What do these cities, all within the USA, have in common?
- Coffeyville, Kansas
- Houston, Texas
- Lahaina, Hawai’i
- Los Angeles, California (3x)
- Malibu, California
- Providence, Rhode Island
- San Antonio, Texas
- Santa Fe, New Mexico (2x)
- Winslow, Arizona
Although an argument could be made for including New York City, New York in the list, I’ve excluded New York. The reason for that will be clear when the solution to the puzzle is discovered. With that caveat, this is a comprehensive list. There are no cities outside the USA which qualify for inclusion.
Towns with community colleges attended by future Heisman Trophy winners?Report
Based on Winslow AZ, I’m going to guess cities mentioned in Eagles songs.Report
I think this is right.Report
Lahaina makes that almost certain.Report
I always hope for a little more obscurity, but there it is at the end of the alphabetical list like a big red flag. Bonus points for anyone who can come up with the names of the songs the cities are mentioned in (without looking it up). Los Angeles is not once referenced under that name, but specific neighborhoods of Los Angeles are.Report
Woohoo! I appreciate you lobbing up a softball for trivia-challenged folks like me once in a while.
I’m no help on the bonus question, but as other people post the answers, I’m sure I’ll say “oh, right, I knew that” once or twice.Report
Oh, well, apart from Take It Easy, of course — for some reason when I first read your comment, I thought you were just asking for the other songs besides the obvious one.Report
Was NYC excluded because “New York Minute” isn’t about NYC per se or because it was originally a Don Henley song rather than an Eagles song?Report
That’s correct — it was a Henley solo song. But I considered it because the Eagles performed it on one of their recent live albums.
…Still a very angry and bitter man, that Don Henley.Report
Have you ever tried standing on a corner in Winslow, Arizona?
I have. It’s overrated.Report
Well, that girl in the pickup might make it more rewarding for a guy like me than a guy like you, eh?Report
I have a friend who insists it’s a “flathead Ford”.Report
That just makes the girl that much more interesting, now, doesn’t it?Report