As a former resident of 13 years in the heart of the People's Republic of Boulder (Colorado), I know it seems hard to believe that there could be another Boulder Valley out there (in US or Canada). In fact, there's a lovely town in the middle of the Henry Mountains of Utah called "Boulder" and I'm sure they have a valley too. Then there's Boulder City, Nevada; not sure if there's a valley there...
In fact the two "Boulder Valley" entries in the USGS Geographic Names Information System refer to one in Montana and another in Nevada.
I had to dig into one of the blogs to find a reference to KGNU (yea!) to realize this is Boulder Valley, CO.
I was considering naming our outpost (Sustainable Saratoga Springs) simply "Sustainable Saratoga," until I recalled passing thru Saratoga, CA just south of Palo Alto, CA. I thus added the "Springs" to remove ambiguity. Shelby also added the "(NY)" to the group to further limit geographic confusion. Thanks, Shelby, since there are four other Populated Places in the USA with that title!
Please consider adding the "(CO)" to your outpost to help others find you.
Without Geography, you're nowhere!
Peace
Jim Zack, Sustainable Saratoga Springs (NY)
Comments
January 3rd, 2006
Re: Specifying Geographical Locations