he still pays taxes on the gifted land :) thats very interesting not that there is a tax, but that the collector has still been in contact with him or his estate
"Mayor of small town, Maine, finds angle to tax lost tourists for life"
A lost tourist who thought Maine was San Francisco
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Re: A lost tourist who thought Maine was San Francisco
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Are you suggesting we should have put Bangor somewhere else? As a New England resident, I am open to this idea.
Clueless as to why my last comment got flagged [edit:my reply to yours, though i do think the other flag is also a bit ott]. Did i offend you? If so, it was inadvertent and i'm sorry. The parent was offensive, this one just a little tounge-in-cheek.
Me? Definitely not. Not sure I’ve ever flagged a comment.
Re: A lost tourist who thought Maine was San Francisco
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Gimpo's fairly big for business travel among the big East Asian cities too - Tokyo, Osaka, Taipei, Shanghai and Beijing (and maybe some others?) all have direct flights. In most cases those flights are to the more convenient "city" airport in those cities too.
I've been flying in and out of Seoul for years from Singapore, Hong Kong, Tokyo, etc and I've never once been offered a flight to Gimpo. Could be an artifact of always flying the same airlines (mostly CX/SQ) though.
CX might have used to have a flight to Gimpo, but not now, and SQ doesn’t. I’ve flown there internationally on JAL, China Southern, Shanghai Airlines, and China Airlines, maybe some others.
I did notice that corp travel agents sometimes only search Incheon and need to be reminded that Gimpo exists.
Re: A lost tourist who thought Maine was San Francisco
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Not as impressive, but there used to be two stations in Seoul's circular subway line 2, named Sinchon and Sincheon, on the opposite corner of Seoul. In older Romanization scheme it was worse: Shinch'on vs. Shinch'ŏn. (I guess it didn't help that they sound almost identical to an untrained English speaker.) Sadly (for me), they renamed one station, so they aren't confusing any more. Boo.
The NYC subway frequently has multiple stops with the same name, e.g. “23 St” (at Lexington Av, Broadway, 6 Av and 8th Av). That’s not always a big problem in Manhattan, because they’re relatively close. But it gets more interesting when you try to get to DeKalb (L) towards the extreme north end of Brooklyn, while DeKalb (BQR) in downtown Brooklyn is the one people know.
"Newark Penn Station" comes one stop before "New York Penn Station" on the train from Newark Airport, a common port for visitors.