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   "chine.bleu"  wrote in news:10fgbvu$176dq$1@dont-   
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   > Webbster wrote:   
   >> Ah, just another right-wing Portland basher who has never lived in   
   >> Portland, probably never visited Portland, but clearly knows nothing   
   >> about Portland - or Oregon for that matter.  99% of the time they   
   can't   
   >> tell the difference between Portland and Portland Metro Area.   
   >   
   > South Bend is north of Bend.   
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   Both city names refer to local bends in rivers rather than their   
   positions within the state, and those bends happen to lie in opposite   
   halves of Oregon.   
      
   Key facts and chronology   
      
       South Bend (Lincoln County) sits on the north bank of the lower   
   Umpqua River where the river makes a pronounced turn toward the ocean.   
   Early settlers and mapmakers named that settlement for the “south bend”   
   of the river’s course relative to local orientation.   
       North Bend (Coos County) sits at the north side of the Coos Bay inlet   
   where the bay/river makes a notable bend; the town was named for the   
   “north bend” of that waterway (or a northward bend in the bay/Coos River   
   complex).   
       Both towns were named in the 19th century by people describing nearby   
   river/bay geometry, not by reference to the state’s cardinal directions.   
   Because Oregon’s coastline curves and river courses run in many   
   directions, a “north” or “south” bend can occur far from the geographic   
   center or edges of the state.   
      
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