Depending on where you live, one of the following statements will be shocking to you.
1. The drive from Bend, Ore., to Portland takes three hours. Using the most common route, you'll pass through 14 different towns.
In order - with an assist from Google Maps - it's Redmond, Prineville Junction, Terrebonne, Opal City, Madras, Warm Springs, Government Camp, Rhododendron, Faubion, Brightwood, Alder Creek, Cherryville, Sandy and Gresham. That's every place name, regardless of size, along the route.
On average, that's one town of some size every 12.86 minutes.
2. The drive from my hometown, Lehighton, Pa. to State College takes three hours. Using the most common route, you'll pass through 28 towns.
In order - again from Google Maps - Jamestown, Packerton, Jim Thorpe, Hudsondale, Beaver Meadows, Hazleton, Conyngham, Sybertsville, Hetlerville, Mifflinville, Lime Ridge, Lightstreet, Bloomsburg, Kaseville, Mooresburg, New Columbia, Rosecrans, Mackeyville, Clintondale, Lamar, Nittany, Snydertown, Hublersburg, Mingoville, Zion, Pleasant Gap, Dale Summit and Houserville. That's every place name, regardless of size, along the route.
On average, that's one town of some size every 6.4 minutes.
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Ok, I have to add a comment here. Prineville Junction isn't a town - it is a junction of two roads - one of which will take you to Prineville. I have never heard of either Opal City or Faubion (and I have done that drive hundreds of times). There is one city that was missed - Zig Zag. So, I think that brings the total to 12.
Lindsay (Brian's wife)
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