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Right he came over from Frisco I forgot that .
talking about her dad . Is dawn a half sister cause i never seen that episode
which explained her pressence
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Wednesday, June 15, 2005 6:13
PM
Subject: Re: ~Buffy*Wants*Willow~ Re:
Where is Sunnydale
wow...that's a lot of info. san fran seems
more
likely, which would explain why buffy's dad (on the
show) only came
once.
-lex :-)
--- Howard Russell <howardrussell2000@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
>
Hello Everybody!
>
> Sunnydale is a fictional town, as are almost
all
> small towns shown on American TV. Basically, very
>
large cities, like New York City, can be used as a
> show's location
because, if half a million rabid
> fans showed up one day, who'd
notice? But small
> towns would be swamped by a show's fans making
a
> pilgrimage, so no real small town names are used.
> The
Simpsons are an odd pseudo-exeption; Springfield
> is a real city in
almost every state, but the state
> is never named in the show. In
fact, violently
> contadictory hints about which state are a
running
> gag of the series.
>
> Facts we know about the
fictional Sunnydale:
> It's about two hours from the nearest
Neiman-Marcus.
> (There are six in California: two in the L.A.
area,
> two near San Francisco, two in San Diego.)
> It's on/near
the shore. (It has beaches and docks.)
> It's in southern
California. (Directly stated many
> times.)
>
>
There's three cities it could be two hours from, and
> it's on the
shore. Let's use the process of
> elimination.
>
>
San Diego
> 2hrs S: In Mexico. No.
> 2hrs N: In
L.A. No.
> Los Angeles
> 2hrs
S: In San Diego. No.
> 2hrs N: Nowhere.
Possible.
> San Francisco
> 2hrs S: In Marina.
Possible.
> 2hrs N: Nowhere.
Possible.
>
> That leaves three possible locations. Let's
look at
> them a little closer.
>
> Okay, if we put it two
hours north of San Francisco,
> then it's far from southern California
and it's a
> seven to eight hour drive to L.A. Not likely.
>
> Now, if it's two hours north of L.A., that puts it
> right
between Santa Maria and Santa Barbara. Quite
> appropriate to have
the Hellmouth bracketed by two
> saints. A fine
possibility.
>
> If we go two hours south of San Francisco,
that
> lands us right in Marina. Now, it's not uncommon
>
for a show to model their fictional city on a real
> place, so this is a
definite possibility. Marina
> has beaches, docks, an airport,
parks, colleges,
> ect. Everything Sunnydale is supposed to
have. A
> very likely choice.
> Map:
>
http://maps.yahoo.com/maps_result?addr=&csz=Marina%2C+CA&country=us&new=1&name=&qty=
>
Official site:
> http://www.ci.marina.ca.us/
>
This is a five or six hour drive from L.A. That
> would explain
Angel meeting Buffy halfway in
> "Flooded." Two hours from L.A. is
too close, in my
> opinion, for how rarely the characters visited
each
> other. Two hours is very short to keep people that
>
know each other apart; six hours makes it much more
> difficult to just
casually visit outside of
> emergencies. And L.A. trips often seem
to be
> over-nighters; not reasonable for a two hour jaunt.
>
> The two main contenders are both between San
> Francisco and
L.A. One is an undeveloped area,
> which allows total freedom in
determining what it's
> like. The other is a real city with
real
> information you can use. You decide if you want
>
creative freedom or the guidance of reality.
>
>
>
> Your fellow 'shipper,
> Howard
>
> --
> I
had nothing to offer anyone but my own confusion.
> -- Jack
Kerouac
>
> http://www.geocities.com/howardrussell2000/
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