For the last couple of entries I have been discussing the names of cities, mainly about how Midland and Odessa are for the most part boring names.

Today I am going to blog about a city that does not exist, Midessa, Texas.

The name Midessa is formed by combining the names Midland and Odessa into one and in my opinion is far superior to the two source names in just about every way.

Firstly, Midessa is original. A google search returns 15,200 hits for Midessa...

Last entry I talked about the name of Odessa, this time I will cover the other half of the petroplex, Midland.

Now Midland at least has its own name and is not named after another city. I consider that a big plus. But, the name is still a little lacking but Midland did show some initiative, just not enough.

Midland got its name its name because it is the halfway point between El Paso and Dallas. In a way this may actually be worse than just naming your city after...

One thing that I have thinking of lately is what effects a name has on a city.

Its seems that great cities have great and unique names. But cities that are not great have great names too, if fact many are named after the great cities. But somehow to me these seem unsatisfying, Paris, Texas just doesn't have the same appeal that Paris does. Many American cities are named this way and I dunno, but it strikes me as incredibly lazy. Its like the new was finally making the big time...

Well it seems that I, as well as all members of City-Data Forum, have a blog now. That is very generous of City-Data so I feel obligated by etiquette to do something with it. The fact that I am an attention ***** and will take any opportunity to cheer lead for my home city has nothing to do with it at all. Really. I am being forced by good manners to do this blog and ego does not factor into it in any way.

First of all, I needed to decide what to blog about. Now I know that the...