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eridani

(51,907 posts)
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 12:19 AM Jun 2016

Boring, Oregon’s sister city is—wait for it—

--Dull, Scotland

http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-tayside-central-28691197

Boring is proud of its link with Dull, which was the brainchild of Perthshire resident Elizabeth Leighton who passed through Boring on a cycling holiday in 2012.

Dull celebrates the relationship in October, and was first to put up a commemorative road sign.

"Dull has helped put Boring on our map and I suspect maybe in certain ways we've helped put Dull on some other maps too," said Mr Kennemer.

You could say the pairing has made Boring a bit more interesting.

So much so, the town is now developing a new relationship the Australian community of Bland.




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Boring, Oregon’s sister city is—wait for it— (Original Post) eridani Jun 2016 OP
Interesting... immoderate Jun 2016 #1
Scotland and Oregon are both so cool. eom PufPuf23 Jun 2016 #2
I've been to Boring, OR. rhett o rick Jun 2016 #3
It's no more or less exciting than any other small Oregon town on the far outskirts of town Quantess Jun 2016 #5
It's been a long time but when I went there it lived up to its name. Which isn't that bad. nm rhett o rick Jun 2016 #6
I've been there too. Its a nice place. my aunt lived near there. roguevalley Jun 2016 #12
I always got a kick of driving through Drain, OR mindwalker_i Jun 2016 #4
Remote OR Zambero Jun 2016 #7
the town is now developing a new relationship the Australian community of Bland. passiveporcupine Jun 2016 #8
lol. Liberal_in_LA Jun 2016 #9
Entering Marion Feeling the Bern Jun 2016 #10
OMG!! How can I forget Drain? Duckfan Jun 2016 #11
LOL, How many people from Dull does it take to screw in a light bulb? FSogol Jun 2016 #13
Michigan has a Mendocino Jun 2016 #14
They need a town called awoke_in_2003 Jun 2016 #19
Ohio has Dayton and Marion, Mendocino Jun 2016 #20
... Javaman Jun 2016 #15
In England, Nasty in Hertfordshire is about 15 miles from Ugley in Essex muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #16
My HS sister city was Nagogoya, Japan pinboy3niner Jun 2016 #17
We have a small town up here called Humptulips. Aristus Jun 2016 #18
It was originally called Hump-to-Lips, Washington Bucky Jun 2016 #21

Quantess

(27,630 posts)
5. It's no more or less exciting than any other small Oregon town on the far outskirts of town
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 12:56 AM
Jun 2016

Kinda charming and scenic

Duckfan

(1,268 posts)
11. OMG!! How can I forget Drain?
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 01:56 AM
Jun 2016

Well I did. But just drove though and same for Roseburg. Would go that slow winding route to Coos Bay but got tired of it and just went 101 to 126 out of Florence and into Eugene from there. A bit faster.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
17. My HS sister city was Nagogoya, Japan
Wed Jun 1, 2016, 10:53 AM
Jun 2016

I was a finalist for for the AFS student abroad exchange rogram, but my girlfrrend beat me out. Unfortunately, they didn't have enough placements and she didn't get to go. But while studying at Occidental College, she did her own trip to Japan.

More power to you my friend, Marie Munger!

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