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Places

Places are, in a way, even more confusing than names. After all, people can expect to be listed by their first and last names. But there's no telling how a place might be listed! A city and state might be listed (but will it be Oklahoma or OK?). A city alone might be listed, especially for very local businesses (but are they going to list the nearest big city or the small town that they're actually in?). And sometimes a locally understood area might be listed, but no city name at all (North Carolina's “Triad” area covers several different cities).

Tearing your hair out yet? Dodge a lot of this confusion by assuming that there's some existing organization. If you're searching for a place, and you have its full address and a zip code, try ...