r/mildlyinteresting 6d ago

The Emperor of Japan drove past me in Richmond. Quality Post

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u/nubbins01 6d ago edited 6d ago

Nahhh, I appreciate for once a Reddit post from outside the US that doesn't feel the need to heavily qualify itself about where it is coming from or why Reddit should care.

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u/SlinkySkinky 6d ago

I hate US defaultism as much as the next guy, but there are many places named Richmond outside of the USA. Many of us thought that it was Richmond BC for instance

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u/No_Percentage_8103 6d ago

Why should we have to qualify when he's referring to the original Richmond?

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u/poe_dameron2187 6d ago

This isn't the original. This post is referring to the London Borough of Richmond, which comes from a palace there which was named in 1501 after the town of Richmond in Yorkshire, which was founded in 1071.