• gen/Eric
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      2 years ago

      Even old New York was once New Amsterdam. Why they changed it, I can’t say. People just liked it better that way!

      • @afraid_of_zombies
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        22 years ago

        I have a friend who has a house fairly close to New York City that was built by the Dutch. Just a fun fact.

    • @[email protected]
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      2 years ago

      To second this, Harlem the neighbourhood in New York originates from Haarlem, an actual city near Amsterdam.

    • gullible
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      What a waste. To think we could have had a new war of the roses if the New Lancastrians hadn’t ducked out.