00 per sqaure foot. You can get it mounted on foam board and laminated for an extra few $$ as well. 24 hour turnaround at the most.
People should know that the real Springfield is in Oregon, the kind of run-down suburb of Eugene. I call it a suburb, even though it's really just anothe town.
The name of Eugene is the same as the Bart's principal, whose last name is Skinner, just like a certain Butte in Eugene, Oregon. Groening did go to the University of Oregon in Eugene after all. There's also a statute on the university campus that's really all too similar to that of the pioneer Springfield in the cartoon.
There are a lot of other similarities as well, but I don't have time to go into them.
RTFA of course
The Simpson House is located in Pressboard Estates, a development of 3 and 4 bedroom, working class houses adjacent to Springfield's central business district. The house number is sometimes given as 59, 94, 723, or 1094, but in most often seen as 742 Evergreen Terrace. The Simpsons have lived at this address since 1983.
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Well, according to Matt Groening it kind of does.
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Oh, and yes, we're talking about Portland, Oregon.
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Ever been anywhere but the east coast? If you go west of the Appalachians, you'll find most everything is laid out in blocks. Cities can be organic, and pre-American western cities will be more so, but the rectangular tendencies should be obvious.
This is a consequence of the way the government parceled out property once it started to expand. Starting with the midwest, land was parceled into square regions and given to people. Regions like counties were based on these square areas of land. That was nearly 200 years ago, but the influence is obvious.
In the area I come from, roads are still laid out in a grid with one square mile regions between the roads. Ever fly over the midwest? Look down and you'll see lots of rectangles. Find a county map for any midwest state. The counties will be mostly rectangular.
While cities usually grow organically, when you're buying rectangular regions your growth is going to be influenced by the shape of those regions. That's why you'll find most cities not on the east coast are laid out in rectangles.
On Highland, just north of Main St. Near the Texas Cheescake Depository and "Let's Get Fiscal" Financial Planning
But... that's what Hit & Run is!
Bite the hand.
And it's two blocks south of Pressboard Estates.
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